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Architecture

The USC School of Architecture fuses history, theory, technology and design into a variety of degree programs that prepare students for the rigors of the professional design practices.

Art and Design

The USC Roski School of Art and Design's faculty are internationally recognized artists who offer a progressive approach for experimentation in all forms of visual arts.

Cinematic Arts

The USC School of Cinematic Arts trains fully-formed media makers, collaborators, and scholars situated to flourish in their chosen career path.

Dance

The USC Kaufman School of Dance is at the forefront of creating a new model for dance—a hybrid art form expressed in new media, scholarship, studio practice, music, choreography and performance.

Dramatic Arts

The USC School of Dramatic Arts' conservatory environment blends with the full academic experience found at a major research university.

Music

The USC Thornton School of Music consistently ranks among the top one percent of the nation’s music schools and conservatories.

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USC Visions & Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative

Highlighting the university’s commitment to interdisciplinary approaches, the initiative features a spectacular array of events conceived and organized by faculty and schools throughout the university. Every Visions and Voices event is designed to challenge students and expand their perspectives. View the 2019-2020 schedule.

News

  • When teaching online, USC Kaufman’s Patrick Corbin says he dances along with his students much more than when they were together in the school’s studios. (Photo/Courtesy of Patrick Corbin)

    Can you teach ceramics and theater on Zoom? Yes, and here’s how

    May 8, 2020

    Architecture, drama and other hands-on courses may be tough to teach remotely, but these USC professors are making it work.

  • Award-winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler of Hamilton fame dropped by to teach a number to the inaugural BFA Musical Theatre cohort. (Image/Courtesy of Celine Kiner)

    Hamilton choreographer pays a virtual visit to USC musical theater class

    May 6, 2020

    USC students were floored when three-time Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler stopped by an online class to teach them a few subtle moves.

  • Looking to showcase their dance skills, USC Kaufman School of Dance seniors partnered with the school’s Career Services Office to launch dance tutorials on the school’s Instagram channel. (Photos/Cathryn Farnsworth)

    USC senior dance students show off their choreography on Instagram

    May 5, 2020

    When COVID-19 caused the cancellation of USC Kaufman's spring performance, the school's seniors turned to social media for one last dance.

  • One goal of distributing the care packages, which include fabric masks and art supplies, is to show that the goal of providing artistic outlets to Skid Row has not changed. (Photo/Courtesy of William Warrener)

    USC design students provide artistic outlets for Skid Row community during the pandemic

    May 4, 2020

    Students from the USC Roski School of Art and Design are helping to produce care packages for Skid Row residents who've lost their arts programming.

  • Trojan Vision at work (clockwise from top left): The Water Cooler showrunner Lauren Merola on set; Michelle Askew and Sully Zach host The Breakdown; The Breakdown showrunner Julianne Fox; and the cast of The Water Cooler during a live shot. (Photo/Courtesy of The Water Cooler, Courtesy of Trojan Vision, Courtesy of Julianne Fox, and Chandrea Miller)

    When USC’s TV station halted production, students and faculty moved their shows to Zoom

    April 30, 2020

    Some students literally wept when they found out Trojan Vision was shutting down. Then they started flexing their creative muscles and figuring out how they could get back on the air.

  • Jesus Garcia performs in a short film for Edgar Landa‘s stage combat class at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. (Image/Jesus Garcia)

    Now in isolation, USC acting students practice stage combat by fighting themselves — and we have video

    April 28, 2020

    Watch these Trojans wage solo battles in a fight choreography and acting course taught remotely on Zoom.

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USC ART SCHOOLS

School of Architecture
School of Cinematic Arts
Roski School of Art and Design
Thornton School of Music
School of Dramatic Arts
Glorya Kaufman School of Dance

Arts Programming

  • Visions and Voices
  • Libraries
  • Fisher Museum of Art
  • Pacific Asia Museum
  • Classical KUSC
  • Cultural Tour: The Gamble House

Additional Arts Programs

  • Arts Journalism
  • Creative Writing
  • International Artists Program

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