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General Education Seminar (GESM)
- Instructions on how to obtain department authorization (d-clearance) for GESM courses are available at dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge/gesm-registration/. Course descriptions are available at dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge/course-descriptions/
The multifaceted history of the creative act, its analysis, production, and context as a representation of human experience. (Satisfies GE-A, The Arts) Open only to Freshmen.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Modern Russian Art | |||||||||
35290D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 18 | John Bowlt | THH214 | ![]() | |
Comedy of Difference: Jewish Humor in 20th Century | |||||||||
35291D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 18 | David Kaufman | VKC254 | ![]() | |
Mixed Media in Early Modern Europe | |||||||||
35292D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Hector Reyes | VKC200 | ![]() | |
Soundscapes | |||||||||
35294D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 16 of 17 | Eric Rawson | GFS229 | ![]() | |
Looking at Language | |||||||||
35295D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Alice Gambrell | VKC151 | ![]() | |
Listening and Making: Poetry and Its Forms | |||||||||
35296D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 17 of 17 | Molly Bendall | VKC254 | ![]() | |
Six Feet Under: Death and Dying in Contemporary American Fiction | |||||||||
35298D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 17 | Susan Segal | GFS228 | ![]() | |
Scripture and Script: the Bible in Modern Literature and Film | |||||||||
35299D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 12 of 17 | Leah Hochman | WPH203 | ![]() | |
Surrealism in France, Spain and Mexico | |||||||||
35300D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Marie Enright | VKC201 | ![]() | |
Creating Art for Real Life | |||||||||
35301D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 17 | Michael Bunn | LVL3Y | Word (23772 KB) | ![]() |
Medieval Art and Christian Ritual | |||||||||
35302D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 17 | Carolyn Malone | VKC206 | ![]() | |
Interpreting American Humor | |||||||||
35303D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 17 | Jennifer Greenhill | GFS229 | ![]() | |
Pioneers of the Impossible: Poetry and Fiction Forging New Borders and Boundaries | |||||||||
35304D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 17 | Mark Irwin | GFS212 | ![]() |
The multifaceted history of the creative act, its analysis, production, and context as a representation of human experience. Offered by a USC professional school.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Shelter | |||||||||
35305D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:20am | Mon, Wed | 11 of 17 | Lauren Matchison | HAR115A | PDF (108832 KB) | ![]() |
On Creativity and Collaboration in Storytelling | |||||||||
35313D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | David Weber | SCA258 | ![]() | |
The Actor at Work | |||||||||
35314D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 14 of 17 | Randy Mell | MCC108 | ![]() | |
Performing Revolutions: Global History of Theatre and Social Change | |||||||||
35315D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 12 of 17 | Brent Blair | MCC102 | PDF (408868 KB) | ![]() |
Stages of Healing: The World of Theatre and Therapy | |||||||||
35316D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 18 | Brent Blair | MCC102 | PDF (406572 KB) | ![]() |
I Too, Am American: Theatre and Cultural Literacy | |||||||||
35317D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 3 of 17 | Anita Dashiell-Sparks | MCC102 | ![]() | |
Putting Documentary to Work | |||||||||
35318D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Paula Cizmar | MCC102 | PDF (225888 KB) | ![]() |
Asian and Asian American Culture on Stage and Film | |||||||||
35319D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Paula Cizmar | MCC102 | PDF (204436 KB) | ![]() |
Health and Fitness through Dance | |||||||||
35321D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:40pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 17 | Margo Apostolos | KDC241 | ![]() | |
Making Paintings | |||||||||
35306D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 13 of 15 | Karen Liebowitz | WAH118 | ![]() | |
Music as Politics | |||||||||
35307D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Joanna Demers | KDC236 | ![]() | |
Photography, Art and the Landscape | |||||||||
35308D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 8 of 13 | Caroline Clerc | HAR220 | ![]() | |
The Holocaust and the Creative Impulse | |||||||||
35309D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 17 | Nick Strimple | KDC241 | Word (130048 KB) | ![]() |
From Bebop to Doo Wop to Hip Hop | |||||||||
35310D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 17 | Ron Mc Curdy | MUS319 | ![]() | |
California's Modern Masters of Housing Design | |||||||||
35311D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 13 of 17 | Victor Regnier | VKC254 | PDF (792363 KB) | ![]() ![]() |
Interpretation and analysis of works of the imagination, exploring language, thought, and cultural traditions in relation to one another. (Satisfies GE-B, Humanistic Inquiry) Open only to Freshmen.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Instructions on how to obtain department authorization (d-clearance) for GESM courses are available at dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge/gesm-registration/.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Conceptions of God and Self | |||||||||
35325D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 17 | John Dreher | VKC200 | Word (78336 KB) | ![]() ![]() |
Trauma and Memory in Latin American and Spanish Cinema and Literature | |||||||||
35326D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 18 of 18 | Julian Gutierrez-Albilla | VKC254 | ![]() | |
Literature and Culture in the Age of Copies | |||||||||
35327D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 17 of 17 | Karen Tongson | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
Democracy, Dissent, and Assimilation: 19th and 20th Century Catholic Immigrants in the U.S. | |||||||||
35328D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 13 of 17 | James Lewis Heft | VKC255 | ![]() | |
Strangers and Strange Lands | |||||||||
35329D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Emily Zeamer | WPH106 | ![]() | |
Language, Law and Literature | |||||||||
35331D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Sandra Disner | GFS229 | PDF (132813 KB) | ![]() |
Renaissance Italy | |||||||||
35332D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Margaret Rosenthal | VKC256 | ![]() | |
Language, Rationality and Culture | |||||||||
35333D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 17 | Robin Jeshion | GFS228 | ![]() | |
Plants Attack! : Botany and the Uncanny Plant in Fiction, Film and Ecological Thought | |||||||||
35336D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 13 of 16 | Antonia Szabari | VKC254 | PDF (136902 KB) | ![]() |
Self Portraits: Exercises in Introspection. | |||||||||
35337D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 16 of 18 | David Albertson | GFS229 | ![]() | |
Epidemics and Disasters in History | |||||||||
35342D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Elinor Accampo | VKC256 | ![]() | |
Masterpieces of the Short Story | |||||||||
35343D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Alexander Zholkovsky | VKC157 | ![]() | |
Types and Stereotypes in Films of the American Western Genre | |||||||||
35344D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Percival Everett | VKC200 | ![]() | |
Death and Gender in Media and Society | |||||||||
35345D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Diana Blaine | GFS229 | ![]() | |
Strangers and Strange Lands | |||||||||
35346D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Emily Zeamer | GFS228 | ![]() | |
Gore and Spectacle on Stage and Screen | |||||||||
35347D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Natalia Perez | VPD107 | ![]() | |
Biblical Protagonists | |||||||||
35348D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 18 | Kristine Garroway | VKC255 | ![]() | |
Adolescence in Hispanic Literature and Film | |||||||||
35350D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 17 | Leah Kemp | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
Culture, Conformity, Revolt | |||||||||
35354D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | David Rollo | VKC200 | ![]() | |
Homer, Virgil, and Dante | |||||||||
35355D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 17 | Stefano Rebeggiani | VKC160 | ![]() | |
On Beauty | |||||||||
35357D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Daniel Tiffany | VKC255 | ![]() | |
Adapting Cervantes' Don Quixote to Film | |||||||||
35358D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Sherry Velasco | VKC254 | ![]() | |
Literature of Resistance | |||||||||
35359D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Yaffa Weisman | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
Understanding the Scientific Method | |||||||||
35360D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | MWF | 16 of 18 | Leif Hancox-Li | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
Transforming Italy: Italian Literature Today | |||||||||
35362D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 17 | James Fortney | THH108 | PDF (370935 KB) | ![]() |
The German Experience | |||||||||
35363D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 17 | John Arensmeyer | VKC200 | Word (52224 KB) | ![]() |
Self-Construction: Fictions of the First Person | |||||||||
35365D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 17 | Naomi Greenwald | VKC157 | ![]() | |
Cleopatra's World | |||||||||
35366D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 17 | Christelle Fischer-Bovet | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
Being Black in Britain, 1500-2000 | |||||||||
35367D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 17 | Lindsay O'Neill | VKC256 | ![]() | |
Conflict and Competition in Ancient Greece | |||||||||
35368D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 17 | Susan Lape | VKC151 | Word (103182 KB) | ![]() |
Tell Me a Story: American Novels that Made a Difference | |||||||||
35369D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 19 | Jessica Cantiello | GFS228 | PDF (107710 KB) | ![]() |
Reality Bites: The Short Fiction of Everyday Life | |||||||||
35373D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Naomi Greenwald | GFS205 | ![]() | |
Eastern European Crime Stories: Legal Fiction from Crime to Punishment | |||||||||
35374D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 19 | Anna Krakus | VKC200 | ![]() | |
The Uncanny and the Otherworldly | |||||||||
35376D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 19 | Guilan Siassi | GFS228 | ![]() | |
The Poetics of Loss | |||||||||
35377D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 17 | David St John | VKC258 | ![]() | |
On Beauty | |||||||||
35378D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Daniel Tiffany | VKC255 | ![]() | |
Kings and Heroes, Villains and Saints | |||||||||
35379D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Hani Khafipour | VKC254 | ![]() | |
Mindfulness in Cultural Practices | |||||||||
35380D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 18 | Thomas Ward | GFS220 | ![]() | |
Yesterday's Tomorrows | |||||||||
35381D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 17 | Richard Berg | SOSB47 | ![]() | |
Daughters of Africa: Black Women in U.S. History | |||||||||
35383D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 11 of 17 | Francille Wilson | KAP166 | ![]() | |
On Beauty | |||||||||
35384D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Daniel Tiffany | VKC255 | ![]() | |
Christianity in the Roman Empire | |||||||||
35386D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 17 | Sheila Briggs | VKC161 | Word (240128 KB) | ![]() |
Girls Gone Wild: a Century of Bad Behavior | |||||||||
35388D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 19 | Jeffrey Solomon | LVL3Y | PDF (134513 KB) | ![]() |
Christianity in the Roman Empire | |||||||||
35390D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 10 of 17 | Sheila Briggs | VKC161 | Word (241152 KB) | ![]() |
Slavery and the Atlantic World | |||||||||
35391D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 17 | Nicholas Radburn | VKC111 | ![]() | |
Japanese Fiction and Film | |||||||||
35392D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | David Bialock | LVL3V | ![]() |
Critical appreciation of various forms of human expression, evaluating works of literature, philosophy, and the arts to enable informed opinions about ideas and values. Offered by a professional school.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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American Spirituality: Radical, Rebels and Freethinkers | |||||||||
35400D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Diane Winston | ANN408 | ![]() |
Individual and collective human action as it shapes and is shaped by economic organizations, political institutions, and broad social and cultural settings. (Satisfies GE-C, Social Analysis) Open only to Freshmen.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Sociology of Youth, Culture and Society | |||||||||
35427D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Elaine Bell Kaplan | LVL3V | ![]() | |
Alternative Futures, Alternative Histories | |||||||||
35428D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 17 | Philip Ethington | VKC255 | PDF (150789 KB) | ![]() |
Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective | |||||||||
35431D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 17 | Erin Moore | GFS201 | ![]() | |
Language, Race and Identity in the United States Today | |||||||||
35432D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Sarah Benor | LVL3V | ![]() | |
The Psychology of Racial Bias | |||||||||
35433D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Stanley Huey | VKC255 | ![]() |
The causes and consequences of social phenomena; quantitative and qualitative methods of the social sciences; how people behave and influence the world through cultural forms. Offered by a professional school.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Introduction to Education: Examining Critical Issues | |||||||||
35440D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Paula Carbone | LVL3V | ![]() | |
Introduction to Education Inquiry through the Study of Inequities in Education | |||||||||
35441D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 17 | Briana Hinga | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
Managing Stress for a Better Life | |||||||||
35442D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Elahe Nezami | SOSB37 | ![]() | |
The Art and Science of Decision Making | |||||||||
35443D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Chris Bresnahan | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
The Art and Science of Decision Making | |||||||||
35444D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Chris Bresnahan | LVL3Y | ![]() | |
Technology and Society | |||||||||
35445D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | John Slaughter | VKC207 | ![]() | |
Prosperity Across the Lifespan | |||||||||
35447D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Aaron Hagedorn | GER224 | ![]() | |
Engineering Diplomacy: Fusing Engineering with Foreign Policy and International Development | |||||||||
35448D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Najmedin Meshkati | VKC206 | ![]() |
Scientific understanding of living systems from molecules to ecosystems; how data is generated and interpreted; how scientific discovery spurs technological growth and impacts society. Offered by a professional school.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Aging and the Human Brain | |||||||||
35465D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 17 | Allison Ponzio | GER224 | ![]() |
Analysis and manipulation of data and information related to quantifiable objects, symbolic elements, or logic; formal reasoning, abstract representation, and empirical analysis. (Satisfies GE-F, Quantitative Reasoning). Open only to Freshmen.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Instructions on how to obtain department authorization (d-clearance) for GESM courses are available at dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge/gesm-registration/.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Population and Social Change | |||||||||
35480D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 18 | Emily Smith-Greenaway | LVL3Y | ![]() ![]() | |
Elementary Mathematics for Teaching | |||||||||
35481D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 17 | Cymra Haskell | WPH103 | ![]() |
Logical or statistical inference, probability, or mathematical analysis used as tools to evaluate hypotheses, claims, questions, or problems within a formal mode of thought. Offered by a professional school.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Mind, Belief and Behavior: Learning about Learning | |||||||||
35487D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Patricia Tobey | LVL3V | ![]() | |
Wireless Computing Technologies for Medicine with Legal and Ethical Implications | |||||||||
35488D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 7 of 17 | Mary Eshaghian | KDC236 | ![]() | |
Statistical Analysis for Games: Storytelling with Numbers | |||||||||
35489D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Wednesday | 12 of 17 | Dennis Wixon | SCA258 | Word (59495 KB) | ![]() |
11:00-12:20pm | Friday | SCIL104 | |||||||
Technologies that Change the World | |||||||||
35490D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 17 | Michelle Povinelli | GFS228 | PDF (192889 KB) | ![]() |
Statistics and Quantitative Literacy | |||||||||
35485D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Abbass Sharif | VHE217 | ![]() | |
Statistics and Quantitative Literacy | |||||||||
35486D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Abbass Sharif | LVL3Y | ![]() |