USC Viterbi Undergraduate Handbook 2024-2025

Global Experiences Find your passion, here and abroad Viterbi students can take advantage of a diverse range of international opportunities to help expand their worldview as future leaders in engineering. Through engineering-specific study abroad programs students can examine the Grand Challenges of Engineering from a global perspective.

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VITERBI GLOBALXP PROGRAMS Viterbi GlobalXP programs (Spring Break, Maymester, and Fall Lead) examines a global Grand Challenge in an interactive and dynamic class space. GlobalXP enables students to make progress towards their engineering degree while traveling abroad for one-three weeks, depending on the program. Students will have the opportunity to visit companies, hear from guest lecturers, and engage in cultural field trips to gain a nuanced global perspective on engineering.

ALYSSA JAIPERSAUD , Industrial & Systems Engineering, Class of 2024 Viterbi Involvement ● Progressive Degree Program (PDP), Green Technologies/Sustainable Engineering

● Queers in Engineering, Science, and Technology (QuEST) ● Research Fellow, Center for Undergraduate Research in Viterbi Engineering (CURVE) USC Involvement ● Minor in Law & Public Policy ● Student Sustainabiity Committee ● Trojan Archery Team

● Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) ● Viterbi GlobalXP Program, Toyko, Japan ● Viterbi Funding Board ● Engineers Without Borders (EWB) ● Semi-Finalist, Min Family Challenge ● Peer Mentor, Women in Engineering (WIE)

“ The opportunity to participate in Viterbi’s GlobalXP Program in Tokyo, Japan, was a significant highlight of my time at USC. It allowed me to immerse myself in a new culture, develop friendships, and learn more about the type of engineer that I want to be. ”

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UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK 2024-2025

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