Pre-Pharmacy Guide for
Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Student Academic Services
102 Carrie Chapman Catt Hall Ames, IA 50011
http://www.las.iastate.edu/academics/prehealth/
Pre-Med and Pre-Professional Health Advisor, 515-294-4831, prehealth@iastate.edu
Pre-Pharmacy Prerequisite Area
I. Communication
Minimum
Semester
Hours
Required*
8
Iowa State University
Prerequisite Course(s)
ENGL (150, 250) OR ENGL 250 plus any additional 3
credits of writing if exempted from ENGL 150 and no
credits were awarded on transcript and SP CM 212 or
COMST 102, or COMST 214
Written and verbal
II. Life Sciences
Biology with lab
Anatomy and Physiology
Microbiology with lab
Genetics
III. Physical Sciences
General chemistry with lab
22
8
8
3
3
23
8
Organic chemistry with lab
8
General Physics
Biochemistry
IV. Mathematics/Statistics
Calculus
Statistics
4
3
6
3
3
V. Humanities
3
VI. Social and Behavioral Sciences
3
BIOL (211, 211L, 212, 212L)
BIOL (255, 255L, 256, 256L)
MICRO (301, 301L) or MICRO (301, 201L)
BIOL 313
CHEM (177, 177L, 178, 178L) OR CHEM (201, 201L,
211)
CHEM (331, 331L, 332, 332L) OR CHEM (331, 333L,
332, 334L)
PHYS 111 or PHYS 115 or PHYS 221 or PHYS 241
BBMB 404 or BBMB 301 or BBMB 316
MATH 151 or MATH 160 or MATH (181,182)
STAT 101 OR STAT 104 OR STAT 105 OR STAT 201
OR STAT 226 OR STAT 231 OR STAT 305
Courses such as history, philosophy, religion, literature
Total Pre-Pharmacy Coursework
Courses such as sociology, psychology, anthropology,
political science
Minimum of 65 semester hours; 2.75 minimum GPA
*Semester hours: These represent the minimum semester hours. The credits associated with these courses may exceed the
minimum.
If science course work was taken more than five years prior to admission application, students must have their transcripts evaluated
by a College of Pharmacy admissions counselor.
For additional information, please see https://pharmacy.uic.edu.
10/6/2015