Community-Based Learning Courses
The following courses may include a community placement to help students learn how to develop and apply knowledge, work in diverse social settings, become engaged in civic affairs, explore possible career paths, and make professional contacts. Please note that this list is tentative and that specific course requirements often vary by professor. For a list of courses partnering with the USC Joint Educational Project in the current semester, please click here.
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
| ALI 256 |
High Intermediate Oral Communication for ITAs |
| AMST 101gmw |
Race and Class in Los Angeles |
| AMST 252gmw |
Black Social Movements in the U.S. |
| ANTH 201 |
Principles of Human Organization |
| BISC 102Lxg |
Humans and Their Environment |
| BISC 150Lxg |
The Nature of Human Health and Disease |
| CLAS 150 |
The Greeks and their Legacies |
| CLAS 151 |
The Legacy of Rome |
| CLAS 280gp |
Classical Mythology in Art and Literature |
| CLAS 300 |
Women in Antiquity |
| CLAS 320gmp |
Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition |
| CLAS 338 |
Warfare, State, and Society in the Ancient World |
| COLT 101gp |
Masterpieces and Masterminds: Literature and Thought |
| COLT 302 |
Introduction to Literary Theory |
| COLT 374gm |
Women Writers in Europe and America |
| COMM 324mw |
Intercultural Communication |
| EASC 150gp |
East Asian Societies |
| ECON 203g |
Principles of Microeconomics |
| ECON 205g |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ECON 303 |
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory |
| ECON 305 |
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory |
| ECON 457 |
Financial Markets |
| ENGL 230 |
Shakespeare and His Times |
| ENGL 261g |
English Literature to 1800 |
| ENGL 262g |
English Literature since 1800 |
| ENGL 263g |
American Literature |
| ENGL 298g |
Introduction to the Genre of Fiction |
| ENGL 302 |
Writing Narrative |
| ENGL 303 |
Introduction to Fiction Writing |
| ENGL 304 |
Introduction to Poetry Writing |
| ENGL 405 |
Fiction Writing |
| ENGL 406 |
Poetry Writing |
| ENGL 430 |
Shakespeare |
| ENST 100g |
Introduction to Environmental Studies |
| ENST 150gx |
Environmental Issues in Society |
| ENST 320ab |
Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability |
| ENST 387 |
Economics for Natural Resources and the Environment |
| FREN 250 |
French IV |
| FREN 300 |
French Grammar and Composition |
FREN 330 |
Critical Writing in French |
| GEOL 105Lg |
Planet Earth |
| GEOL 107Lg |
Oceanography |
| GEOL 108Lg |
Crises of a Planet |
| GEOL 130Lg |
The Nature of Scientific Inquiry |
| GEOL 160Lg |
Introduction to Geosystems |
| GEOL 240Lg |
Earthquakes |
| GESM 110g |
Seminar in the Arts |
| GESM 120g |
Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry |
| GESM 130g |
Seminar in Social Analysis (Sociology of Youth, Culture) |
| GESM 131g |
Seminar in Social Analysis (Introduction to Education: Examining Critical Issues) |
| HBIO 200Lg |
The Human Animal |
| HBIO 202Lg |
Nutrition for Life |
| HBIO 205Lxg |
The Science of Sport |
| HBIO 250 |
The Pharmacology of Performance Enhancing Drugs |
| HBIO 301L |
Human Anatomy |
| HBIO 301L |
Nutrition and Metabolism |
| HBIO 320 |
Muscle Physiology |
| HBIO 360 |
Nutrition and Disease |
| HBIO 400L |
Motor Control and Learning |
| HBIO 405 |
Evolutionary Medicine |
| HBIO 420L |
Applied Human Physiology |
| HIST 100gm |
The American Experience |
| HIST 101gp |
State and Society in the Ancient World |
| HIST 210gw |
How to Be An American: Global Histories of U.S. Citizenship |
| HIST 240gp |
The History of California |
| HIST 361 |
20th Century U.S. History |
| IR 101gxw |
International Relations |
| IR 310 |
Peace and Conflict Studies |
| IR 330 |
Politics of the World Economy |
| ITAL 220 |
Italian III |
| PHIL 166gw |
Current Moral and Social Issues |
| PHIL 168g |
The Meaning of Life |
| PHIL 260gw |
Ethical Theory and Practice |
| POSC 323 |
Applied Politics |
| PSYC 100Lg |
Introduction to Psychology |
| PSYC 165Lg |
Drugs, Behavior and Society |
| PSYC 353g |
Close Relationships |
| PSYC 355 |
Social Psychology |
| PSYC 360 |
Abnormal 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 342m |
Race Relations |
| SOCI 350 |
Social Exclusion, Social Power, and Deviance |
| SOCI 351 |
Public Policy and Juvenile 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 465 |
Visual Sociology of the City and Its Residents |
| SPAN 220 |
Spanish III |
| SPAN 240 |
Spanish IV |
| SPAN 316x |
Spanish for the Professions |
| SSCI 165Lgw |
Sustainability Science in the City |
| SSCI 265Lg |
The Water Planet |
| SWMS 210gmw |
Social Analysis of Gender |
| SWMS 219gp |
Introduction to Feminist Theory |
| SWMS 306 |
Introduction to LGBTQ Studies |
| WRIT 150 |
Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic Approaches |
| WRIT 340 |
Advanced Writing for Health Sciences: Global Health |
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