USC University of Southern California Schedule of Classes

General Education Courses

Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions

AHIS 120g Foundations of Western Art
AHIS 201 Digging into the Past: Material Culture and the Civilization
AHIS 220g Medieval Visual Culture
AMST 301g America, the Frontier, and the New West
CLAS 150g The Greeks and the West
CLAS 151g Civilization of Rome
CLAS 280g Classical Mythology
COLT 101g Masterpieces and Materminds: Literature and Thought of the West
HIST 102g Medieval Civilization
HIST 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe
HIST 200gm The American Experience
JS 100g Jewish History
PHIL 101g Philosophical Foundations of Modern Western Culture
PHIL 262g Mind and Self: Modern Conceptions
REL 111g The World of the Hebrew Bible
REL 121g The World of the New Testament

Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions

AHIS 125g Arts of Asia: Antiquity to 1300
ANTH 100g Principles of Human Organization: Non-Western Societies
ANTH 235g The Changing Pacific: Culture, History and Politics in the New South Seas
ANTH 263g Exploring Culture Through Film
ANTH 316gm North American Indians in American Public Life
COLT 250g Cultures of Latin America
COLT 382g Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature
EALC 110g East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition
EALC 145g Introduction to Chinese Culture, Art and Literature
EALC 342g Japanese Literature and Culture
EALC 350g Chinese Civilization
EALC 352g Chinese Literature and Culture
EASC 150g East Asian Societies
HIST 106g Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History
HIST 273g Colonial Latin America
HIST 324g Islam in Russia and the Soviet Union
PORT 250g Cultures of Brazil and Lusophone Africa
REL 134xg Introduction to Buddhist Literature
SLL 330g Russian Thought and Civilization

Category III: Scientific Inquiry

ASTR 100Lxg The Universe
BISC 104Lg How the Body Works: Topics in Human Physiology
BISC 120Lg General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution
BISC 121Lg Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution
CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry
CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry
GEOL 105Lg Planet Earth
GEOL 107Lxg Oceanography
GEOL 108Lg Crises of a Planet
GEOL 130Lxg The Nature of Scientific Inquiry
PHYS 100Lxg The Physical World
PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Category IV: Science and Its Significance

ANTH 200Lg The Origins of Humanity
BISC 102Lxg Humans and Their Environment
BISC 150Lxg The Nature of Human Health and Disease
CHEM 203Lxg Chemistry in Life: AIDS Drug Discovery and Development
EXSC 205Lxg The Science of Human Performance
GEOG 260Lg Natural Hazards
GEOG 265Lg The Water Planet
GEOL 125Lxg Earth History: A Planet and Its Evolution
GEOL 150Lxg Climate Change
GEOL 240Lxg Earthquakes
LING 110Lg In a Word
LING 275Lg Language and Mind
PHYS 200Lxg The Physics and Technology of Energy: Keeping the Motor Running
PSYC 201Lxg The Science of Happiness

Category V: Arts and Letters

ARLT 100g Arts and Letters
ARLT 101g Studies in Arts and Letters

Category VI: Social Issues

AHIS 255g Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the USA, 1900-Present
AMST 101gm Race and Class in Los Angeles
AMST 252gm Black Social Movements in the U.S.
AMST 274gm Exploring Ethnicity Through Film
ANTH 105g Culture, Medicine and Politics
ENST 150xg Environmental Issues in Society
GEOG 100gm Los Angeles and the American Dream
HIST 225g Film, Power, and American History
HIST 240g The History of California
HIST 255g The Evolution Debates
IR 100xg The United States and World Affairs
JS 211g The Holocaust
LING 115g Language, Society, and Culture
PHIL 137gm Social Ethics for Earthlings and Others
PHIL 140g Contemporary Moral and Social Issues
POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy
POSC 220g Critical Issues in American Politics
REL 140g Religion and Ethical Issues
SOCI 142gm Diversity and Racial Conflict
SOCI 150gm Social Problems
SOCI 169gm Changing Family Forms
SWMS 210gm Social Issues in Gender
SWMS 215g Gender Conflict in Cultural Contexts