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Schedule of Classes
University of Southern California
Fall 2013
Select a program
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
- Information and Operations Management | IOM
- Marketing | MKT
- 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
- Latin | LAT
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Communication and Journalism | ASCJ
- Communication Management | CMGT
- Communication | COMM
- Journalism | JOUR
- 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
- Anatomy | ANAT
- 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
- Pediatric Dentistry | PEDO
- Periodontics | PERI
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
- Chemical Engineering | CHE
- Civil Engineering | CE
- Computer Science | CSCI
- Electrical Engineering | EE
- Environmental Engineering | ENE
- Engineering | ENGR
- Industrial and Systems Engineering | ISE
- 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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International Relations
402:
Theories of War
(4.0 units)
Theories of war tested in historical cases; The obsolescence of war as rational choice; problems that still result in war.
Prerequisite:
IR 210
Section
Session
Type
Time
Days
Registered
Instructor
Location
Syllabus
Info
37915D
001
Lecture
5:00-6:20pm
Mon, Wed
17 of 19
Ronald Osborn
VKC
257
Information accurate as of
March 10, 2014 6:15 am
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