USC Schedule of Classes

Spring 2024

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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 201 Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
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 230 Shakespeare and His Times
ENGL 261 English Literature to 1800
ENGL 262 English Literature since 1800
ENGL 263 American Literature
ENGL 304 Introduction to Poetry Writing
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
FREN 403 Studies in Colonialism and Postcolonialism
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 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 212 Historical Approaches to International Relations
IR 310 Peace and Conflict Studies
IR 344 The Global South in World Politics
IR 349 International Law and Politics
PHED 127 Principles of Traditional Yoga Through Community Outreach
PHIL 166gw Current Moral and Social Issues
PHIL 174 Freedom, Equality and Social Justice
PHIL 260 Ethical Theory and Practice
PHIL 340 Ethics
PHIL 431 Law, Society, and Politics
POSC 110 Ideology and Political Conflict
PSYC 100Lg Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 165 Drugs, Behavior, and Society
PSYC 336 Developmental Psychology
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
SOCI 465 Visual Sociology of the City and Its Residents
SPAN 220 Spanish III
SPAN 240 Spanish IV
SPAN 260 Advanced Spanish: Arts and Sciences
SPAN 270 Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPAN 316x Spanish for the Professions
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
ITP 216 Applied Python

Keck School of Medicine of USC

HP 408 Environmental Health in the Community
HP 446 Poisons
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 325 The Brain: Mind, Body, and Self
OT 350 Disability, Occupations, and the Health Care System
OT 355 Doing Social Justice
OT 370 Understanding Autism: Participating Across the Lifespan