Classes Offered - USC Schedule of Classes

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/

GESM 110g: Seminar in the Arts (4.0 units)

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
Exile and Identity--Modern Israeli and Palestinian Artists
35290D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 19	Yaffa Weisman	VKC155
Authenticity and Popular Music
35291D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 17	Alice Echols	VKC255
Looking at Language
35293D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	17 of 17	Alice Gambrell	VKC255
Urban Memory Project
35295D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Ann Marie Yasin	VKC158
World Arts, Cultures, and Empires
35296D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Indra Mukhopadhyay	VKC254
Pioneers of the Impossible: Poetry and Fiction through Regions of Unlikeness
35297D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 17	Mark Irwin	VKC252
Soundscapes
35298D	001	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	17 of 17	Eric Rawson	VKC155
The Dream in Poetry
35300D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	Carol Muske-Dukes	WPH205	Word (57344 KB)
Medieval Art and Christian Ritual
35302D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 18	Carolyn Malone	THH121
Classic and Contemporary Fairy Tales
35304D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Aimee Bender	WPH103

GESM 111g: Seminar in the Arts (4.0 units)

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
Music as Politics
35305D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	19 of 19	Lisa Vest	KDC241
Music and Performance Art
35306D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 17	Veronika Krausas	KDC241
Making Paintings
35307D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 16	Margaret Lazzari	HAR202
The Modern Movement in Architecture
35308D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	James Steele	VKC255
Architectural History, Prehistory to the Present
35309D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 17	Kenneth Breisch	VKC258	PDF (133173 KB)
Heath and Fitness Through Dance
35310D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:40pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Margo Apostolos	KDC241
Photography, Art and Landscape
35311D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 15	Caroline Clerc	WAH6
Jazz: America's Music
35312D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 17	John Thomas	TMCG156
Masks, Puppets, and the Manpulation of the Human Form
35313D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 16	Christina Haatainen-Jones	GFS228	Word (741692 KB)
The Theatre Scene
35314R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	Canceled
Performing Revolutions: Global History of Theatre & Social Change
35315D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Brent Blair	MCC102
Eco-Theatre: Art, Science, and Bio-Regionalism in Contemporary Plays
35316D	001	Lecture	10:30-11:50am	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	Paula Cizmar	DRC120	PDF (211727 KB)
The Actor at Work
35317D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Anita Dashiell-Sparks	MCC102
Stages of Healing: The World of Theatre and Therapy
35318D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Brent Blair	MCC102
Performing Gender--Centuries of Dramatic Cross Dressing
35319D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 17	Melinda Finberg	GFS201
L.A. Culture Behind the Scenes: Process Storytelling
35320D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Sasha Anawalt	ANN211

GESM 120g: Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry (4.0 units)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Bodies in Antiquity
35327D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	14 of 17	Jessica Wright	THH213	PDF (189627 KB)
Kings and Heroes, Villians and Saints
35331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Hani Khafipour	VKC154
Jewish Identity in Literature
35332D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 17	Leah Hochman	VKC155
Mindfulness in Cultural Practices
35334D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Thomas Ward	GFS229
From NAFTA to Narcos: Globalization in Contemporary Latin American Literature and Film
35336D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Jamie Fudacz	VPD107
Shocking Knowledge: Gothic and Science Fiction as Literature of Self-Discovery
35337D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 18	Devin Griffiths	VKC255
The Apocalypse in Literature, Art and Film
35339D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	19 of 19	Michael Du Plessis	THH213
Time and Time Travel
35340D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	19 of 19	James Van Cleve	GFS228
Classics in Greek Literature and Philosophy
35341D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	17 of 17	Kevin Robb	VKC255
Minds and Machines - The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
35342D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 19	Jeffrey Russell	WPH206
Modern Korean Literature and Thought
35343D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 18	Sunyoung Park	VKC154
Self and Society in Ancient Athenian Drama
35344D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 17	Vincent Farenga	THH215
Utopianism and the History of Progress
35345D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	Nina Eliasoph	VKC200
America and France--Literary and Visual Representations of Turbulent Times
35346D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 17	Panivong Norindr	VKC207
The New Vietnam: Arts, Culture, Diaspora
35347D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 19	Janet Hoskins	GFS228
Brasil/Brazil: Figuration of Brazil and Its Other
35348D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Brenno Kaneyasu Maranhao	VPD107
Revolutions of the Global South
35349D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 17	Olivia C Harrison	VKC255
The Uncanny in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
35350D	001	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	17 of 17	Thea Tomaini	VKC254
Telling Animals
35351D	001	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	17 of 17	Michael Du Plessis	THH213
Part of a Larger Story: The American Jewish Experience in Literature
35352D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Bruce Phillips	VKC211
The Theater of Ancient Rome
35353D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 17	Anthony Boyle	VKC207
Conquest and Revolution in 20th-Century Mexican Literary and Visual Texts
35354D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Liana Stepanyan	VKC205
Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism
35355D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Marjorie Becker	VKC200
Thinking About Time
35356D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 17	Emily Zeamer	GFS229	Word (177648 KB)
What is the Best Way To Live?
35357D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 19	Ralph Wedgwood	GFS228	PDF (451944 KB)
Childhood in America
35358D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	William Deverell	VPD107
Screening the Sacred: Religion and Hollywood
35359D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Christopher Daily	VKC160	PDF (1730711 MB)
The Apocalypse in Literature, Art and Film
35360D	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	19 of 19	Michael Du Plessis	THH213
Classics in Greek Literature and Philosophy
35361D	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	13 of 17	Kevin Robb	VKC254
Reason and the Passions: Human Beings in Enlightenment Contexts
35362D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 18	Natania Meeker	LVL3Y
Women in Literature and Film
35363D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 17	Tania Modleski	VKC252
The Story of the Chinese Language
35364D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 17	Audrey Li	VKC211
Scandalous Ethics
35365D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 17	Stephen Finlay	VKC207
Sex and Sexes: Spanish Literature, Culture and Film
35366D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 17	Jaclyn Cohen-Steinberg	VKC205
Vampires and Other Monsters in World Literature, Film and Art
35367D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 18	Ellen Oliveira	VKC157
Conceptions of God and Self
35368D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 17	John Dreher	VKC200	Word (79360 KB)
Adapting Cervantes' Don Quixote to Film
35369D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Sherry Velasco	THH207
Sites of Memory in Modern Arabic Letters
35370D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 17	Veli N Yashin	LVL3V	Word (84477 KB)
Los Angeles Stories
35371D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Christopher Freeman	WPH106	Word (50296 KB)
Reality Bites: The Short Fiction of Everyday Life
35372D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 18	Naomi Greenwald	VKC110
The Problem of Evil in Literature and Film
35373D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 17	Candice Levy	VKC258
Lost Christian Scriptures from the Egyptian Desert
35374D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	6 of 17	Cavan Concannon	VKC155	PDF (242639 KB)
Poetry, Evidence and Methods of Reading
35375D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Joseph Dane	VKC211
On Beauty
35376D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Daniel Tiffany	VKC200
Minds and Machines - The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
35377D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 16	Jeffrey Russell	GFS229
Eastern European Crime Stories: Legal Fiction Crime to Punishment
35378D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Anna Krakus	GFS228
Italianisms: Introduction to Modern Italy
35379D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 19	Gian-Maria Annovi	GFS229
Messiah: The Hisory of an Idea
35380D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 18	Joshua Garroway	GFS228
The Cultural Politics of Broadway
35381D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 17	David Roman	VKC255
Transforming Italy: Italian Literature Today
35382D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 17	James Fortney	VKC254
On Beauty
35383D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Daniel Tiffany	VKC200
Thinking About Time
35384D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 17	Emily Zeamer	GFS229	Word (177648 KB)
Eastern European Crime Stories: Legal Fiction Crime to Punishment
35385D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Anna Krakus	GFS228
The Russian Novel
35386D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 17	Greta Matzner-Gore	VKC255
Women in Literature and Film
35388D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 17	Tania Modleski	VKC254
The Power of Stories: Tribal Identity in Contemporary America
35389D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Antonio Idini	LVL3Y
Ghost Stories: Throughout Time and Around the World
35391D	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 19	Tok Thompson	KAP167
Contemporary Korean Film and Culture
35392D	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Elli Kim	THHB10
Myth, Folklore and Fantasy in Japanese Literature and Film
35393D	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 18	David Bialock	VKC110
Legal Fictions--Storytelling and Empathy in U.S. Law
35394D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 18	Elizabeth Logan	VKC110

GESM 121g: Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry (4.0 units)

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
Ethics of Science and Technology
35400D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 17	Elisa Warford	GFS229	PDF (74220 KB)
Science, Literature and Ethics
35401D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Amy Schroeder	GFS111

GESM 130g: Seminar in Social Analysis (4.0 units)

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
Violence, Antiviolence, and Social Justice
35425D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Michael Messner	VKC254
Gaming Chinese Historical Capitalism
35427D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Brett Sheehan	VKC200
Turkey--The Failure of a Democracy
35428D	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	11 of 17	Mehmet Birdal	LVL3Y
Turkey--The Failure of a Democracy
35429D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	13 of 17	Mehmet Birdal	VKC254
Sociology of Youth, Culture and Society
35430D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 18	Elaine Bell Kaplan	VKC254
Health, Humanity and the Healing Arts
35431D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Robert Chernoff	GFS229	PDF (179483 KB)
The United Nations in the World
35433D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 18	Douglas Becker	VKC154	Word (50688 KB)
Solving Social Problems
35436D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	Paul Lichterman	VKC254
Taiwan as a Microcosm of World Complexity
35437D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 17	Daniel Lynch	VKC254	PDF (240021 KB)
Ethnography at Work
35438D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 16	Jennifer Cool	LVL3Y
Interrogating Authenticity
35439D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 18	Lanita Jacobs	KAP147	PDF (609837 KB)

GESM 131g: Seminar in Social Analysis (4.0 units)

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
Los Angeles as a City
35441D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Martin Krieger	LVL3V	Word (30355 KB)
African American Child Development in Context
35442D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 17	Brendesha Tynes	LVL3Y
Educational Access and Opportunity from Cradle to College
35443D	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	15 of 17	Morgan Polikoff	LVL3V
The Bilingual-Bicultural Experience in America: A focus on Latinos
35444D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Eugenia Mora-Flores	LVL3Y
Educational Access and Opportunity from Cradle to College
35445D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	10 of 17	Morgan Polikoff	LVL3V
The Educational Experience of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
35446D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	Ruth Chung	LVL3Y
The Power of Emotions in Human Behavior
35447D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 18	Debbie MacInnis	VKC255
Food, Society and Health
35448D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Jesus Diaz	VKC255
Making Better Worlds: Collective Occupations and Social Transformations
35449D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 17	Gelya Frank	VKC254	Word (551501 KB)
Witnessing: Media, Memory and Social Justice
35450D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	Christopher Smith	ANN209
The Health of Populations: Epidemics and Their Causes
35451D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 17	Jonathan Samet, Richard Watanabe	LVL3Y
Media and Social Change
35452D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 18	Daniela Baroffio	ASC231	PDF (121549 KB)
Media, Communications, and Globalization
35453D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 19	Yu Hong	ASC230

GESM 140g: Seminar in the Life Sciences (4.0 units)

Scientific understanding of a full range of living systems from molecules to ecosystems, prokaryotes to humans, past and present. (Satisfies GE-D, Life Sciences) 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
Contemplative Neuroscience
35460D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Laura Baker	WPH203
The Physics of Life
35463D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 18	James Boedicker	WPHB36

GESM 141g: Seminar in the Life Sciences (4.0 units)

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
Personality Across the Lifespan
35465D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Aaron Hagedorn	GER224
The Mind and Body Connection Through the Lifespan
35466D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 19	Aaron Hagedorn	GER224

GESM 160g: Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning (4.0 units)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Population and Social Change
35480D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	8 of 17	Emily Smith-Greenaway	VKC254
Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Infinity
35483D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 17	Larry Goldstein	GFS228	PDF (19376 KB)
The Mathematics of Secret Codes from Caesar to the NSA
35484D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 17	David Crombecque	LVL13

GESM 161g: Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning (4.0 units)

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
Mind, Belief and Behavior: Learning about Learning
35485D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 19	Patricia Tobey	LVL3V
Science as Detective Work
35486D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 17	Deborah Natoli	LVL3V
Numbers and Narrative in Community
35487D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Lavonna Lewis
Wireless Computing Technologies for Medicine with Legal and Ethical Implications
35488D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	4 of 17	Mary Eshaghian,Jim Moore	KAP167	PDF (199943 KB)
Mind, Belief and Behavior; Learning about Learning
35489D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 17	Erika Patall, Patricia Tobey	WPH103	Word (67709 KB)

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