Talk:USC School of Cinematic Arts

History, including name of school
The section on the founding of the School is very vague and close to misleading, I think. The cinema program wasn't a school, with it's own Dean, until the mid 80's when the department moved into the new building complex next to the Norris theatre. In 1929, I believe it was just a single class, in screenwriting? And to claim all those notable stars as faculty is a bit of a stretch, it should be noted what their actual role was, possibly as guest lecturers. Someone who has access to good citable resources could write a couple of paragraphs for the history section to show how the program grew from a collection of classes, to a dept with its own building and facilities after WWII and so on. It would be nice to recognize some of the early graduates, such as Richard Bare, in the alumni list. StevenBradford 21:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Acceptance Ratio stats
Where is the stat of 150 out of 14,000 undergraduate applicants being accepted from? According to the USC Freshman Profile, there were only 29,792 applicants for the all of the schools at USC. It seems really far-fetched that nearly half of them applied to one school. The number of 115 students matriculating into the film school is reasonable according to the freshman profile of 2004, when 4% (110 students) went into the film school. TROGG 06:19, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

I added that, but can't find the source now...and it does seem high. and seem to put the number at ~1000 year, which seems more reasonable. The 150 number includes the graduate students. Changing to reflect. --Asparagus 15:42, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

I have a separate question. I think that the 150 is actually the number matriculating, not the number that are accepted. Does anyone know whether or not this is true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.134.212.224 (talk • contribs)

Statistic
I still find something wrong with the statistic, as I know it's above 1,000 applicants who apply; it's more around 3,000; and I am unsure of how many gets accepted. Plus, does this statistic include or exclude the number of freshment/transfer students accepted or applied? Is this a statistic for Freshment applicants, or also for graduate students? And how about transfer students from another collee? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.23.6.222 (talk • contribs)

Grad and Undergrad
I'd like to know how many students apply to the grad school and how many undergrad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.1.82 (talk • contribs) 18:27, 4 April 2006

"Alumni" (plural of alumnus)
For definition of alumni (plural of alumnus), see alumnus. Alumni are "graduates or former students", not simply graduates. Some of those listed are not verifiably graduates of USC. --NYScholar (talk) 04:29, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Also changed heading so that it has "Notable" in it, parallel to other such headings in Wikipedia articles about schools and places; "accomplished" is a value judgment and not in keeping with Neutral point of view. --NYScholar (talk) 04:33, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * "Notable" is a good call, this article certainly is in rough stages. That alumni includes all former students, regardless of whether they graduated, allows the heading to be succinct. It would've been wrong to have "Notable Graduates".  --Bobak (talk) 19:32, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the above comment. --NYScholar (talk) 20:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

(cont.) Added templates to this talkpage w/ Wikipedia editing policy/guideline links. Many of the names added to sections are living persons and WP:BLP, particularly WP:BLP as per WP:V apply. Verifiable reliable sources documenting accuracy of names included are needed throughout. --NYScholar (talk) 20:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Notable alumni and faculty
Hi. The article's alumni and faculty list has gotten to the point that it needs to be split off into its own article. See the following for examples. Corkythehornetfan(talk) 00:13, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emporia_State_University#Notable_alumni
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_State_University#Notable_alumni_and_faculty