University of Southern California
School of Pharmacy
Program Description1:
The USC School of Pharmacy is the oldest pharmacy school in Southern California. Over fifty percent of the practicing pharmacists in the region are graduates of USC. The school has an annual average student body of 740 full-time students in the professional program.
The school occupies state-of-the-art facilities on the USC Health Sciences campus adjacent to the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center (one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country), the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Doheny Eye Institute and the USC University Hospital. Students receive their clinical training at these facilities. For its clinical and experiential programs, the school utilizes many affiliated hospitals, health care clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home health care agencies and pharmacies in the region. The School of Pharmacy has served as a model for other progressive pharmacy schools. USC was the first to establish the six-year program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree as the first professional degree, the first to initiate a clinical pharmacy program, the first to create a PharmD/MBA dual degree, first to implement the MS and PhD in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. The PharmD/JD, the PharmD/MS in Regulatory Science and the PharmD/MPH., Master of Public Health have been added to the available choices.
The USC PharmD program emphasizes the application of drug knowledge in patient care. Patient care experiences begin early and increase both in scope and complexity as the student progresses through the program.
Mission Statement To provide exemplary education to pharmacy, graduate and other health professions students; To conduct and publicize cutting-edge multidisciplinary research in the discovery, action, utilization and evaluation of therapeutic agents; and To envision and shape the future direction of pharmacy practice in an organized and integrated health care delivery system that emphasizes balanced health care input in the optimization of patient outcomes.
The school occupies state-of-the-art facilities on the USC Health Sciences campus adjacent to the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center (one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country), the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Doheny Eye Institute and the USC University Hospital. Students receive their clinical training at these facilities. For its clinical and experiential programs, the school utilizes many affiliated hospitals, health care clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home health care agencies and pharmacies in the region. The School of Pharmacy has served as a model for other progressive pharmacy schools. USC was the first to establish the six-year program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree as the first professional degree, the first to initiate a clinical pharmacy program, the first to create a PharmD/MBA dual degree, first to implement the MS and PhD in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy. The PharmD/JD, the PharmD/MS in Regulatory Science and the PharmD/MPH., Master of Public Health have been added to the available choices.
The USC PharmD program emphasizes the application of drug knowledge in patient care. Patient care experiences begin early and increase both in scope and complexity as the student progresses through the program.
Mission Statement To provide exemplary education to pharmacy, graduate and other health professions students; To conduct and publicize cutting-edge multidisciplinary research in the discovery, action, utilization and evaluation of therapeutic agents; and To envision and shape the future direction of pharmacy practice in an organized and integrated health care delivery system that emphasizes balanced health care input in the optimization of patient outcomes.
A bachelor's degree is currently required prior to matriculation, as well as a 3.0 GPA. In addition, the following courses are required as of 12/2010 on the school's website:
Tuition:
References:
1. PharmCAS School Pages
2. http://pharmacyschool.usc.edu/programs/pharmd/pharmdprogram/admission/requirements/
