University of Notre Dame

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 7/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 10240
MATH 10250
MATH 10350
MATH 10550
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 10171
CHEM 10181
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 10172 & 11172
CHEM 10182 & 11181
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 20273 & 21273
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 20283 & 21283
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOS 10171 & 11173
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOS 10172
BIOS 20241
BIOS 20303
BIOS 24241
BIOS 24250
BIOS 30341
BIOS 34341
CHEM 30341
CHEM 34341
Microbiology 1 course BIOS 30401
BIOS 30455
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOS 30344
General Physics 1 course PHYS 10310
PHYS 10400
Statistics 1 course ACMS 10150
ACMS 20340
BIOS 40411
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree Writing 1: University Seminar course
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.