New Faculty Resources

If you haven’t already…

Getting-Set-Up-as-an-USC-Employee (PDF)

Activate your USC email account.

Order your USCard

For specific questions and information regarding employment, please contact your Dean of Faculty  or Human Resources Partner.

Check out Thrive 101: an  opportunity to create a community in which you explore how to pursue well-being throughout your time at USC while also connecting with other new staff and faculty.

Creating your courses:

• USC Curriculum Handbook
• The First Day of Class
• Chicago: Teaching in Tumultuous Times
  • CET’s Challenging Discussions
• Syllabus Template
  • Required Syllabus Elements for UCOC
  • Checklist: Top 10 Syllabus Errors to Avoid
  • Chicago: First Impressions- Expectations & Tone in Syllabus Construction
  • Assignment Description Template

Developing as a Teacher: 

the CET has a Faculty Teaching Institute catered toward junior faculties’ pedagogical development.

Technical Tools & Support Services:

Check out the USC Guide to Getting Set Up as a Researcher

• Guide to Research at USC (Office of Compliance)
• Determine what training is required for you, your staff and your students, based on the type of research that you do using USC’s Research Training Finder

Connecting with Colleagues: 

• Check out the Dornsife Faculty Council 
• Check out Thrive 101: A Well-being Workshop for New Employees

Moving to Los Angeles:

• The Los Angeles Times provides wonderful overviews of the 4,000 square miles that make up LA.
  • Check out their neighborhood travel guides 
  • Or their neighborhood guide ranked by walkability
• USC’s Faculty and Staff Housing page
• USC’s resources on childcare options
  • USC offers child care programs  UPC  in centers operated and managed by Bright Horizons
    • Bright Horizons at USC – UPC Child Development Center
    • Alcazar Child Development Center at USC (HSC)

Get your membership through USC to the NCFDD, and check out their resources like the Early Career Faculty Guidebook.