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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
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songs of Resistance | |||||||||
| 35269D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Jim Clements | DMC202 |   | |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself--Art and Visual Culture in the City | |||||||||
| 35270D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Isabel Wade | WPH201 | | |
| Looking at Language | |||||||||
| 35271D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Alice Gambrell | DMC254 | | |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself--Art and Visual Culture in the City | |||||||||
| 35272D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Isabel Wade | WPH201 | | |
| Questions of Documentary | |||||||||
| 35274D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | John Alexander | DMC158 | | |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself--Art and Visual Culture in the City | |||||||||
| 35276D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Isabel Wade | WPH201 | | |
| Joy at the End of the World--The Poetry of Radical Care | |||||||||
| 35277D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Austen Rose | DMC107 | | |
| Listening and Making--Poetry and Its Forms | |||||||||
| 35278D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Molly Bendall | DMC200 | | |
| The Poetics of Erasure | |||||||||
| 35279D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Robin Lewis | THH119 | | |
| Intercepted Letters--Poetry as Correspondence | |||||||||
| 35280D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 13 of 10 | Austen Rose | DMC255 | | |
| Mixtape--Explorations Across Genre | |||||||||
| 35282D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Marci Vogel | GFS205 | | |
| Formal Devices in the Creative Act | |||||||||
| 35283D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Nikita Allgire | GFS204 | | |
| Through the Viewfinder--Literature and Photography | |||||||||
| 35290D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 16 of 10 | Catherine Theis | LVL3B | | |
| Green Worlds--Ecopoetry | |||||||||
| 35291D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | MWF | 15 of 10 | Catherine Theis | LVL3B | | |
| Green Worlds - Ecopoetry | |||||||||
| 35292D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-2:50pm | MWF | 16 of 10 | Catherine Theis | LVL3B | | |
| Writing Stories from Real Life | |||||||||
| 35293D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | MWF | 14 of 10 | Michael Bunn | GFS105 | | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making Drawings | |||||||||
| 35306D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 13 of 10 | Marisa Mandler | WAH102A | | |
| I Too, Am American--Theatre and Cultural Literacy | |||||||||
| 35307D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Lena Ford | MCC102 | PDF (275224 KB) | |
| Latin America Popular Music | |||||||||
| 35308D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Leon Garcia Corona | KDC235 | | |
| Jazz--America's Music | |||||||||
| 35309D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | John Thomas | MUS204 | | |
| Eco-Theatre--Art, Science and Bioregionalism in Contemporary Plays | |||||||||
| 35310D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Oliver Mayer | MCC102 | PDF (271834 KB) | |
| Music and Performance Art | |||||||||
| 35311D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Camae Dennis | KDC236 | | |
| The Theatre SCene | |||||||||
| 35312D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Emily Roxworthy | THH203 | PDF (301287 KB) | |
| Performing Revolutions--Global History of Theatre and Social Change | |||||||||
| 35313D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Brent Blair | MCC102 | | |
| Health and Fitness through Dance | |||||||||
| 35314D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Margo Apostolos | KDC236 | | |
| Asian and Asian American Culture on Stage and Film | |||||||||
| 35315D | 001 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Velina Hasu Houston | MRF206 | PDF (420305 KB) | |
| Making Drawings | |||||||||
| 35316D | 001 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 12 of 10 | Ruben Ochoa | WAH102A | | |
| Exploring Shelter - How and Why We Make Meaningful Architecture | |||||||||
| 35318D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Lauren Matchison | GFS113 | | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Jewish Visual Culture | |||||||||
| 35321D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Ariel Berger | GFS112 | | |
| Telling Animals | |||||||||
| 35322D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 15 of 10 | Mia Du Plessis | THH117 | PDF (259112 KB) | |
| Telling Animals | |||||||||
| 35323D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 14 of 10 | Mia Du Plessis | THH119 | PDF (259112 KB) | |
| Tell Me A Story--Novels that Made a Difference | |||||||||
| 35324D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | MWF | 14 of 10 | Jessica Cantiello | GFS109 | Word (43643 KB) | |
| Voices of Afro-Latin America | |||||||||
| 35327D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Natalie Belisle | DMC107 | | |
| The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence | |||||||||
| 35328D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | John Hawthorne | DMC110 | | |
| From Persia to Rome: Ethnicity in Ancient Empires | |||||||||
| 35332D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Tal Ish Shalom | GFS113 | | |
| Writing the Ocean--An Introduction to Literature from Oceania | |||||||||
| 35333D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Katherine Hammitt | DMC108 | | |
| Novel Approaches to Identity | |||||||||
| 35334D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 12 of 13 | Charles Russell-Schlesinger | DMC211 | | |
| Pity and Fear | |||||||||
| 35335D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 13 of 10 | Margaret Russett | DMC255 | | |
| Soviet Science Fiction between the Arts and Sciences | |||||||||
| 35336D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Nikita Allgire | DMC254 | | |
| Moving Stories from China | |||||||||
| 35337D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 10 of 8 | Li-Ping Chen | DMC202 | | |
| The Decline of Western Civilization-- History, Punk, Grunge, and Neoliberalism | |||||||||
| 35338D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 12 of 10 | Richard Antaramian | LVL3Y | | |
| Science in Western Philosophy | |||||||||
| 35340D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 15 of 10 | Zlatan Damnjanovic | DMC208 | | |
| Free Will and Determinism | |||||||||
| 35341D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 15 of 10 | Kadri Vihvelin | DMC208 | | |
| Sounding Brazil--The Matter of the Voice | |||||||||
| 35342D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 15 | Jane Kassavin | WPH205 | Word (73011 KB) | |
| The Russian Novel | |||||||||
| 35345D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 9 of 8 | Thomas Seifrid | VPD107 | PDF (231919 KB) | |
| Visualizing Blackness | |||||||||
| 35347D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Mlondolozi Zondi | WPH106 | | |
| Contemporary Korean Film and Culture | |||||||||
| 35348D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Lindsay Jolivette | DMC254 | PDF (321148 KB) | |
| Moving Stories from China | |||||||||
| 35349D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Li-Ping Chen | DMC202 | | |
| Sounding Brazil--The Matter of the Voice | |||||||||
| 35352D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Jane Kassavin | WPH203 | Word (73011 KB) | |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism | |||||||||
| 35353D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Marjorie Becker | WPH202 | | |
| City and Country in the Roman World | |||||||||
| 35354D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 13 of 10 | Madeline Thayer | LVL3B | | |
| Reading Black Love | |||||||||
| 35355D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Lanita Jacobs | KAP158 | | |
| Gothic Storytelling from Frankenstein to Beloved | |||||||||
| 35356D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Katherine Hammitt | DMC101 | | |
| Transforming Italy-- Italian Literature Today | |||||||||
| 35357D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | James Fortney | DMC261 | | |
| Women in Ancient Literature | |||||||||
| 35358D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Kristine Garroway | GFS105 | | |
| Vampires and Other Monsters in World Literature, Film and Art | |||||||||
| 35359D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Ellen Oliveira | LVL13 | | |
| The Decline of Western Civilization-- History, Punk, Grunge, and Neoliberalism | |||||||||
| 35360D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Richard Antaramian | LVL3Y | | |
| Jewish Identity in Literature | |||||||||
| 35361D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 13 of 10 | Leah Hochman | DMC108 | | |
| Mindfulness in Cultural Practices | |||||||||
| 35362D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Thomas Ward | GFS204 | | |
| St. Petersburg--The City of Myth | |||||||||
| 35363D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Ellina Sattarova | GFS112 | | |
| History of Japanese Food | |||||||||
| 35364D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Emily Warren | SOSB37 | | |
| Voices of Afro-Latin America | |||||||||
| 35365D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Natalie Belisle | DMC105 | | |
| Yesterday's Tomorrows | |||||||||
| 35366D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Rick Berg | GFS111 | | |
| Masterpieces of the Short Story | |||||||||
| 35368D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Chloe Papadopoulos | DMC202 | | |
| Envisioning Afterlives--Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory in Literature and History | |||||||||
| 35369D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Lori Meeks | WPH201 | | |
| Climate Fiction--Speculative Fiction for a Broken World | |||||||||
| 35370D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Stephanie Bower | GFS113 | Word (155267 KB) | |
| Race Against the Robots--The Past and Possible Futures of Artificial Intelligence | |||||||||
| 35371D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 10 | Salem Elzway | SOSB37 | | |
| Gaming Gender | |||||||||
| 35373D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Eli Dunn | DMC255 | | |
| The Power of Stories--Tribal Identity in Contemporary America | |||||||||
| 35374D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Antonio Idini | DMC208 | | |
| Moving Stories from China | |||||||||
| 35375D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Li-Ping Chen | DMC202 | | |
| Daughters of Africa--Black Women in U.S. History | |||||||||
| 35378D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Francille Wilson | DMC255 | | |
| Los Angeles Stories | |||||||||
| 35379D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Christopher Freeman | DMC202 | PDF (349642 KB) | |
| Christianity in the Roman Empire | |||||||||
| 35380D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 7 of 6 | Sheila Briggs | LVL3Y | | |
| Plants Attack! Botany in Fiction, Film and Ecological Thought | |||||||||
| 35381D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 13 of 10 | Antonia Szabari | LVL3V | PDF (238947 KB) | |
| St. Petersburg--The City of Myth | |||||||||
| 35382D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Ellina Sattarova | GFS201 | | |
| Reason and the Unbearable Lightness of Being | |||||||||
| 35383D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Peter Winsky | DMC254 | | |
| Ghost Stories--Throughout Time and Around the World | |||||||||
| 35393D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Tok Thompson | GFS202 | Word (55296 KB) | |
| That Teenage Feeling | |||||||||
| 35394D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Chris Belcher | DMC208 | | |
| Why God? Religion in Modernity | |||||||||
| 35397D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Matthew Peterson | LVL3V | | |
| Why God? Religion in Modernity | |||||||||
| 35399D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Matthew Peterson | LVL3B | | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science, Literature and Ethics | |||||||||
| 35401D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Amy Schroeder | GFS202 | | |
| Climate Change, Technology and Environmental Value | |||||||||
| 35403D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Elisa Warford | WPH201 | | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telling Tales--Fairy Tales and Folk Narrative as Social Process | |||||||||
| 35421D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 10 | Kristiana Willsey | DMC151 | | |
| Asian Pacific America--Migration, Multiracial Society, and Global Relations | |||||||||
| 35423D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Lon Kurashige | GFS201 | | |
| Culture Detectives-- Historical Archaeology in the Americas | |||||||||
| 35426D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Tracie Mayfield | KAP138 | | |
| Sociology of Youth, Culture and Society | |||||||||
| 35427D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Elaine Bell Kaplan | DMC105 | | |
| Intersectional Sociology | |||||||||
| 35429D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Elisabeth Shimada | DMC105 | | |
| Jewish Language in the 21st Century | |||||||||
| 35430D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 13 of 10 | Sarah Benor | LVL3B | | |
| Unlocking the Multilingual Multiverse | |||||||||
| 35431D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Francesca Ricciardelli | THH205 | PDF (224136 KB) | |
| Intersectional Sociology | |||||||||
| 35432D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 10 | Elisabeth Shimada | DMC106 | | |
| Building Resilient Communities | |||||||||
| 35433D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Monalisa Chatterjee | DMC208 | | |
| Anthropology and Climate Change | |||||||||
| 35434D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Eduardo Romero Dianderas | GFS202 | | |
| The Sociology of Love | |||||||||
| 35435D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Elisabeth Shimada | DMC107 | | |
| Language Contact and Language Acquisition | |||||||||
| 35436D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Zuzanna Fuchs | GFS114 | | |
| Food--Then and Now | |||||||||
| 35437D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Jessica Kanoski | GFS202 | | |
| Why Are We Polarized? | |||||||||
| 35438D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 10 | Oded Marom | GFS113 | | |
| Sociology of Youth, Culture and Society | |||||||||
| 35443D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Elaine Bell Kaplan | DMC207 | | |
| Why Are We Polarized? | |||||||||
| 35444D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Oded Marom | GFS111 | | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aging and the Media | |||||||||
| 35448D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 10 | Laura Castaneda,Caroline Cicero | ANN209 | | |
| Public Policy for Aging Populations | |||||||||
| 35449D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Emma Aguila Vega | RGL215 | | |
| Journalism and the Shifting Information Landscape | |||||||||
| 35450D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Laura Davis | DMC208 | | |
| The Bilingual-Bicultural Experience in America -- A focus on Latinos | |||||||||
| 35451D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 10 | Eugenia Mora-Flores | LVL3V | | |
| Engineering Diplomacy--Fusing Engineering with Foreign Policy and International Development | |||||||||
| 35456D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Najmedin Meshkati | GFS202 | | |
| Prosperity Across the Lifespan | |||||||||
| 35457D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Min-Kyoung Rhee | GER230 | | |
| Media and Social Change | |||||||||
| 35458D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Daniela Baroffio | ASC328 | | |
| Diversity in Hollywood--Social Inquiry in Causes, Constraints and Change-Making Process | |||||||||
| 35459D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 10 | Stacy Smith | ANN211 | | |
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 | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contemplative Neuroscience | |||||||||
| 35460D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Laura Baker | GFS205 | | |
| Speech and Hearing in Health and Breakdown | |||||||||
| 35462R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Dani Byrd | GFS202 | PDF (1140013 MB) | |
| Science of Mind -- Language | |||||||||
| 35463D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Hajime Hoji | GFS109 | PDF (356228 KB) | |
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 | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aging and the Human Brain | |||||||||
| 35465D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 10 | Marc Vermulst | THH117 | PDF (140363 KB) | |
| Diseases of the Brain--Why Haven't we won the Battle Yet? | |||||||||
| 35467D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Daryl Davies,Michael Jakowec,Liana Asatryan | DMC110 | PDF (402953 KB) | |
Analysis of natural phenomenon through quantitative description and synthesis; the processes by which scientific knowledge is obtained, evaluated, and placed in social context. (Satisfies GE-E, Physical 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.
- Note: Register for one lecture and one lab listed immediately following that lecture
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollution and the Planet | |||||||||
| 35468D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 10 | Sam Silva | GFS202 |  | |
| Pollution and the Planet | |||||||||
| 35469D | 001 | Lab | 2:00-3:50pm | Thursday | 16 of 10 | Sam Silva | ZHSB65 | | |
| Climate and Natural Hazards--Understanding the Dynamics of Natural Disasters in a Changing Climate | |||||||||
| 35485D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Andres Sanchez | SOSB41 | | |
| Climate and Natural Hazards--Understanding the Dynamics of Natural Disasters in a Changing Climate | |||||||||
| 35486D | 001 | Lab | 1:00-2:50pm | Tuesday | 14 of 10 | Andres Sanchez | ZHS258 | | |
| Colonizing Mars--Challenges and Opportunities for Human Exploration | |||||||||
| 35487D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 10 | Hamid Chabok | DMC208 | | |
| Colonizing Mars--Challenges and Opportunities for Human Exploration | |||||||||
| 35488D | 001 | Lab | 6:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | 14 of 10 | Hamid Chabok | KAP158 | | |
Natural phenomena analyzed through quantitative description and synthesis to demonstrate how scientific knowledge is obtained, evaluated and made socially relevant. A separate lab is required. 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.
- Note: Register for one lecture and one lab listed immediately following that lecture
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoustics of Real and Virtual Spaces | |||||||||
| 35477D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:20am | Mon, Fri | 13 of 15 | Chris Kyriakakis | RTH217 | | |
| Acoustics of Real and Virtual Spaces | |||||||||
| 35478D | 001 | Lab | 11:30-1:20pm | Friday | 13 of 15 | Chris Kyriakakis | RTH217 | | |
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.
- Note: Instructions on how to obtain department authorization (d-clearance) for GESM courses are available at dornsife.usc.edu/2015ge/gesm-registration/.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics and the Arts | |||||||||
| 35480D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 13 of 10 | Felicia Tabing | DMC208 | PDF (1803683 MB) | |
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 | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mind, Belief and Behavior--Learning About Learning | |||||||||
| 35489D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 10 | Helena Seli | SOSB52 | | |