1. Carolina Core (32-44 hours)

Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Written — CMW (6 hours)

• ENGL 101 - Critical Reading and Composition     
• ENGL 102 - Rhetoric and Composition     

Analytical Reasoning and Problem Solving — ARP (6-7 hours)

• MATH 122 - Calculus for Business Administration and Social Sciences  OR MATH 141 - Calculus I  
• STAT 201 - Elementary Statistics  OR STAT 205 - Elementary Statistics for the Biological and Life Sciences   

Scientific Literacy — SCI (7 hours)

• BIOL 101 - Biological Principles I  & 101L  
• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I  

Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language — GFL (0-6 hours)

Demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language by achieving a score of two or higher on the foreign language placement test. Students who do not score at least a two must either take 109/110 sequence of SPAN, FREN, GERM, or LATN or ARAB, CHIN, GREK, ITAL, JAPA, PORT, or RUSS 121. If both 109 and 110 are required, foreign language sequences typically begin in the Fall semesters. (American Sign Language DOES NOT count toward the foreign language requirement).

• CC-GFL courses

​Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking — GHS (3 hours) 

• any CC-GHS course​ 

Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social Sciences — GSS (3 hours) 

• PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology   

Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding —  AIU (3 hours)

• any CC-AIU course

Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication: Spoken Component* — CMS (0-3 hours)

• SAEL 200 - Social Advocacy and Ethical Life  OR SPCH 140 - Public Communication   

Information Literacy* —  INF (0-3 hours)

• any overlay or stand-alone CC-INF course

Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility* — VSR (0-3 hours)

• any overlay or stand-alone CC-VSR course

*Carolina Core Stand Alone or Overlay Eligible Requirements — Overlay-approved courses offer students the option of meeting two Carolina Core components in a single course. A maximum of two overlays is allowed. The total Carolina Core credit hours must add up to a minimum of 31 hours. Some programs may have a higher number of minimum Carolina Core hours due to specified requirements.

2. College Requirements (0 hours)

No college-required courses for this program.

3. Program Requirements (31-34 hours)

Supporting Courses (31 hours)

Additional Pre-Pharmacy Requirements

• BIOL 102 - Biological Principles II  & 102L  
• BIOL 243 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I  
• BIOL 244 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II  
• BIOL 250 - Microbiology  
• CHEM 111L - General Chemistry I Laboratory  
• CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II  & 112L  
• CHEM 331L - Essentials of Organic Chemistry Laboratory I  
• CHEM 332L - Essentials of Organic Chemistry Laboratory II  
• CHEM 333 - Organic Chemistry I  
• CHEM 334 - Organic Chemistry II  
• PHYS 201 - General Physics I  
• ECON 224 - Introduction to Economics  

Note: Students may substitute ECON 224  with ECON 221  or ECON 222 .

Electives (0-3 hours)

An elective course will be needed if the Pre-Pharmacy hours total is less than 66.

4. Major Requirements (62 hours)

Professional Requirements

The final 62 credit hours required for the BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences degree are earned after admission to the USC College of Pharmacy and during the first two years of the professional Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program.