• Best known for its pioneering role in visual anthropology, USC's Anthropology Department has strong research programs in all four fields of the discipline (i.e., Archaeology, Socio-cultural Anthropology, Linguistics, and Physical Anthropology).
  • The Department offers a B.A. in Anthropology with concentrations in visual anthropology and urban applied anthropology; a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Archaeology; minor programs in cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, folklore and popular culture, Southeast Asia and its people, and a progressive 5th year M.A. in visual anthropology. At the graduate level, the Department currently offers both an M.A. in Visual Anthropology and a Certificate in Visual Anthropology. Students interested in a doctorate degree in Physical Anthropology apply through the Department of Biology's Integrative Evolutionary Biology program.