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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Looking at Language | |||||||||
| 35290D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Alice Gambrell | THH214 |   | |
| Modern Russian Art | |||||||||
| 35291D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | John Bowlt | VKC209 | | |
| Scripture and Script: The Hebrew Bible in Modern Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35292D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 11 of 18 | Leah Hochman | LVL3Y | | |
| World Arts, Cultures, and Empires | |||||||||
| 35293D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 16 of 18 | Indra Mukhopadhyay | GFS228 | | |
| How to Tell Stories with Pictures | |||||||||
| 35294D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-2:50pm | MWF | 19 of 19 | Hector Reyes | VKC209 | | |
| Designing Things for Kids | |||||||||
| 35295D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 18 | Amy Ogata | LVL3Y | | |
| Soundscapes | |||||||||
| 35296D | 001 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 18 of 18 | Eric Rawson | VKC260 | | |
| Creating Art for Real Life | |||||||||
| 35297D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Michael Bunn | LVL3Y | PDF (304323 KB) | |
| Classic and Contemporary Fairy Tales | |||||||||
| 35298D | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | MWF | 19 of 19 | Aimee Bender | VKC255 | | |
| Imitation of Life: Art in the Twentieth Century | |||||||||
| 35299D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 17 | Megan Luke | LVL3Y | | |
| Medieval Art and Christian Ritual | |||||||||
| 35300D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 14 of 18 | Carolyn Malone | VKC200 | | |
| The Art of Autobiography: Just Because It Happened To You Doesn't Make It Interesting | |||||||||
| 35302D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 19 | Marianne Wiggins | GFS104 | | |
| Making Paintings | |||||||||
| 35305D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 15 of 15 | Karen Liebowitz | HAR202 | | |
| Exile and Identity--Modern Israeli and Palestinian Artists | |||||||||
| 35306D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Yaffa Weisman | LVL3V | | |
| The Modern Movement in Architecture | |||||||||
| 35307D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 19 | James Steele | WAHB1 | | |
| Architectural History, Prehistory to the Present | |||||||||
| 35308D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Kenneth Breisch | GFS228 | | |
| Photography, Art, and the Landscape | |||||||||
| 35309D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 15 of 15 | Caroline Clerc | WAH6 | | |
| L.A. Culture Behind the Scenes: Process Storytelling About Art and Entertainment | |||||||||
| 35310D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Sasha Anawalt | ANN209 | | |
| Masks, Puppets, and the Manipulation of the Human Form | |||||||||
| 35312D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Christina Haatainen-Jones | PED114E | PDF (123294 KB) | |
| Performing Revolutions: Global History of Theatre and Social Change | |||||||||
| 35313D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Brent Blair | MCC102 | | |
| Eco-Theatre | |||||||||
| 35314D | 001 | Lecture | 10:30-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Paula Cizmar | DRC120 | PDF (203996 KB) | |
| The Actor ar Work | |||||||||
| 35315D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Sharon Carnicke,Mary-Joan Negro | MCC102 | Word (70144 KB) | |
| The Theatre Scene | |||||||||
| 35317D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 13 of 17 | Carla Della Gatta | LVL13 | | |
| Stages of Healing: The World of Theatre and Therapy | |||||||||
| 35318D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Brent Blair | MCC102 | | |
| Music as Politics | |||||||||
| 35319D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Lisa Vest | MUS213 | | |
| From Bebop to Doo Wop to Hip Hop | |||||||||
| 35320D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 18 | Ron Mc Curdy | MUS204 | | |
| Jazz: America's Music | |||||||||
| 35321D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | John Thomas | TMCG156 | | |
| Music and Performance Art | |||||||||
| 35322D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Veronika Krausas | UUCB3 | | |
| Pioneers of the Impossible: Poetry and Fiction Forging New Borders and Boundaries | |||||||||
| 35323D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 18 | Mark Irwin | THH121 | | |
| Secrets of the American Short Story | |||||||||
| 35324D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Jeffrey Solomon | LVL3V | | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing the Global War on Terror | |||||||||
| 35332D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Alexander Young | THH106 | | |
| Trauma and Memory in Spanish and Latin American Cinema and Literature | |||||||||
| 35334D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Julian Gutierrez-Albilla | VKC256 | | |
| Adolescence in Hispanic Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35335D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | Canceled | Leah Kemp | | ||
| Self and Society in Ancient Athenian Drama | |||||||||
| 35336D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 17 | Vincent Farenga | GFS228 | | |
| The Uncanny in Medieval and Renaissance Europe | |||||||||
| 35337D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Thea Tomaini | WPH206 | Word (100498 KB) | |
| Conceptions of Space from Zeno to Einstein | |||||||||
| 35338D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Thomas Pashby | VPD107 | PDF (138386 KB) | |
| Poetry, Evidence and Methods of Reading | |||||||||
| 35339D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 17 of 19 | Joseph Dane | VKC255 | | |
| Time and Time Travel | |||||||||
| 35340D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 19 of 19 | James Van Cleve | GFS228 | | |
| Being Black in Britain: 1500-2000 | |||||||||
| 35341D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 18 of 18 | Lindsay O'Neill | LVL3Y | | |
| Epidemics and Disasters in History | |||||||||
| 35342D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Elinor Accampo | WPH103 | PDF (513664 KB) | |
| Representing the Holocaust | |||||||||
| 35343D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Sharon Gillerman | VKC258 | | |
| The Russian Novel | |||||||||
| 35344D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Greta Matzner-Gore | VKC252 | | |
| The Power of Stories: Tribal Identity in Contemporary America | |||||||||
| 35345D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Antonio Idini | VKC211 | Word (86528 KB) | |
| Philosophy of Religion | |||||||||
| 35346D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | John Hawthorne | VKC200 | | |
| The New Vietnam: Arts, Culture, Diaspora | |||||||||
| 35347D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Janet Hoskins | GFS229 | | |
| Tell Me a Story: American Novels that Made a Difference | |||||||||
| 35348D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 19 | Jessica Cantiello | GFS228 | PDF (112701 KB) | |
| Art and Text in Imperial Rome | |||||||||
| 35349D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Claudia Moatti | VPD107 | | |
| The Theater of Ancient Rome | |||||||||
| 35352D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Anthony Boyle | THH106 | | |
| Brazil and Its Others in Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35353D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Brenno Kaneyasu Maranhao | LVL13 | | |
| Islam and the West | |||||||||
| 35354D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Olivia Harrison | VKC256 | | |
| Arabs and Turks: History and Theory | |||||||||
| 35355D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 12 of 18 | Veli Yashin | GFS229 | PDF (160618 KB) | |
| Southeast Asian Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35356D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Brian Bernards | VKC200 | | |
| Ecstasy: The Forbidden Emotion | |||||||||
| 35357D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Mar Gomez Glez | VKC210 | | |
| Living Morally | |||||||||
| 35362D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Sharon Lloyd | VKC255 | | |
| Italianisms: Introduction to Modern Italy | |||||||||
| 35363D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 19 | Gian-Maria Annovi | SOSB41 | Word (1148821 MB) | |
| The Story of the Chinese Language | |||||||||
| 35364D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Audrey Li | WPH206 | | |
| Modern Korean Literature and Thought | |||||||||
| 35365D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 18 | Sunyoung Park | THH213 | | |
| Women in Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35366D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 19 | Tania Modleski | VKC158 | | |
| Gender, Race and Knowledge | |||||||||
| 35367D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Bihui Li | VKC155 | | |
| On Beauty | |||||||||
| 35368D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Daniel Tiffany | VKC200 | | |
| Strangers and Strange Lands | |||||||||
| 35369D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 19 | Emily Zeamer | GFS229 | | |
| Race and Upward Mobility in U.S. Fiction and Media | |||||||||
| 35370D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Elda Roman | MRF206 | | |
| The New Frankenstein | |||||||||
| 35371D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Karina Eileraas | GFS228 | | |
| Eastern European Crime Stories: Legal Fiction from Crime to Punishment | |||||||||
| 35372D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Anna Krakus | VKC255 | | |
| Transforming Italy: Italian Literature Today | |||||||||
| 35374D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 19 | James Fortney | VKC211 | PDF (363253 KB) | |
| Russia and the Soviet Union the Many Faces of Dissent | |||||||||
| 35376D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Azade-Ayse Rorlich | VKC157 | | |
| Language, Law and Literature | |||||||||
| 35378D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Sandra Disner | GFS229 | | |
| Varieties of Love and Literary Form | |||||||||
| 35379D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Joseph Boone | VKC255 | | |
| On Beauty | |||||||||
| 35380D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | Daniel Tiffany | VKC200 | | |
| Strangers and Strange Lands | |||||||||
| 35381D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 14 of 18 | Emily Zeamer | GFS229 | | |
| Protest and Revolt in French Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35382D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 18 | Anna Rosensweig | GFS228 | | |
| Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism | |||||||||
| 35383D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Marjorie Becker | THH209 | | |
| Eastern European Crime Stories: Legal Fiction from Crime to Punishment | |||||||||
| 35384D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Anna Krakus | VKC255 | | |
| Poetry of Resistance | |||||||||
| 35385D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Beatrice Sanford | VKC200 | PDF (359871 KB) | |
| Human Reason: Its Scope and Limits | |||||||||
| 35386D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Janet Levin | GFS229 | | |
| Women Writing Diaspora | |||||||||
| 35387D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Karina Eileraas | GFS228 | | |
| Kings and Heroes, Villans and Saints | |||||||||
| 35390D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Hani Khafipour | THH211 | | |
| Girls Gone Wild--A Century of Bad Behavior | |||||||||
| 35391D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Jeffrey Solomon | LVL3V | | |
| The Cultural Politics of Broadway | |||||||||
| 35394D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 17 of 18 | David Roman | VKC254 | | |
| Messiah: The History of the Idea | |||||||||
| 35395D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Joshua Garroway | LVL3V | | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Education: Examining Critical Issues | |||||||||
| 35425D | 001 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 18 of 19 | Paula Carbone | VKC109 | PDF (205393 KB) | |
| Los Angeles as a City | |||||||||
| 35426D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Martin Krieger | VKC254 | Word (66130 KB) | |
| Music and Class in American Society | |||||||||
| 35427D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Daniela Levy | VKC255 | | |
| Mexican American Places in Literature and Film | |||||||||
| 35430D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 17 | Laura Pulido | VKC254 | | |
| Health, Humanity and the Healing Arts | |||||||||
| 35431D | 001 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Robert Chernoff | VKC255 | Word (36540 KB) | |
| Language, Race and Identity in the United States Today | |||||||||
| 35432D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Sarah Benor | VKC255 | | |
| Gender, Sexual Orientation and Families | |||||||||
| 35433D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Tim Biblarz | OFFICE | | |
| Infrastructure, Energy, and Society | |||||||||
| 35434D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Edward Maby, Julie Albright | VKC157 | PDF (144839 KB) | |
| Introduction to Educational Inquiry through the Study of Inequities in Education | |||||||||
| 35435D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 18 | Briana Hinga | WPHB30 | | |
| Education and Social Justice | |||||||||
| 35436D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 17 of 18 | Lynne Goldfarb, Paula Carbone | WPH205 | | |
| The Health Populations: Epidemics and Their Causes | |||||||||
| 35441D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Jonathan Samet, Richard Watanabe | VPD107 | | |
| Social Analysis of Mexican Immigration | |||||||||
| 35442D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 16 of 18 | Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo | GFS228 | | |
| Ethnography at Work: Anthropology and the Corporate Encounter | |||||||||
| 35443D | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Jennifer Cool | GFS204 | | |
| Witnessing -- Visual Culture and Social Justice | |||||||||
| 35444D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Christopher Smith | ANN211 | PDF (443971 KB) | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Physics of Life | |||||||||
| 35464D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | James Boedicker | WPHB36 | Word (90112 KB) | |
| Language and the Age of Internet | |||||||||
| 35465D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Elsi Kaiser | VKC254 | | |
| The Mind and Body Connection Through the Lifespan | |||||||||
| 35466D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:30pm | Mon, Wed | 19 of 19 | Aaron Hagedorn | GER224 | | |
| Personality Across the Life Span | |||||||||
| 35467D | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:30pm | Tue, Thu | 19 of 19 | Aaron Hagedorn | GER224 | | |
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.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taming the Infinite--How Math Came to Be | |||||||||
| 35482D | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | MWF | 4 of 18 | Zlatan Damnjanovic | VKC200 | Word (41472 KB) | |
| Elementary Mathematics for Teaching | |||||||||
| 35483D | 001 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 14 of 18 | Cymra Haskell | LVL3V | | |
| Science as Dectective Work | |||||||||
| 35486D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 18 of 18 | Deborah Natoli | LVL3V | | |
| Numbers and Narrative in Community | |||||||||
| 35487D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 18 | Lavonna Lewis | LVL3V | | |
| Technologies that Change the World | |||||||||
| 35489D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 7 of 18 | Michelle Povinelli | LVL3V | | |
| From Euclid to Einstein - Conceptual Foundations of Geometry | |||||||||
| 35490D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 4 of 18 | Zlatan Damnjanovic | VKC205 | Word (30037 KB) | |
| Mind, Belief and Behavior: Learning about Learning | |||||||||
| 35491D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 19 | Patricia Tobey | LVL3Y | | |