{"id":968,"date":"2023-10-20T14:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dp-roski.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=968"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:24:03","slug":"academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roski.usc.edu\/academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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USC Roski School of Art offers a curriculum that encourages you to experiment across media. Explore what you can do with clay. Try printmaking, photography or fashion. Expand your practice or create hybrid work. You can also take courses at 18 other USC professional schools, from education to film production and architecture to medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The Roski School offers multiple paths of study in both art and design, from first-year undergraduate programs through the graduate level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n

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BA<\/h3>\n \n Looking for a liberal arts degree to develop an arts practice? A program that lets you combine your creativity with a pursuit in a field like psychology, entrepreneurial business or game design? Do it here. \r\n<\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n
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BFA Art<\/h3>\n \n Roski\u2019s studio-focused fine art degree encourages individuality. Critical-theory seminars, critiques, a studio capstone course and a senior thesis project complement your studio time.\r\n<\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n
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BFA Design<\/h3>\n \n You\u2019ll dive into 2D and 3D design in this program with the option of a Roski minor like fashion, communication design or marketing. You can also minor in a discipline from another USC professional school such as business or humanities. \r\n<\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n
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MA in Curatorial Practices and the Public Sphere<\/h3>\n \n This intensive program covers the practice and history of curating through the lenses of critical theory, art history and visual culture, and gives you a background in theories of contemporary curatorial practices.\r\n<\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n
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MFA Art<\/h3>\n \n A rigorous individual studio program and critical exchange with professors, guest artists and scholars are hallmarks of this program, which culminates in a solo thesis exhibition and paper. \r\n<\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n
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MFA Design<\/h3>\n \n In this studio-based program, you\u2019ll embark on a critical examination of the issues, theories, and ideas that are relevant to contemporary design and its studio practice.\r\n<\/span>\n \n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Roski\u2019s new interdisciplinary minor in Fashion is a collaboration with USC’s schools of dance, theater, business, communication and innovation. The program challenges apparel industry norms by asking USC undergraduate students to redefine what fashion is, while seeking a career that includes media and culture, business entrepreneurship and marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

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Your Roski <\/span>professors and lecturers<\/span> are internationally known artists and designers. They\u2019re approachable mentors who work with you closely, get to know you and help you refine your trajectory. Familiar faces in the Los Angeles art scene, they can help guide you to your future in the arts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

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Contemporary practice in art and design is increasingly interdisciplinary\u2014and the Roski School is, too. Yes, you can focus on one media, but what sets us apart is the freedom we give you to explore, experiment and collaborate with students and faculty from across the USC campus and its 23 other professional schools.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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