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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

  • Dec 12
    7:30 pm

    Delirium Musicum at the Brain and Creativity Institute

    USC Brain and Creativity Institute's Joyce J. Cammilleri Hall (BCI)
  • Dec 14
    7:30 pm

    Sounds of the Season: A Scholarship Gala

    Bovard Auditorium (ADM)
  • Jan 14
    6:00 pm

    One Never Remembers Alone: Visual Transmissions of Kinship and Memory

    Roski Graduate Gallery (Arts District)

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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

  • Assal Habibi has done extensive research on how musical training is beneficial for brain development. Her latest study focuses on children who are learning music and speak more than one language, as compared to children who know just one language. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)

    USC research reinforces music’s impact on the developing brain

    December 6, 2019

    A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help USC Dornsife's Assal Habibi advance her studies into how musical training boosts childhood brain development.

  • Inda Craig-Galván has done sketch comedy at The Second City and The Groundlings, has a Black Theater Alliance Award & Joseph Jefferson Award nomination, wrote for The Rookie, edited How To Get Away With Murder in addition to being a playwright. (Photo/Courtesy of Inda Craig-Galván)

    Whether writing plays or TV dramas, this USC alum embraces her voice

    December 5, 2019

    Inda Craig-Galv?n, who has worked as both an acclaimed playwright and a TV writer, credits her master's from the USC School of Dramatic Arts with opening her eyes to new writing opportunities.

  • Richard Bernstein as Zuniga in Carmen. (Photo/Marty Sohl, Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera)

    An Opera Star’s Journey from USC to New York’s Biggest Stage

    December 4, 2019

    A USC Thornton alum reflects on the glamour -- and hard work -- of life as an operatic bass.

  • USC Dornsife psychologist Henrike Moll says that children see the puppets on Sesame Street as similar to themselves, which is why they are willing to learn from the characters.(Photo/Courtesy of Sesame Workshop)

    After five decades, Sesame Street still understands how to reach kids

    November 22, 2019

    An USC psychology professor explains how this beloved children's show uncovered the secret to educational success.

  • USC Medical Clowning director Zachary Steel, center, and medical clowns Casey Dunn, Raquel Gendry, and Katie Snyder, from left, back row. (USC Photo/Chandrea Miller)

    USC-trained medical clowns believe laughter can bring foster families together

    November 21, 2019

    Graduates of the medical clowning program at the USC School of Dramatic Arts want to change the face of foster care, one smile at a time.

  • Disco'd follows Anthony Alexander III, Julianna Jackson, Lou (no last name given) and Frank Murillo, clockwise from top left. (Image/Courtesy of Sam Mantell)

    Making his first film pushed this producer to get his USC Marshall MBA

    November 7, 2019

    Sam Mantell spent almost three years producing, editing and selling a documentary about being homeless in Los Angeles. His biggest takeaway? Understanding the business side of entertainment is key.

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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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