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TS3 About the School8 Los Angeles12 Facts16 Facilities22 Financial Aid

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS25 Programs32 Global Studies39 Apply

GRADUATE PROGRAMS43 Architecture48 Advanced Architectural Studies52 Building Science56 Heritage Conservation60 Landscape Architecture + Urbanism68 Certificates72 Global Programs76 Apply

PROGRAMWHAT IMPACT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ON THE WORLD?That sounds like a simple question, yet it carries enormous meaning! As the world has become more similar in many ways, and as technology has brought disparate peoples closer together, we still find ourselves atomized by geographic constraints, economic limitations, structural inadequacies, and conflict. Navigating the world and the complexities of identity and space requires a capacious intellect and an imaginative mind. The USC School of Architecture has been educating explorers since its founding in 1919. Our educational offerings include architecture, landscape architecture + urban-ism, building science, and heritage conservation. With 750 students and 100 faculty members, the School has the reach and scale of few others nationwide.

OUR GRADUATES ARE EXPLORERS AND CITIZENS OF THE WORLD. As students, they come from all corners of the globe. They are from diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities, geographies, and cultures; and they claim identities that are their own. They are Pritzker Prize Laureates and AIA Gold Medal Recipients—like Paul Williams, Frank Gehry, and Thom Mayne. They are transformational figures in the history and evolution of modernism and urbanization. They are providing the intellectual capital that fuels new thinking in applied building technologies and the preservation/conservation of our heritage, cultural infrastructure, and ecologies. And…they are the emerging voices in the yet unwritten stories of urban revitaliza-tion, civic infrastructure, and new forms of housing and commerce.

WE CELEBRATE PLURALISM, AND WE PRACTICE CRITICAL THINKING. Our graduates are being equipped with competencies that range in scope from technical skills in designing architecture at all scales; and conceptual precision in articulating ideas and linking design to other discourses, includ-ing humanities and social sciences; to representational finesse in utilizing analog, digital, and moving image methods to communicate ideas. Our fac-ulty are driven to explore—from the everyday consequences of architecture and design to impact a community to the experimental realm of theoretical research and speculation. Our curriculum and our connection to the larger USC community means that there are no bounds to your interests. USC is a leading research university with excellence across 19 academic schools, insti-tutes, and global partnerships.

The opportunity is yours—join us! MILTON S. F. CURRYDeanDella & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair

University of Southern CaliforniaSchool of Architecture

Watt Hall 204Los Angeles, CA 90089-0291

Tel 213.740.2723http://arch.usc.edu

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TSINCE OUR ESTABLISHMENT IN 1914, the USC School of Architecture has excelled in offering a solid foundation for success for all of our graduates.

Our program gives students numerous degree options to best pursue their in-dividual interests and goals. All under-graduate students may choose between two distinct bachelor degrees and a minor from more than 150 options. Our grad-uate students may choose from our five master’s degrees, three dual degrees and five certificate programs.

Through the ongoing success of so many of our alumni trained within these programs, the School of Architecture has built a well-earned reputation of preparing leaders in our field. Our degree curriculum—whether in architecture, landscape architecture, building science, or heritage conser-vation—has always been intensive, in-depth, and topical, with each program fusing history, theory, technology, and design into a variety of degree programs

2 distinct bachelordegrees

5 distinct master’sdegrees, 3 dual

degrees,5 certificateprograms.

Produced by University of Southern California, 2017 Design: Omnivore, Inc Assistant Dean of Communications: Lee Olvera Executive Director of Student Services: Jennifer Park Communications Associate: Kay Chang All program information contained here is summa-rized from the USC Catalogue and is considered non-official. The official source for information on USC’s Academic Policies and Procedures is the USC Catalogue.

The USC Catalogue is the document of authority for all

students. The program requirements listed in the

USC Catalogue supersede any information which may be

contained in any bulletin of any school or department.

The university reserves the right to change its policies, rules,

regulations, requirements for graduation, course offerings

and any other contents of this catalogue at any time.

Non-Discrimination Policy The University of Southern California is an equal opportunity employer and educator, proudly plu-ralistic and firmly committed to providing equal op-portunity for outstanding men and women of every race, creed and background. The university strives to maintain a community in which each person respects the rights of other people to live, work and learn in peace and dignity, be proud of who and what they are, and to have equal opportunity to realize their full potential as individuals and mem-bers of society. To this end, the university places great emphasis on those values and virtues that bind us together as human beings and members of the Trojan Family. The university enthusiastically supports this policy in its entirety, and expects that every person associated with the university will give continuing support to its implementation.

The university is committed to complying with all applicable laws and governmental regulations at every level of government which prohibit discrim-ination against, or which mandate that special consideration be given to, students and applicants for admission, or faculty, staff and applicants for employment, on the basis of any protected catego-ry, including race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other charac-teristic which may be specified in such laws and

regulations. Gender includes both the actual sex of an individual and that person’s gender identity, ap-pearance or behavior, whether or not that identity, appearance or behavior is traditionally associated with that person’s sex at birth. This policy applies to all of the university’s educational programs and activities including admissions, and all personnel actions including but not limited to recruiting, hir-ing, promotion, demotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, provision of leaves, training, education, tuition assistance and other programs. In addition, an otherwise qualified individual must not be discriminated against in, or excluded from, admissions, participation in edu-cational programs and activities, or employment solely due to his or her disability.

The university seeks compliance with all statutes prohibiting discrimination in education, including Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 which respectively prohibit discrimination. This good faith effort to comply is made even when such laws and regulations conflict with each other.

The university will make reasonable accom-modations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship. Further information is available from Human Resources Administration at [email protected] or (213) 821-8111.

The Disabled/Veterans Affirmative Action Plan may be reviewed by employees and applicants upon request. For further information or to make an ap-pointment during regular business hours, contact OED (see below).

Questions regarding the application of the various rules and regulations concerning equal employ-ment opportunity, affirmative action, and non-dis-crimination should also be addressed to OED (see below). The university’s Title IX Coordinator is Gretchen Dahlinger Means; the university’s AgeDA Coordinator is the Director of the OED, University Park Campus, Los Angeles, California 90089.

Responsible Office: Office of Equity and Diversity (OED), equity.usc.edu, (213) 740-5086.

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Embracing the future, our students are encouraged to participate each year in one of our many global studies programs. We offer semester-long programs in Europe (Barcelona and Como), Asia (China, Japan, Hong Kong), South America (Brazil, Mexico, Peru) as well as shorter studio offerings and field studies in France, China, as well as the United States to introduce students to new cultural frameworks that contribute to the shaping of their global perspective.

Our approximately 100 faculty mem-bers create a diverse spectrum of experts for our students to learn from in both studios and seminars each term. Tenured academicians teach alongside practic-ing, award-winning professionals. Our invited visiting faculty and critics are selected from elite schools and design practices from Los Angeles and around the world and have included Frank Gehry, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, Michael Maltzan, Mia Lehrer, Will Bruder, Dan Meis, Markus Miessen,

semester-longtravel &

field studies

100 faculty members

Notable Visiting Faculty:

Frank GehryKazuyo Sejima

Ryue NishizawaMichael Maltzan

Mia Lehrer Will Bruder Dan Meis

Markus MiessenMichael Meredith & Hilary Sample

Oliver Schulze

that well-prepare our students for the rigors of the professional design practices.

Our graduates from these programs are truly world renowned as the foremost designers, practitioners and faculty in architecture of yesterday and today. We hold two Pritzker Prize laureates Frank Gehry and Thom Mayne as our alumni, as well as Case Study House Program participants, Pierre Koenig, Conrad Buff, Don Hensman, and Calvin Straub. Countless more of our alumni have established themselves as leaders in local and international prac-tices—for instance, Emmet Wemple, William Pereira, Albert Martin, Jon Jerde, Mark Rios, Kelly Sutherlin McLeod, Ronald Altoon, and Gerard Furbershaw all established their own local offices after graduating from USC, which then quickly grew into prac-tices with worldwide reputations for creative, groundbreaking architecture, landscape architecture, and design.

Notable Alumni:Frank Gehry

& Thom Mayne

Pierre KoenigConrad Buff

Donald Hensman Calvin Straub

Emmet WempleWilliam PereiraAlbert Martin

Jon JerdeMark Rios

Ronald AltoonGerard Furbershaw

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with a shared vision that architectural education at USC must be supported and nurtured. In this spirit, USC Architecture students are presented with numerous opportunities to develop connections, both through personal and professional development such as one-on-one reviews of student resumes and portfolios and small group networking with selected industry leaders and firms. The School dedicates special attention and resources to ensure its students achieve their ac-ademic and career goals that align with their passion and core values.

Michael Meredith & Hilary Sample, Thomas Phifer, Tom Kundig, and Oliver Schulze.

The future of the architectural profession rests on providing the highest caliber education to students who will become leaders in the industry and beyond. The USC School of Architecture demon-strates its commitment in bridging academic excellence and professional development through individualized mentoring programs, career guidance, and active engagement through the USC Architectural Guild. As the na-tion’s most distinguished architecture professional alumni organization, the Guild has provided philanthropic support to enhance and promote the School’s top priorities, including scholarships, professorships, and school programs. For close to 60 years, the members of the Guild from all professional backgrounds and industries within the realm of ar-chitecture, design, construction and real estate development, have joined together

Professional Development:

USC Architectural Guild

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UNIVERSITY AND LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles is world-renowned for its vibrancy. The University of Southern California is a premier research institu-tion. Both provide the USC School of Architecture with an unparalleled context for the study of the natural, built and tech-

nological environments. Positioned at the fulcrum of East and West, the

City, University, and School combine to engage our

students simultane-ously on the global and neighborhood stage.

LOS ANGELES: THE

ULTIMATE LABORATORY

Los Angeles is de-scribed as the perfect

laboratory for architec-ture students. Its variety

of urban and environ-mental components, both

cultural and physical, con-tributes to the city’s diversity,

flexibility, and multiplicity in all aspects. These conditions make it

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the perfect laboratory where architecture starts to challenge its boundaries. In this city is where the USC School of Architecture should be. But to be in it is not enough. It should be connected to it and immersed in it.

This immersion takes many forms. Our students actively participate in the city and its culture, studying notable architec-ture and landscapes through first-hand experience. Student design projects often reflect this interactive engagement by creating work that directly examines issues of the city, engaging in the real world issues of architecture, landscape architecture, building science and her-itage conservation that surround them every day.

USC: THE ULTIMATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

You are part of the Trojan Family experi-ence the moment you become a student at USC. This unique and prestigious designation joins you not only to the community of students and faculty but

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also to a network of 375,000 alumni. Together they offer an unsurpassed support system for every student. This vibrant setting presents numerous oppor-tunities to get involved academically and socially, not only on campus but within the surrounding community and city as well. With 800 student organizations, you can explore your passions and inter-ests—leadership programs, recreational sports, religious groups, student govern-ment, multicultural organizations, Greek life, community service opportunities, and much more.

USC offers students countless opportuni-ties and options to enhance their academ-ic careers. You can pursue degrees from 19 different professional schools and choose from 150 minors—the broadest selection of any U.S. university. Visions and Voices, a university-wide arts and humanities initiative, fosters creativity and discovery.

participating in thecity and its culture

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professorsKim ColemanMilton S. F. CurryDiane Ghirardo, ph.d., faarQingyun Ma, aiaJohn V. Mutlow, faia, ribaVictor Regnier, faiaG. Goetz Schierle, ph.d., faiaMarc Schiler, fasesKelly Shannon, ph.d.James Steele, ph.d.John Wilson, ph.d.

associate professorsKenneth Breisch, ph.d.Vittoria Di Palma, ph.d.Alvin Huang, aiaCharles A. Lagreco, aiaGraeme Morland, aia, ribaAmy Murphy, ph.d.Douglas Noble, ph.d., faiaDoris Sung

assistant professors Joon-Ho Choi, ph.d.Alison Hirsch, ph.d.Kyle Konis, ph.d., aiaTravis Longcore, ph.d.Alexander Robinson, faarJosé Sanchez

distinguished visiting facultyMia Lehrer, faslaYansong MaDavid Martin, faia

visiting faculty Yaohua Wang

professor of practiceWesley Jones, faar

associate professors of practice in architectureSarah CowlesYo-Ichiro Hakomori, ph.d., aiaKaren KensekEsther MarguliesLauren MatchisonLee OlveraGary Paige Hadrian PredockTrudi SandmeierSelwyn Ting, aiaOlivier Touraine

assistant professors of practice in architectureValery Augustin, aiaScott MitchellGeoffrey von Oeyen

adjunct professorsPeyton Hall, faiaAlice Kimm, faiaLorcan O’Herlihy, faiaRobert Perry, faslaLarry Scarpa, faiaPatrick Tighe, faia, faar

adjunct associate professorsTigran AyrapetyanJohn Dutton, aiaJeff Guh, ph.d.Eric Haas, aiaMichael Hricak, faiaRob LeyAndrew LiangAaron Neubert, aiaJennifer Siegal, aiaWarren Techentin, aiaRoland Wahlroos-Ritter

application, and building information modeling. Others working in archi-tectural history, media theory, and heritage conservation publish each year in single-authored university press books and in competitive journals. Several faculty have served as officers on editorial boards, including those of Journal of Architectural Education and the Society of Architectural Historians.

Four of our faculty have been recog-nized as Distinguished Professors by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Twelve have been named Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). Four have won the prestigious Phi Kappa Phi award for outstanding achievement in the publication of a book. Faculty have also been named Fellows of the American Academy of Rome and Fellows of the American Solar Energy Society.

THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE CURRENTLY has 39 full-time faculty, as well as nu-merous adjunct professional faculty, specializing in design, theory, history, technology, preservation, landscape, or computation. In addition to teaching, our faculty engage in distinguished creative practice, funded research or scholarly publication.

USC Architecture faculty members have collectively received hundreds of awards and grants, including those from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the California Preservation Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Science Foundation. Our faculty engage in multi-year funded research projects, advancing knowl-edge in areas such as seismic design, natural day lighting, solar design, af-fordable housing, housing for special users, sustainability, advanced material

adjunct assistant professorsLaurel BroughtonMario Cipresso, aiaJanek DombowaScott Uriu

senior lecturersMichael ArdenMiller FongSophia GruzdysSusanna Seierup

lecturersIman AnsariVictoria Behner, ph.d.Rob BerryVinayak BharneBiayna BogosianSophia BorgesJustin BrechtelRebecca ChoiMina Chow, aiaTony CoceaPeter Culley, ribaLauren Dandridge GainesStephen DetersJames DiewaldMichael Ellars, aiaDora Epstein, ph.d.Maria EsnaolaJohn FraneChristina GrayJia GuKatherine HarveyJerry Hastings, aslaKathryn HorakChristof JanztenErin KasimowJason Kerwin, aiaHunter KnightZeina KoreitemAndy KuManyan LamChristine Lampert, aiaAnthony Laney, aiaJohn LesakLisa LittleLauren LynnKelly MajewskiJeff MikolajewskiEric NulmanClifford PearsonJay PlattZachary PorterDima RachidMary RinghoffMarcos SanchezKris SandheinrichLee SchneiderBrendan SheaLuke SmithAstrid SykesBrian Tichenor, aia, aslaChris TorresDavid UlinJohn UniackJeff Vaglio, ph.d.Elizabeth Valmont, ph.d.Peter Zellner

emeritus professorsJames AmbroseFrank DimsterRobert S. Harris, faiaRalph L. KnowlesRoger SherwoodJames Tyler, faia

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LOCATED IN THE HARRIS HALL AND WATT HALL complex of buildings and courtyards on the University Park Campus, the USC School of Architecture comprises over 50,000 square feet of design studios, classrooms, galleries, workshops, and laboratories specifically designed to offer

an immersive and stimulating learn-ing environment.

Each semester, all archi-tecture students are

assigned their own design worksta-

tions with storage. The University

provides continuous wireless support, and

students have 24-hour, seven-days-a-week

access to their studios and workstations.

The School expects, pro-motes, and supports the use

and advancement of technology for the study of architecture. Our

50,000 sq ft of designstudios

continuouswireless support

computer modeling& building design analysis software

large-format printers

laser cutting 3D printing

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representations in metal, plastic, and wood. The School also operates a state-of-the-art darkroom for analog photography with a variety of equipment, darkrooms, and a model shooting room for student use as well as a digital fabrication workshop including laser cutting, CNC milling, and robotics.

Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library Watt Hall features the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, a fully computerized facility that contains one of the most comprehensive architectural book, journal, and slide collections in the United States. The library houses over 75,000 volumes, including many original rare books. Homer, the library’s online catalogue, provides access to the library system’s holdings from any branch on campus, as well as from a student’s per-sonal computer. Students can access more than 300 electronic databases, such as the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, art and popular culture indexes, and many journals online.

Library facilities75,000 volumes

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ILITIESfacilities provide access to the latest in computer modeling and building design analysis software, as well as advanced output technologies, including large-for-mat printers, laser cutting and 3D print-ing. Students can also take advantage of the multiple benefits of the numerous computer labs spread across the USC campus.

The Verle Annis Gallery, Helen Lindhurst Gallery, Rosendin Family Atrium, Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, and Pierre Koenig Lecture Hall provide exhibition, review, and lecture space for the School. The Robert H. Timme Architectural Research Center occupies the 22,000-square-foot third floor of Watt Hall providing studio space for the graduate programs as well as faculty offices, research suites, “sky gardens,” and review spaces.

Our facilities include a woodshop for model making, a welding facility, and a work yard, where students have the space to construct full-size and scale

Digital fabrication and robotics

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block period. Given to the School of Architecture by Harriet Freeman in 1984, it contains one of the best col-lections of custom-designed Rudolph Schindler furniture.

The house has been the subject of re-search grants from the Getty Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation, and the Domino Foundation. When restoration work is completed, the Freeman house will function as a residence for students and distinguished visitors, as well as a setting for small seminars and meetings.

Historic Landmarks The Greene & Greene Gamble House and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Freeman House are two jewels of our Heritage Conservation program. Both landmarks are available to students and faculty for study, research, and events. Each year, two USC Architecture students are awarded fellowships to live at the Gamble House as part of the Scholar -in-Residence Program.

The Gamble House, a national historic landmark, is recognized internationally as a masterpiece of the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States. The house, built in 1908 for David and Mary Gamble of the Proctor and Gamble Company, is the most complete and best-preserved example of the architecture and interior design work of brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene.

The Freeman House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923, is one of the most interesting examples of his textile

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USC HAS A LONG TRADITION OF MEETING 100%

of the USC-determined financial need for undergraduate students who meet all deadlines and eligibility requirements. The financial aid program includes need-based grants, merit scholarships, low-interest loans, and federal work-

study programs for undergraduates. Students must be U.S. citizens

or permanent residents and must meet all other eli-

gibility requirements to be eligible for federal, state, and

university financial aid programs.

In addition to apply-ing for need-based aid

through the University’s Office of Financial Aid,

our undergraduate students in architecture may apply

for various donor-supported scholarships each year through

the School of Architecture Scholarship Application.

Visit www.usc.edu/admission/fa/

for more information

Donor-supported scholarships,

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students/scholarshipsfor more

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The School of Architecture also awards merit scholarships for both domestic and international graduate students.All appli-cants accepted into one of our graduate programs are automatically evaluated for this support. Most domestic graduate students who demonstrate financial need and meet all eligibility requirements and deadlines may also qualify for low-inter-est federal loans and federal work-study programs. International graduate students are not eligible for university financial aid.

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Our NAAB-accredited professional Bachelor of Architecture program provides an exceptional university education. Students study architecture as well as complete other core course work in the sciences and humanities throughout their five-year curriculum. Our students are encouraged to pursue minors to combine their interest in architecture with allied fields.

The combination of a world-class research university and a 100-year-old architecture program situated in Los Angeles, one of the centers of global architecture, makes for an unbeatable undergraduate education in architecture. With the robust scale of our program, we offer a great diversity of choices for each student to follow their own interests. With our worldwide reputation for design excellence, we create small studio laboratories every semester led by distinguished faculty at the cutting edge of the profession. Our students are challenged to shape our future

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The School of Architecture also awards merit scholarships for both domestic and international graduate students.All appli-cants accepted into one of our graduate programs are automatically evaluated for this support. Most domestic graduate students who demonstrate financial need and meet all eligibility requirements and deadlines may also qualify for low-inter-est federal loans and federal work-study programs. International graduate students are not eligible for university financial aid.

24 BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

Our NAAB-accredited professional Bachelor of Architecture program provides an exceptional university education. Students study architecture as well as complete other core coursework in the sciences and humanities throughout their five-year curriculum. Our students are encouraged to pursue minors to combine their interest in architecture with allied fields.

The combination of a world-class research university and a 100-year-old architecture program situated in Los Angeles, one of the centers of global architecture, makes for an unbeatable undergraduate education in architecture. With the robust scale of our program, we offer a great diversity of choices for each student to follow their own interests. With our worldwide reputation for design excellence, we create small studio laboratories every semester, led by distinguished faculty at the cutting edge of the profession. Our students are challenged to shape our future

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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

School of Architecture Courses 112 Units Design 58 Technology 21 History/Theory 13 Design Communication 2 Professional Practice 6 Professional Electives 12

Other Courses 48 Units General Education 28(incl. ARCH214ab, PHYS 125L, ARCH-213ab)

Writing Requirement 8 Mathematics 4 Free Electives 8

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED 160 Units

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E environments through a synthesis of technological and cultural innovation, responding to thoughtful deliberation of pressing and contemporary issues.

Beginning in the first semester, students will be immersed in both architectural and general university studies. The first six semesters provides a foundation in understanding architecture through studies in design, technology, culture, and history, concluding with integrative studies that help develop a deeper understanding of becoming an architect. The remaining four semesters provide the opportunity to explore many aspects of architecture and the discipline, including studies abroad. To develop individual strengths and interests, each student’s studies conclude with a year-long degree project that develops out of a research seminar and concludes with a focused, yet comprehensive studio.

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National Architectural Accrediting Board Statement In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a six-year, three-year or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

The University of Southern California School of Architecture offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:

—Bachelor of Architecture (160 undergraduate credits)

—Master of Architecture (pre-professional degree + 64 graduate credits)

—Master of Architecture (non-professional degree + 102 graduate credits)

Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2022

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES

The four-year architectural studies degree program provides a rich curriculum for each student—blending basic training in architectural design, technology, and history. It allows each student to both explore architecture and its related fields of practice, as well as focus on a particular area they find more compelling. It is an excellent degree alternative for those students interested in architecture but not sure if they might want to pursue a career or graduate work after USC in architecture or other fields, such as environmental studies, real estate, urban planning, landscape design, etc. Students first accepted into the professional five-year Bachelor of Architecture program (B.Arch) are eligible to elect this degree (B.S. in A.S) at the end of the second year of study.

The curriculum includes a core program in the first two years identical to the Bachelor of Architecture professional degree program. In the second two years, students explore many aspects

training in architectural design,

technology and history.

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FIRST YEAR, FIRST SEMESTERARCH 102aL ARCH 105LARCH 114

MATH 108*

FIRST YEAR, SECOND SEMESTERARCH 102bLARCH 214agPHYS 125LgWRIT 150

SECOND YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER ARCH 202aL ARCH 213a ARCH 214bg General Education SECOND YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER ARCH 202bL ARCH 211 ARCH 213bg General Education THIRD YEAR, FIRST SEMESTER ARCH 215 ARCH 302aL ARCH 313 ARCH 314 THIRD YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER ARCH 302bL ARCH 315 ARCH 411 General Education

FOURTH YEAR, FIRST SEMESTERARCH 402aLWRIT 340ElectivesGeneral Education

FOURTH YEAR, SECOND SEMESTERARCH 402bLARCH 525

Architectural History Elective Electives

FIFTH YEAR, FIRST SEMESTERARCH 500aLARCH 501Electives

FIFTH YEAR, SECOND SEMESTERARCH 502aLARCH 526 Electives

UNITS 4 2 2 4 4 16 4 3 4 4 15 6 3 3 4 16 6 3 3 4 16 3 6 3 3 15 6 3 3 4 16 6 4 4 4 18 6 3

2–4 3–5 16 6 2 8 16 6 37 16

Architectural Design IFundamentals of Design CommunicationArchitecture: Culture and Community

Contemporary Precalculus, or General Education TOTAL

Architectural Design IWorld History of Architecture*Physics for Architects**Writing and Critical Reasoning—Thematic Approaches TOTAL

Architectural Design IIBuilding Structures and Seismic Design*** World History of Architecture*

TOTAL Architectural Design IIMaterials and Methods of Building Construction Building Structures and Seismic Design***

TOTAL Design for the Thermal and Atmospheric Environment Architectural Design III Design of Building Structures History of Architecture: Contemporary Issues TOTAL

Architectural Design IIIDesign for the Luminous and Sonic Environment Architectural Technology TOTAL

Architectural Design IVAdvanced Writing

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Architectural Design IV Professional Practice: Pre-Design, Project and Office Administration Documentation

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Comprehensive Architectural DesignCritical Topics in Architecture TOTAL

Architectural Design VProfessional Practice: Legal and Economic Context, Project

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*ARCH 214a, ARCH 214b fulfill the General Education requirement in Category A: The Arts.

** PHYS 125 fulfills the General Education requirement in Category E: Physical Sciences. The PHYS 125 requirement may also be fulfilled by PHYS 135a, PHYS 135b; 4 units will be applied toward the B.Arch, and 4 will count as electives.

***ARCH 213a, ARCH 213b fulfills the General Education requirement in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning.

To fulfill a minimum 160 units for the Bachelor of Architecture degree, courses in the Global Perspectives categories should be used to satisfy requirements in the Core Literacies as well. A single course can satisfy one Global Perspective and one Core Literacy requirement.

Total minimum units required: 160

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MINORS

Students enrolled in other degree programs than listed above may achieve a Minor in Architecture or Landscape Architecture while studying at USC.

ArchitectureStudents not only gain a wide range of valuable skills related to the creative process, but also benefit by learning about the history of our built environment, with all of its technological and cultural impact on human progress across several millennium.

Landscape ArchitectureThe minor provides students with the ability to integrate the ecological and cultural dimensions of landscape architecture into their course of study. Studies are about repairing and sustaining natural systems in cities, about the history of human settlements, places, and gardens in urban landscapes, and about the cultural and aesthetic meanings of landscape architecture design. This is an excellent emphasis for students in environmental studies, civil engineering, planning, and anthropology.

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School of Architecture Courses 84 Units Design 20 Technology 21 History/Theory 11 Design Communication 2 Professional Practice 3 Core & Capstone Seminar 6Professional Electives 21

Other Courses 44 Units General Education 28 (incl. ARCH 214ab, PHYS 125L, ARCH 213ab) Writing Requirement 8 Mathematics 4 Free Electives 4

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED 128 UNITS

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THE GLOBAL STUDIES PROGRAMS extend the boundaries of academic engagement beyond the USC campus. Part of the international focus of the School of Architecture is to encourage all stu-dents in good standing to study abroad for a semester to better understand and

experience global culture, practice, economy, and education. The

students will extrapolate and synthesize the sim-

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Fall Program in Asia: Asian Architecture and Landscape Urbanism The AALU program provides the op-portunity to explore the new urban par-adigm of China. Though the program is anchored in Shanghai, academic en-richment excursions and urban/design workshops will take the students to many other cities in China, as well as in Japan, and Hong Kong. Students engage in the transformative forces of urbanism and built environments to mediate the

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spectrum between universal civilization and the indigenous particularities of place and culture. They will be taught to observe and synthesize the similarities and differences that exist between their own social/cultural norms and the criti-cal means for thinking about architecture and the city. These studies are intended to challenge their assumptions and expand their horizons.

Fall Program in Spain: Barcelona Barcelona is both a modern and his-torical city, committed to a culture of visual design that has realized many ambitious urban plans. It is a dynamic site for the study of ancient and con-temporary urbanism, as it is a model of cultural activity and an impressive locus for new architecture, landscape architec-ture, and urbanism. Design projects seek to embrace public space and architec-ture from antiquity to the 21st century, which will be studied in the context of a city which seeks to project its future in dialogue with engaging its past and

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present. A design studio with faculty and students from La Salle University Barcelona provides students with op-portunities to work collaboratively with international students. Field studies in Madrid, Toledo, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Granada, Seville, Cordoba, and other Spanish cities, as well as areas of Europe, including Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Venice, expose students to the full range of historical and contemporary architecture.

Spring Semester in Italy: Rome/Como Anthony A. Marnell II Italian Architecture Studies Program The Marnell Italy program begins in Rome with study and analysis of Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Twentieth-Century design, architec-ture, and urbanism. Other field studies include Florence, with its exceptional Renaissance architecture; the Veneto region: Ferrara, Verona, Vicenza and Venice; and several weeks in Como and Milan. Milan is the heart of design, graphics, furniture design, and fashion

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for Europe, and the program includes study at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, held every spring. As well, field studies to Switzerland, Germany, France, and Austria examine architec-ture and design in countries whose re-cent connections to northern Italy are increasingly important to Italy’s design direction for the future. Design stu-dio projects extend from urban con-siderations to design strategy to design implementation and occur in a series of design studio workshops in Rome and Milan/Como, some working with faculty and students from the University of Roma Tre and the Milan Politecnico, exploring urban connections in a range of contexts.

Summer Semester in South America: Emphasis on Architecture and DevelopmentThe School of Architecture offers a summer program based at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), which includes travel throughout Mexico, and Peru before arriving at

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São Paolo at the midterm point. USC students work on a studio project in col-laboration with students from the FAAP and the Universidad Iberoamericana.The purpose of this program is to offer students the opportunity to:—work on a real project in a country

where development is a prime goal of the government and where opportu-nities for architecture students to complete internships and gain employment after gradua-tion are expanding;

—work with the physical re-quirements, governmental regulations, and economic situations that affect the design of projects that can be realized;

—become familiar with local prac-titioners in order to learn about architectural practice in these areas; and

—expand appreciation of the impor-tance of the rising status of Brazil as a world power in the current market and introduce USC students to current, local practitioners.

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Common Application and the USC Supplemental Application Transcripts FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS: Submit official transcripts of all high school and college coursework completed. TRANSFER APPLICANTS: Official final high school transcripts with date of gradu-ation. Students who completed secondary school outside the U.S. may substitute a copy of a diploma or leaving certificate. Students who did not finish high school should also submit a copy of their completion certificate (such as a ged) and may also submit a letter of explanation. All official college transcripts. Official transcripts of any and all college coursework complet-ed through the fall term.

Official Test Scores FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS: arrange for the testing agency to send your sat or act scores directly to usc. TRANSFER APPLICANTS: sat or act scores required, if you have completed fewer than 30 semester units of college coursework.

School Report ALL FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS are required to submit the Common Application School Report by providing the name and e-mail address of a recommender. Letter of Recommendation from a Teacher or a Counselor FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS should utilize the Common Application for teacher recommendations. TRANSFER APPLICANTS should utilize the recommenda-tion system in SlideRoom.

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Application Checklist

Submit your fall grades (when available): FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS ONLY. Use the Mid-Year Report Form included in the Common Application or visit www.usc.edu/midyeargrades to submit your fall grades. Portfolio submitted to uscarch.slideroom.com International students must also submit: FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF PERSONAL OR FAMILY SUPPORT: www.usc.edu/financialstatement

TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE ACADEMIC SCORES, if the student’s native language is not English.

Portfolio Requirements FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1 for Merit Scholarship consideration or JANUARY 15 for regular considerationWe are interested in seeing evidence of your creativity. Work selected for inclusion should demonstrate the breadth and diversity of your creative interests and need not be limited to architectural work (if included at all). Drawing, sketching, painting, graphic design, photography, video, web-design, sculpture, ceramics, and furniture design are just some examples of the types of work that may be includ-ed. Work may be produced digitally and/or by hand, for school courses, extracurricular activities or independently. Include examples of hand or CAD drafting only if they demonstrate clear design intent rather than just technical skill. Your portfolio should constitute a carefully edited selection of your strongest work, show-casing your creative interests, abilities, and motivation.

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THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE offers both a professional Master of Architecture degree and a post-professional Master of Advanced Architectural Studies degree program. These programs have been redesigned as two of the most innovatively rigorous programs anywhere, and by bringing together renowned and progressive faculty, the School aims to set new standards for postgraduate education internationally.

The School occupies a key position in design pedagogy within the global design community, the Pacific Rim, and Los Angeles in particular. The programs draw their inspiration from the energy and dynamism of the city itself, a complex blend of urban life and cultural diversity. Blessed with a benign climate, yet at risk from earthquakes and other natural or manmade disasters, L.A. is a city that has learned to take environmental and ecological questions seriously. Above all, Los Angeles is the home of “content,” a city of creative individuals and highly original thinking that consistently challenges preconceptions and serves as an incubator for new ideas and practices. The USC Masters Programs in

TRANSFER APPLICANTS DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1Transfer applicants will be carefully evaluated for academic and creative accomplishment and will be considered at one of three levels: First Year, Summer Transfer Studio or Second Year of the Bachelor of Architecture program.Students considered for the first year program have a high level of academ-ic accomplishment and demonstrate general expo-sure to issues of design and architecture but have not yet achieved the comprehensive breadth of our foundational first year program. These ba-sic skills range from design fundamentals of 2D and 3D composition, conceptual problem solving, research and analysis of historical precedent, principles of spa-tial order, free hand drawing, computer drafting and 3D modeling.

Students considered for the Summer Transfer Studio have a generally high level of previous academic and creative accomplishment. However, these students require a review of the fundamental principles described above to fill any

gaps in their knowledge presented by their portfolio and transcript review. The Summer Transfer Studio is an accelerated and compre-hensive course and requires students to have the ability to excel rapidly and at a high level through all of the design issues presented by the projects. This Summer Transfer Studio must be completed with grades of B’s or better in order to accel-erate to the second year in the fall.

Students considered for admission directly to second year have a high level of academic accomplishment and creative experience from their previous program(s) of study. The projects presented in the portfolio represent an advanced level of design analysis, creative problem solving and a range of visu-alization skills, all required as part of comprehensive awareness and understand-ing of the fundamental principles presented in first year.

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TRANSFER APPLICANTS DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1Transfer applicants will be carefully evaluated for academic and creative accomplishment and will be considered at one of three levels: First Year, Summer Transfer Studio or Second Year of the Bachelor of Architecture program.Students considered for the first year program have a high level of academ-ic accomplishment and demonstrate general expo-sure to issues of design and architecture but have not yet achieved the comprehensive breadth of our foundational first year program. These ba-sic skills range from design fundamentals of 2D and 3D composition, conceptual problem solving, research and analysis of historical precedent, principles of spa-tial order, free hand drawing, computer drafting and 3D modeling.

Students considered for the Summer Transfer Studio have a generally high level of previous academic and creative accomplishment. However, these students require a review of the fundamental principles described above to fill any

gaps in their knowledge presented by their portfolio and transcript review. The Summer Transfer Studio is an accelerated and compre-hensive course and requires students to have the ability to excel rapidly and at a high level through all of the design issues presented by the projects. This Summer Transfer Studio must be completed with grades of B’s or better in order to accel-erate to the second year in the fall.

Students considered for admission directly to second year have a high level of academic accomplishment and creative experience from their previous program(s) of study. The projects presented in the portfolio represent an advanced level of design analysis, creative problem solving and a range of visu-alization skills, all required as part of comprehensive awareness and understand-ing of the fundamental principles presented in first year.

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THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE offers both a professional Master of Architecture degree and a post-professional Master of Advanced Architectural Studies degree program. These programs have been redesigned as two of the most innovatively rigorous programs anywhere, and by bringing together renowned and progressive faculty, the School aims to set new standards for postgraduate education internationally.

The School occupies a key position in design pedagogy within the global design community, the Pacific Rim, and Los Angeles in particular. The programs draw their inspiration from the energy and dynamism of the city itself, a complex blend of urban life and cultural diversity. Blessed with a benign climate, yet at risk from earthquakes and other natural or manmade disasters, L.A. is a city that has learned to take environmental and ecological questions seriously. Above all, Los Angeles is the home of “content,” a city of creative individuals and highly original thinking that

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consistently challenges preconceptions and serves as an incubator for new ideas and practices. The USC Masters Programs in Architecture are based on the transformative power of advanced concepts and strategies, tested every day in the laboratory of Los Angeles. By locating our design research within an unpredictable, problematic, and very real environment, we actively confront culture, site, and construction in preparation for practice in the contemporary city. G

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ENational Architectural Accrediting Board Statement In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a six-year, three-year or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

The University of Southern California School of Architecture offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:

—Bachelor of Architecture (160 undergraduate credits)

—Master of Architecture (pre-professional degree + 64 graduate credits)

—Master of Architecture (non-professional degree + 102 graduate credits) Next accreditation visit for all programs: 2022

skills required for the NAAB-accredited degree. The second level builds upon this foundation with increasingly refined vocational knowledge and advanced professional capability. The final level culminates with a year of individually directed work, with Master Classes and a Directed Design Research project, (otherwise known as “thesis”) focused on the student’s emergent architectural interests. All three levels draw on the University’s extended resources and the inspiration of Los Angeles. Firmly rooted in an investigative mode of critical professional practice, the program’s aim is for every graduate to be prepared for the challenges of the 21st century.

THE MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE [M.ARCH.]

is a professional degree accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). It is intended for individuals who have completed a bachelor’s degree with a major other than one of the design professions, (typically requiring three years of residency); or, with advanced standing, for those individuals with a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architectural studies (typically requiring two years of residency).

The USC M.Arch draws upon a 100-year tradition of groundbreaking architectural design in Los Angeles by its distinguished alumni and faculty, exemplified by the architects featured in the Case Study Program and more recently, by the Pritzker Prize laureates Frank Gehry, FAIA (B.Arch. 1954) and Thom Mayne, FAIA (B.Arch. 1969). The Graduate Program is built on three levels: the first, foundation level is dedicated to introducing essential disciplinary knowledge and the basic

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STUDIES [M.AAS] program is a one-year (three-semester) post-professional degree intended for individuals who have already completed a professional degree in Architecture (B.Arch/ M.Arch). This program is dedicated

to cutting-edge research and bold design conjecture and seeks to

explore in a highly innovative fashion the cultural

and technological landscapes of Los Angeles.

The program is continuously evolving

to reflect and serve the needs and interests

of the students who participate; most recently,

it has been structured around Exponential Design

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impact over the built environment, such as crowdsourcing, game design, application interfaces and parametrics. Design Augmentation describes the increased agency of design that is informed by the data and processes that both produce it and affect it such as performative analysis & simulation, geometric logics & material systems, and modes of fabrication.

Studies in the M.AAS PP Degree Program can be combined with the following graduate certificates and/or dual degree:

Graduate Certificates: Building Science, Heritage Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Design. Master of Advanced Architectural Studies/Master of Planning Dual Degree: Preparation for a public or private sector career in urban design, architecture, and planning or preparation for doctoral studies.

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STUDIES IN BUILDING SCIENCE recognize that exemplary architecture requires an understanding of and innovative response to natural forces. The integration of the study of building sciences with an understanding of current practice and development of new tools and technologies creates synergistic and holistic architectural design that satisfies

informed performative goals. An architect uses creativity and critical

thinking to design the built environment considering constraints from economy,

sociology, ecology, and other realms. A scientist uses

reasoning and observation to investigate principles affecting a

process. Creativity and discovery are traits to be revealed in each of

our students, and the goal of the program is to draw these out in a

symbiotic learning environment that makes them stronger architects or

consultants informing design.

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The need exists for a new generation of professionals whose education has prepared them to fully participate in bringing appropriate technology to the building and rebuilding of humane and supportive cities. Within this context, the program emphasizes:

—The integration of planning, design and technology to form a coherent and interdependent force for the appropriate construction of urban places;—Recognition of the ecological importance of energy-conscious design and construction as well as the high social value of places in which natural forces and systems are being utilized rather than suppressed; and—The development of research and design methods suited to the complexity of building in urban settings and effective in the use of extensive information.

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Erich field of study. The environment and evolving technologies impact buildings, and the buildings we design have a huge impact on those issues in return. The 21st-century issues affecting building environments include changing energy needs and sources, the growth of urban density, and solutions for adapting our aging, inefficient buildings. Every decision we make has consequences. In the USC MBS program, we study these decisions and consequences in order to design a better future.

The two-year, 48-unit Master of Building Science degree program includes the option for each student to complete a course-based or thesis-based research project and is supported by research seminars and electives from architecture, engineering, and other related fields.

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LOS ANGELES PROVIDES A UNIQUE LABORATORY in which to learn and challenge conservation issues. As a relatively young and diverse global city, it is the ideal place to explore a relatively young and diverse global discipline.Our wealth of recent past resources raise a new set of research challenges, and the city’s richly diverse

communities woven throughout the tapestry of the built environment

push us to acknowledge the many layers of history and

meaning revealed in the city. It is also a place

forever seeking the new, providing opportunities

to protect the best of the past, while embracing the

landmarks of the future.

Embedded in the School of Architecture at USC, heritage

conservation students are instantly part of a multidisciplinary

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Master of Heritage Conservation DegreeThe MHC degree consists of 48 units of study and the completion of a master’s thesis. The creation of a graduate thesis enables students to stretch themselves in the direction of their choice. Topics are chosen based on the interests of the student and vary from architectural and landscape history to policy analysis, from materials-based inquiry to industrial archaeology, and beyond. A current list of theses completed by our program graduates is available on the program website. The typical program length is two years, although students may apply for advanced standing and/or pursue their studies part-time. Students may chose to focus their electives by pursuing a Graduate Certificate in a related field—Architecture, Building Science, GIS, Landscape Architecture, Non-Profit Management, Public Policy, Real Estate Development, Sustainable Cities, or Sustainable Design.

Dual Degree: Master of Heritage Conservation/ Master of PlanningThe Master of Heritage Conservation/Master of Planning dual degree program facilitates highly related cross-disciplinary studies in heritage conservation and in urban planning at the master’s level. The primary objective of the dual degree curriculum is to impart to students a basic familiarity with the origins and development of the philosophies, theories, and practices of planning and heritage conservation. This curriculum has been developed so that students will graduate from this program with a broad practical knowledge of the laws, regulations, and policies that apply to planning and conservation practice in the United States and internationally. This expertise will include knowledge of urban design, public policy, and architectural and planning history and theory. Students will be expected to understand the critical methodological tools necessary for a professional engaged in the investigation, interpretation, and evaluation of the urban built environment.

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unique living laboratory of a diverse, multicultural and geographically

sophisticated territory, which is exemplar for many

of the world’s most pressing landscape challenges within

the context of a major urban research

university. Los Angeles, in particular,

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natural and social geographies, where the

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WHY STUDY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA?

Los Angeles, which Reyner Banham famously interpreted in 1971 as a construct of four ecologies, is an ideal urban nature setting for studying landscape architecture—where urgent contemporary issues can and must be addressed while testing the boundaries of design research, design thinking, and implementation. The growing ecological crises and intense population pressure of the city’s coasts, flatlands, and foothills are a pars pro toto, a microcosm, of the challenges facing state, nation, and globe, ones that necessitate a paradigm shift to complex systems thinking.

Graduate landscape architecture at USC is based on the knowledge and skills to engage complex issues and to undertake ambitious design explorations. Upon completion, graduates are prepared for both design and leadership opportunities in professional practice, public service,

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as well as in higher education; they are able to address the necessary balance of ecology and development our future environments will require.

Landscape architecture at USC is about unraveling the complex and continually evolving social and environmental conditionals of sites and territories in order to develop thriving communities and environments. The design-centered program develops a trans-disciplinary capacity and approaches that reach across scales and combines the tangible and the imaginary to provoke conversations that promote social equity, environmental justice, and spaces for creative expression. An exceptional core faculty brings to the program its cutting-edge, topical research and outstanding teaching skills, while adjuncts and critics from an expanded network of L.A. and the wider world of landscape and affiliated fields convey fresh perspectives.

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Sequential studios and complementary courses, taught by both in-house and invited experts, that focus on history and theory, techniques and tools, develop relevant means towards the major challenges of society and towards the built environment. Climate change, resource and food security, landscape toxicity, and water scarcity require the skills of the landscape architect, who has for too long been absent from (the power and) responsibility of the territory. At USC’s Graduate Program of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism, transformation of the territory is premised on extensive fieldwork and an understanding of the latent qualities of existing sites and the (development) agencies that act upon them. Social and cultural transformations of territories are a means to strategically reformulate reality.

The USC Landscape Architecture + Urbanism program develops real-world issues, formulates and re-formulates problems, explores and proposes operative strategies, and becomes part of the discourse with stakeholders and cities. The resistive capacity of the landscape to the ever-globalizing, homogenization of territories is created as a means to shape possible futures for parks, neighborhoods, city districts, and the larger stewardship of the landscape.

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2. First Professional MLA With Advanced Standing (+2 Curriculum, 64 units)Exceptional students who possess undergraduate degrees in landscape architecture from a LAAB accredited program may be admitted into the program with advanced standing.

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Associated Centers and InstitutesUSC’s Center for Sustainable CitiesThe Center for Sustainable Cities within the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy fosters multidisciplinary sustainability research with an emphasis on sustainability challenges of metropolitan areas.

USC’s Spatial Sciences InstituteThe USC Spatial Sciences Institute promotes spatial thinking, analysis, modeling, and visualization and thereby helps to build excellence in research, teaching, and outreach across the entire university. This effort stretches from the fundamental spatial sciences (parts of computer science, geography, and psychology) to those in academic fields and application, domains that can usefully adopt and apply geospatial, technologies and underlying scientific concepts (civil engineers, earth scientists, epidemiologists, historians, landscape, architects, planners, etc.).

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Graduate Certificate in Landscape ArchitectureFor working professionals and graduate students (with the, exception of students enrolled in the MLA Program) to acquire understanding of core issues and knowledge; 14-unit program requires graduate standing and certif-icate program admission.

The Dual Degree Program: Master of Landscape Architecture/Master of PlanningPreparation for a public or private sector career in urban design, landscape architecture, and planning, or preparation for doctoral studies.

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OUR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS offer graduate students the opportunity to supplement their master’s emphasis with an additional specialization. Completion of these programs requires a minimum of 14 units.

Certificate in Architecture The focus of this program is on understanding the broad and complex role

of architecture within the urban context. Studies focus on cities throughout

the world, where conditions of increasing density, environmental challenges,

and cultural complexity require design initiatives that

support amenity, sustainability, and cultural meaning.

Certificate in Building Science *Building science at USC recognizes

that exemplary architecture requires a creative response to natural forces,

based on informed good judgment. The certificate program provides

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architectural computing, and other topics in architectural technology The Certificate in Building Science is intended as a supplement for students enrolled in graduate course work in architecture, landscape architecture, heritage conservation, engineering, urban planning, or related disciplines.

Certificate in Heritage Conservation*Heritage conservation draws from many disciplines and is a valuable complement to a degree in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, public art administration, geography, anthropology, history, real estate development, or other related fields. The certificate program is open to graduate students and professionals seeking to understand the fundamentals of the discipline and how to integrate the historic built environment within our contemporary urban fabric.

Certificate in Landscape Architecture* This program is intended to introduce at the graduate level the basic subjects inherent to the field of landscape

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architecture: plant materials suitable to urban conditions; urban utility and transportation systems in relation to topography, natural drainage and pathways; plant and wildlife communities; as well as inquiries about landscape infrastructure and ecology and the history of human settlement in the evolution of urban landscapes. Southern California and Los Angeles provide an exceptionally valuable natural and socio-cultural laboratory for landscape architecture studies.

Certificate in Sustainable DesignThis multidisciplinary program provides students with the tools necessary to understand and quantify the sources of energy use in buildings and landscapes. Studies emphasize improving sustainable design choices regarding natural and man-made systems, considering the performance of the built environment, the reduction of its embodied and operational energies, and the influence of other resource issues.

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STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS (GSAP) provide a variety of off-campus offerings for students to become immersed in global culture. The programs extend the appreciation and importance of development in the current world market and shows global practitioners the USC graduate students’ ability to engage

in and contribute to international development.

Students will engage in intensive field studies

and design studios, concentrating on projects

and practices from the analysis of buildings to the

focused engagement with the methods of practice, landscapes

and ecologies, both natural and manmade, and urban spaces

including parks, plazas, and urban (re)development projects. Key areas

of investigation will be in the context of Urban History/Development,

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LFor several years, the flexible agenda of GSAP has permitted summer travel to locations such as Hainan, Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, and Copenhagen. In addition to the full summer sessions of travel study, other global opportunities have included shorter travel studio visits to London, Madrid, Beijing, Tokyo, and Buenos Aires. These opportunities are facilitated by the school’s faculty, whose network of colleagues allows for critical global discourse.

Excursions within the United States have taken students to the Southwest, visiting Arcosanti, Taliesin, Marfa, and ancient structures such as Chaco Canyon and the Acoma Pueblo and to the Pacific Northwest, visiting natural and man-made sites in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.

Faculty and student interest impact the development of new travel opportunities. As a result, the School constantly seeks ways to reach afar to new territories and cultures.

US travel: Southwest ArcosantiTaliesin Marfa

Chaco Canyon Acoma Pueblo

USC American Academy in China

Each summer, graduate students are also encouraged to partake in the events, courses, and programs offered through the USC-American Academy in China (AAC). Founded in 2008 by Professor Qingyun Ma, the AAC offers summer explorations of art, architecture, and urbanism. As a primary destination for universities throughout the United States and world to study architecture, arts, and humanities in China, the AAC is dedicated to the advancement of scholarly exchange and research in these fields.

Please note: Specific locations for the School of Architecture Graduate Study Abroad programs are subject to change.

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Prior to submitting your application materials, please check our website for detailed information and the most up-to-date admission requirements. Applying for Graduate Admission to the USC School of Architecture is a two-part process.

PART ONEThe following documents must be submitted

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Application Checklist

—USC application for admission—Application fee— Transcript (academic record) —GRE test scores

International applicants only— TOEFL Internet Based (iBT) or IELTS score —Confidential Statement for Financing Studies at USC — Copy of your Passport

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PART TWO — Resume and/or Curriculum Vitae— Statement of Intent— Three Letters of Recommendation—Portfolio and/or Writing Sample

Please review the Portfolio Requirements section of our website for specific content and format requirements for your intended program of study.

Master of Architecture and Master of Advanced Architectural Studies Portfolios submitted online via SlideRoom.

Master of Building Science Optional Portfolio, publication, or work sample can be submitted via the USC online application.

Master of Heritage Conservation Writing Sample(s) should be submitted via the USC online application.

Master of Landscape Architecture Portfolios submitted online via SlideRoom.

Portfolios are not required of applicants to the following certificate programs:—Certificate in Architecture;—Certificate in Building Science;—Certificate in Landscape Architecture; and —A writing sample is required of the Certificate in Heritage Conservation.

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WHAT IMPACT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ON THE WORLD?That sounds like a simple question, yet it carries enormous meaning! As the world has become more similar in many ways, and as technology has brought disparate peoples closer together, we still find ourselves atomized by geographic constraints, economic limitations, structural inadequacies, and conflict. Navigating the world and the complexities of identity and space requires a capacious intellect and an imaginative mind. The USC School of Architecture has been educating explorers since its founding in 1919. Our educational offerings include architecture, landscape architecture + urban-ism, building science, and heritage conservation. With 750 students and 100 faculty members, the School has the reach and scale of few others nationwide.

OUR GRADUATES ARE EXPLORERS AND CITIZENS OF THE WORLD. As students, they come from all corners of the globe. They are from diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities, geographies, and cultures; and they claim identities that are their own. They are Pritzker Prize Laureates and AIA Gold Medal Recipients—like Paul Williams, Frank Gehry, and Thom Mayne. They are transformational figures in the history and evolution of modernism and urbanization. They are providing the intellectual capital that fuels new thinking in applied building technologies and the preservation/conservation of our heritage, cultural infrastructure, and ecologies. And…they are the emerging voices in the yet unwritten stories of urban revitaliza-tion, civic infrastructure, and new forms of housing and commerce.

WE CELEBRATE PLURALISM, AND WE PRACTICE CRITICAL THINKING. Our graduates are being equipped with competencies that range in scope from technical skills in designing architecture at all scales; and conceptual precision in articulating ideas and linking design to other discourses, includ-ing humanities and social sciences; to representational finesse in utilizing analog, digital, and moving image methods to communicate ideas. Our fac-ulty are driven to explore—from the everyday consequences of architecture and design to impact a community to the experimental realm of theoretical research and speculation. Our curriculum and our connection to the larger USC community means that there are no bounds to your interests. USC is a leading research university with excellence across 19 academic schools, insti-tutes, and global partnerships.

The opportunity is yours—join us! MILTON S. F. CURRYDeanDella & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair

University of Southern CaliforniaSchool of Architecture

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