High school students interested in this program must initially request an admission application from the USC Office of Undergraduate Admission. Upon admission to USC, applicants should contact the School of Pharmacy Office of Admission for a TAPP application. The completion of a four-year professional curriculum is required to earn the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. All students must enroll in 18 units each semester in courses designed for that level, fall and spring. Students do not have choices of courses to take nor are they permitted to drop any one course or courses during the semester.
Progress is permitted only when the prior semester is completed in full.
Students should view the curriculum outlined here as advisory only and subject to modification. An Inpatient Practice Elective must be satisfied by PHAR 602 if the student selects PHAR 604 Primary Care Clerkship rather than PHAR 607 Outpatient Psychopharmacy Clerkship. Total for Pharm. This includes 60 semester units of prepharmacy courses. All students in the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program must meet course requirements, grade point average requirements and program residency requirements.