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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 |
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Intercepted Letters: Poetry as Correspondence | |||||||||
35265R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Austen Rose | DMC254 | ![]() | |
Joy at the End of the World: Poetry of Radical Care | |||||||||
35266R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Austen Rose | DMC254 | ![]() | |
Listening and Making--Poetry and Its Forms | |||||||||
35267R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Molly Bendall | THH209 | ![]() | |
The Color of Imagination | |||||||||
35268R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Steven Minas | SOSB47 | ![]() | |
Songs of Resistance | |||||||||
35269R | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Jim Clements | DMC202 | ![]() | |
Questions of Documentary | |||||||||
35272R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | John Alexander | WPH201 | ![]() | |
Intercepted Letters: Poetry as Correspondence | |||||||||
35274R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Austen Rose | DMC158 | ![]() | |
Poems, Plays and Politics | |||||||||
35276R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Brighde Mullins | WPH201 | ![]() | |
Visual Art and the Representation of Knowledge | |||||||||
35277R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Susanna Berger | DMC107 | ![]() | |
Designing Things for Kids | |||||||||
35282R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Amy Ogata | GFS205 | ![]() | |
Visual Art and the Representation of Knowledge | |||||||||
35283R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Susanna Berger | GFS204 | ![]() |
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 |
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Espionage, Diplomacy and the Arts | |||||||||
35300R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Alana Mailes | KDC241 | ![]() | |
Environmental Activism in Contemporary Art and Design | |||||||||
35301R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | David Kelley | HAR211 | ![]() | |
Making Drawings | |||||||||
35302R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Osvaldo Trujillo | WAH102A | ![]() | |
Making Photographs | |||||||||
35303R | 001 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Julia Paull | HAR211 | ![]() | |
Jazz--America's Music | |||||||||
35304R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | John Thomas | MUS204 | ![]() | |
Music and Performance Art | |||||||||
35305R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Camae Dennis | KDC236 | ![]() | |
From Bebop to Doo Wop to Hip Hop | |||||||||
35306R | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Ron Mc Curdy | TMCG156 | ![]() | |
Exploring Shelter - How and Why We Make Meaningful Architecture | |||||||||
35307R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Lauren Matchison | THH108 | ![]() | |
Making Drawings | |||||||||
35396R | 001 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Osvaldo Trujillo | WAH102A | ![]() |
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 |
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Mindfulness in Cultural Practices | |||||||||
35324R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-8:50am | MWF | 0 of 2 | Thomas Ward | THH213 | ![]() | |
A Theatre of Crisis -- Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Catastrophe | |||||||||
35325R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Matteo Barbiero | LVL3B | ![]() ![]() | |
That Teenage Feeling | |||||||||
35327R | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 2 of 2 | Chris Belcher | DMC107 | ![]() | |
Trauma and Memory in Spanish and Latin American Cinema | |||||||||
35328R | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 1 of 2 | Julian Gutierrez-Albilla | DMC110 | ![]() | |
The Uncanny in Medieval and Renaissance Europe | |||||||||
35331R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Thea Tomaini | DMC157 | ![]() | |
Being Muslim in America | |||||||||
35332R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Arjun Nair | GFS113 | ![]() | |
A Theatre of Crisis -- Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Catastrophe | |||||||||
35336R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Matteo Barbiero | LVL3B | ![]() | |
Contemporary Korean Film and Culture | |||||||||
35342R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Youngmin Choe | WPH205 | ![]() | |
The New Vietnam--Arts, Culture, Diaspora | |||||||||
35343R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Janet Hoskins | GFS201 | ![]() | |
Ancient Greece and India--Stories of an Encounter | |||||||||
35344R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 1 of 2 | Matteo Barbiero | WPHB36 | ![]() | |
Envisioning Afterlives--Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory in Literature and History | |||||||||
35345R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Lori Meeks | GFS202 | ![]() | |
The Decline of Western Civilization-- History, Punk, Grunge, and Neoliberalism | |||||||||
35346R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Richard Antaramian | DMC151 | ![]() | |
Adapting Cervantes' Don Quixote to Film | |||||||||
35347R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Sherry Velasco | WPH106 | ![]() | |
Time in Culture and Social Experience | |||||||||
35348R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Emily Zeamer | KAP141 | ![]() | |
Feminist Science Fiction Studies | |||||||||
35349D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 1 of 2 | Atia Sattar | WPHB26 | ![]() | |
Living Morally | |||||||||
35350R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Sharon Lloyd | GFS107 | ![]() | |
The Decline of Western Civilization-- History, Punk, Grunge, and Neoliberalism | |||||||||
35353R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Richard Antaramian | DMC157 | ![]() | |
Reading "Black"Love | |||||||||
35355R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Lanita Jacobs | KAP158 | ![]() | |
St. Petersburg--The City of Myth | |||||||||
35356R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Ellina Sattarova | DMC101 | ![]() | |
The Just Society--What Are Our Rights and Duties? | |||||||||
35357R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Collis Tahzib | DMC261 | ![]() | |
Vampires and Other Monsters in World Literature, Film and Art | |||||||||
35359R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Ellen Oliveira | LVL13 | ![]() | |
Audio(visuality)--Voice and Sound in Popular Media | |||||||||
35361R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Sarah Kessler | DMC108 | ![]() | |
Climate Fiction--Speculative Fiction for a Broken World | |||||||||
35362R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Stephanie Bower | GFS204 | ![]() | |
Yesterday's Tomorrows | |||||||||
35363R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Rick Berg | GFS112 | ![]() | |
Choice, Chance, Fate and Dilemmas in Literature and Film | |||||||||
35365R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Nathalie Burle | DMC105 | ![]() | |
Trouble As Their Business--Mid-20th Century Noir and Detective Fiction | |||||||||
35369R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Ben Levine | WPH201 | ![]() | |
Happiness and the Human Condition | |||||||||
35370R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Susan Lape | GFS113 | ![]() | |
Kurosawa's cosmo--from Noh to Dostoevsky | |||||||||
35371R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Kerim Yasar | SOSB37 | ![]() | |
Southern Literature and American Identity | |||||||||
35372R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Kerry Ingram | THH205 | ![]() | |
Transforming Italy-- Italian Literature Today | |||||||||
35373R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | James Fortney | DMC255 | ![]() | |
St. Petersburg--The City of Myth | |||||||||
35374R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Ellina Sattarova | DMC106 | ![]() | |
The Power of Stories--Tribal Identity in Contemporary America | |||||||||
35375R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Antonio Idini | DMC202 | ![]() | |
Italian Organized Crime in Literature and Cinema | |||||||||
35376R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Alessio Filippi | THH203 | ![]() | |
Yesterday's Tomorrows | |||||||||
35377R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Rick Berg | GFS229 | ![]() | |
Daughters of Africa--Black Women in U.S. History | |||||||||
35378R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Francille Wilson | DMC255 | ![]() | |
Christianity in the Roman Empire | |||||||||
35379R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Sheila Briggs | DMC202 | ![]() | |
The Uncanny and the Otherworldly--Ghosts and Haunting in World Literature from Antiquity to the Present Day | |||||||||
35383R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Guilan Siassi | DMC254 | ![]() | |
Voices of Brazil from Past to Present | |||||||||
35384R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Jane Kassavin | DMC106 | ![]() | |
Decline and Fall | |||||||||
35385R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Frederic Clark | DMC108 | ![]() | |
Ghost Stories--Throughout Time and Around the World | |||||||||
35391R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 1 of 2 | Tok Thompson | THH117 | ![]() |
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 |
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Instrumentalizing Happiness: The Ethics, Science, and Industry of Human Flourishing | |||||||||
35401R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Amy Schroeder | GFS202 | ![]() | |
Climate Change, Technology and Environmental Value | |||||||||
35403R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | 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 |
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Nudging for Behavior Change | |||||||||
35421R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Victoria Campbell-Arvai | DMC108 | ![]() | |
Culture Detectives--Historical Archaeology in the Americas | |||||||||
35422R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Tracie Mayfield | GFS105 | ![]() | |
Sociology of Youth, Culture and Society | |||||||||
35423R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Elaine Bell Kaplan | DMC207 | ![]() | |
Why are We Polarized? | |||||||||
35425R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Oded Marom | DMC208 | ![]() ![]() | |
Sociology of Youth, Culture and Society | |||||||||
35427R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Elaine Bell Kaplan | GFS207 | ![]() | |
Helter Skelter--Cults, Crime, and Conspiracy in California History | |||||||||
35428R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | David Helps | GFS202 | ![]() | |
Jewish Languages in the 21st Century | |||||||||
35429R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Sarah Benor | DMC105 | ![]() | |
Why are We Polarized? | |||||||||
35430R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Oded Marom | LVL3B | ![]() | |
Ritual | |||||||||
35431R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Anne Goldgar | VPD107 | ![]() | |
Bugs, Pests and People--A More than Human History | |||||||||
35432R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Admire Mseba | THH205 | ![]() | |
Unlocking the Multilingual Multiverse--Mastering the Power of Language | |||||||||
35433R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Francesca Ricciardelli | GFS109 | ![]() | |
Why are We Polarized? | |||||||||
35436R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Oded Marom | WPH107 | ![]() | |
Food -- Then and Now | |||||||||
35437R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Jessica Kanoski | GFS202 | ![]() | |
Surviving Climate Change in the Middle East | |||||||||
35438R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani | GFS113 | ![]() |
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 |
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Diversity in Hollywood--Social Inquiry into Causes, Constraints, and Change-Make Processes | |||||||||
35446R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Stacy Smith | ANN406 | ![]() | |
Media and Social Change | |||||||||
35447R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Daniela Baroffio | ASC240 | ![]() | |
Science Communication in a Post-Truth Era | |||||||||
35448R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Cristina Visperas | ANN409ABC | ![]() | |
The Bilingual-Bicultural Experience in America -- A focus on Latinos | |||||||||
35449R | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Eugenia Mora-Flores | DMC108 | ![]() | |
Journalism and the Shifting Information Landscape | |||||||||
35450R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Laura Davis | THH117 | ![]() | |
News Media and the Latinx Community | |||||||||
35451R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Laura Castaneda | LVL3V | ![]() | |
Aging and Media | |||||||||
35453R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Laura Castaneda,Caroline Cicero | LVL3B | ![]() | |
Public Policy for Aging Populations | |||||||||
35454R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Emma Aguila Vega | DMC256 | ![]() | |
Journalism and the Shifting Information Landscape | |||||||||
35455R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Laura Davis | SGM226 | ![]() |
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 |
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Language in the Age of the Internet | |||||||||
35461R | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Elsi Kaiser | GFS223 | ![]() | |
Speech and Hearing in Health and Breakdown | |||||||||
35462R | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 1 of 2 | Dani Byrd | WPH106 | ![]() | |
Science of Mind -- Language | |||||||||
35463R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Hajime Hoji | GFS109 | ![]() |
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 |
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Aging and the Human Brain | |||||||||
35465R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | KAP166 | ![]() | ||
Diseases of the Brain--Why Haven't we won the Battle Yet? | |||||||||
35467R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 2 of 2 | Daryl Davies | GFS204 | ![]() | |
The Brain as a Computer | |||||||||
35475R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Bartlett Mel | ![]() |
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 |
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Colonizing Mars - Challenges and Opportunities for Human Exploration | |||||||||
35487R | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 2 | Hamid Chabok | GFS113 | ![]() ![]() | |
Colonizing Mars - Challenges and Opportunities for Human Exploration | |||||||||
35488R | 001 | Lab | 4:00-5:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 2 | Hamid Chabok | DMC111 | ![]() |
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 |
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Acoustics of Real and Virtual Spaces | |||||||||
35477R | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:20am | Mon, Fri | 0 of 15 | Chris Kyriakakis | RTH217 | ![]() ![]() | |
Acoustics of Real and Virtual Spaces | |||||||||
35478R | 001 | Lab | 11:30-1:20pm | Friday | 0 of 15 | Chris Kyriakakis | RTH217 | ![]() |
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 |
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Mind, Belief and Behavior--Learning about Learning | |||||||||
35489R | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 2 | Helena Seli | SOSB52 | ![]() |