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51 Master's degrees offered by the university
Art
The Art MFA program offered at University of Southern California is a two-year, full-time, studio-based program located in the center of Los Angeles. The expansive city is home to a vital local art community and international gallery and museum scene with five arts districts: Downtown, Culver City, Mid-Wilshire, Hollywood and Chinatown.
Community Music
The Community Music degree at the University of Southern California is for musicians with a commitment to developing the necessary skills and best understandings of music teaching and learning in community settings.
Music Industry
The creation and consumption of music is changing radically, and new business models and an ever-evolving tech industry have remade the music profession. Apply to the Music Industry MSc program offered at University of Southern California.
Music Teaching and Learning
Music Teaching and Learning from University of Southern California is to prepare the student for an advanced level of pre-college teaching and leadership in the music education profession by developing core knowledge and expertise in pedagogical skills and scholarship.
Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet), (Bassoon), (Saxophone), (French Horn), (Trumpet), (Trombone), (Tuba) or (Percussion)
The University of Southern California is one of the world’s leading private research universities. Apply to the Performance (Flute), (Oboe), (Clarinet), (Bassoon), (Saxophone), (French Horn), (Trumpet), (Trombone), (Tuba) or (Percussion) MM program offered by University of Southern California.
Writing for Screen & Television
The Writing for Screen & Television MFA program offered at University of Southern California is a two-year degree program which concentrates on training screenwriters to work in the entertainment industry and beyond.
Cinema & Media Studies
The Cinema & Media Studies MA program offered at University of Southern California offers a comprehensive examination of the cultural, artistic, and commercial contexts of media creation, consumption, and scholarship.
Dramatic Writing
The Dramatic Writing degree offered at University of Southern California provides students with the foundation to not only build a fruitful career, but to further discover and develop their own authentic voice.
Master of Building Science
The Master of Building Science MBS program offered at University of Southern California recognizes that exemplary buildings are based on responses to the human condition and to natural forces, requiring good judgment and knowledge for the creative use of architectural technology.
Interactive Media
The Interactive Media Division offers the Interactive Media MFA program at University of Southern California as well as a number of courses in computer-based entertainment for non-majors. The fundamental philosophy of the division is coherent with that of the programs of the school, stressing creativity of expression, experimentation and excellence in execution.
Cinematic Arts Archiving and Preservation Graduate Certificate
The Cinematic Arts Archiving and Preservation Graduate Certificate program offered at University of Southern California offers a comprehensive examination of the cultural, artistic, and commercial contexts of media creation, consumption, and scholarship.
Sacred Music
The Sacred Music MM program offered at University of Southern California is a two-year, 30-unit program that includes course work in sacred music, choral conducting, choral literature, choral development, music history, and vocal arts. The program culminates with a graduate recital.
Animation and Digital Arts
The Animation and Digital Arts MFA program offered at University of Southern California focuses on animation production while covering the field's wide range of techniques and aesthetic approaches.
Systems Architecting and Engineering
The Systems Architecting and Engineering MSc program at University of Southern California is recommended to graduate engineers and engineering managers responsible for the conception and implementation of complex systems. Emphasis is on the creative process by which these systems are conceived, planned, designed, built, tested, certified, used and retired.
Digital Social Media
If you are interested in working in the digital and social media sector, if you want to be a social media professional or an entrepreneur in this area, if you want to understand the science and practice of digital social media, then the Digital Social Media MSc program at University of Southern California is the graduate degree experience for you.
Keyboard Collaborative Arts
Keyboard Collaborative Arts at University of Southern California is consisting of individual instruction in collaborative piano, song interpretation master class, chamber music interpretation master class, interpretation of baroque music and music history. Two graduate recitals are required.
Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello), (Double Bass) or (Harp)
The Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello), (Double Bass) or (Harp) MM program offered at University of Southern California is a two-year, 30-unit program consisting of individual instruction, ensembles, conducting, Baroque music, music history and electives. A graduate recital is required.
Performance Studies Graduate Certificate
Performance Studies Graduate Certificate from University of Southern California is a two-year, 30-unit program consisting of individual instruction, chamber music, symphony, music history, conducting, interpretation of baroque music and electives. A graduate recital is required.
Heritage Conservation Certificate
University of Southern California offers an international laboratory for the study of place in an extraordinary natural landscape. Thus, the Heritage Conservation Certificate program at University of Southern California has a particular focus on urban place-making in relation to three principles.
Media Arts and Practice
The Media Arts and Practice (MA+P) MFA program offered at University of Southern California is a community of multi-media creators who are fluent in the techniques and technologies of digital art and design, cinematic media, and storytelling.