College of Pharmacy
Prerequisite Equivalents from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

1425 West Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115-2828

Prehealth Advisor: Kenneth Gasser Email: kgasser@niu.edu  815-753-0437

Chicago State University Semester Hrs Required Northern Illinois University
English Composition I
English Composition II
6 ENGL 103 and ENGL 203
General Biology
(minimum two semesters with laboratory)
8 BIOS 208 & 210 and BIOS 209 & 211
Human Anatomy & Physiology
(must include all systems)
3 BIOS 311 & BIOS 355
General Chemistry
(minimum two semesters with laboratory)
8 CHEM 210 & 212 and CHEM 211 & 213
Organic Chemistry
(minimum two semesters with laboratory)
8 CHEM 330 & 332 and CHEM 331 & 333 OR CHEM 336 & 338 and CHEM 337 & 339
Physics with lab
(mechanics, thermodynamics, force and motion must be included, May be non-calculus based)
3 PHYS 210 or 253
Calculus
(integration and differentiation)
3 MATH 229 or 211
Speech (public speaking)  3 COMS 200
Economics
(micro, macro or general)
3 ECON 260 or 261
Sociology or Psychology 3 SOCI 170 or PSYC 102
Statistics 3 STAT 200

Please note that every course from every school may not appear here. If a course does not appear for your transfer institution, check with the appropriate department to determine course-for-course equivalency