The Main Ceremony is held in Alumni Memorial Park on Friday, May 12, 2023, and begins at 8:30 A.M.
Click HERE for more information regarding the Main Ceremony.
More than 3,000 USC Dornsife students attend Commencement every year. Due to the large number of graduates, USC Dornsife holds two satellite ceremonies on the same day as the Main Ceremony.
Seating at the Dornsife satellite ceremonies are first come, first serve, with a suggested maximum of (4) guests per registered graduate. No tickets are required.
USC Dornsife Commencement Code of Conduct
The USC Dornsife Commencement Code of Conduct has been established to ensure that the USC Dornsife satellite ceremonies take place in a dignified atmosphere where all participants may enjoy the activities.
Graduating students and their guests are asked to abide by the USC Dornsife Commencement Code of Conduct in order to participate.
I agree that I will:
- Demonstrate the qualities of civility at all times.
- Be polite and courteous to all Commencement speakers, administration, faculty, staff, event volunteers, fellow students and guests.
- Be mindful and respectful of those with special needs who are in attendance.
- Keep aisles clear at all times and remain seated unless instructed otherwise.
- Stay until the ceremony is complete and the platform party has departed.
Click on your major below to find out details about your Satellite Ceremony:
- African American Studies (see American Studies and Ethnicity)
- American Popular Culture (see American Studies and Ethnicity)
- American Studies and Ethnicity
- Anthropology
- Applied and Computational Mathematics (see Mathematics)
- Applied Economics and Econometrics (see Economics)
- Applied Mathematics (see Mathematics)
- Archaeology (see Religion)
- Art History
- Asian American Studies (see American Studies and Ethnicity)
- Astronomy (see Physics and Astronomy)
- Biochemistry (see Chemistry)
- Biological Sciences
- Biophysics (see Physics and Astronomy)
- Central European Studies (see Slavic Languages and Literatures)
- Chemistry
- Chemistry (Chemical Biology) (see Chemistry)
- Chemistry (Research) (see Chemistry)
- Chicano/Latino Studies (see American Studies and Ethnicity)
- Classics
- Cognitive Science (see Psychology)
- Comparative Literature
- Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (see Comparative Literature)
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (see Quantitative and Computational Biology)
- Computational Linguistics (see Linguistics)
- Computational Neuroscience (see Neuroscience)
- Contemporary Latino and Latin American Studies (see History)
- Creative Writing (see English)
- Earth Sciences
- East Asian Area Studies
- East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Economics
- Economics/Mathematics (see Economics)
- English
- Environmental Science and Health (see Environmental Studies)
- Environmental Studies
- French (see French and Italian)
- Gender Studies (see Gender and Sexuality Studies)
- GeoDesign (see Spatial Sciences)
- Geographic Information Science and Technology (On Line) (see Spatial Sciences Institute)
- Geological Sciences (see Earth Sciences)
- Geospatial Intelligence (On Line) (see Spatial Sciences)
- Global Studies (see Anthropology)
- Global Geodesign (See Spatial Sciences Institute)
- Global Security Studies (See Spatial Sciences Institute)
- Health and Humanity (see Anthropology)
- Health and Human Sciences (see Sociology)
- History
- Human Biology
- Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence (see Spatial Sciences)
- Integrative and Evolutionary Biology (see Biological Sciences)
- Intelligence and Cyber Operations (see Political Science and International Relations)
- Interdisciplinary Archaeology (see Religion)
- International Relations (see Political Science and International Relations)
- International Relations (Global Business) (see Political Science and International Relations)
- International Relations and the Global Economy (see Political Science and International Relations)
- Italian (see French and Italian)
- Jewish Studies (see Religion)
- Juris Doctor/Politics and International Relations (see Political Science and International Relations)
- Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Media and Politics (see Latin American and Iberian Cultures)
- Law, History and Culture (see History)
- Linguistics
- Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures (see Linguistics)
- Linguistics and Psychology (see Linguistics)
- Linguistics/Cognitive Science (see Linguistics)
- Literary Editing and Publishing (see English)
- Literature and Creative Writing (see English)
- Masters in Spatial Data Science (see Spatial Sciences)
- Master in Visual Anthropology (see Anthropology)
- Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Master of Science in Applied Psychology
- Master of Science in Computational Molecular Biology (see Quantitative and Computational Biology)
- Master of Science in Quantitative and Computational Biology
- Mathematical Finance (see Mathematics)
- Mathematics
- Middle East Studies
- Molecular Biology (see Biological Sciences)
- Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry (see Biological Sciences)
- Narrative Studies (see English)
- Neuroscience
- Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Change (see Sociology)
- Philosophy
- Philosophy, Politics and Law (see Philosophy)
- Physics (see Physics and Astronomy)
- Physics/Computer Science (see Physics and Astronomy)
- Political Economy (see Economics)
- Political Science (see Political Science and International Relations)
- Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology
- Quantitative and Computational Biology
- Quantitative Biology (see Quantitative and Computational Biology)
- Religion
- Russian (see Slavic Languages and Literatures)
- Social Sciences (Economics) (see Economics)
- Social Sciences (Psychology) (see Psychology)
- Sociology
- Spanish (see Latin American and Iberian Cultures)
- Spatial Data Science (See Spatial Sciences Institute)
- Spatial Economics and Data Analysis (see Economics)
- Statistics (see Mathematics)