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Thematic Option (CORE)

http://dornsife.usc.edu/thematic-option/
D class assignments for undergraduates available in AHF-410; Phone: (213) 740-2955.

CORE 101g: Symbols and Conceptual Systems: Thematic Option Honors Progr (4.0 units)

Study of the structures through which we shape our experience in religion, philosophy, literature, music, and the visual arts, and of competing theories of interpretation. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: Register for one lecture-discussion or lecture and one discussion immediately following that lecture and lab. This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Thematic Option students can obtain D-clearance through the program.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
63500D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 19	Lynn Dodd	LVL3B
63501D	001	Lecture-Discussion	4:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 19	Dorinne Kondo	KAP137	PDF (274927 KB)
63503D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 19	Erin Graff Zivin	GFS204
63504D	001	Lecture-Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 19	Panivong Norindr	DMC160
63505D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 19	Amy Ogata	MRF206
63506D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 19	Roberto Diaz	LVL3V
63507R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	51 of 100		GFS106
63508D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	38 of 60		OFFICE

CORE 102gp: Culture and Values: Thematic Option Honors Program (4.0 units)

Systematic reasoning about values and ways of living; close reading of major texts within the Western Tradition; Biblical and classical through contemporary sources. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Thematic Option students can obtain D-clearance through the program.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
63509D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	21 of 21	David Albertson	WPH206
63510D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	21 of 21	Stefano Rebeggiani	DMC254
63511D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 21	William Handley	DMC260
63512D	001	Lecture-Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 21	William Handley	DMC105
63513D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 20	Anthony Kemp	WPH202	PDF (1897043 MB)
63514D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 20	Anthony Kemp	WPH205	PDF (1894210 MB)
63515D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 21	Brandon Bourgeois	VPD107
63539D	001	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	20 of 20	Sharon Lloyd	DMC254
63541D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 22	Ronald Mendoza-De Jesus	WPH106
63516D	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	80 of 110		SAL101
63517D	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	99 of 110		ZHS159
63518D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	4 of 50		OFFICE

CORE 103g: The Process of Change in Science: Thematic Option Honors Pro (4.0 units)

Critical problems in the development of scientific thought, studied as vehicles for understanding the content and structure of the sciences. Specific subject matter in selected scientific disciplines will be presented. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
63523D	001	Lecture-Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 19	Victoria Petryshyn	DMC106
63525D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 19	Peter Westwick	DMC258
63526D	001	Lecture-Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 19	Donal Manahan	SOSB37	PDF (21236 KB)
63520D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 40	Julien Emile-Geay	DMC101	PDF (177353 KB)
63521D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	6 of 20	Alexander James	THH209
63522D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	14 of 20	Alexander James	THH209
63527D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	38 of 40	Paul Lerner	SOSB46
63566D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	19 of 20	Sarah Ernst	DMC202
63567D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	19 of 20	Sarah Ernst	DMC111
63528D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	35 of 50		OFFICE
63568R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	76 of 110		MRF340

CORE 104gw: Change and the Future: Thematic Option Honors Program (4.0 units)

Analysis of historical change; social and political theory and revolutionary thought; introduction to competing images of future states of affairs; the continuing process of change. Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. Thematic Option students can obtain d-clearance through the program.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
63532D	001	Lecture-Discussion	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 19	Peter Westwick	DMC258
63533D	001	Lecture-Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 25	Steven Lamy	WPHB26
63534D	001	Lecture-Discussion	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 19	Alice Echols	WPH107
63529D	001	Lecture-Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 19	Steve Ross	WPH207
63536R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	39 of 110		MRF340
63537D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	34 of 60		OFFICE

CORE 111: Writing Seminar I: Thematic Option Honors Program (4.0 units)

Students may not take this course on a P/NP basis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
63538D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 15	Amy Cannon	AHF410G
63540D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 15	Amy Cannon	AHF410G
63542D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 15	Shouhei Tanaka	AHF410G
63544D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 15	Shouhei Tanaka	AHF410G
63546D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 15	Samuel Teets	AHF410G
63548D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 15	Zak Breckenridge	DMC200
63550D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 15	Jacob Goldman	AHF410G
63552D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 15	Sarah Frontiera	AHF410G
63554D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 15	Trisha Tucker	AHF410G
63556D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 15	Krishna Narayanamurti	AHF410G
63558D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 15	Michael Petitti	AHF410G
63560D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 15	Meagan Meylor	DMC105
63562D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 15	Michael Petitti	AHF410G

CORE 200: Liberal Arts Reading Salon (2.0 units)

Critical readings of a series of texts in the liberal arts designed to promote discussion of important themes, theoretical approaches, research directions, and interdisciplinary connections. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
63576D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	10 of 13	Michael Petitti	WPH200

CORE 450: Los Angeles: A Polymathic Inquiry (2.0-4.0 units, max 4)

A guided polymathic inquiry into Los Angeles as fact and imaginative creation, featuring in-depth student research and projects.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
63578D	001	2.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 15	William Deverell, Karin Huebner	DML241

CORE 601: Teaching Analytical Writing through Readings in the Humanities (1.0 units, max 4)

Theories and practices in university-level teaching of close-reading and analytical writing, using texts central to Western tradition. Graduate student professionalization throught topical workshops and discussions. Open to assistant lecturers and teaching assistants only. Graded CR/NC.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
63570D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Friday	5 of 9	Trisha Tucker	AHF410G

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