University of Iowa

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 6/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 1460
MATH 1850
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1110
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1120
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 2210
CHEM 2230
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 2220 & 2410
CHEM 2240 & 2420
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 1411
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 2512
BIOL 2723
BIOL 3253
BIOL 3713
BIOL 3716
BMB 3110
BMB 3120
Microbiology 1 course MICR 2157
MICR 3164
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course HHP 3500
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1400
PHYS 1511
PHYS 1701
Statistics 1 course STAT/PSQF 1020
STAT 2020
STAT 3510
STAT 3120
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree RHET 1020
RHET 1030
RHET 1040
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.