»Welcome to the School of Pharmacy

Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) will enhance health delivery and the biopharmaceutical and biomedical sciences by developing leading health care pharmacy practitioners and scientists who have a deep scientific foundation, a passion for human health improvement and the caring concern needed to make a difference in people’s lives.

The CUSP creates student pharmacists and scientists through science‐based, personalized, interdisciplinary training that engages the local community and focuses students on the lifelong pursuit of answers to, and compassionate delivery of advances toward, the grand challenges in human health.

• Recruit, develop and retain high quality faculty and staff to achieve the schools mission.
• Identify, admit and further develop high quality, diverse, self-reflective and compassionate students.
• Develop and deliver an innovative personalized, interdisciplinary and integrated curriculum.
• Conduct collaborative scientific research that is focused on achievable goals that improve the human condition.
• Establish and cultivate a culture of community engagement and partnerships throughout the CUSP community.

• Personalized education, e.g., small class sizes, low student‐to‐faculty ratio
• Learner‐centered approach that includes Team‐based learning and active learning
• Interdisciplinary education from the start, community involvement, global Citizen perspectives
• Active learning, including labs and didactic with supportive classrooms/technology
• Continuous, comprehensive and cumulative assessment through multiple means (e.g., oral and written testing, knowledge application simulations, interview, observation of presentations and participation)
• Structured learning and practice experience with other health profession students, such as PA, PT, and Nursing
• Enrollment starting at 60 entering students in 2015 and growing to a maximum of 100 entering students per year in 2017 and thereafter
• Broad experiential learning partnerships in Pharmacy Clinical Practice and with local biopharmaceutical and medical device industry partnerships
• Student study focus areas of research, regulatory affairs, continuous quality improvement

CUSP Founding Leadership Team hired by July‐2013
WASC Accreditation application Aug‐2013 
WASC Approval Dec‐2013 (WASC approval received Oct-2013)
Draft ACPE Pre-Candidate Application Jan‐2014
ACPE Staff visit March-2014
Final ACPE Pre‐Candidate Application April-2014
ACPE Board Pre-Candidate Application Consideration June 2014
September 2015, First Professional Program Students matriculate ….. First Graduates May‐2018 & Full Accreditation received. Model: (0‐5, or 2‐3)