USC Dornsife News

As an antidote to our technology-obsessed world, USC Dornsife offers a Maymester course that allows students to appreciate the age-old skills that form the basis of civilization.

USC Dornsife’s Maymester in Louisiana introduces a new, holistic approach to studying the humanities: Bookpacking.

Led by Ivette Gomez of Spanish and Portuguese, a group of 21 USC undergraduates from diverse majors spent two weeks exploring the island nation.

This Maymester, students traveled to Salvador and São Paulo to learn about the cultures of Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa.

Students on a Maymester course travel to Argentina to undertake hands-on geological fieldwork, studying the 470 million-year-old Famatinian Arc and learning to work as an international research team.

Coursework in international relations and East Asian area studies — plus prestigious international scholarships — have led Alexis Dale-Huang around the world and now across the USC graduation stage.

Students gain a unique perspective on a diverse and vibrant Southern California community through an immersive Maymester experience.

Led by Megan Luke of art history, a Maymester course deepens students’ understanding and appreciation of Los Angeles by enabling them to experience the city’s iconic modernist architecture.

Seeking to help first-generation college students succeed, alumnus Sam Fisher creates the Fisher Fellows Program. The deadline to apply for Fisher Fellows Class of 2018 is Feb. 13.