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The USC Kaufman School offers individual classes in technique, performance, choreography, production, theory and history open to all students at USC. [71] In the fall of 2015, the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance began to offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree to a select number of undergraduates who wish to pursue dance as their major. [71]
In 2007, Howard Gillman, Professor of Political Science, History, and Law, was appointed the 20th Dean of the college. In the 2008–2009 academic year, 4,400 undergraduate degrees and 5,500 advanced degrees were awarded. All Ph.D. degrees awarded at USC and most master's degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. [4]
Urban planning classes were first delivered at USC in Fall of 1921 by Gordon Whitnall, who was instrumental in founding the Planning Commission of the City of Los Angeles. In 1929, the USC School of Citizenship and Public Administration opened its doors, becoming one of only two programs of its kind in the nation.
The School of Advanced Computing is part of a $1-billon plan to bring computational instruction to students across disciplines at USC.
The Widney Alumni House, the campus's first building. The University of Southern California was founded following the efforts of Judge Robert M. Widney, who helped secure donations from several key figures in early Los Angeles history—a Protestant nurseryman, Ozro Childs; an Irish Catholic former governor, John Gately Downey; and a German Jewish banker, Isaias W. Hellman.
There have been reports from alumni and former faculty that the University of Denver maintained the degree program for less than two years, returning ownership to USC. In 1990 Capitol College began offering a similar master's degree in system management. The aviation safety program continues at the Viterbi School of Engineering.
On October 7, 1873, Henry E. Hayne, the Secretary of State of South Carolina, became the first black student when he registered for the fall session in the medical college of the university. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As a result of his enrollment, three professors resigned, and some white students left.
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