PharmacyFour Year Pre-requisite Requirements

Pharmacy Four Year Plan

Requirements for professional schools vary from school to school and can change year by year, students must carefully examine the pre-requisite requirements of the schools they are interested in to be current and accurate when registering for courses at Gustavus.

Consult the Pharmacy School Admission Requirements guidebook for requirements and admission statistics to United States Pharmacy Schools, Pharmacy School Admission Requirements.

The (PCAT) Pharmacy College Admission Test is NO longer required as of the 2023-2024 cycle.

First Year: Fall

BIO 110 Principles of Biology & BIO 111 Lab 

*CHE 110 General Chemistry & CHE 111 General Chemistry Lab OR CHE 105 Foundations of Chemistry I (PCAT) & CHE 106 Foundations of Chemistry I Lab 

*Before you can register for CHE 110, you are required to take the Chemistry placement exam. (CHE 105/106 offered Fall only and CHE 107/108 offered Spring only) taking both are equivalent to CHE 110. Find out more about the CHE placement exam, click here.

FTS 100 First Term Seminar (Writing Intensive course- WRIT)

First Year: Spring

BIO 120 Organismal Biology & BIO 121 Lab

CHE 120 Organic Chemistry I & CHE 121 Organic Chemistry I Lab (offered Fall and Spring)

*CHE 107 Foundations of Chemistry II & CHE 108 Foundations of Chemistry II Lab *(CHE 105/106 offered Fall only and CHE 107/108 offered Spring only) taking both are equivalent to CHE 110)

PSY 100 Introductory Psychology (offered both Fall and Spring, flexible)

Second Year: Fall

CHE 220 Organic Chemistry II & CHE 221 Organic Chemistry II Lab (offered Fall only)

MCS 121 Calculus I 

HES 230 Human Anatomy & Physiology I & HES 231 Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab (offered Fall only)

Second Year: Spring

CHE 230 Inorganic Chemistry I & CHE 231 Inorganic Chemistry I Lab (offered Spring only)

HES 240 Anatomy & Physiology II & HES 241 Anatomy & Physiology II Lab (offered Spring only)

COM 120 Public Discourse or other speech approved course

Third Year: Fall

CHE 270 Biochemistry & CHE 271 Biochemistry Lab *(or other advance BIO course- U of MN strongly recommends Biochemistry) (offered Fall or Spring)

PSY 200 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I & PSY 201 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I Lab (physics with calculus) *U of MN requires physics w/calculus

MCS 142 Introduction to Statistical Methods or equivalent

Third Year: Spring

PSY 210 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II & PSY 211 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II Lab (physics with calculus) *recommended, one year physics required at some pharmacy programs

BIO 218 Fundamentals of Microbiology & BIO 219 Lab or BIO 360 Microbiology & BIO 361 Lab (but need additional prerequisites to take BIO 360/361)

Elective (within the area of psychology, sociology, anthropology)

Fourth Year: Fall

E/M 108 Principles of Microeconomics

English composition 200 level (recommended)

Elective (within the area of psychology, sociology, anthropology)

Regional PharmD Programs Pre-requisite Requirements:

University of Minnesotaapproved Gustavus U of MN pre-requisite guide

Midwestern University(Speech requirement- COM 117 and COM 120 both accepted). 

Any two elective courses not related to science, math, physical education or health care. Recommended courses include arts and humanities, foreign language, and business and computer courses.

Any 3 courses within the areas of economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, or political science.

Creighton University (Speech requirement- COM 117 and COM 120 both accepted, must include public speaking). 

Electives- three courses from humanities or behavioral or social sciences.

University of Colorado

One English Composition course, Two Humanities/Social Science courses 

University of Wisconsin- MadisonGeneral electives four courses (Social Science, Humanities, Foreign Language or Diversity Studies) or U.S. bachelor's degree. 

University of Iowa(Microeconomics and Rhetoric requirement- COM 120 accepted). General Education electives four courses required. Two or the four courses need to be within the social sciences.

Consult the Pharmacy School Admission Requirements guidebook for requirements and admission statistics to United States Pharmacy Schools, Pharmacy School Admission Requirements.

Updated 7/15/2024 HB