University of Kansas

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 10/2025

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 115
MATH 125
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 130
CHEM 170
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 135
CHEM 175
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 330 & 331
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 335 & 336
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 150 & 154
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 152
BIOL 350
BIOL 416
BIOL 600
BSCI 600
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 400
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 246
BIOL 544
BIOL 546
General Physics 1 course PHSX 114
PHSX 211
Statistics 1 course MATH 107
MATH 365
MATH 526
BIOL 370
PSYC 210
BSAN 202
SOC 380
HSES 310
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree COMS 130
COMS 244
COMS 322
ENGL 101
ENGL 105
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.