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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, Sophomore
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Looking at Language | |||||||||
| 35270D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Alice Gambrell | CPA155 |  | |
| Questions of Documentary | |||||||||
| 35272D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | John Alexander | GFS204 | | |
| Mythology and Creativity | |||||||||
| 35273D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Devon Harlow | CPA201 | | |
| World Arts, Cultures, and Empires | |||||||||
| 35274D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 16 of 15 | Indra Mukhopadhyay | THH211 | | |
| Love and Sex in Renaissance Art | |||||||||
| 35276D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Emily Anderson | KAP138 | | |
| Biography and Autobiography | |||||||||
| 35277D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | M G Lord | CPA260 | | |
| Exile and Identity--Israeli and Palestinian Artists | |||||||||
| 35278D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Yaffa Weisman | CPA203 | | |
| Scripture and Script--the Hebrew Bible in Modern Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35279D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Leah Hochman | CPA160 | | |
| Reality, Realism, Representation | |||||||||
| 35280D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Samantha Burton | CPA260 | | |
| Reading and Making Digital Literature | |||||||||
| 35281D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Mark Marino | KAP158 | Word (16626 KB) | |
| Creating Art from Real Life | |||||||||
| 35282D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 15 | Michael Bunn | CPA203 | Word (24690 KB) | |
| Art and Textiles in Asia | |||||||||
| 35283D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Yoonah Hwang | CPA203 | | |
| Ecology--Literature and Culture | |||||||||
| 35284D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 15 | Susan Mccabe | CPA258 | PDF (171070 KB) | |
| Surrealism in France, Spain and Mexico | |||||||||
| 35287D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Marie Enright | CPA158 | | |
| Poems, Plays and Politics | |||||||||
| 35288D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Brighde Mullins | WPH205 | | |
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, Sophomore
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topics in Architectural History--Plato to Nato | |||||||||
| 35300D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 16 | Diane Ghirardo | ONLINE | | |
| The Actor at Work | |||||||||
| 35301D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Laura Flanagan | MCC102 | | |
| Theatre SCene | |||||||||
| 35302D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 15 | Bob Bailey | MCC102 | | |
| Stages of Healing--The World of Theatre and Therapy | |||||||||
| 35303D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 15 | Brent Blair | MCC102 | PDF (660368 KB) | |
| Historical Soundscapes | |||||||||
| 35304D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Diane Oliva | KDC241 | | |
| The Actor at Work | |||||||||
| 35305D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Laura Flanagan | PED205 | | |
| From Bebop to Doo Wop to Hip Hop | |||||||||
| 35306D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Reginald Quinerly | MUS303 | Word (260344 KB) | |
| Jazz--America's Music | |||||||||
| 35307D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | John Thomas | MUS204 | PDF (43220 KB) | |
| Health and Fitness Through Dance | |||||||||
| 35308D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Margo Apostolos | KDC236 | | |
| Making Drawings | |||||||||
| 35309D | 001 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 15 | Osvaldo Trujillo | WAH102A | | |
| California's Modern Masters of Housing Design | |||||||||
| 35310D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Victor Regnier | CPA260 | | |
| The Modern Movement in Architecture | |||||||||
| 35311D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Olivier Touraine | WPH206 | | |
| Eco-Theatre--Art, Science and Bio-Regionalism in Contemporary Plays | |||||||||
| 35312D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Paula Cizmar | CPA258 | PDF (523842 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, Sophomore
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gifts of Iluvatar--Death and Immortality | |||||||||
| 35325D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Mark Schroeder | CPA111 | PDF (244686 KB) | |
| Conquest and Revolution in 20th-Century Mexican Literary and Visual Texts | |||||||||
| 35326D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Liana Stepanyan | MRF206 | | |
| Pirates, Zombies, and Witches of the Caribbean-- Reading Life and Death beyond the Law | |||||||||
| 35327D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Natalie Belisle | WPH203 | | |
| The History of Death and Dying | |||||||||
| 35328D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 16 of 15 | Laura Isabel Serna | WPHB26 | | |
| Sex and Sexes--Spanish Literature, Culture and Film | |||||||||
| 35329D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Jaclyn Cohen-Steinberg | THH217 | | |
| Subcultures and the American Experience | |||||||||
| 35330D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | MWF | 19 of 15 | Eric Rawson | THH108 | | |
| Tell Me a Story--American Novels that Made a Difference | |||||||||
| 35331D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Jessica Cantiello | GFS228 | Word (42564 KB) | |
| Trauma and Memory in Spanish and Latin American Cinema | |||||||||
| 35332D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Julian Gutierrez-Albilla | GFS109 | | |
| Los Angeles Stories | |||||||||
| 35333D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Christopher Freeman | GFS104 | PDF (606258 KB) | |
| From Jesus to Muhammad--Ancient Christianity to the Rise of Islam | |||||||||
| 35335D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Mark Letteney | KAP134 | | |
| Modern Russian Culture | |||||||||
| 35336D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Natalia Dame | KAP137 | | |
| Representations of Choice in Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35337D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 15 | Nathalie Burle | LVL3V & ONLINE | | |
| Mindfulness in Cultural Practices | |||||||||
| 35338D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Thomas Ward | KAP141 | | |
| Science in Western Philosophy | |||||||||
| 35339D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 19 of 15 | Zlatan Damnjanovic | CPA255 | | |
| Telling Animals | |||||||||
| 35340D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 19 of 15 | Mia Du Plessis | ONLINE | | |
| Blackness and American Cinema | |||||||||
| 35341D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Kara Keeling | KAP134 | | |
| So You Want to Be a Heian Aristocrat? | |||||||||
| 35342D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Jillian Barndt | KAP147 | | |
| Adolescence in Hispanic Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35343D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Leah Kemp | GFS104 | | |
| Modern Russian Culture | |||||||||
| 35345D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Natalia Dame | KAP137 | | |
| Japanese Fiction and Film | |||||||||
| 35346D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | David Bialock | CPA205 | | |
| Types and Stereotypes in Films of the American Western Genre | |||||||||
| 35347D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Percival Everett | CPA154 | | |
| St. Petersburg--City of Myth | |||||||||
| 35348D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Peter Winsky | CPA200 | | |
| Mixed Media and Multiracial America | |||||||||
| 35349D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Corrine Collins | CPA158 | | |
| Telling Animals | |||||||||
| 35350D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 19 of 15 | Mia Du Plessis | ONLINE | | |
| Humans and Animals in Classical Literature and Beyond | |||||||||
| 35351D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 15 | Lucas Herchenroeder | CPA201 | | |
| Representing the Holocaust | |||||||||
| 35354D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Benjamin Ratskoff | WPH106 | | |
| Part of the Story--American Jewish Experience in Literature | |||||||||
| 35355D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Bruce Phillips | WPH103 | | |
| Masterpieces of the Short Story | |||||||||
| 35356D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Alexander Zholkovsky | ONLINE | Word (63488 KB) | |
| Feminist Science Fiction Studies | |||||||||
| 35357D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Atia Sattar | THH106 & ONLINE | | |
| Crime and Punishment in Los Angeles | |||||||||
| 35360D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | MWF | 19 of 15 | Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus | WPH203 | PDF (1193087 MB) | |
| Trouble As Their Business--Mid-20th Century Noir and Detective Fiction | |||||||||
| 35362D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Ben Levine | THH214 & ONLINE | | |
| Audio(visuality) | |||||||||
| 35363D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Sarah Kessler | CPA100 | | |
| Free Will and Determinism | |||||||||
| 35364D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Kadri Vihvelin | CPA210 | | |
| What is a Library? | |||||||||
| 35365D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Sophia Nunez | CPA257 | | |
| The Just Society--What Are Our Rights and Duties? | |||||||||
| 35368D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Collis Tahzib | SOSB41 | | |
| Knowledge and Fallibility | |||||||||
| 35369D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Jeremy Goodman | MRF206 | | |
| Shocking Knowledge: Gothic and Science Fiction as Literature of Self-Discovery | |||||||||
| 35370D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Devin Griffiths | THHB9 | | |
| The Stories We Tell | |||||||||
| 35371D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Daniel Richter | CPA201 | | |
| Eastern European Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction | |||||||||
| 35373D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Andrzej Brylak | WPH205 | | |
| The Uncanny in Medieval and Renaissance Europe | |||||||||
| 35374D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Thea Tomaini | WPH106 | | |
| On Beauty | |||||||||
| 35379D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Daniel Tiffany | CPA211 | | |
| The Power of Stories--Tribal Identity in Contemporary America | |||||||||
| 35380D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 15 | Antonio Idini | THHB9 & ONLINE | Word (38970 KB) | |
| Trouble As Their Business--Mid-20th Century Noir and Detective Fiction | |||||||||
| 35382D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 15 | Ben Levine | THH214 & ONLINE | | |
| Christianity and the Roman Empire | |||||||||
| 35383D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 9 of 8 | Sheila Briggs | GFS105 | PDF (285393 KB) | |
| Slavery and Salvation | |||||||||
| 35384D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 15 | Kelsey Moss | KAP134 | | |
| Ancient and Modern Citizenship | |||||||||
| 35385D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Claudia Moatti | CPA252 | | |
| On Beauty | |||||||||
| 35386D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Daniel Tiffany | CPA211 | | |
| Transforming Italy--Italian Literature Today | |||||||||
| 35387D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | James Fortney | CPA207 | | |
| Italian Organized Crime in Literature and Cinema | |||||||||
| 35388D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 15 | Alessio Filippi | CPA205 | | |
| Genghis Khan to Marco Polo in History, Fiction, and Film | |||||||||
| 35389D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 15 | Bettine Birge | THH112 | | |
| Classics (?) and their Echoes | |||||||||
| 35390D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Christian Flow | GFS210 | | |
| Writing About Place | |||||||||
| 35391D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Christopher Hawthorne | GFS114 | | |
| Anime, Comics, and the Japanese Experience of the Second World War | |||||||||
| 35392D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Benjamin Uchiyama | LVL3Y | | |
| Language, Law and Literature | |||||||||
| 35393D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 15 | Sandra Disner | GFS204 | PDF (171136 KB) | |
| Sites of Memory in Modern Arabic Letters | |||||||||
| 35394D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 12 | Veli N. Yashin | GFS202 | | |
| Time and Time Travel | |||||||||
| 35396D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 17 of 15 | James Van Cleve | LVL3Y | | |
| Vampires and Other Monsters in World Literature, Film and Art | |||||||||
| 35397D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 18 of 15 | Ellen Oliveira | WPH101 | | |
| Reading "Black Love" | |||||||||
| 35398D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Lanita Jacobs | ONLINE | PDF (628514 KB) | |
| Adapting Cervantes' Don Quixote to Film | |||||||||
| 35399D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 19 of 15 | Laura Munoz | SOSB48 | Word (153600 KB) | |
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, Sophomore
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Change, Technology, and Environmental Value | |||||||||
| 35400D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Elisa Warford | KAP138 | | |
| Science, Literature and Ethics | |||||||||
| 35401D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 15 | Amy Schroeder | DRB146 | | |