St. Cloud State University

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 1/2025

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 221
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 210
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 211
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 310
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 311
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 151
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 152
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 206
BIOL 362
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 202
BIOL 478
General Physics 1 course PHYS 103
PHYS 231
PHYS 234
Statistics 1 course STAT 219
STAT 239
STAT 353
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENGL 191
ENGL 331
ENGL 332
General Elective Coursework in Social Science, Communication, Humanities, Foreign Language, or Diversity Studies 4 courses (12 credits minimum)
or U.S. bachelor’s degree
General Elective Coursework in Social Science, Communication, Humanities, Foreign Language, or Diversity Studies
Additional Elective Coursework 72 total credits of college-level coursework required Additional Coursework

* Advanced Biology includes biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, or molecular biology.