ARCHITECTURE

ARCH 106x Workshop in Architecture
ARCH 207 Computer Applications in Architecture
ARCH 220 The Architect's Sketchbook
ARCH 304x Intensive Survey: Prehistory to the Present
ARCH 306 Shelter
ARCH 307 Digital Tools for Architecture
ARCH 326 The Modern Movement in Architecture
ARCH 370 Architectural Studies- Expanding the Field
ARCH 404 Topics in Modern Architecture in Southern California

CINEMATIC ARTS

Animation & Digital Arts
CTAN 330 Animation Fundamentals
CTAN 432 The World of Visual Effects
CTAN 443 3-D Animation and Character Design
CTAN 448 Introduction to Film Graphics-Animation
CTAN 450a Animation Theory and Techniques
CTAN 451 History of Animation
CTAN 452 Introduction to 3-D Computer Animation
CTAN 462 Visual Effects
CTAN 464 Digital Lighting and Rendering
CTAN 495 Visual Music
CTAN 502a Experiments in Stereoscopic Imaging
CTAN 503 Storyboarding for Animation
CTAN 508L Live Action Integration with Visual Effects
CTAN 550 Stop-Motion Puppet and Set Design
CTAN 564L Motion Capture Fundamentals
CTAN 565L Motion Capture Performance

Critical Studies
CTCS 190 Introduction to Cinema
CTCS 191 Introduction to Television and Video
CTCS 200 History of the International Cinema I
CTCS 201 History of the International Cinema II
CTCS 303 Japanese Anime
CTCS 392 History of the American Film, 1925-1950
CTCS 393 History of the American Film, 1946-1975
CTCS 394 History of the American Film, 1977-present
CTCS 400 Non-Fiction Film and Video
CTCS 402 Practicum in Film/Television Criticism
CTCS 403 Studies in National and Regional Media
CTCS 409 Censorship in Cinema
CTCS 411 Film, Television and Cultural Studies
CTCS 412 Gender, Sexuality and Media
CTCS 464 Film and/or Television Genres
CTCS 466 Theatrical Film Symposium
CTCS 467 Television Symposium
CTCS 469 Film and Television Style Analysis

Health Issues in Entertainment Media
CNTV 345 Health Issues in Entertainment Media

Institute for Multimedia Literacy
IML 101 Languages of New Media I
IML 104 Languages of New Media II
IML 340 Praxis of New Media
IML 346 Methods in Scholarly Multimedia
IML 400 Web-Based Scholarly Multimedia
IML 420 New Media for Social Change
IML 440 Multimedia Honors Thesis Project I
IML 444 Multimedia Honors Thesis Project II

Interactive Media
CTIN 309 Introduction to Interactive Entertainment
CTIN 401 Interface Design for Games
CTIN 405L Design and Technology for Mobile Experiences
CTIN 406 Sound Design for Games
CTIN 458 Business and Management of Games
CTIN 459L Game Industry Workshop
CTIN 462 Critical Theory and Analysis of Games
CTIN 463 Anatomy of a Game
CTIN 464 Game Studies Seminar
CTIN 482 Designing Online Multiplayer Game Environments
CTIN 483 Programming for Interactivity
CTIN 484L Intermediate Game Development
CTIN 485L Advanced Game Development
CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop
CTIN 489 Intermediate Game Design Workshop
CTIN 491abL Advanced Game Project
CTIN 492L Experimental Game Topics

Film & Television Production
CTPR 288 Originating and Developing Ideas for Film
CTPR 327 Motion Picture Camera
CTPR 335 Motion Picture Editing
CTPR 382 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Comedy Pilot
CTPR 385 Colloquium: Motion Picture Production Techniques
CTPR 386 Art and Industry of the Theatrical Film
CTPR 409 Practicum in Television Production
CTPR 410 The Movie Business: From Story Concept to Exhibition
CTPR 422 Makeup for Motion Pictures
CTPR 423 Introduction to Special Effects in Cinema
CTPR 425 Production Planning
CTPR 426 The Production Experience
CTPR 454 Acting for Film and Television
CTPR 455 Introduction to Production Design
CTPR 456 Introduction to Art Direction
CTPR 460 Film Business Procedures and Distribution
CTPR 461 TV Station Management
CTPR 470 Practicum in On-Screen Direction of Actors
CTPR 473 Directing the Composer
CTPR 474 Television Documentary Production
CTPR 484 Advanced Multi-Camera Television Workshop
CTPR 495 Internship in Cinema/Television

Writing
CTWR 321 Introduction to Television Writing
CTWR 410L Character Development and Storytelling for Games
CTWR 412 Introduction to Screenwriting
CTWR 415a Advanced Writing
CTWR 416 Motion Picture Script Analysis
CTWR 417 Script Coverage and Story Analysis
CTWR 421 Writing the Hour-Long Dramatic Series (d-clearance required)
CTWR 434 Comedy Writing Genres (d-clearance required)
CTWR 437 Writing the Situation Comedy Pilot (d-clearance required)
CTWR 439 Writing the Original Dramatic Series Pilot (d-clearance required)
CTWR 435 Writing for Film and Television Genres (d-clearance required)
CTWR 516 Advanced Motion Picture Script Analysis

CRITICAL STUDIES

CTCS 192m Race, Class, and Gender in American Film

FINE ARTS

Art Theory & Criticism
FA 150 Visual Culture and Literacy
PAS 371 Art in the Public Realm: Contemporary Issues

Workshopscourses for non-majors
FA 140x A Cultural Guide to Los Angeles
FA 208abx Three-dimensional Art Workshop: Ceramics Workshop
FA 207abx Two-dimensional Art Workshop: 2-D Character Design for Games and Animation
FA 208abx Three-Dimensional Art Workshop: Perceptual and Carving Skills

Ceramics
FA 112 Ceramics
FA 212 Wheel Throwing
FA 213 Clay as Canvas

Design
FA 102 Design I
FA 203 Digital Tools for Design
FA 332a Typography

Drawing
FA 101a Drawing I

Intermedia Arts
FA 210 Intermedia: Introduction to Digital Photography
FA 215 Intermedia: Introduction to Digital Video and Interactivity
FA 330 Ideas in Intermedia

Painting
FA 105 Painting I

Photography
FA 209a Photography

Printmaking
FA 311 Printmaking

Sculpture
FA 106 Sculpture I
FA 136 Modeling and Mold-making
FA 236 Metal
FA 246 Construction Techniques
FA 335 New Genres: Experimental Practices in Contemporary Art
FA 436 Art and Technology

MUSIC

Songwriting and Composition
MUCO 101 Music Theory Fundamentals
MUCO 130ab Music Theory
MUCO 221ab Composition for Non-Majors
MUSC 255, 355, 455 Songwriting I
MUEA 474ab Electronic Synthesizer Techniques

Ensembles
MUEN 308 USC Apollo (Men’s) Chorus
MUEN 311 USC Oriana (Women’s) Choir
MUEN 321 USC Concert Orchestra
MUEN 322 Trojan Marching Band
MUEN 332/532 Jazz Combo for Non-Majors
MUEN 305 Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Instrumental and Vocal Classes
MPGU 120abcd Beginning Pop/Rock Guitar
MPGU 125 Beginning Fingerstylechord Guitar
MPGU 126 Easy Fingerstyle Beatles
MPKS 150abcd Beginning Piano
MPPM 120 Popular Music Performance
MPPM 240 Drumming Proficiency for the Popular Musician
MPST 163 Beginning Harp
MUJZ 150x Beginning Jazz Improvisation
MPVA 141, 241 Class Voice

Private Lessons: Private lessons are generally
available in all instruments in classical, jazz, or
popular music styles

Music History and Culture
MUHL 315 Music and Culture
MUHL 403 Armenian Musical Culture
MUHL 476 Music Criticism
MUJZ 100xm Jazz: A History of America’s Music
MUJZ 419m The Jazz Experience: Myths and Culture
MUSC 400m The Broadway Musical
MUSC 420m Hip Hop Music and Culture
MUSC 422 The Beatles: Their Music and Their Times
MUSC 423 Classic Rock: Popular Music of the Sixties and Seventies
MUSC 430m Music and the Holocaust
MUSC 444 American Roots Music: History and Culture
MUSC 450m The Music of Black Americans
MUSC 460 Film Music: History and Function from 1930 to the Present
MUSC 465 Music, Television and American Culture

Music Industry and Technology
MUIN 277 Introduction to Music Technology
MUIN 286 Record Production Management
MUIN 287 The Business and Economics of the Recording Industry
MUIN 372ab The Business and Legal Aspects of the Music Industry
MUIN 442 Operation of the Radio Studio
MUIN 495 Music Industry, Broadcast and the Internet

THEATRE

Acting
THTR 101 Introduction to Acting
THTR 121 Fundamentals of Acting
THTR 122 Improvisation
THTR 124 Character Acting
THTR 252ab Intermediate Acting
THTR 343 Musical Theatre Audition
THTR 352ab Intermediate Acting
THTR 354 Acting Shakespeare
THTR 452ab Advanced Acting
THTR 475 Acting on Camera: The Collaborative Process
THTR 479 Solo Performance
THTR 480 Performance for Camera
THTR 484 Acting in Television Commercials
THTR 485 Advanced Solo Performance
THTR 486 Creating Characters
THTR 495 Experimental Theatre I
THTR 496 Experimental Theatre II

Movement
THTR 216 Movement for Actors
THTR 316 Advanced Movement for Actors

Voice
THTR 341x Voice for Non-Major
THTR 408ab Dialects
THTR 444 Applied Voice: Speech and Text

Playwriting
THTR 365 Playwriting I
THTR 366 Playwriting II
THTR 465 Playwriting III
THTR 466 Playwriting IV

Directing
THTR 305ab Directing
THTR 355 Directing for the Actor

Administrative/Management
THTR 333 Stage Management
THTR 421 Effective Oral Communication
THTR 430 Stage Management
THTR 487 Promotion for the Performing Arts
THTR 488m Theatre in the Community
THTR 491 Theatre Organization and Administration
THTR 492 Producing Theatre
THTR 494 Raising Money for the Arts

Critical Studies
THTR 125 Text Studies for Production
THTR 210 Theory and Practice of World Theatre
THTR 211 Theory and Practice of World Theatre II
THTR 212 Theory and Practice of World Theatre III
THTR 295 Theatre in America
THTR 301 Greek and Roman
THTR 302 Shakespeare in His World
THTR 303 The Performing Arts
THTR 313 Comedy of Manners
THTR 314 Advanced Topics in Modern Drama
THTR 393m Cultural Identities in Performance
THTR 395 Drama as Human Relations
THTR 396 God, Drama and Entertainment
THTR 404 Acting Theory
THTR 476m African American Theatre

Dance
THTR 181ab Modern Dance
THTR 182ab Advanced Modern Dance
THTR 183abcd Ballet
THTR 184abc Jazz Dance
THTR 185 Hip-Hop Dance
THTR 188ab International Style Ballroom Dance
THTR 189ab Tap Dance
THTR 280 Dance as an Art Form
THTR 282 Activities for Professional Preparation: Dance
THTR 285 Elements of Dance Production
THTR 380 Historical Approaches to Dance
THTR 385 Choreography and Performance
THTR 482 Choreography for Television
THTR 483 Dance Performance

Applied Theatre Arts
THTR 477 Theatre and Therapy
THTR 478a Theatre for Youth
THTR 488m Theatre in the Community
THTR 468 Theatre in Education

Theatre Production
THTR 130 Introduction to Production
THTR 335 Scenic Construction
THTR 437 Scene Painting
THTR 438 Technical Theatre
THTR 439 Stage Properties

Theatrical Design
THTR 222 Stage Makeup
THTR 230 Communicating Theatrical Design
THTR 231ab Costume Construction
THTR 232 Stage Lighting
THTR 330 Scene Design
THTR 331 Costume Design
THTR 332 Lighting Design
THTR 407ab Drawing and Rendering for the Theatre
THTR 432ab Scenic Design II
THTR 433ab Costume Design II
THTR 434 Lighting Design II
THTR 435 Advanced Theatrical Drafting
THTR 436 Sound for Theatre
THTR 441 Advanced Sound Design
THTR 493ab Periods and Styles
THTR 498 Production Analysis and Performance