Graduate Programs
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The Roski School offers three degrees, plus a joint MA degree with the Price School of Public Policy. As a USC Roski graduate, you’re free to practice across disciplines within art or design, as well as take USC courses outside of your field.
The USC Advantage
Studying art at a major university has many benefits, including interdisciplinary freedom, extensive course offerings and cultural programming across campus. You can take electives outside of Roski starting in your first semester, and we encourage you to delve into not only art, design and critical studies offerings, but also graduate-level courses in disciplines like film, comparative literature, philosophy, gender studies, communications and the sciences.
Roski Talks
This lecture series features presentations by prominent artists, designers and scholars working across a range of art, performance and curatorial disciplines. Talks end in group discussions, giving you a chance to raise questions and share ideas. As a first-year MFA Art or Design, or MA student, you’ll also attend closed-session seminars with the featured guests.
Graduate Exhibitions
As a capstone to an MFA Art degree, you’ll mount a solo thesis exhibition in the spring of your second year. Shows take place in the Graduate Gallery, a 2,000-square-foot space with professionally constructed moveable walls, a lighting grid, and a high-resolution video projector; located in the Los Angeles Arts District.
Our Masters Students
Every year, the Roski School selects a small cohort to be candidates in our Masters programs. Students form a tight-knit group within the larger Roski community. Emerging artists, curators and designers have come from across the U.S. and the globe to immerse themselves in their evolving practices and be part of this alliance.