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BA Anthropology (Visual Anthropology) at University of Southern California

University of Southern California, United States

Programme overview

Visual Anthropology is a variant of the Anthropology major combining core anthropology methods and theory with courses on visual and ethnographic media.

Faculty: USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Anthropology  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

Lower-division ANTH 263g Exploring Culture through Film (4 units); upper-division ANTH 410 Ethnographic Research Methods and ANTH 440 History of Anthropological Theory (8 units); two Visual Anthropology courses (8 units) such as Multimodal Methods, Photo-ethnography or Ethnographic Film Theory; and one anthropology elective (4 units).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is through the USC undergraduate admission process (university-level, not specific to this major).

Apply through the official page: https://admission.usc.edu/

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