Minor in Pre-Pharmacy Studies

The undergraduate minor in Pre-Pharmacy Studies requires 62-63 semester credit hours. The minor contains prerequisite courses commonly required by pharmacy schools in the United States.  Individual pharmacy schools may require or recommend additional courses, and prerequisites can change without notice. Visit the admissions websites for pharmacy schools you are interested in to ensure you meet all their requirements.

Required Courses
Biology
BIO 1330
BIO 1130
Functional Biology
and Functional Biology Laboratory
4
BIO 1331
BIO 1131
Organismal Biology
and Organismal Biology Laboratory
4
BIO 2400Microbiology4
BIO 2450Genetics4
Choose 8 hours from the following:8
Human Anatomy and Physiology I
and Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Human Anatomy
and Human Physiology
Chemisty
CHEM 1341
CHEM 1141
General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry Laboratory I
4
CHEM 1342
CHEM 1142
General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry Laboratory II
4
CHEM 2341
CHEM 2141
Organic Chemistry I
and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
4
CHEM 2342
CHEM 2142
Organic Chemistry II
and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
4
CHEM 3375Principles of Biochemistry3
or CHEM 4375 Biochemistry
Mathematics
Choose 6-7 hours from the following:6-7
Calculus for Life Sciences I
Calculus I
Elementary Statistics
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Physics
Choose 4 hours from the following:4
General Physics I
and General Physics I Laboratory
General Physics I for Life Sciences Majors
and General Physics I Laboratory
Mechanics
English
Choose 6 hours from the following:6
College Writing I
College Writing II
Writing for Sustainable Change
British Literature before 1785
British Literature since 1785
World Literature before 1600
World Literature since 1600
US Literature before 1865
US Literature since 1865
U.S. Literature: Writing Identities
Technical Writing
Writing to Change the World
Writing Yourself into Academia: Creating Portraiture
Choose 3 hours from the following:3
Principles of Macroeconomics
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Psychology
Total Hours62-63