USC Schedule of Classes

Analysis of race and the economic, political, gender, and social dimensions of contemporary Los Angeles including topics such as residential segregation, economic inequality, and city politics.

This course examines black social movements for freedom, justice, equality, and self determination. Beginning with Reconstruction, movements include labor, civil rights, radical feminism, socialism, reparations, Black Nationalism, prisoners' rights, and Hip Hop.

Examination of the constructions of American ethnicity/race in film.

Exploration of the major social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical disagreements that exist between scholars, leaders, and citizens concerning today's most serious environmental issues and problems. Not available for credit to environmental studies majors and minors.

Examination of ethical issues in environmental context:systematic analysis of problems associated with protection and useof selected environments.

U.S. motion pictures as both a response to and comment upon major events, problems, and themes in 20th century America.

A thematic approach to California history from precontact to present; focus on peoples, environment, economic, social, and cultural development, politics, and rise to global influence.

To introduce students to historical consideration of the difficult contemporary topics of sexuality and race globally.

Basic concepts of world affairs for non-majors. Development ofcompetency to understand and critically evaluate global relationsand international events, stressing empirical approaches. Not available for major credit.

Historical background and responses to the Holocaust, withspecial emphasis on ethical implications.

Discourse patterns among diverse social groups in institutional and interpersonal settings; interrelationships among language practices and gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity; social structures and cultural values as reflected in language policies and practices.Concurrent Enrollment: WRIT 140.

Philosophical theories of law and applications to controversies of importance to society and our legal system, such as free speech, civil disobedience, and self-defense.

Critical study of controversial social issues such as abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, war & terrorism, pornography, and economic justice.

Interaction between law and politics; overview of the Americanlegal system; value conflicts and public policy questions whicharise within it. Concurrent Enrollment: WRIT 140.

Examination of the challenges of environmental problem-solving at the personal, local, national and global scales, focused on the issue of climate change.

Examination of the historical continuities and disjunctions between spiritual but not religious Americans; the relationship between spirituality, politics, social change, and the role of media. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140.

Introduction to the causes and effects of contemporary race relations in a diverse U.S. society. Exploration of racial conflict at the personal and institutional levels.

Analysis of factors in current American social problems: crime,delinquency, prostitution, family disorganization, race relations,mental illness.

Examination of the immigrant experience in the United States. Comparative analysis of social context of migration, formation of immigrant communities, and social integration of immigrants.

The peculiarity of the "modern" Western family system in historical and cross-cultural perspective; focus on the "postmodern" family crisis in the United States.

Science and technology change society and how we understand ourselves. In turn, social struggles influence science. We will explore the interplay between these forces.

Sociological concepts and approaches that are important in explaining human behaviors and interactions to gain insights to the sociological causes of disease, health and wellness.

Theory and history behind the ideal of 'the local, grassroots volunteer.' A direct link between theory and research using Los Angeles as a case study.

This course examines globalization through social and economic processes and its consequences for social conflict, economic development, human rights, social movements, and national identity. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140.

Identification and examination of social and cultural conflicts through the lens of gender, and comparison of such conflicts across cultures, regions, and historical periods.