Wayne State University

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 8/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MAT 2010
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 1100 & 1130
CHM 1125 & 1130
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 1140 & 1150
CHM 1145 & 1150
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHM 1240 & 1250
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHM 2220 & 2230
CHM 2225 & 2230
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIO 1500 & 1501
BIO 1510 & 1511
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIO 2600
BIO 3070
BIO 6000
CHM 5600
CHM 6640
Microbiology 1 course BIO 2200
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIO 2870
BIO 3200
BIO 4120
General Physics 1 course PHY 2130
PHY 2170
PHY 2175
Statistics 1 course STA 1020
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree ENG 3010
ENG 3085
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.