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.

Indicated in italic type (PCAT) means the course is also recommended for the Pharmacy College Admission Test.

First Year: Fall

BIO 101 Principles of Biology (PCAT)

CHE 107 Principles of Chemistry (PCAT)

FTS 100 (Writing Intensive course-WRITI)

First Year: Spring

BIO 102 Organismal Biology (PCAT)

CHE 141 Organic Chemistry I (PCAT)

PSY 100 General Psychology

Second Year: Fall

CHE 251 Organic Chemistry II (PCAT)

MCS 121 or 118/119 Calculus (PCAT)

HES 234 Human Anatomy & Physiology I (PCAT)

Second Year: January Interim
NDL 068 Career Exploration (strongly recommended)

Second Year: Spring

CHE 258 Inorganic Chemistry I (PCAT recommended)

HES 235 Human Anatomy & Physiology II (PCAT)

COM 120 Public Discourse

Third Year: Fall

CHE 255 Biochemistry (PCAT) (or other advanced BIO course) U of MN requirement (or Spring)

PHY 122/121 General Physics I w/calculus* (or PHY 120/121 General Physics I) * U of MN requires physics w/calculus

MCS 142 Statistics (PCAT)

Third Year: Spring

PHY 172/171 General Physics II w/calculus or PHY 170/171 Generla Physics II (recommended)

BIO 218 Fundamentals of Microbiology or 380 Microbiology (PCAT) (but need BIO 201/202 to take 380)

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

Fourth Year: Fall

E/M 102 Principles of Microeconomics

English composition 200 level (recommended)