Top 5 Reasons to Study Geography at USC

1. We are a small, tightly-knit community that prides itself on close working relationships between faculty and students.
2. We're dedicated to a social science that matters, following basic research through to public policy and matters of social justice.
3. Los Angeles is an emerging world city of unmatched intellectual challenge and opportunity.
4. Our expertise in cities, environments, international linkages, social justice and geocomputation.
5. Students graduate with a theoretical and practical understanding of the role of place in human affairs, and a skill set that equips them well for today's job market.

In the News

• In the News: Professors Jennifer Wolch and Michael Dear, along with Gary Blasi, published an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled L.A.'s homeless: A progress report. read the article>
• Graduate Geographers: Graduate students present at AAG Annual Meeting. learn more>
  
• Undergraduate Geographers: Professor Michael Dear leads six undergraduate students in GEOG 410 on a trip to Tijuana to curate a show titled “Hay Una Linea Que Hizo de un Rancho una Ciudad Global” (loosely translated as: “Once upon a time there was a line that made a global city out of a ranch”).  The students' research for the class will be converted into a exhibit at La Casa de Tunel, a new art and cultural center at the border crossing that once held the entrance to a smuggler's tunnel to the United States. see the video>
• Graduate Geographers: Incoming Graduate Students for Fall 2008. learn more>
  
• Geography Alums: Steven Flusty awarded tenure at York University. learn more>
• Undergraduate Geographers: Recent graduates accepted to top graduate programs. learn more>
• Undergraduate Geographers: Greg Elwood and Park Ling presented their research on "The Historical Land Use of the Griffith Park East Bank" to the Griffith Park Master Plan Working Group.  This research was prepared for the City Project, a public advocacy law firm, as part of their work for GEOG 494: "The Professional Geographer."
• Undergraduate Geographers: Mia Costa, Juliet Kahne, and Jacob Vawter presented papers at a special meeting of the Los Angeles Geographic Society.
• Undergraduate Geographers: Juliet Kahne was awarded a $500 scholarship by the Los Angeles Geographic Society.
• Undergraduate Geographers: Accomplishments at the annual meeting of the California Geographic Society in Chico, CA. learn more>
• College News: Geography Professors Carolyn Cartier, Andrew Curtis, and Laura Pulido awarded USC Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences grants. learn more>
• College News: New Center for Study of Immigrant Integration Announced Geography Professor Manuel Pastor named co-director. learn more>