Pre-Pharmacy Guide for
Purdue University
Purdue University
610 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907
http://www.purdue.edu
T. Patrick George, Director of Recruitment and Admissions Assessment, 765-494-5812, george@pharmacy.purdue.edu
Pre-Pharmacy Prerequisite Area
I. Communication
Minimum
Semester
Hours
Required*
8
ENGL 10600 OR ENGL 10800 plus additional writing
course to total at least 6 credits and COM 11400
Written and verbal
II. Life Sciences
Biology with lab
Anatomy and Physiology
Microbiology with lab
Genetics
III. Physical Sciences
General chemistry with lab
Organic chemistry with lab
General Physics
Biochemistry
IV. Mathematics/Statistics
Calculus
Statistics
V. Humanities
Purdue University
Prerequisite Course(s)
22
8
8
3
3
23
8
8
4
3
6
3
3
3
BIOL (11000, 11100)
BIOL (21300, 21400)
BIOL 22100
BIOL 21800
CHM (11500/11600) OR CHM (12500/12600)
CHM (25500/L and 25600/L)
PHYS 22000
CHM 33300
MA 161 OR MA 165
STAT 33001 or STAT 30100
Courses such as history, philosophy, religion, literature
VI. Social and Behavioral Sciences
Total Pre-Pharmacy Coursework
3
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