FAQs: Current Schedule (Classes held online; events canceled)

Updated: March 20, 2020 at 5:35 p.m.

In alignment with current public health guidance on social distancing, all classes are online and events are canceled or postponed for the rest of the spring 2020 semester.

1. Effective 11:59 p.m. on March 19, 2020 and continuing through April 19, 2020, all public and private group events and gatherings, as defined below, of 10 or more people are prohibited anywhere within the Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction.

USC will finish the academic semester online or remotely.

Distance methods for large meetings is a recommended practice. The Zoom platform is made available for free use by USC faculty, staff, and students.

For public and private gatherings attended by between 2-9 persons, held in a confined or enclosed space—enforce social distancing measures by requiring attendees who remain at the event or gathering for over 5 minutes to be separated by at least six (6) feet from other attendees during the entirety of the event or gathering. Persons who attend the event or gathering as a group, e.g., a group of family members or household contacts, may sit or remain together, but groups of attendees must be separated by a distance of at least six (6) feet. Provide access to hand washing facilities with soap and water or with hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol.