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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.

Arts Events

  • Apr 21
    2:00 pm

    USC Thornton Opera presents "Le Nozze di Figaro"

    Bing Theatre (BIT)
  • May 8
    11:00 am

    USC Games Expo

    School of Cinematic Arts - SCA (SCA)
  • May 18
    10:00 am

    Innovate Armenia

    Founders Park

More events »

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 2018-2019 schedule.

News

  • The Notre Dame Cathedral stands next to the Seine in this 2014 photo. (Photo/Pixabay)

    What the Notre Dame Cathedral fire means to Paris, Catholics and more

    April 15, 2019

    USC experts offer insight into the catastrophic blaze's potential impact on religion, art, tourism and history.

  • Let USC experts sharpen your knowledge to prepare for Game of Thrones. (Photo/Shutterstock)

    Win the Iron Throne by mastering these 7 liberal arts specialties

    April 12, 2019

    Whether you're a Stark, a Lannister or a Targaryen, nothing would help more in the Game of Thrones than a mastery of the letters, arts and sciences. USC Dornsife experts explain why.

  • Beatboxing originated in 1970s New York, coinciding with the genesis of hip-hop: The high cost of rhythm machines, or “beatboxes,“ led musicians to start creating their own rhythms with what was freely available –– their mouths. (Illustration/Dennis Lan)

    Unpacking the mysteries of beatboxing: Linguists and engineers team up

    April 10, 2019

    Beatboxers expertly manipulate their vocal tracts to make sounds unknown in any language. Through the use of cutting-edge MRIs, USC researchers plan to find out how they do it.

  • Joey Messina-Doerning records the USC Thornton Symphony as Richard McIlvery advises. (Photo/Isaac Lee)

    Recording the USC Thornton Symphony: 78 musicians, 30 mics and a mammoth mixing board

    March 29, 2019

    Music Production major Joey Messina-Doerning orchestrates a multi-track recording of the symphony using a vintage analog piece of equipment. The result was music to his ears.

  • Bethany Montagano has been named the next director of the USC Pacific Asia Museum. (USC Photo/Vanessa Preziose)

    Bethany Montagano named USC Pacific Asia Museum director

    March 28, 2019

    A visionary and creative museum curator, Montagano comes from the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, where she served as senior curator.

  • Anne DeSalvo, right, enjoys lunch on her first day in Saudi Arabia with Hajar Alnaim, who works as talent coordinator for the Saudi Arabia Film Council. (Photo/Courtesy of Anne DeSalvo)

    Professor’s acting class in an unexpected locale — Saudi Arabia — allows for cultural exchange

    March 20, 2019

    Anne DeSalvo had never been to the Middle Eastern country before; her experience there was not what she expected -- in a good way.

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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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