Institution name

University of Southern California

Total number of students

35000

Total number of international students

6600

Contact address for international enquiries

University Park Campus
LOS ANGELES 90089

Telephone

+1 213 740 1111

Venue / office name

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Department of American Studies and Ethnicity

Address

Waite Phillips Hall (WPH) 303
University of Southern California
LOS ANGELES
California
90089

Venue description

The department was created in the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, American Studies and Ethnicity was conceived as a new way to examine the diversity and complexity of the United States, North America, and the Western Hemisphere, by blending the study of race and ethnicity into research and teaching about the American condition. Since then, the department has complicated that vision by thinking comparatively and expansively about the production and circulation, and pleasures and limits, of difference. The department enjoys an unusually creative collegiality that is reflected in the course offerings, graduate student training, and general departmental atmosphere.

Telephone number

+1 213 740 2426

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

The University of Southern California provides Trojan housing which consists of nearly 6,000 housing spaces in more than 40 residence halls and apartments are designed to provide easy access to campus resources and activities. A highlight of campus living are the five residential colleges, communities of students and faculty who share common interests and plan frequent group activities. Several residence halls have special interest floors (including business, cinema, music, and women in science and engineering). There are also floors dedicated to students especially interested in African American, Jewish, Latino or Muslim culture. Residence halls offer the traditional college housing experience, with double-occupancy rooms and community bathrooms, plus a required meal plan. Apartments - units with one or two double-occupancy bedrooms and a full kitchen, enables students to lead a more independent lifestyle, with more space and privacy. At the University, even the most tradition-steeped residence halls boast modern conveniences, including a customer service center, a computerized entry monitoring system and a smartcard-operated on-site laundry facility. The newest housing facility on campus is the four-story International Residential College at Parkside, which houses 400 students, features international cuisine in the dining hall and offers numerous cross-cultural programs. The halls provide free high-speed ethernet computer connections to campus networks and the Web. Each student has an ethernet jack and an individual telephone line. Resident technology assistants help everyone stay connected and student housing also includes free local telephone service and basic cable TV connections.