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.
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
| ALI 256 |
High Intermediate Oral Communication for ITAs |
| AMST 101 |
Race and Class in Los Angeles |
| AMST 200gm |
Introduction to American Studies and Ethnicity |
| AMST 365 |
Leadership in the Community – Internship |
| 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 101 |
Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and Thought |
| 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 261 |
English Literature to 1800 |
| ENGL 262 |
English Literature since 1800 |
| ENGL 263 |
American Literature |
| ENGL 404 |
The Writer in the Community |
| 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 |
| GESM 110g |
Seminar in the Arts (Classic and Contemporary Fairy Tales) |
| GESM 110g |
Seminar in the Arts (Listening and Making: Poetry and Its Forms) |
| 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) |
| GESM 140 |
Seminar in Life Sciences (Contemplative Neuroscience) |
| GEOG 257g |
Environment and Ethics |
| GEOL 105Lg |
Planet Earth |
| GEOL 107Lg |
Oceanography |
| GEOL 108Lg |
Crises of a Planet |
| GEOL 125Lg |
Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution |
| GEOL 126 |
The History of Life on Earth: A View from the Museum |
| GEOL 130Lg |
The Nature of Scientific Inquiry |
| GEOL 145 |
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics |
| GEOL 150Lg |
Climate Change |
| GEOL 160Lg |
Introduction to Geosystems |
| GEOL 240Lg |
Earthquakes |
| GEOL 241 |
Energy Systems |
| GEOL 412 |
Oceans, Climate, and the Environment |
| HIST 100gm |
The American Experience |
| HIST 101g |
State and Society in the Ancient World |
| HIST 106g |
Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History |
| HIST 240gp |
The History of California |
| HBIO 200Lg |
The Human Animal |
| HBIO 202L |
Nutrition for Life |
| HBIO 203L |
Individualized Exercise Prescription |
| HBIO 205Lgx |
The Science of Sport |
| HBIO 301L |
Human Anatomy |
| HBIO 301L |
Muscle Physiology |
| HBIO 350 |
Nutrition and Homeostasis |
| 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 210gw |
International Relations: Introductory Analysis |
| IR 211g |
International Relations: Approaches to Research |
| IR 310 |
Peace and Conflict Studies |
| PHIL 155g |
Modern Philosophy and the Meaning of Life |
| PHIL 166gw |
Current Moral and Social Issues |
| PHIL 340 |
Ethics |
| POSC 130 |
Law, Politics and Public Policy |
| POSC 395 |
Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship |
| POSC 420 |
Practicum in the American Political Process |
| PSYC 100Lg |
Introduction to Psychology |
| PSYC 165 |
Drugs, Behavior, and Society |
| PSYC 201Lg |
The Science of Happiness |
| PSYC 336L |
Developmental Psychology |
| PSYC 353 |
Close Relationships |
| PSYC 355 |
Social Psychology |
| PSYC 359 |
Interpersonal Relations |
| PSYC 360 |
Abnormal Psychology |
| PSYC 391 |
Directed Field Experience in 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 475 |
Medical Sociology |
| SPAN 316x |
Spanish for the Professions |
| SPAN 220 |
Spanish III |
| SPAN 240 |
Spanish IV |
| SPAN 413m |
Social and Geographic Varieties of Spanish |
| SSCI 165 |
Sustainability Science in the City |
| SSCI 265 |
The Water Planet |
| SWMS 210gmw |
Social Analysis of Gender |
| SWMS 212gp |
Studies in Gender and Sexuality: An Introduction |
| WRIT 150 |
Writing and Critical Reasoning – Thematic Approaches |
| WRIT 340 |
Advanced Writing |
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USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Price School of Public Policy
School of Dramatic Arts