University of Southern California academics
[1] The University of Southern California houses professional schools offering a number of varying disciplines among which include communication, law, dentistry, medicine, business, engineering, journalism, public policy, music, architecture, and cinematic arts.
In 2007, Howard Gillman, Professor of Political Science, History, and Law, was appointed the 20th Dean of the college.
The program seeks to empower the next generation of thought leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs through the intersection of arts and design; technology; venture management; and communication.
The School also helped transform the pharmacist's role from a traditional dispenser of medicines to a direct provider of patient care.
USC then played a key role in the successful legislation in California that recognized pharmacists as healthcare providers in 2014.
The mission of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy is to improve the quality of life for people and their communities, in Southern California and abroad.
Undergraduates pursue a more general Bachelor of Science in Public Policy, Management, and Planning/ For mid-career professionals, USC Price offers the Executive Master of Health Administration, the Executive Master of Leadership, and the International Public Policy and Management program.
Faculty engage in empirical research, innovation and community service, engage our students in scholarly projects, and produce publications, conferences and presentations that focus on the needs of vulnerable individuals and communities facing complex challenges in diverse environments.
[9] The Department of Architecture was established at USC within the Roski School of Fine Arts in 1916, becoming the first of its kind in Southern California.
Since then, the school has been home to teachers such as Richard Neutra, Ralph Knowles, A. Quincy Jones, William Pereira, and Pierre Koenig.
The School of Architecture can also claim notable alumni Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Raphael Soriano, Gregory Ain, and Pierre Koenig.
[10] The school's faculty includes Seymour Ginsburg, Irving Reed, Leonard Adleman, Solomon W. Golomb, Barry Boehm, Clifford Newman, Richard Bellman, Lloyd Welch, and Alexander Sawchuk.
The Viterbi School received other major gifts including gifts from Silicon Valley venture capitalist Mark Stevens and his wife Mary who created the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation in 2004;[11] real estate developer Daniel J. Epstein who named the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2002;[citation needed] Energy Corporation of America CEO John Mork and his family who named the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science in 2005;[citation needed] Ken Klein, CEO and president of Wind River Systems, who established the Klein Institute for Undergraduate Engineering Life, also in 2005;[citation needed] Ming Hsieh, founder of Cogent Inc., who named the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering in 2006 with a $35 million gift;[citation needed] and Los Angeles real estate developer Sonny Astani, who named the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with a $17 million gift in 2007.
