Community-Based Learning Courses

The following courses may include a community placement used to help students learn how to develop and apply knowledge, to work in diverse social settings, to become engaged in civic affairs, and to explore possible career paths and make professional contacts. Please note that this list is tentative and that specific course requirements often vary by professor. For a list of courses partnering with the USC Joint Educational Project in the current semester, please click here.

Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

AMST 101	Race and Class in Los Angeles
ANTH 333gm	Forms of Folklore
BISC 102Lgx	Humans and Their Environment
BISC 150Lgx	The Nature of Human Health and Disease
CLAS 150g	The Greeks and Their Legacies
CLAS 280gp	Classical Mythology in Art and Literature
COLT 102g	On Location: The Place of Literature in Global Cultures
ECON 203g	Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 205g	Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 303	Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
ECON 305	Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
ENGL 261	English Literature to 1800
ENGL 262	English Literature since 1800
ENGL 263	American Literature
ENGL 405	Fiction Writing
ENGL 406	Poetry Writing
ENGL 430	Shakespeare
ENST 100	Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENST 150	Environmental Issues in Society
ENST 320a	Water and Soil Sustainability: Energy and Air Sustainability
FREN 250	French IV
FREN 300	French Grammar and Composition
FREN 330	Critical Writing in French
GESM 120g	Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry (Mindfulness in Cultural Practices)
GESM 120g	Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry (Los Angeles Stories)
GESM 130g	Seminar in Social Analysis (Sociology of Youth, Culture and Society)
GEOL 107Lg	Oceanography
GEOL 108Lg	Crises of a Planet
GEOL 126	The History of Life on Earth: A View from the Museum
GEOL 130Lg	The Nature of Scientific Inquiry
GEOL 145	Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
GEOL 240Lg	Earthquakes
GEOL 241	Energy Systems
HIST 100gm	The American Experience
HIST 101g	State and Society in the Ancient World
HIST 240gp	The History of California
HBIO 200Lg	The Human Animal
HBIO 202L	Nutrition for Life
HBIO 205Lgx	The Science of Sport
HBIO 301L	Human Anatomy
HBIO 370	Genetics and Disease
HBIO 400	Motor Control and Learning
HBIO 407	Endocrinology and Metabolism
HBIO 420	Applied Human Physiology
IR 101gxw	International Relations
IR 310	Peace and Conflict Studies
PHIL 166gw	Current Moral and Social Issues
PHIL 174	Freedom, Equality and Social Justice
PHIL 260	Ethical Theory and Practice
PHIL 340	Ethics
POSC 130	Law, Politics and Public Policy
PSYC 100Lg	Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 165	Drugs, Behavior, and Society
PSYC 353	Close Relationships
PSYC 355	Social Psychology
PSYC 360	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 433	Children’s Learning and Cognitive Development
PSYC 462m	Culture and Mental Health
SOCI 150gm	Social Problems
SOCI 155gm	Immigrant America
SOCI 169gm	Changing Family Forms
SOCI 200gm	Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 242g	Sociology, Demography and Health
SOCI 305m	Sociology of Childhood
SOCI 351	Public Policy and Juvenile Justice
SOCI 353	Public Policy and Criminal Justice
SOCI 360m	Social Inequality: Class, Status, and Power
SOCI 369	The Family in a Changing Society
SOCI 450	Non-Governmental Organizations/Non-profits Field Practicum
SPAN 316x	Spanish for the Professions
SPAN 220	Spanish III
SPAN 240	Spanish IV
SPAN 260	Advanced Spanish: Arts and Sciences
SPAN 270	Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SSCI 165	Sustainability Science in the City
SSCI 265	The Water Planet
SWMS 210gmw	Social Analysis of Gender
WRIT 150	Writing and Critical Reasoning – Thematic Approaches
WRIT 340	Advanced Writing

Marshall School of Business

BUAD 280

Introduction to Financial Accounting

Viterbi School of Engineering

CSCI 201L	Principles of Software Development
ITP 115	Programming in Python

Keck School of Medicine of USC

HP 448

Global Environmental Changes and Health

USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

OT 220	Lifestyle Design: Introduction to Occupational Therapy
OT 250	Introduction to Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
OT 251x	Across the Lifespan: Occupations, Health and Disability
OT 280	Essential Occupations of Emerging Adulthood
OT 310	Creativity Workshop
OT 312	Creating a Sustainable Lifestyle
OT 370	Understanding Autism: Participating Across the Lifespan