The Center connects you to the resources and expertise that will provide the competitive advantage you need to succeed beyond your undergraduate experience.

What will you do after college? How can you make the most of your time while you’re here?

USC Dornsife can help.

Incredible opportunities lie ahead, and your undergraduate degree is just the first credential. Today’s employers look for people who can communicate with confidence, think critically, work as part of a team, and succeed outside their comfort zone.

The USC Dornsife Center for Applied Learning and Life Beyond College helps to build the skills you need, providing a range of services and experiences that will broaden your horizons, impart unique skillsets, and prepare you for the world beyond college – whether it be work, service, or professional or graduate school.

By bringing together three powerful programs, the USC Dornsife Center for Applied Learning and Life Beyond College connects you to the resources and expertise that will provide the competitive advantage you need to take the next step.

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Office of Experiential and Applied Learning

Step outside the classroom with study abroad, service-learning, physical education, or by conducting research with one of Dornsife’s world-renowned faculty.

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Dornsife Career Pathways

Explore and ready yourself for careers through professional internships, collaboration with industry professionals, workshops, networking events and opportunities to meet alumni in your preferred career area.

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The Dornsife Toolkit

Get a jump on life beyond college by learning how to be a dynamic communicator, manage your personal finances, balance life and work, take an entrepreneurial leap and more