Founded in 1905, the USC School of Pharmacy is the only pharmacy school in Southern California. Approximately 50 percent of the pharmacists in the region are graduates of USC. The school has an annual average student body of 650 full-time students in the professional program, 60 students in the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy programs, a full-time faculty of 76 and more than 430 part-time and volunteer clinical faculty.
The school occupies modern facilities on the USC Health Sciences Campus in metropolitan Los Angeles, adjacent to the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center (one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country), the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and the USC University Hospital. USC health sciences students receive their clinical training at these facilities. In addition, the school utilizes many affiliated hospitals, health care clinics, skilled nursing facilities, home health care agencies and pharmacies in the Southern California region for its clinical and experiential programs. Recognized as one of the most innovative schools of pharmacy in the nation, the USC School of Pharmacy has served as a model for other progressive pharmacy schools throughout the country. USC was the first to establish the six-year program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree as the first professional degree. USC also initiated, in 1968, the first clinical pharmacy program in the nation. In 1988, the school initiated a Pharm.D./M.B.A. dual degree program, the first of its kind in the country. In 1994, the school implemented the Ph.D. program in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, also the first of its kind in the country.
The school is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, which promotes the interests of pharmaceutical education. All institutions holding membership must maintain certain minimum requirements for entrance and graduation. The school is accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.
Timothy Chan, Ph.D., Dean
Phillip R. Oppenheimer, Pharm.D., Associate Dean, Professional and Student Affairs, and Director, Graduate Programs
Cynthia White, B.A., Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs
Health Sciences Campus
John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center
1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033
(213) 342-1369 Office of the Dean
(213) 342-1466 Office of Admission and Student Affairs
Produced by the USC Division of Student Affairs, Office of University Publications, May 1, 1995