General Education Requirements
Foundations
| I. | Western Cultures and Traditions | one course |
| II. | Global Cultures and Traditions | one course |
| III. | Scientific Inquiry | one course |
Case Studies
| IV. | Science and Its Significance | one course |
| V. | Arts and Letters | one course |
| VI. | Social Issues | one course |
Writing Requirement
| WRIT 140 | Writing and Critical Reasoning | one course |
| WRIT 340 | Advanced Writing | one course |
Additional information is available online at www.usc.edu/ge.
Transitional General Education Requirements
Students who began college before fall 1997 and entered USC before fall 2000 should speak to their academic ?advisors.
Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
| AHIS 121g | Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern |
| AHIS 120g | Foundations of Western Art |
| 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 151xg | Modern Western Literature and Culture |
| HIST 102g | Medieval Civilization |
| HIST 104g | Europe and Its Influence Since 1750: From the Rise of Democracy to the Age of Extremes |
| HIST 200gm | The American Experience |
| JS 100g | Jewish History |
| PHIL 115g | Ancient Greek Culture and Society |
| 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 |
| AMST 135gm | Peoples and Cultures of the Americas |
| ANTH 100g | Principles of Human Organization: Non Western Societies |
| ANTH 263g | Exploring Culture Through Film |
| ANTH 315g | North American Indians |
| COLT 250g | Cultures of Latin America |
| EALC 110g | East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition |
| EALC 342g | Japanese Literature and Culture |
| EALC 350g | Chinese Civilization |
| EALC 352g | Chinese Literature and Culture |
| EASC 150g | East Asian Societies |
| HIST 105g | The Korean Past |
| HIST 106g | Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History |
| HIST 275g | The Worlds of the Silk Road |
| HIST 324g | Islam in Russia and the Soviet Union |
| REL 131g | Religions of Asia |
| SLL 330g | Russian Thought and Civilization |
Category III: Scientific Inquiry
| ASTR 100Lxg | The Universe |
| BISC 104Lxg | 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 165Lg | The Atmospheric Environment |
| GEOG 260Lg | Natural Hazards |
| GEOG 281Lg | Environmental Geographic Information Systems |
| 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 |
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 |
| ANTH 105g | Culture, Medicine and Politics |
| ENST 150xg | Environmental Issues in Society |
| GEOG 100gm | Los Angeles and the American Dream |
| GEOG 120g | Geopolitics |
| HIST 235g | War and the American Experience |
| HIST 245gm | Gender and Sexualities in American History |
| HIST 265g | Understanding Race and Sex Historically |
| IR 100xg | The United States and World Affairs |
| JS 211g | The Holocaust |
| LING 115g | Language, Society, and Culture |
| PHIL 140g | Contemporary Moral and Social Issues |
| POSC 130g | Law, Politics and Public Policy |
| 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 |
Please see registration information about courses in Categories V and VI.