We are still planning for Summer 2010. In the meantime, please review the below information to learn about last year's program. If you would like us to contact you when the Summer 2010 information is online, please email us at summer@usc.edu.

Two Week Certificate Program
July 5 - 19, 2009
Cost: $3,512 residential, $2609 commuter
Includes program fee, lab expenses, health care, and board.  Residential price includes room.

The two week program offers a general overview of architecture and urbanism and the making of places and spaces. During these intensive two weeks, the students are taught the fundamentals of architectural drawings and model making skills. They are exposed to issues of architectural design and space making through independent and group projects, and they tour historic and architecturally significant buildings throughout Los Angeles.

Four Week Seminar Program
July 5 - August 1, 2009
Offers 3 college elective credits
Cost: $6,301 residential, $4,494 commuter
Includes program fee, lab expenses, health care, and board.  Residential price includes room.


Building upon the first two weeks of instructions, the final two weeks provide a more in-depth exposure to specific architectural design issues through the intense exploration of one project. Students will deal with issues of program and community, as well as of human dimensions through continued model making and freehand drawing.  Architectural concepts of order, circulation, light and structure will be investigated for their impact on a building’s form and function. Problems of site, place, and space, as well as social implications of architecture will be analyzed and discussed.  To further enhance the students' knowledge of the rich architectural history of Los Angeles, extended fieldtrips will be made to projects designed by great architects and designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Rudolf Schindler, Greene and Greene, and Charles and Ray Eames.