University of Colorado at Boulder

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 1300
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1113 & 1114
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1133 & 1134
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 3311 & 3321
CHEM 3451
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 3331 & 3341
CHEM 3471 & 3381
General Biology I 1 course and lab EBIO 1210 & 1230
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course EBIO 1220
EBIO 2070
CHEM 4700
MCDB 2150
MCDB 3135
Microbiology 1 course EBIO 3400
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course IPHY 1600
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1110
PHYS 1115
PHYS 2010
Statistics 1 course IPHY 2800
MATH 2510
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree Complete ‘Written Communication” requirement
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.