USC提供由药学院管理的PharmD / PhD联合学位课程。该计划将专业药房课程与理科研究生课程（分子药理和毒理学，药物经济学和政策，药理学）整合在一起，以开发加速学习课程，同时获得PharmD和PhD学位。该计划为临床科学家在学术界，政府和工业环境中的职业做好了准备。
The Doctor of Pharmacy/Doctor of Philosophy (PharmD/PhD) program is designed to permit qualified PharmD students with a bachelor of science or equivalent degree to pursue research training in the pharmaceutical sciences and toxicology. A student accepted into the joint program must meet all requirements for the PharmD, as well as the requirements for the PhD in the pharmaceutical sciences or toxicology sections listed in this catalogue. A maximum of 20 units from the PharmD program may be credited toward the PhD. Up to 12 units of these PharmD courses may, at the discretion of the student's PhD adviser, be counted toward the required 24 units of core course work.