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University of Southern California
Fall 2013
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Aerospace Studies | AEST
American Language Institute | ALI
American Studies and Ethnicity | AMST
Anthropology | ANTH
Arabic
Architecture | ARCH
Army Science
Art History | AHIS
Astronomy
- Astronomy | ASTR
- Physics | PHYS
Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
- Biokinesiology | BKN
- Physical Therapy | PT
Biological Sciences
- Biological Sciences | BISC
- Neuroscience | NEUR
Marshall School of Business
- Accounting | ACCT
- Business Entrepreneurship | BAEP
- Business Administration | BUAD
- Business Communication | BUCO
- Finance and Business Economics | FBE
- Graduate School of Business Administration | GSBA
- Library and Information Management | LIM
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- Management and Organization | MOR
Chemistry | CHEM
Cinematic Arts
- Motion Picture Producing | CMPP
- Cinema-Television | CNTV
- Animation | CTAN
- Critical Studies | CTCS
- Interactive Media | CTIN
- Production | CTPR
- Writing | CTWR
- Media Arts and Practice | IML
Chinese
Classics
- Classics | CLAS
- Greek | GR
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Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Communication and Journalism | ASCJ
- Communication Management | CMGT
- Communication | COMM
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- Public Diplomacy | PUBD
Comparative Literature | COLT
Composition, English
Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture | CSLC
Czech
Kaufman School of Dance
Ostrow School of Dentistry
- Advanced Dental Education Conjoint Program | ADNT
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- Craniofacial Biology | CBY
- Dental Biochemistry | DBIO
- Dentistry History | DHIS
- Dental Hygiene | DHYG
- Oral Diagnosis And Radiology | DIAG
- Dental Problem Based Learning | DPBL
- DPHR | DPHR
- Occlusion | OCCL
- Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine | OFPM
- Oral Medicine Oral Diagnosis | OMOD
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Drama
Earth Sciences
East Asian Languages and Cultures | EALC
East Asian Studies | EASC
Economics | ECON
Rossier School of Education
- Education Counseling | EDCO
- Higher and Postsecondary Education | EDHP
- Educational Psychology and Technology | EDPT
- Education | EDUC
Viterbi School of Engineering
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering | AME
- Astronautical Engineering | ASTE
- Biomedical Engineering | BME
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- Computer Science | CSCI
- Electrical Engineering | EE
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- Informatics | INF
- Information Technology Program | ITP
- Materials Science | MASC
- Petroleum Engineering | PTE
- Systems Architecting and Engineering | SAE
English | ENGL
Expository Writing
Environmental Studies Program | ENST
Kinesiology | EXSC
Roski School of Art and Design
- Fine Arts | FA
- Ceramics | FACE
- Critical Studies | FACS
- Design | FADN
- Drawing | FADW
- Intermedia | FAIN
- Photography | FAPH
- Painting | FAPT
- Printmaking | FAPR
- Sculpture | FASC
- Public Art Studies | PAS
French and Italian
- French | FREN
- Italian | ITAL
Freshman Seminars | FSEM
Gender Studies | SWMS
General Education
- Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions | WCT
- Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions | GCT
- Category III: Scientific Inquiry | SCIN
- Category IV: Science and Its Significance | SCIS
- Category V: Arts and Letters | ARLT
- Category VI: Social Issues | SI
Geography | GEOG
Geological Sciences | GEOL
German | GERM
Davis School of Gerontology
Graduate Studies | GRSC
Health Behavior
Hebrew | HEBR
Hindi
History | HIST
Interdisciplinary Major Program | INDS
International Relations
- International Relations | IR
- Public Diplomacy | PUBD
Italian
- French | FREN
- Italian | ITAL
Japanese
Journalism | JOUR
Judaic Studies | JS
Kinesiology
Korean
Law
Liberal Studies | LBST
Linguistics | LING
Middle East Studies | MDES
Master of Professional Writing | MPW
Mathematics | MATH
Keck School of Medicine
- Academic Medicine | ACMD
- Anesthesiology | ANST
- Biochemistry | BIOC
- Cell and Neurobiology | CNB
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies | HP
- Interdepartmental | INTD
- Medicine | MED
- Medical Sciences | MEDS
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology | MICB
- Pathology | PATH
- Physiology and Biophysics | PHBI
- Preventive Medicine | PM
- Primary Care Physician Assistant | PCPA
Military
- Aerospace Studies | AEST
- Military Science | MS
- Nautical Science | NAUT
- Naval Science | NSC
Multidisciplinary Activities | MDA
Thornton School of Music
- Arts Leadership | ARTL
- Music Technology | MTEC
- Sacred Music | MSCR
- Choral Music | MUCM
- Composition | MUCO
- Conducting | MUCD
- Music Education | MUED
- Music Ensemble | MUEN
- Music History and Literature | MUHL
- Music Industry | MUIN
- Jazz Studies | MUJZ
- Performance (Early Music) | MPEM
- Performance (Guitar) | MPGU
- Performance (Keyboard Studies) | MPKS
- Performance (Popular Music) | MPPM
- Performance (Strings) | MPST
- Performance (Vocal Arts) | MPVA
- Performance (Winds and Percussion) | MPWP
- Music | MUSC
Nautical Science | NAUT
Naval Science | NSC
Neuroscience
- Biological Sciences | BISC
- Neuroscience | NEUR
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy | OT
Ocean Sciences | OS
Pharmacy
- Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology | MPTX
- Pharmacy | PHRD
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy | PMEP
- Pharmaceutical Sciences | PSCI
- Regulatory Science | RSCI
Philosophy | PHIL
Physical Education | PHED
Preventive Medicine
Price School of Public Policy
- Health Care Management | HMGT
- Policy, Planning and Development | PPD
- Policy, Planning and Development - Expanded | PPDE
- Urban and Regional Planning | PLUS
- Real Estate Development | RED
Persian
Physics
- Physics | PHYS
- Astronomy | ASTR
Political Economy and Public Policy | PEPP
Polish
Political Science | POSC
Political Science and International Relations | POIR
Portuguese
- Portuguese | PORT
- Spanish | SPAN
Programming And Data Processing
Psychology | PSYC
Religion | REL
Russian
Serbo-Croatian
Slavic Languages and Literatures | SLL
Sociology | SOCI
Social Work | SOWK
Sophomore Seminar | SSEM
Spanish
- Spanish | SPAN
- Portuguese | PORT
Spatial Sciences | SSCI
Dramatic Arts
Thematic Option | CORE
Writing | WRIT
Medicine | MED
University of Southern California | USC
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English
456:
Contemporary Poetry
(4.0 units)
Study of poetry written in English since 1945, with special emphasis on the last two decades.
Section
Session
Type
Time
Days
Registered
Instructor
Location
Syllabus
Info
32734D
001
Lecture
11:00-12:15pm
Tue, Thu
16 of 19
Mark Irwin
VKC
157
Information accurate as of
March 10, 2014 6:15 am
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