Pre-Health Programs

Pre-Pharmacy Concentration

Each concentration must be paired with an academic major—any academic major offered at Muskingum University 

One year Introductory Biology & One year Anatomy/Physiology 

  • BIOL 111-Organismal Biology I & BIOL 107-Biology Laboratory I
  • BIOL 112-Organismal Biology II & BIOL 108-Biology Laboratory II
  • BIOL 121-Anatomy & Physiology I & BIOL 122-Anatomy & Physiology II 

One year General Chemistry 

  • CHEM 111-General Chemistry I & CHEM 112-General Chemistry II 

One year Organic Chemistry 

  • CHEM 213-Organic Chemistry I & CHEM 214-Organic Chemistry II

One year General Physics 

  • PHEN 115-Introductory Physics I & PHEN 116-Introductory Physics II OR PHEN 121-Classical Physics I & PHEN 122-Classical Physics II 

Chemistry Courses 

  • CHEM 418-Biochemistry I & CHEM 419-Biochemistry II 

Biology Course 

  • BIOL 312-Microbiology 

Math Courses 

  • MATH 190-Calculus I & MATH 200-Calculus II 

Statistics

  • MATH 140-Practical Statistics OR PSYC 232-Behavioral Statistics

Sociology

  • SOCI 101-The Sociological Perspective 

Psychology

  • PSYC 101-Introduction to Psychology 

Additional Courses to Consider 

  • BIOL 226-Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology 
  • HLSC 110-Medical Terminology I
  • HLSC 111-Medical Terminology II 
  • BIOL 306-Genetics
  • BIOL 213-Functional Histology
  • BIOL 336-Cell Physiology; 
  • BIOL 468-Fundamental Neuroscience
  • BIOL 486-Neuropharmacology 
  • BIOL 375-Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 385-Immunology 

Total credit hours to be completed at Muskingum University: 95-99

Total of upper-level hours to be completed at Muskingum University: 26

Minimum of 36 hours to be completed in the first year of an accredited Pharm.D. Program with Pass Grades earned in all of these courses – student needs to have the transcript sent from the Pharm.D. School to Muskingum University.

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