Jami'ar Kudancin California wato makarantar horar da fasahar Sinima (School of Cinematic Art) tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan makarantun koyar da shirye-shiryen fina-finai a duniya, kuma ana ɗaukar ta a matsayin makarantar da ta fi ko facce a horar da harkokin fim a duniya. An kafa makarantar tare da haɗin gwiwar Academy of Motion Hoto Arts and Sciences a 1929, SCA ta haɓaka wajen samar da ababan nishaɗi a matsayin masana'antu da kumą nau'in fasaha. Bangare bakwai na Makarantar — Fim & Production; Cinema & Media Studies; John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts; John Wells Division na Rubutun don Allon & Talabijin; Kafofin watsa labarai masu hulɗa & Wasanni; Media Arts + Ayyuka; Shirin Samar da Peter Stark - yana ba da cikakkun shirye-shirye a cikin duk fasahar fina-finai, duk suna goyan bayan ilimin fasaha mai sassaucin ra'ayi kuma manyan kwararrun masana a kowane fage. Tana da tsofaffin ɗalibai sama da 16,000, waɗanda yawancinsu suna cikin fitattun ƴan wasan raye-raye na duniya, masana, malamai, marubuta, daraktoci, furodusoshi, masu daukar hoto, masu gyara, ƙwararrun sauti, masu zanen wasan bidiyo da shugabannin masana'antu.