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USC Schedule of Classes
Spring 2023
classes begin
1/9
registration begins
10/26
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
- American Language Institute | ALI
- American Studies and Ethnicity | AMST
- Anthropology | ANTH
- Archaeology | ARCG
- Arabic | ARAB
- Art History | AHIS
- Astronomy | ASTR
- Biological Sciences | BISC
- Chemistry | CHEM
- Classics | CLAS
- Comparative Literature | COLT
- Thematic Option | CORE
- Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture | CSLC
- Dornsife in DC Program | SCDC
- East Asian Languages and Cultures | EALC
- East Asian Studies | EASC
- Economics | ECON
- English | ENGL
- Environmental Studies Program | ENST
- Global Security Studies | GSEC
- French | FREN
- Freshman Seminars | FSEM
- Geological Sciences | GEOL
- German Studies | GERM
- Gender and Sexuality Studies | SWMS
- Greek | GR
- Hebrew | HEBR
- History | HIST
- Human Biology | HBIO
- Interdisciplinary Major Program | INDS
- International Relations | IR
- Persian | IRAN
- Italian | ITAL
- Judaic Studies | JS
- Latin | LAT
- Linguistics | LING
- Mathematics | MATH
- Multidisciplinary Activities | MDA
- Middle East Studies | MDES
- Neuroscience | NEUR
- Neuroscience - Graduate | NSCI
- Ocean Sciences | OS
- Physical Education and Mind Body Health | PHED
- Philosophy | PHIL
- Physics | PHYS
- Political Science and International Relations | POIR
- Portuguese | PORT
- Political Science | POSC
- Psychology | PSYC
- Quantitative Biology | QBIO
- Religion | REL
- Registrar's Office | RNR
- Russian | RUSS
- Slavic Languages and Literatures | SLL
- Sociology | SOCI
- Spanish | SPAN
- Spatial Sciences | SSCI
- University of Southern California | USC
- Writing | WRIT
Leventhal School of Accounting
Architecture
Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation
- Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation | ACAD
- Integrated Design, Business and Technology | IDSN
- Product Innovation | PRIN
Marshall School of Business
- Accounting | ACCT
- Business Entrepreneurship | BAEP
- Business Administration | BUAD
- Business Communication | BUCO
- Data Sciences and Operations | DSO
- Finance and Business Economics | FBE
- Graduate School of Business Administration | GSBA
- Library and Information Management | LIM
- Marketing | MKT
- Management and Organization | MOR
Bovard College
- Criminal Justice | CJ
- Emergency Management | EM
- Human Resource Management | HRM
- Hospitality and Tourism | HT
- Project Management | PJMT
Cinematic Arts
- Motion Picture Producing | CMPP
- Cinematic Arts | CNTV
- Animation | CTAN
- Cinema and Media Studies | CTCS
- Interactive Media | CTIN
- Production | CTPR
- Writing | CTWR
- Media Arts and Practice | IML
- Expanded Animation | CTXA
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
- Communication and Journalism | ASCJ
- Communication Management | CMGT
- Communication | COMM
- Digital Media Management | DMM
- Digital Social Media | DSM
- Journalism | JOUR
- Public Relations | PR
- Public Diplomacy | PUBD
Kaufman School of Dance
Ostrow School of Dentistry
- Advanced Dental Education Conjoint Program | ADNT
- Dentistry | DENT
- Community Oral Health | COH
- Craniofacial Biology | CBY
- Dental Problem Based Learning | DPBL
- Geriatric Dentistry | GDEN
- General Practice Residency | GPR
- Orofacial Pain | OFP
- Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine | OFPM
- Oral Pathology and Radiology | OPR
- Operative Dentistry | OPER
- Pediatric Dentistry | PEDO
- Periodontics | PERI
Drama
- Dramatic Arts Expanded | THTE
- Dramatic Arts | THTR
Rossier School of Education
- Education Counseling | EDCO
- Higher and Postsecondary Education | EDHP
- Educational Psychology and Technology | EDPT
- Education | EDUC
- Education Expanded | EDUE
Viterbi School of Engineering
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering | AME
- Astronautical Engineering | ASTE
- Biomedical Engineering | BME
- Chemical Engineering | CHE
- Civil Engineering | CE
- Computer Science | CSCI
- Data Science | DSCI
- Electrical and Computer Engineering | EE
- Environmental Engineering | ENE
- Engineering | ENGR
- Industrial and Systems Engineering | ISE
- Information Technology Program | ITP
- Materials Science | MASC
- Petroleum Engineering | PTE
- Systems Architecting and Engineering | SAE
Roski School of Art and Design
- Art | ART
- Critical Studies | CRIT
- Design | DES
GE Requirements for Students Beginning College Before Fall 2015
- Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions | WCT
- Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions | GCT
- Category III: Scientific Inquiry | SCIN
- Category IV: Science and Its Significance | SCIS
- Category V: Arts and Letters | ARLT
- Category VI: Social Issues | SI
GE Requirements for Students Beginning College in Fall 2015 or Later
- Category A: The Arts | ARTS
- Category B: Humanistic Inquiry | HINQ
- Category C: Social Analysis | SANA
- Category D: Life Sciences | LIFE
- Category E: Physical Sciences | PSC
- Category F: Quantitative Reasoning | QREA
- Category G: Equity in a Diverse World | GPG
- Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations | GPH
- General Education Seminar | GESM
- Dornsife Core Literacy | DCL
Davis School of Gerontology
Graduate Studies | GRSC
Law
Keck School of Medicine
- Academic Medicine | ACMD
- Addiction Science | ADSC
- Integrative Anatomical Sciences | IAS
- Anesthesiology | ANST
- Biochemistry | BIOC
- Cancer Biology & Genomics | CBG
- Development, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine | DSR
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies | HP
- Interdepartmental | INTD
- Medical Biophysics | MBPH
- Medical Education | MDED
- Medicine | MED
- Medical Biology | MEDB
- Medical Sciences | MEDS
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology | MICB
- Medical Physiology | MPHY
- Neuroimaging and Informatics | NIIN
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery | OHNS
- Pain Medicine | PAIN
- Pathology | PATH
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | PBHS
- Physiology and Biophysics | PHBI
- Population and Public Health Sciences | PM
- Primary Care Physician Assistant | PCPA
- Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine | SCRM
- Translational Genomics | TRGN
Thornton School of Music
- Arts Leadership | ARTL
- Music Technology | MTEC
- Sacred Music | MSCR
- Music Teaching and Learning | MTAL
- Choral Music | MUCM
- Composition | MUCO
- Conducting | MUCD
- Music Ensemble | MUEN
- Music History and Literature | MUHL
- Music Industry | MUIN
- Jazz Studies | MUJZ
- Performance (Early Music) | MPEM
- Performance (Guitar) | MPGU
- Performance (Keyboard Studies) | MPKS
- Performance (Popular Music) | MPPM
- Performance (Strings) | MPST
- Performance (Vocal Arts) | MPVA
- Performance (Winds and Percussion) | MPWP
- Music | MUSC
- Screen Scoring | SCOR
Nursing | NURS
Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Biopharmaceutical Marketing | BPMK
- Biopharmaceutical Sciences | BPSI
- Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics | CXPT
- Healthcare Decision Analysis | HCDA
- Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology | MPTX
- Pharmacy | PHRD
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy | PMEP
- Pharmaceutical Sciences | PSCI
- Regulatory Science | RSCI
- Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science | RXRS
Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
- Biokinesiology | BKN
- Physical Therapy | PT
Price School of Public Policy
- Aerospace Studies | AEST
- Health Care Management | HMGT
- Military Science | MS
- Nautical Science | NAUT
- Naval Science | NSC
- Policy, Planning and Development | PPD
- Policy, Planning and Development - Expanded | PPDE
- Urban and Regional Planning | PLUS
- Real Estate Development | RED
Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
- On Campus and Hybrid courses | SWKC
- Virtual Academic Center | SWKO
See another term
Fall 2023
Summer 2023
Spring 2023
Physics
499:
Special Topics
(2.0-4.0 units, max 8)
Lectures and discussions on specialized topics in physics.
Section
Session
Units
Type
Time
Days
Registered
Instructor
Location
Syllabus
Info
String Theory
50590R
001
3.0
Lecture
12:00-12:50pm
MWF
18 of 19
Scott Macdonald
LVL
3Y
Information accurate as of
September 13, 2023 1:50 pm
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