University of Minnesota-Duluth

Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 6/2023

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 1290
MATH 1296
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 1153 & 1154
CHEM 1173 & 1174
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 1155 & 1161
CHEM 1175 & 1176
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 2541 & 2543
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 2542 & 2545 (or 2544)
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIOL 1011
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIOL 1012
Microbiology 1 course BIOL 2571
BIOL 3502
BIOL 4511
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course BIOL 3772
HLTH 2040
General Physics 1 course PHYS 1001
PHYS 2013
Statistics 1 course ECON 2030
ESAT 4700
PSY 2020
PSY 3020
STAT 1411
STAT 2411
STAT 3411
STAT 3611
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree WRIT 1120
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.