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Approved PharmD Prerequisites

Last updated: 10/2025

Prerequisite Requirement Approved Courses
Calculus 1 course MATH 221
MATH 211
MATH 171 & 217
General Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 103
CHEM 109 **
General Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 104
CHEM 109 **
Organic Chemistry I 1 course and lab CHEM 343
Organic Chemistry II 1 course and lab CHEM 344 & CHEM 345
General Biology I 1 course and lab BIO/ZOOLOGY 101 & 102
BIO/ZOOLOGY/BOTANY 151
General Biology II
or Advanced Biology *
1 course BIO/BOTANY 130 ***
BIO/ZOOLOGY/BOTANY 152
Microbiology 1 course MICROBIO 101
MICROBIO 303
Human or Comparative
Physiology
1 course ANAT&PHY 335
ANAT&PHY 435
General Physics 1 course PHYS 103
PHYS 201
PHYS 207
Statistics 1 course STAT 301
STAT 324
STAT 371
STAT 541
English Composition / Written Communication 1 course or U.S. bachelor’s degree Communication – A 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 can include courses in biochemistry, cell biology, or genetics (BIOCHEM 501, GENETICS 466, ZOOLOGY 570, etc.)
** CHEM 109 satisfies both General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II at once.
*** When taken after BIO 101 & 102.
**** Communication-A courses include ENGL 100, COMM ARTS 100, COMM ARTS 181, LSC 100, ESL 118.