Undergraduate Admissions

Admissions

Undergraduate Admissions

Welcome to the USC School of Architecture

With close to 100 faculty members and 530 undergraduate students, the School is committed to shaping student experiences so that not only will you perform well in the profession, but will also lead the discipline in new directions, sensing, responding to and helping to cause positive change in society. Your experience in the program will be a continuous act of discovery: of observing, recording, interpreting, and finally, inventing proposals for the built environment which are in response to ideas and critical intentions.

Please review the information on this site. If you have further questions please Contact Us.

1.
Application
Submit a complete application and fee to the University of Southern California Office of Admission.

2.
Architecture Portfolio Cover Page
Submit the Portfolio Cover Page with your Portfolio to:

USC School of Architecture
Undergraduate Admission
Watt Hall 204
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0291

Download the Portfolio Cover Page

3.
Portfolio
A portfolio is required of ALL freshman and transfer applicants. Submit directly to the School of Architecture with the Portfolio Cover Page.

Portfolio Requirements

4.
Academic Records
Freshman applicants must submit scores from either the SAT I, or the ACT (with the optional Writing Test). Transfer applicants with less than 30 transferable college semester units or 45 quarter units, must also submit SAT I or ACT scores, in addition to copies of high school records. All Transcripts and test scores must be submitted to the University's Office of Admission.

5.
Letter(s) of Recommendation
Transfer applicants must submit at least one (1) and no more than three (3) letters of recommendation directly to the School of Architecture.

Freshman Applicants should submit Form 4: Counselor/Teacher Report from the Part II Application to the University's Office of Admission. Separate letters are not required for the School of Architecture.

The Bachelor of Architecture is a 5- year undergraduate professional degree accredited by the National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB).

Deadlines

October 15, 2009
Part I Application Deadline for Freshmen and Transfer Students (USC's Part I application is optional)

December 1, 2009*

Part II Freshman Application and Portfolio Deadline for Scholarship Consideration

January 11, 2010*

Part II Freshman Application and Portfolio Deadline for Regular Consideration

February 1, 2010*

Part II Transfer Application and Portfolio Deadline for Scholarship and Regular Consideration

* all dates are Postmark deadlines

Related Links

Architecture Bulletin/Brochure

USC Online Application

USC General Application FAQs

Freshman Application Process

Transfer Application Process

"The Trojan Family really exists with the School of Architecture, it is my second family enriching my professional and personal life. The School's Internship program with some of the best Architectural firms in Los Angeles is unequaled "

Andrea Cohen Gehring, AIA
(B.Arch. 1985)