Pre-Pharmacy Guide for
Malcolm X College
Malcolm X College
1900 W Van Buren
Chicago, IL 60612
http://www.ccc.edu/malcolmx
Dr. Edward Miller, 312-850-7391
Pre-Pharmacy Prerequisite Area
I. Communication
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
Minimum
Semester
Hours
Required*
8
Malcolm X College
Prerequisite Course(s)
ENGLISH (101, 102) and SPEECH 101
22
8
8
3
3
23
8
8
4
3
6
3
3
3
BIOLOGY (121, 122)
BIOLOGY (226, 227)
MCROBIO 233
BIOLOGY 241 (Offered at HW, DA)
CHEM (201, 203)
CHEM (205, 207)
PHYSICS 221 or PHYSICS 231
BIOLOGY 209
MATH 207
MATH 125
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