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503 Environmental Science II (2, Sp) A continu- 520 Environmental Law and Policy (4, Sp) 594abz Master’s Thesis (2-2-0) Credit on ation of ENST 501. Exposes students to critical Introduces students to the central issues, con- acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC. scientific principles, concepts, and issues related cepts, and theories in environmental law and to pollution control, remediation, and ecology. policy and analyzes present environmental 595 Graduate Seminar in Environmental Prerequisite: ENST 501; corequisite: ENST 504. laws and regulations. Major court cases are Studies (4, Sp) Addresses the obstacles to reviewed. environmental policymaking and manage- 504 Environmental Science Seminar II (1, Sp) ment by examining the interrelationships A continuation of ENST 502. A series of 530 Environmental Risk Analysis (4, Fa) Ana- between science, technology, and social sci- biweekly guest lectures on critical scientific lyzes various potential environmental risks ence. Recommended preparation: ENST 500, principles, concepts, and issues related to pol- and examines how science, government, and ENST 501, ENST 502, ENST 503, lution control, remediation, and ecology. business measure and prepare for environ- ENST 504. mental risks. 505ab Advanced Environmental Science 599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Subjects Seminar (2-2, FaSp) Ties together science, 536 The Landscape Planning Process (4) specifically relevant to an environmental technology, and finance with risk assessment (Enroll in ARCH 536) studies field, sometimes conducted as inten- and policy. sive short courses. Prerequisite: departmental 590 Directed Research (1-12) Research lead- approval. 510 Statistics for Environmental Analysis (4) ing to the master’s degree. Maximum units This course introduces graduate students which may be applied to the degree to be to the various quantitative techniques and determined by the department. Graded methodological approaches used in pollution CR/NC. control, natural resources management, and environmental protection.
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Taper Hall of Humanities 126 Emeritus Associate Professors: Arthur E. and Italian. The study of French or Italian (213) 740-3700 Babcock, Ph.D.; Michelle Buchanan, Ph.D. involves the mastery of the languages and FAX: (213) 746-7297 their literary and cultural expressions in fic- Email: [email protected] Associate Faculty with Titles in French and tion, non-fiction, dramatic, cinematic and Italian poetic texts, as well as the study of social and Chair: Karen Pinkus, Ph.D. Professors: Thomas Crow, Ph.D. (Art History); political institutions within the context of Joseph Dane, Ph.D. (English); Moshe Lazar, intellectual history. Faculty Ph.D. (Comparative Literature); Dana Polan, Marion Frances Chevalier Professorship in Ph.D. (Cinema-Television); Nancy Troy, Ph.D. The department offers a variety of classes in French: Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D.* (Art History) French and Italian, as well as some courses with readings and discussion in English to Professors: Karen Elyse Pinkus, Ph.D.; Albert Associate Professors: Elinor Accampo, Ph.D. satisfy diverse needs. Topics range broadly Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.* (History); Eunice Howe, Ph.D. (Art History); from the study of a single author to a literary Giulio Ongaro, Ph.D. (Music); David Rollo, genre; from current events to cinema; from Associate Professors: Panivong Norindr, Ph.D.; Ph.D. (English); Vanessa Schwartz, Ph.D. gender studies to literary criticism. Margaret F. Rosenthal, Ph.D.*; Peter T. Starr, (History) Ph.D. Courses are kept small to allow for maximum Assistant Professors: Claudio Fogu, Ph.D. interaction between students and professors. Assistant Professors: Andrea Frisch, Ph.D.; (History); Todd Olson, Ph.D. (Art History) Students in both French and Italian work Natania Meeker, Ph.D. closely with their advisors to develop an Academic Program Staff appropriate course of study. This often Senior Lecturer: Francesca Italiano, Ph.D. Director, French Language Program: Carol involves study abroad. The department runs Hofmann, Ph.D. summer programs in Dijon, France and Lecturers: Brunella Bigi, Ph.D.; Atiyeh Verona, Italy; students also attend semester- Doreen Showrai, M.A.; Sandrine Director, Italian Language Program: Francesca long programs in Paris and Florence or Rome. Harismendy-Lony, Ph.D.; Antonio Idini, Italiano, Ph.D. Ph.D.; Beatrice Mousli-Bennett, Ph.D. Graduate Programs *Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award. The Department of French and Italian offers, Emeritus Professors: Marie-Florin Bruneau, under the jurisdiction of the Graduate Ph.D.; Arthur J. Knodel, Ph.D., Chevalier de Undergraduate Programs School, the Ph.D. in French. l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques The Department of French and Italian offers majors and minors in both French
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Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in FREN 472 Readings in 18th Century FREN 447 Decadence 4 French French Literature 4 FREN 449 Studies in French For the lower division, FREN 250 French IV FREN 473 Readings in 19th Century Civilization (Paris is required (may be waived by examination). French Literature 4 semester only) 4 The upper division requirements include four FREN 474 Readings in 20th Century FREN 464 Colloquium: French core courses plus an additional five courses to French Literature 4 Civilization 4, max 8 be selected in consultation with the depart- FREN 499 Special Topics 2-4, max 8 FREN 470 Readings in Medieval ment advisor (no more than two of which may and Renaissance be in English) are required. *Elective if not taken as a requirement. French Literature 4 FREN 471 Readings in 17th Century LOWER DIVISION UNITS French Minor Requirements French Literature 4 FREN 472 Readings in 18th Century FREN 250 French IV 4 The department offers a French minor for students majoring in other disciplines. French Literature 4 UPPER DIVISION (9 COURSES) UNITS University requirements for minors are FREN 473 Readings in 19th Century French Literature 4 Required core courses: described on page 61 of this catalogue. The FREN 474 Readings in 20th Century FREN 300 French Grammar and department minor requirements are listed French Literature 4 Composition 4 below. No more than one course conducted FREN 499 Special Topics 2-4, max 8 FREN 330 Writing about Literature 4 in English may be counted toward the minor. FREN 351 Early Modern French Cultures, or LOWER DIVISION UNITS *FREN 310 and 360 cannot both be taken for credit FREN 352 Modern French Cultures 4 This course may be waived by examination. toward the minor in French. No more than one FREN 250 French IV 4 course conducted in English may be counted Six upper-division French courses to be chosen toward the minor. from the following: UPPER DIVISION (5 COURSES) UNITS Honors Program FREN 310 French Pronunciation and Conversation 4 Required core courses: The B.A. in French with Honors is available FREN 320 French Cinema and FREN 300 French Grammar and to students who have an overall GPA of 3.0 French Society: Composition 4 and a GPA of at least 3.5 in courses counted 1900 to the Present 4 FREN 330 Writing about Literature 4 for major credit. To complete the honors FREN 347 Race, Gender and Power program the student must complete three in Francophone Literature 4 400-level courses and write an honors thesis FREN 351* Early Modern French Remaining three upper division courses to be of 25-30 pages in French in one of the Cultures 4 chosen from the following: 400-level courses. The topic of the thesis FREN 352* Modern French Cultures 4 FREN 310* French Pronunciation must be agreed upon with the instructor. and Conversation 4 FREN 360 Business and French Honors Society: Pi Delta Phi Technical French 4 FREN 320 French Cinema and FREN 370 Equality and Difference French Society: Qualifications 1900 to the Present Around the Undergraduate students must have complet- (in English) 4 Enlightenment 4 ed one semester of upper division French FREN 347 Race, Gender and Power FREN 380 Existentialism in French with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in French and in Francophone Literature 4 overall. Graduate students must be candi- Literature 4 FREN 383 French Women Writers 4 dates for advanced degrees in French. FREN 351 Early Modern French FREN 385 Colloquium: French Cultures 4 Sequence Literature 4, max 8 FREN 352 Modern French Cultures 4 FREN 400 20th-Century France 4 A placement test is required of all students FREN 360* Business and FREN 410 Actualités Françaises resuming French after high school courses in (Paris semester only) 4 Technical French 4 French. FREN 445 Studies in Gender and FREN 370 Equality and Difference Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Feminism 4 around the Enlightenment 4 Arts in Italian FREN 446 Contemporary French FREN 380 Existentialism in French Thought 4, max 8 Literature 4 REQUIRED COURSES — LOWER DIVISION UNITS FREN 447 Decadence 4 FREN 383 French Women Writers 4 Some or all of these courses may be waived by FREN 449 Studies in French FREN 385 Colloquium: French examination. Civilization Literature 4, max 8 ITAL 120 Italian I 4 (Paris semester only) 4 FREN 400 20th-Century France 4 ITAL 150 Italian II 4 Actualités Françaises FREN 464 Colloquium: French FREN 410 ITAL 220 Italian III 4 (Paris semester only) 4 Civilization 4, max 8 ITAL 224 Intermediate Italian FREN 445 Studies in Gender and FREN 470 Readings in Medieval Conversation (if Feminism 4 and Renaissance recommended by advisor) 4 French Literature 4 FREN 446 Contemporary FREN 471 Readings in 17th Century French Thought French Literature 4 (in English) 4, max 8 French and Italian 277
REQUIRED COURSES — ITAL 450 Dante 4 Plus 3 upper-division courses to be chosen from UPPER DIVISION (6 COURSES) UNITS ITAL 461 Theatre, Spectacle, Drama the following: No more than two courses conducted in English and Performance in Italy 4 ITAL 330 Advanced Italian may be counted toward the major. A maximum ITAL 462 The Novella Tradition: Composition and Style 4 of three courses may be completed outside the Fables and Stories 4 ITAL 340 Italian Literature from department. ITAL 470 Modern and Postmodern Unification to Fascism (in Italian Literature 4 English) 4 ITAL 345 Contemporary Italy (in Core course: ITAL 480 Perceptions of the Exotic English) 4 ITAL 320 Italian Composition and in Italian Culture 4 ITAL 350 Italian Renaissance Conversation 4 ITAL 490x Directed Research 2-8 ITAL 499 Special Topics 2-4, max 8 Literature in Translation (in English) 4 Remaining 5 upper-division Italian courses to be Italian Minor Requirements ITAL 380 Italian Women Writers 4 chosen from the following: ITAL 435 Ruins, Magic and ITAL 330 Advanced Italian The department offers an Italian minor for Melancholy: Italian Composition and Style 4 students majoring in other disciplines. Literature 1600-1860 4 ITAL 340 Italian Literature from LOWER DIVISION UNITS ITAL 440 Futurism and Fascism Unification to Fascism in Italy 4 (in English) 4 ITAL 120 Italian I 4 ITAL 446 Italian Cinema and Society ITAL 345 Contemporary Italy (in ITAL 150 Italian II 4 (in English) 4 English) 4 ITAL 220 Italian III 4 ITAL 450 Dante 4 ITAL 350 Italian Renaissance ITAL 224 Intermediate Italian ITAL 461 Theatre, Spectacle, Drama Literature in Translation Conversation 4 and Performance in Italy 4 (in English) 4 Some or all of these classes may be waived by ITAL 462 The Novella Tradition: ITAL 380 Italian Women Writers 4 examination. Fables and Stories 4 ITAL 435 Ruins, Magic and Melancholy: Italian UPPER DIVISION (4 COURSES) UNITS ITAL 470 Modern and Postmodern Literature 1600-1860 4 Required core course: Italian Literature 4 ITAL 480 Perceptions of the Exotic ITAL 440 Futurism and Fascism ITAL 320 Italian Composition and in Italian Culture 4 in Italy 4 Conversation ITAL 490x Directed Research 2-8 ITAL 446 Italian Cinema and Society (or equivalent) 4 ITAL 499 Special Topics 2-4, max 8 (in English) 4 No more than one class conducted in English may be counted toward the major.
Graduate Degrees
The Department of French and Italian offers into three year-long themes that have pro- of the application process appear on the courses of study leading to the M.A. and foundly influenced and been influenced by departmental Web site. Ph.D. in French. Normally the M.A. is not thought, literature and culture in France: offered as a terminal degree but is awarded en Rhétoriques (des arts), Raison et Déraison Degree Requirements route to the Ph.D. The vast majority of stu- and Revolutions. While there is no absolute The M.A. and Ph.D. in French are under the dents pursue the doctorate in preparation for way to distinguish the kind of works that will jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Refer to a career of teaching and research at the col- be studied in the theme-years, they could be the Requirements for Graduation section lege or university level in the field of French said to correspond, in order, to aesthetics/ (page 62) and the Graduate School section and Francophone literature and cultural stud- poetics/French language/visual culture; of this catalogue (page 601) for general ies. While the department does not offer grad- subjectivity/psychology and psychoanalysis/ regulations. All courses applied toward the uate degrees in Italian, students may pursue philosophy; and politics/history/literature in degrees must be courses accepted by the advanced study in comparative literature with social context, in the most general sense. Graduate School. Italian as an area of interest. Admission Requirements Master of Arts in French Students preparing for careers as university Requirements for admission to graduate Course Requirements professors in French must obtain a broad study in French include: scores satisfactory to The M.A. in French is for students intending knowledge of major French and Francophone the department on the verbal, quantitative to complete the Ph.D. For the M.A., a mini- literary texts and traditions from the Middle and analytical Graduate Record Examinations; mum of eight courses (32 units) in French Ages through the present, achieved through a acceptable samples of written work demon- or, with permission, related departments is combination of course work and preparation strating competence in critical analysis of required. No more than eight of the 32 units for exams. At the same time they should literary/cultural works and in the writing of counted toward the M.A. may be earned in develop the intellectual depth that allows French; a written statement of the applicant’s courses at the 400 level. In addition, each stu- them to produce an original dissertation in a aims and interests in graduate work; a cumu- dent must successfully complete a series of timely manner. To help students achieve lative GPA satisfactory to the department; three written field examinations testing broad these dual goals, the curriculum is organized evidence of mastery of oral French; letters of knowledge of the French and Francophone recommendation from at least three college literary traditions. The written exams will be instructors of French or related fields. Details 278 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
followed by an oral defense. The M.A. in It is not essential that all students partici- arts that altered not only the perception of French does not require a thesis. pate in all three of the theme-years in order space, time and vision, but more importantly, for them to advance to candidacy in the the ways the French represented themselves Doctor of Philosophy in French department. and others. Revolution is not strictly bound- Screening Procedure ed by political and social concerns but gov- To pursue the Ph.D. in French, a student Qualifying Examination erns and pervades all facets of artistic, cultur- must pass a screening examination, to be After completion of the screening procedure, al and literary experiments. These new forms taken during the fourth semester (normally language requirement and at least 52 units of of revolutionary expression helped reshape the spring of the second year). This will course work, the student prepares a qualifying the cultural boundaries of the modern post- consist of an oral defense of a long paper examination to be overseen by a committee of colonial nation and undermine the modern (approximately 40 pages) developed from five faculty. At least one member of the com- French state. course work during the first year, a written mittee must be from a department other than literary analysis exercise and consideration of French. This examination will include a six- Raison et Déraison a student’s performance in course work dur- hour written portion with questions about the Reason and Unreason ing the first two years of study by a commit- student’s knowledge of French literary cul- The double logic of raison et déraison in tee of faculty in the department. ture in a broad sense based on a reading list of French thought plays an important role in the major texts. This will be followed by an oral construction of social order(s), governs ques- Foreign Language Requirement discussion of a student’s preparation of a tions of epistemology and psychology, and is The foreign language requirement for the syllabus for an imaginary French undergradu- fundamental to literary and artistic creation. doctorate in French may be fulfilled under ate course and an oral defense of the disserta- This category references a set of theoretical one of two options. Option one involves com- tion prospectus (normally 20-25 pages). texts that, while uniquely French, have been pleting a seminar at or above the 400 level on Successful completion of the qualifying exam- of crucial significance for the redefinition of any aspect of another national literature or ination constitutes approval of the dissertation literary studies in the American academy: culture, as long as this seminar is taught in a topic. Foucault’s examination of madness (as well language other than French or English and as discipline), writings by Deleuze and all written work is done in the relevant for- Dissertation Guattari and a specifically French tradition eign language (typically Latin, German or The dissertation defense takes place upon of psychoanalytic criticism including, most a romance language other than French). approval from a three-member dissertation famously, the work of Jacques Lacan. The Option two consists of taking a reading exam- committee formed after completion of the broader relevance of the raison et déraison ination in the relevant language (other than qualifying examination. The format of the rubric emerges from the way in which it res- French or English). Students should confer defense is determined by the candidate’s onates throughout the early modern, modern with the graduate advisor to decide which committee, but will normally consist of a brief and even post-modern periods in the textual option is most appropriate given their partic- presentation followed by questions from read- production of thinkers as diverse as Montaigne ular scholarly interests. This requirement ers. All dissertation defenses in the Depart- and Lévi-Strauss, Sade and Irigaray, Hugo must be completed at least 60 days before ment of French are open to the public. and Lyotard. Ultimately, this category is the qualifying examination. meant to encourage students to make con- Three-Year Course Cycle nections between genres and across periods. Course Requirements Rhétoriques (des Arts) To obtain the Ph.D., students must complete Rhetorics (of the Arts) Curriculum Organization at least 60 units of course work beyond the The “Rhétoriques” year will be devoted to Students may enter the program at any point B.A. Most of these units will be earned in the arts that have established and contested in the theme-year cycle. In the fall of each the French department and will include nine French and Francophone traditions: the art theme year, the courses offered (FREN 500, courses from three theme-years. In conjunc- of writing in the French language since the 511 and 502) will be focused “core” courses, tion with the director of graduate studies, stu- chansons de geste and medieval romans up to with emphasis on helping students to under- dents may also choose courses from a wide the most innovative literary practices of the stand the overall concepts of the theme-year variety of other schools and departments modern or postmodern age. The seminars as they pertain to French thought. Issues of including Art History, Cinema-Television, of the “Rhétoriques” year may also include method and professional development often Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, study of artistic forms and practices other addressed in a proseminar would also be a History, Philosophy and so on. Students are than the literary, poetic or theatrical: the plas- component of the fall core courses. The normally required to take COLT 502 Intro- tic arts (painting, photography, film, architec- spring seminars (FREN 551, 552, 560, 600, duction to Literary Theory in the first semes- ture), acoustic arts or others. Consideration 601, 602) are topical seminars that vary ter of graduate study. At least four (but no will also be given to the relations between art depending on the professor (but still engage more than eight) units of 794 Doctoral and the state. with the theme-year in a significant way). Dissertation are also required. No more than eight of the 60 units counted toward the Ph.D. Revolutions During each theme-year, students will be may be earned in courses at the 400 level. The term “Revolution” inhabits a turbulent required to read works on a list of key texts, No more than eight units may be earned and ambivalent space. If it immediately con- some of which will also be incorporated into through Directed Research (FREN 590 or jures up the cataclysmic upheavals of the the courses themselves. The theme-year FREN 790). Students with significant prior 1789 Revolution followed by the 1830 and reading lists are part of the reading lists for graduate study in French at other institutions 1848 revolutions that transformed French the qualifying examinations. may be granted up to 30 units of transfer society and ushered in the modern era, it credit. The number of units to be awarded should also evoke a number of other momen- toward the Ph.D. will be decided by the tous revolutions in science, medicine and the director of graduate studies in accordance with the regulations of the Graduate School. French and Italian 279
Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching similar programs at accredited colleges or uni- Teaching Assistant Exchange Program The Certificate in Foreign Language versities; or for graduates of such programs Doctoral candidates who have not completed Teaching provides certification in the theory who are teaching languages. The certificate is their dissertation may participate in a one- and practice of second or foreign language meant to supplement graduate study in the year exchange program with the University teaching for student language teachers con- literature or linguistics of foreign languages. of Paris. USC graduate students will teach currently enrolled in graduate degree pro- It is also meant to supplement classroom English at the University of Paris XIII and grams in foreign languages or related gradu- teaching. Refer to the Department of take courses at any University of Paris cam- ate programs at USC; for graduates of such Spanish and Portuguese (page 393) for course pus or do dissertation research. programs who are teaching languages; for work requirements. external candidates concurrently enrolled in
Courses of Instruction
FRENCH AND ITALIAN 310 French Pronunciation and Conversation 360 Business and Technical French (4) (4, FaSp) Practice in sustained conversation. Specific vocabulary and formulae used in The terms indicated are expected but are not Emphasis on spoken sentence patterns. Nor- international commerce. Attention given to guaranteed. For the courses offered during any mally follows FREN 250. Recommended prepa- developing vocabulary and standard forms given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. ration: FREN 220. appropriate to individual career objectives. Recommended preparation: FREN 330. 320 French Cinema and French Society: FRENCH (FREN) 1900 to the Present (4) Film-making in 370m Equality and Difference Around the France from the earliest experiments to cur- Enlightenment (4) 18th- and 20th-century 020x Course in Reading French (2, FaSpSm) rent trends. Emphasis on the political, social, debates around the idea of equality and For graduate students who wish help in historical context of French films. Taught the notion of difference. Relevance of the meeting the French reading requirement for in English. Reading knowledge of French Enlightenment to contemporary discussions the Ph.D. degree. Synoptic presentation of recommended. of identity, citizenship, and human rights. French grammar. Emphasis on development of reading skills. Not available for degree 330 Writing about Literature (4, FaSp) Criti- 380 Existentialism in French Literature credit. Graded CR/NC. cal reading of literary texts; comprehensive (4, FaSp) Literature and thought of the analysis of difficult grammatical structures major French existentialist writers: Sartre, 120 French I (4, FaSpSm) Introduction to cur- and stylistics; advanced composition. Recom- Beauvoir, Camus and Malraux. Conducted rent French. Oral practice, listening and read- mended preparation: FREN 300. in English. (Duplicates credit in former ing comprehension; grammar necessary for FREN 280.) simple spoken and written expression. 340x French Literature in Translation (4, Fa) Readings of major works in French literature 381 Studies in an Author (4, max 8) Close 150 French II (4, FaSpSm) Continuation of selected from the Middle Ages to the pre- readings in the works of a single influential FREN 120. sent. Not available for major or minor credit. French or francophone author. Focused study of style, creative developments, his- 220 French III (4, FaSpSm) Continuation of 347 Race, Gender and Power in Franco- torical context. In French. Corequisite: FREN 150. Review of structural patterns of phone Literature (4, FaSp) Study of post- FREN 330. French; selected cultural and literary read- colonialism as a ferment for literary creation ings; conversation and composition. Prerequi- in the literature of French expression from 383 French Women Writers (4) Major figures site: FREN 150. Africa, the Caribbean and Canada. Con- and their role in French society and contri- ducted in French. Recommended preparation: bution to literature. Conducted in French. 240 Intermediate French Conversation FREN 330. Recommended preparation: FREN 330. (4, Sm) (SS only) Designed to develop flu- ency in the everyday use of French. Corequi- 351 Early Modern French Cultures (4) 385 Colloquium: French Literature (4, max 8) site: FREN 220. Study of France’s cultural development to Selected topics from literature of the French- the end of the Ancien Régime. Special atten- speaking community. Conducted in French. 250 French IV (4, FaSp) Introduction to tion to events, trends and ideas that helped Recommended preparation: FREN 330. French literature through the study of texts shape today’s France. Conducted in French. and audiovisuals organized around a central (Duplicates credit in former FREN 346.) 386 Autobiographical Writing (4) Explores theme; develops close-reading techniques Recommended preparation: FREN 300 or the complexities and challenges involved and discursive skills; reviews French gram- FREN 310. in writing and reading the autobiographical mar. Recommended preparation: FREN 220. discourse, both as genre and literary theme 352 Modern French Cultures (4) Study of in French writing. In French. Corequisite: 300 French Grammar and Composition the major intellectual, artistic and sociopoliti- FREN 330. (4, FaSp) Grammatical structure and vocabu- cal trends that have shaped French culture lary building with practical application to writ- from the revolution to the present. Con- 390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, indi- ten composition. Normally follows FREN 250. ducted in French. (Duplicates credit in for- vidual studies. No more than one registration Recommended preparation: FREN 220. mer FREN 346.) Recommended preparation: permitted. Enrollment by petition only. FREN 300 or FREN 310.
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400 20th-Century France (4) French culture 471 Readings in 17th Century French Litera- 590 Directed Research (1-12) Research lead- since 1900; emphasis on major intellectual, ture (4) Close readings of texts by Descartes, ing to the master’s degree. Maximum units sociopolitical, and artistic trends, including Pascal, Corneille, Racine, Moliére, La Fon- which may be applied to the degree to be cinema and television. Conducted in French. taine, and others. Conducted in French. determined by the department. Graded Recommended preparation: FREN 330. Recommended preparation: FREN 330. CR/NC.
410 Actualités Françaises (4, Sp) Present 472 Readings in 18th Century French Litera- 600 Rhétoriques des Arts III (4, max 8) Sem- day French life through readings in French ture (4) Study of the major figures of the inar on the arts in French and Francophone periodicals and viewing of French films Enlightenment: Prevost, Montesquieu, traditions. Topics will vary. and art exhibits. Non-majors prepare assign- Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, and others. Con- ments in English. Conducted in French. ducted in French. Recommended preparation: 601 Revolutions III (4, max 8) Seminar on Spring semester in Paris only. Recommended FREN 330. concept of revolution in French and Franco- preparation: FREN 330. phone cultures. Topics will vary. 473 Readings in 19th Century French Litera- 432 French Theatre (4, Sp) (Paris Semester ture (4) Texts selected from the works of 602 Raison et Déraison III (4, max 8) Semi- only) A survey of French theatre from the Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Zola, Hugo, Mus- nar on reason and unreason in literature and 17th century to the present. Students read set, and Baudelaire, illustrating the century’s the arts in French and Francophone cultures. plays ranging from classical comedy and major literary movements. Conducted in Topics will vary. tragedy to modern movements. Live theatre French. Recommended preparation: FREN 330. performances will supplement class work. 695 Topics and/or Themes in French Litera- Taught in French. Prerequisite: FREN 330; 474 Readings in 20th Century French Lit- ture (4, max 12) recommended preparation: familiarity with erature (4) Representative novels, plays French history since the Renaissance. and essays exemplifying such movements 790 Research (1-12) Research leading to the as Modernism, Surrealism, Existentialism, doctorate. Maximum units which may be 445 Studies in Gender and Feminism (4) the Theatre of the Absurd, and Post- applied to the degree to be determined by Major feminist thinkers and writers seen in modernism. Conducted in French. Recom- the department. Graded CR/NC. the perspective of the evolution of gender mended preparation: FREN 330. roles in France today. Conducted in French. 794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0) Recommended preparation: FREN 330. 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8) Indi- Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded vidual research and readings. Not available IP/CR/NC. 446 Contemporary French Thought for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental (4, max 8) Introduction to important trends approval. in recent French philosophy, political and ITALIAN (ITAL) social theory, psychoanalysis, ethnology, semi- 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Selected top- otics, and media studies. Readings in struc- ics in French. 020x Course in Reading Italian (2) For grad- turalism, post-structuralism, feminism, and uate students who wish help in meeting the deconstruction. Conducted in English. 500 Rhétoriques des Arts I (4) Core seminar Italian reading requirement for the Ph.D. on the arts, especially writing, in French and degree. Synoptic presentation of Italian gram- 447 Decadence (4) Decadence in French lit- Francophone traditions. Methodological mar. Emphasis on development of reading erature and thought from 1650 to the present. emphasis. Texts by Paulhan, Baudelaire, and skills. Not available for degree credit. Graded Close textual analysis of works by Colette, others. Topics will vary. CR/NC. Huysmans, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and others. 502 Raison et Déraison I (4) Core seminar 120 Italian I (4, FaSp) Introduction to current on reason and unreason in literature and the Italian. Oral practice, hearing and reading 449 Studies in French Civilization (4, Sp) arts in French and Francophone cultures. comprehension; grammar necessary for sim- (Paris Semester only) An analysis of the pres- Methodological emphasis. Texts by Descartes, ple spoken and written expression. Lecture, tige of Paris, past and present, based upon Foucault, and others. Topics will vary. classroom drill, laboratory drill. close examination of literary texts and graphic materials, and visits to sites and monuments. 511 Revolutions I (4) Core seminar on con- 150 Italian II (4, FaSp) Continuation of Recommended preparation: FREN 300. cept of revolution in French and Franco- Italian I. phone cultures. Methodological emphasis. 464 Colloquium: French Civilization Texts by Rousseau, Marx, and others. Topics 220 Italian III (4, FaSp) Continuation of Ital- (4, max 8) Selected topics such as the press, will vary. ian II. Review of structure of the language, educational institutions, French cinema today, drill in aural and reading comprehension, and French colonial history. Conducted in 551 Revolutions II (4, max 8) Seminar on practice in oral expression. Prerequisite: French. Recommended preparation: FREN 351 concept of revolution in French and Fran- ITAL 150. or FREN 352. cophone cultures. Topics will vary. 224 Intermediate Italian Conversation (4) 470 Readings in Medieval and Renaissance 552 Raison et Déraison II (4, max 8) Seminar Practice in aural comprehension and speak- French Literature (4) Study of modernized on reason and unreason in literature and the ing of the language used in everyday situa- versions of major medieval and Renaissance arts and Francophone cultures. Topics will tions; vocabulary building. Corequisite: texts. Conducted in French. Recommended vary. ITAL 220. preparation: FREN 330. 560 Rhétoriques des Arts II (4, max 8) Semi- nar on the arts in French and Francophone traditions. Topics will vary. Freshman Seminars 281
320 Italian Composition and Conversation 390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, indi- 462 The Novella Tradition: Fables and Sto- (4) Practice in pronunciation and sustained vidual studies. No more than one registration ries (4, FaSp) Reading and close textual conversation in standard modern Italian. permitted. scrutiny of major short stories from Boccac- Simple expository writing. Emphasis on spo- cio’s Decameron to the present. Recommended ken sentence patterns and familiar idiom. 430 Readings in Medieval and Renaissance preparation: ITAL 320. Normally follows Italian III. Recommended Italian Literature (4) Introduction to princi- preparation: ITAL 220. pal works and movements of Italian literature 470 Modern and Postmodern Italian Litera- from 1226 to 1600. Recommended preparation: ture (4, FaSp) Reading and close textual 330 Advanced Italian Composition and ITAL 320. scrutiny of works of the 20th century from Style (4) Original composition in Italian; writ- Verga’s I Malavoglia to the present. Recom- ten translation of English material; analysis of 435 Ruins, Magic and Melancholy: Italian mended preparation: ITAL 320. stylistic techniques of contemporary Italian Literature 1600-1860 (4) Introduction to authors. (Duplicates credit in former ITAL principal works and movements of Italian lit- 480 Perceptions of the Exotic in Italian 444.) Recommended preparation: ITAL 220. erature from 1600 to 1860. Recommended Culture (4) The “exotic” as a cultural con- preparation: ITAL 320. cept in Italian literature, popular genres, 340 Italian Literature from Unification to and film. Conducted in Italian. Recommended Fascism (4, FaSp) Reading of standard Eng- 440 Futurism and Fascism in Italy (4) Litera- preparation: ITAL 320. lish translations of selected novels by leading ture, theatre, visual arts, and politics, from Italian writers (1861-1945). the Futurist Avant-Garde through the reign 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8) Indi- of Mussolini. Recommended preparation: vidual research and readings. Not available 345 Contemporary Italy (4) Italian literature ITAL 320. for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental and arts in Italy following World War II. Con- approval. ducted in English. 446 Italian Cinema and Society (4) Survey of Italian cinema in its relation to social transfor- 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Special top- 350 Italian Renaissance Literature in Trans- mation, from the silent era to the present. ics in Italian literature, culture, and society. lation (4) Readings of major texts of Italian Weekly screenings, lectures, and discussions. Conducted in Italian. Prerequisite: ITAL 224. literature of the 15th and 16th centuries, Conducted in English. (Duplicates credit in including works by Petrarch, the Humanists, former ITAL 346.) 590 Directed Research (1-12) Research lead- Lorenzo de Medici, Ariosto, Machiavelli, ing to the master’s degree in cognate fields. Castiglione, and Tasso. 450 Dante (4) Analysis of the Divina Comme- Maximum units which may be applied to the dia and other works. degree to be determined by the department. 380 Italian Women Writers (4) Selected Graded CR/NC. poetry, prose, and drama by outstanding Ital- 461 Theatre, Spectacle, Drama and Perfor- ian women authors and their role in Italian mance in Italy (4, FaSp) Italian dramatic lit- society from the Middle Ages to 20th cen- erature from the earliest written documents tury. Taught in Italian. Recommended prepara- to the present. Reading and close textual tion: ITAL 320. scrutiny of plays by major dramatists from the Renaissance to the present. Recommended preparation: ITAL 320.
Freshman Seminars
College Academic Services Building 200 mind is emphasized through a variety of Freshman Seminars will be offered for the (213) 740-2961 classroom activities and assignments. fall and spring semesters in a variety of sub- www.usc.edu/fsem jects. Individual topics will be indicated by To encourage the relaxed interchange of parenthetical titles in the Schedule of Classes Director: Richard Fliegel, Ph.D. information and ideas, most seminars are under the FSEM designation or on the graded credit/no credit. Each seminar is limit- department’s website (www.usc.edu/fsem). Freshman Seminars introduce freshmen to ed in enrollment to 18 freshmen. the larger academic world they are now For further information, contact Richard entering. These small group seminars address Freshman Seminars encourage the natural Fliegel, Ph.D., (213) 740-2961, email: topics of current interest in contemporary development of the mentoring relationship [email protected], or Marsha Chavarria-Winbush, research and scholarship. between faculty and students. An early start (213) 740-2961, email: [email protected]. on building these connections enhances the Freshmen earn two units of baccalaureate opportunities for intellectual growth through- credit through participation in these weekly out the student’s years at USC. seminars. Active exploration of the life of the 282 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Courses of Instruction
FRESHMAN SEMINARS (FSEM) 100 Freshman Seminar (2, max 4, FaSp) 101 Freshman Seminar (2, max 4, FaSp) A seven-to-eleven week course offered for A seven-to-eleven week course offered for The terms indicated are expected but are not incoming freshmen; limited to 18 students. incoming freshmen; limited to 18 students. guaranteed. For the courses offered during any Graded CR/NC. A combined maximum of Letter graded. A combined maximum of given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. 4 units of FSEM 100 and FSEM 101 may be 4 units of FSEM 100 and FSEM 101 may be applied to the degree. applied to the degree.
Gender Studies
Mark Taper Hall of Humanities 331-C Marsha Kinder, Ph.D. (Cinema-Television); Meyer, Ph.D. (Art History); Erica Muhl, (213) 740-8286 Dorinne Kondo, Ph. D. (Anthropology); Ph.D. (Music); Laura Pulido, Ph.D. FAX: (213) 740-6168 Alexandra Levine, M.D. (Medicine); Philippa (Geography); Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Ph.D. Email: [email protected] Levine, Ph.D. (History); Doe Mayer, Ph.D. (History); Margaret F. Rosenthal, Ph.D. (Cinema-Television); Margaret McLaughlin, (French and Italian); Margaret Russett, Ph.D. Chair: Nancy Lutkehaus, Ph.D. (Anthropology) Ph.D. (Communication); Tania Modleski, (English); Essie Seck, Ph.D. (Social Work); Ph.D. (English); Bryce Nelson, M.Phil. David Sloane, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Faculty (Journalism); Jeffrey Nugent, Ph.D. Development); Peter Starr, Ph.D. (French and Professors: Lois Banner, Ph.D. (History); Lisa (Economics); Edward Ransford, Ph.D. Italian); Marita Sturken, Ph.D. (Commu- Bitel, Ph.D. (History); Carla Kaplan, Ph.D. (Sociology); Kathleen Reardon, Ph.D. nication); Joan Weibel-Orlando, Ph.D. (English); Michael Messner, Ph.D. (Sociology); (Business); Michael Renov, Ph.D. (Cinema- (Anthropology); Elizabeth Zelinski, Ph.D. Gloria Orenstein, Ph.D. (Comparative Television); David Román, Ph.D. (English); (Gerontology) Literature); Hilary M. Schor, Ph.D. (English); Eliz Sanasarian, Ph.D. (Political Science); Carol Walter Williams, Ph.D. (Anthropology) Shammas, Ph.D. (History); Barbara Solomon, Assistant Professors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D. D.S.W. (Social Work and the Graduate School); (Communication); Todd Olson, Ph.D. (Art Associate Professors: Elinor Accampo, Ph.D. Nomi Stolzenberg, J.D. (Law); Madeline History) (History); Sheila Briggs, Ph.D. (Religion); Alice Stoner, Ph.D. (Social Work); Nelly Stromquist, Gambrell, Ph.D. (English); Tara McPherson, Ph.D. (Education); Ann Tickner, Ph.D. The Gender Studies Program explores, across Ph.D. (Cinema-Television) (International Relations); William Tierney, disciplines and cultures, the changing roles, Ph.D. (Education); Nancy Troy, Ph.D. (Art functions and images of women and men Associated Faculty History); Ruth Weisberg, M.A. (Fine Arts); from feminist perspectives. The undergradu- Professors: Constance Ahrons, Ph.D. Jennifer Wolch, Ph.D. (Geography) ate major focuses on the evidence and argu- (Sociology); Scott Altman, J.D. (Law and ment about what the places of women and Associate Dean); Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D. Associate Professors: Laura Baker, Ph.D. men are in culture and what they should be. (Annenberg School for Communication); Warren (Psychology); Marjorie Becker, Ph.D. (History); Course offerings include interdisciplinary Bennis, Ph.D. (Business Administration); Bettine Birge, Ph.D. (East Asian Languages core courses, selected cross-listed classes in Joseph Boone, Ph.D. (English); Laurie and Cultures); Carolyn Dewald, Ph.D. more than 20 departments and the upper- Brand, Ph.D. (International Relations); Lee (Classics); Jo Ann Farver, Ph.D. (Psychology); division community internship and senior Campbell, J.D. (Law); Eugene Cooper, Judith Jackson Fossett, Ph.D. (English); seminar. Majors work with program faculty, in Ph.D. (Anthropology); Michael Dear, Ph.D. Wendy Gilmore, Ph.D. (Neurology); Greg conjunction with College Advising, to devel- (Geography); Richard Easterlin, Ph.D. Hise, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Develop- op a four-year program designed to meet (Economics); Susan Estrich, J.D. (Law); Phillip ment); Eunice Howe, Ph.D. (Art History); their individual needs. The program also Ethington, Ph.D. (History); Gelya Frank, Jeanne Jackson, Ph.D. (Occupational Science offers a minor and a graduate certificate for Ph.D. (Occupational Therapy); Charlotte Furth, and Occupational Therapy); Elaine Bell Kaplan, students majoring in other disciplines. Ph.D. (History); Diane Ghirardo, Ph.D. Ph.D. (Sociology); Lon Kurashige, Ph.D. (Architecture); Genevieve Giuliano, Ph.D. (History); Margaret Lazzari, M.F.A. (Fine (Policy, Planning, and Development); Barry Arts); Paul Lerner, Ph.D. (History); Janet Glassner, Ph.D. (Sociology); Thomas Habinek, Levin, Ph.D. (Philosophy); Sharon Lloyd, Ph.D. (Classics); Harlan D. Hahn, Ph.D. Ph.D. (Philosophy); Mauricio Mazon, Ph.D. (Political Science); Nora Hamilton, Ph.D. (History); Susan McCabe, Ph.D. (English); (Political Science); Pierrette Hondagneu- Teresa McKenna, Ph.D. (English); Richard Sotelo, Ph.D. (Sociology); Janet Hoskins, Ph.D. (Anthropology); Valina Hasu Houston, M.F.A. (Theatre); Peggy Kamuf, Ph.D. (French and Italian); Mark Kann, Ph.D. (Political Science); Carla Kaplan, Ph.D. (English); Gender Studies 283
Requirements
Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Since many SWMS courses are cross-listed, In addition to the completion of course Gender Studies the two elective upper division courses must requirements, students must include a focus For the lower division, one of the following be from two different departments. on gender as part of their major department courses may be selected as the requirement: master’s thesis, doctoral dissertation or law SWMS 210 Social Issues in Gender or SWMS Graduate Certificate Program review note. Or they may take an oral exami- 225 Sex Similarities and Differences: A Graduate students intending to concentrate nation on three research papers they have Multidisciplinary Approach. For the upper in gender studies must be admitted to a USC written within the areas of gender studies division, 32 units of SWMS courses, includ- graduate or professional program. While and on relevant graduate work pertaining to ing SWMS 301, SWMS 311 and SWMS 410, meeting the requirements for a departmental the field of gender studies. The oral exam are required. graduate degree, they may earn a certificate will be administered by members of the of competency in gender studies. To earn a Gender Studies faculty. A Gender Studies Gender Studies Minor Requirements certificate, students must take SWMS 560 faculty member will be assigned as an advisor The program offers a minor for students spe- and several other courses from the SWMS list for each student. Gender Studies faculty will cializing in other disciplines. Twenty units of of graduate level courses, 500 and above, to a be responsible for judging the adequacy of course work are required for completion of the total of at least 12 units. No more than four the gender studies analysis in the student’s minor in gender studies: SWMS 210 or SWMS units of directed research may be taken and thesis, dissertation or oral examination. 225; SWMS 301; SWMS 410; and two addi- those units must be taken as SWMS 590. tional 4-unit upper division SWMS courses. Each academic department will determine the number of units completed which may be applied to the student’s graduate degree in that department.
Courses of Instruction
GENDER STUDIES (SWMS) 301m Introduction to Feminist Theory 330 Culture, Gender and Politics in South and the Women’s and Men’s Movements Asia: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal (4) The terms indicated are expected but are not (4, FaSpSm) Theories of feminism; historical, (Enroll in ANTH 330) guaranteed. For the courses offered during any social and cultural perspectives of the women’s given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. movement in America, Europe, and in devel- 335 Women, Religion, and Sexuality (4) oping countries; men’s roles in the feminist (Enroll in REL 335) 140g Contemporary Moral and Social movement. Issues (4) (Enroll in PHIL 140g) 336 Health, Gender and Ethnicity (4, Sp) 304xm Italian Renaissance Art: Old Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, 210gm Social Issues in Gender (4, FaSp) Masters and Old Mistresses (4) (Enroll in and healing; historic and cultural variability of Multidisciplinary survey of gender assump- AHIS 304xm) ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental tions in relation to sexuality, mental illness, and disability. health, social and political relations, and 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction (4) artistic expression. Concurrent enrollment: (Enroll in ANTH 305) 345 Men and Women in United States WRIT 140. History from the 1920s to the Present (4) 311 Gender Studies and the Community: (Enroll in HIST 345) 225 Sex Similarities and Differences: Internship (4, FaSpSm) A combination of A Multidisciplinary Approach (4, Fa) Empir- internships in the community and an inten- 347 Race, Gender and Power in Franco- ical study of similarities and differences sive seminar on the relationship of the stu- phone Literature (4) (Enroll in FREN 347) between the sexes from biological, psycho- dents in the academic community with the logical, anthropological, sociological, and larger urban community of which it is a part. 363m Race, Gender and Sexuality in Con- gerontological perspectives. Focused on evo- temporary Art (4) (Enroll in AHIS 363m) lution, methodological approaches, and cur- 316 Gender and Global Issues (4) (Enroll in rent research. IR 316) 364m Racial and Ethnic Women in America (4, Fa) Dynamics of gender, race 245gm Gender and Sexualities in American 320 Male and Female in Pacific Society (4) and class that have shaped the lives of History (4) (Enroll in HIST 245gm) (Enroll in ANTH 320) women in the U.S.; social, political and economic factors; historical and contempo- 300 Women in Antiquity (4) (Enroll in 321 Gender and Judaism (4) (Enroll in JS rary experiences. CLAS 300) 321) 366m Chicana and Latina Experiences (4) 324 Women in the European Middle Ages (Enroll in SOCI 366m) (4) (Enroll in COLT 324) 369 The Family in a Changing Society (4) (Enroll in SOCI 369) 284 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
370 Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural 420 Woman, Nature, Culture: The Behav- 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Study of a Perspective (4) (Enroll in ANTH 370) ioral Ecology of Women (4, FaSp) Analysis selected problem, period, or theme through of theoretical perspectives and empirical interdisciplinary approaches. 372 Human Sexuality (4) (Enroll in data from biology, psychology and anthropol- PSYC 372) ogy that relate to women’s physiology and 504 Theories of Race, Class, and Gender (4) behavior. (Enroll in ENGL 504) 374g Women Writers in Europe and America (4) (Enroll in COLT 374g) 426 Gender, Family and Society in Europe 505 Seminar in Feminist Theory and Art and the United States, 1500-Present (4) History (4, max 8) (Enroll in AHIS 505) 375 Women and Gender in China: Past and (Enroll in HIST 426) Present (4) (Enroll in EALC 375) 507 Gender and International Relations 428 Women in Music (2, Irregular) (Enroll in (4, Irregular) (Enroll in IR 507) 376 Women in Contemporary Literature MUHL 428) and the Arts (4) (Enroll in COLT 376) 508 Ethics of Liberation Theology (4) 435m Women in Society (4) (Enroll in (Enroll in REL 508) 377 The Image of the Journalist in Popular SOCI 435m) Culture (4) (Enroll in JOUR 375) 509 Culture, Gender, and Global Society (4) 437m Sexuality and Society (4) (Enroll in (Enroll in IR 509) 380 Sex and Gender in Anthropological SOCI 437m) Perspective (4) (Enroll in ANTH 380) 516x Seminar: Feminist Theory and 440 Women’s Literature in Germany I (4) Communication (4, 2 years, Sp) (Enroll 381 Sex, Power, and Politics (4) (Enroll in (Enroll in GERM 440) in COMM 516) POSC 381) 442m Women’s Spaces in History: 548 Fertility Control Policies (4) (Enroll in 382 Political Theories and Social Reform “Hussies,” “Harems,” and “Housewives” (4) SOCI 548) (2 or 4) (Enroll in POSC 380) (Enroll in ARCH 442m) 550 Gender and Education in the Third 383 French Women Writers (4) (Enroll in 445 Studies in Gender and Feminism (4) World (3) (Enroll in EDPA 550) FREN 383) (Enroll in FREN 445) 551 Studies in the History of Women, 384 Overcoming Prejudice (4, Fa) Analysis of 455m Gender and Sport (4) Sport as an insti- Gender and Sexuality (4, max 8) (Enroll in the most effective strategies and techniques tutional locus for construction of gender HIST 550) for reducing prejudice against racial/ethnic relations; lives of female and male athletes; minorities, women, gays and lesbians, and issues of sexuality, violence, racism, specta- 552 Sex and Gender in Society (4) (Enroll in others subjected to stigma. torship, and media. SOCI 552)
385m Men and Masculinity (4) Interdiscipli- 456 Women in International Development 554 Women in Global Perspective (4) nary examination of social, personal meanings (4) (Enroll in POSC 456) Women and immigration, employment, and of masculinity; variety of male experience by household and family relations in the context social class, race, sexuality, and age; emerging 465 Gender in Media Industries and of the global economy; women’s social and masculinities of the future. Products (4) (Enroll in COMM 465) political movements in diverse cultural contexts. 390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, indi- 467 Gender and the News Media (4) (Enroll vidual studies. No more than one registration in JOUR 467) 556 Seminar on Women and the Family in permitted. Enrollment by petition only. China (4) (Enroll in EALC 556) 469 Women in English Literature before 395m Gender, Media and Communication 1800 (4) (Enroll in ENGL 469) 560 Feminist Theory (4, FaSpSm) History of (4) (Enroll in COMM 395m) feminist theory and major perspectives of 470 Women in English and American Litera- current feminist theory: liberal feminism, 410 Senior Seminar in Gender Studies (4, Fa) ture after 1800 (4) (Enroll in ENGL 470) socialist/Marxist feminism, radical feminism, Study of a selected problem, period, or psychological feminism, spiritual feminism, theme in the study of women and men in 473x Population Economics (4) (Enroll in and ecological feminism. society by integrating perspectives from ECON 473x) cross-cultural and interdisciplinary studies. 562 Women as Writers in World Literature 476m Images of Women in Contemporary (4) (Enroll in COLT 562) 415 Ecofeminism (4, Sp) Examination of the Culture (4) (Enroll in ENGL 476m) philosophy and politics of Ecofeminism. It 575 The Ethics of Women’s Liberation (3) will critique the ideologies that link the 478m Sexual/Textual Diversity (4) (Enroll in (Enroll in REL 575) oppression of women to the exploitation of ENGL 478m) nature. Recommended preparation: SWMS 210 577 Therapy, Gender, and Ethnicity (3) or SWMS 301. 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSpSm) (Enroll in SOCI 577) Independent research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval. Geography 285
588 Seminar in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual 590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) 623 Family Law (3 or 4) (Enroll in LAW 623) and Transgender Studies (4) Interdisci- Research leading to the master’s degree in plinary cross-cultural, historical, psycho- cognate fields. Maximum units which may be 630 Studies in Gender (4, max 12) (Enroll in logical, sociological, and contemporary applied to the degree to be determined by ENGL 630) political perspectives on female and male the department. Graded CR/NC. homosexual eroticism, and the emergence 635 Race, Space and Place (4, Fa) (Enroll in of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender 599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Seminar GEOG 635) identities. in selected topics relating to gender and feminism. 640 Legal Conceptions of Maternity and Paternity (1-4) (Enroll in LAW 640) 621 Gender Discrimination (1-4, FaSp) (Enroll in LAW 621) 647 Gender Issues in Counseling (3) (Enroll in EDCO 647)
Geography
Kaprielian Hall 416 affect the location and spatial organization of General Studies administered by the Rossier (213) 740-0050 population groups and their activities in dis- School of Education; and the B.S. in FAX: (213) 740-0056 tinct geographical units (e.g., cities, regions, Environmental Science. Email: [email protected] nations, states, landscapes); the study of place through perspectives on difference, including The graduate program is organized around Chair: Bernard O. Bauer, Ph.D. race, gender, class, sexuality, and the post- one central theme — urban environments — modern condition; the sustainability of urban and it focuses on key processes that explain Faculty places; globalization and transnationalism; the geography of economic, sociocultural and Professors: Bernard O. Bauer, Ph.D.; Michael and the mapping and representation of earth political life in cities within the context of nat- J. Dear, Ph.D.*; Genevieve Giuliano, surface features and of resource management ural resource opportunities and constraints. Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development); policies through the lens of geographic infor- Research and teaching in the department Dowell Myers, Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and mation science. Many courses meet general focus on contemporary urban opportunities Development); Curtis C. Roseman, Ph.D.; John education requirements. Programs are offered and problems, with special emphasis on P. Wilson, Ph.D.; Jennifer R. Wolch, Ph.D.* for majors, non-majors and graduate students. Los Angeles, Southern California and other The department fosters close working rela- large urban centers around the Pacific Rim. Associate Professors: Carolyn Cartier, Ph.D.; tionships among students and faculty. Geographic information science plays an Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Ph.D.; Greg Hise, important role in solving problems affecting Ph.D. (Policy, Planning, and Development); The undergraduate major leads to the bache- natural and built environments, and special Laura Pulido, Ph.D. lor of arts degree. Students are introduced to attention is directed at combining the three basic geographical concepts and methods in core geographic information technologies (geo- Assistant Professor: Roderick C. McKenzie, a series of required core courses; additional graphic information systems, global position- Ph.D.* courses emphasizing urban environments, ing systems and remote sensing). M.A., M.S. natural environments or geographic informa- and Ph.D. degrees are offered by the depart- Research Assistant Professor: Travis Longcore, tion science complement the core. Majors ment although college-based sources of finan- Ph.D.; Robert Vos, Ph.D. should expect to participate in several field cial support are available only for doctoral stu- trips as part of their course of study. Practical dents. Graduate certificates in geographic *Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award. experience gained while working as interns information science and in sustainable cities or research assistants is strongly encouraged. are also offered. The Department of Geography offers courses Four interdisciplinary minors also adminis- concerned with broad-ranging understand- tered by the Geography Department are ings of humans as inhabitants, observers and described in this section. Geography courses transformers of their environments. Central feature prominently in three other majors: themes include: the interrelations between the B.A. in Social Sciences administered by human systems and their natural environ- the Department of History; the B.S. in ments; diversity within cultural, social, eco- nomic and political systems; processes that
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Undergraduate Degrees
Bachelor of Arts in Geography GEOG 397 Applied Geography Geographic Information Science The geography major requires a minimum of Internship 2-4, max 4 Interdisciplinary Minor 36 units, including six required courses and GEOG 477 Water Resources 4 This minor for all students, except geography three courses from one of the following tracks. majors enrolled in the geographic information Geographic Information Science science track, explores the core geographic The Urban Environments track emphasizes GEOG 281L Environmental Geographic information technologies and the ways in the role of social theory in understanding Information Systems 4 which they can be used to help advance urban and regional development; race and GEOG 481 Map Design and knowledge in the environmental and social ethnicity, immigration, social problems and Analysis 4 sciences. The minor requires 21-22 units. policies; and nature-society relations in cities. GEOG 482L Principles of Geographic The Natural Environments track examines Information Science 4 TWO COURSES FROM UNITS the key processes, dynamics, and interactions GEOG 483ab Applied Geographic CSCI 101L Fundamentals of Computer underlying the geographical distribution of Information Science Programming 3 land, air and water resources and the identifi- Internship 2-2 CSCI 102L Data Structures 4 cation of problems and solutions affecting GEOG 485ab Directed Geographic GEOG 281L Environmental Geographic them. The Geographic Information Science Information Science Information Systems 4 track examines the special character of geo- Research 2-2 graphic information, the three core geograph- REQUIRED COURSES UNITS Minor in Geography ic information technologies (GIS, GPS, GEOG 392 Geographical Analysis 4 Remote Sensing), and how they can be used GEOG 160L or GEOG 205 and four upper GEOG 482L Principles of Geographic to help answer geographical questions. division courses in geography with at least Information Science 4 one course in each track described above are ONE COURSE FROM UNITS required. SIX UNITS FROM UNITS GEOG 100 Los Angeles and the CE 409abL Computer Aided Design 3-3 Coastal Ocean and Watershed Science American Dream 4 CSCI 201L Principles of Software Interdisciplinary Minor GEOG 120 Geopolitics 4 Development 4 This minor examines the status of the world’s CSCI 485 File and Database ONE COURSE FROM UNITS coastal resources and the connections between Management 3 GEOG 160L The Earth’s Surface 4 the atmosphere, watersheds and oceans. This GEOG 481 Map Design and Analysis 4 GEOG 165L The Atmospheric minor is aimed primarily at students majoring GEOG 483ab Applied Geographic Environment 4 in biology, civil engineering, earth sciences, Information Science GEOG 265L The Water Planet 4 environmental studies, and geography. A total Internship 2-2 of 22-24 (40 including prerequisites) units is GEOG 485ab Directed Geographic REQUIRED COURSES UNITS required. Information Science GEOG 391 Geographical Foundations 4 Research 2-2 GEOG 392 Geographical Analysis 4 ONE COURSE FROM UNITS ITP 204x Fundamentals of Web GEOG 393 Field Techniques 4 CE 309 Fluid Mechanics 3 Development 3 GEOG 494 The Professional GEOG 265L The Water Planet 4 Geographer 4 GEOL 107L Oceanography 4 Pacific Rim Development Interdisciplinary THREE COURSES (12 UNITS) FROM ONE REQUIRED COURSE UNITS Minor OF THE TRACKS UNITS GEOG 370 Marine and Coastal Zone This minor examines Pacific Rim histories, Urban Environments Geography 4 cultures, economies and transnational con- GEOG 205 Introduction to Human nections, especially between Asian and North Geography 4 FOUR COURSES CHOSEN FROM (NO MORE American world-city regions. The minor GEOG 306 Asia and the Global THAN TWO FROM A SINGLE DEPARTMENT) UNITS requires 24 units. Economy 4 BISC 469L Marine Biology 4 GEOG 325 Culture and Place 4 CE 451 Water Resources ONE COURSE FROM UNITS GEOG 340 Latino L.A. 4 Engineering 4 EASC 150 East Asian Societies 4 GEOG 397 Applied Geography CE 466 Design of Free-Surface MDA 170 La Frontera: The U.S.- Internship 2-4, max 4 Hydraulic Systems 3 Mexico Borderlands 4 GEOG 410 Urban Geography 4 GEOG 365L Fundamentals of Weather and Climate 4 REQUIRED COURSES UNITS Natural Environments GEOG 477 Water Resources 4 GEOG 205 Introduction to Human GEOG 260L Natural Hazards 4 GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate and the Geography 4 GEOG 365L Fundamentals of Weather Environment 4 GEOG 306 Asia and the Global and Climate 4 GEOL 460L Geochemistry and Economy 4 GEOG 370 Marine and Coastal Zone Hydrogeology 4 IR 361 The Asia-Pacific in Geography 4 GEOL 470 Environmental International Affairs 4 Hydrogeology 4 IR 365 U.S. Responses to Revolutionary Change in Latin America and the Caribbean 4 Geography 287
ONE COURSE FROM UNITS ONE COURSE FROM UNITS Honors Program COMM 431 Global Strategy for the GEOG 100 Los Angeles and the The department offers an honors program Communications Industry 4 American Dream 4 involving a year of study culminating in the IR 358 The Asia Pacific in PPD 100 Los Angeles, The preparation of an honors thesis. Qualified World Affairs 4 Enduring Pueblo 4 students take GEOG 495ab in consecutive IR 465 Contemporary Issues in fall and spring semesters. Contact the United States-Latin REQUIRED COURSES UNITS departmental undergraduate advisor for fur- America Relations 4 AMST 301 America, the Frontier, ther information. To graduate with departmen- MOR 470 Global Leadership 4 and the New West 4 tal honors, a student must receive at least a B POSC 350 Politics of Latin America 4 GEOG 340 Latino L.A. 4 or better in GEOG 495ab and have an overall POSC 355 Politics of East Asia 4 GEOG 431 Geography of California 4 3.6 GPA in the major (including 495ab). POSC 356 Politics in the People’s TWO COURSES FROM UNITS Advisement Republic of China 4 POSC 430 Political Economy of GEOG 325 Culture and Place 4 All geography majors must meet at least once Mexico 4 GEOG 410 Urban Geography 4 every semester with the departmental under- POSC 453 Political Change in Asia 4 PPD 302 Urban Sleuths: Exploring graduate advisor. People and Places in Cities 4 Interdisciplinary Minor in Southern PPD 354 Los Angeles: The City, California The Novel, The Movie 2 This minor program of study examines the PPD 352a Los Angeles Mini unique human and cultural character of Semester 4 Southern California and the emergence of Los Angeles as one of the world’s most vibrant and diverse city-regions during the second half of the 20th century. A total of 22-24 units is required.
Graduate Degrees
M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. Programs Selection Criteria the student and the advisor, will subsequent- The graduate programs in geography focus Selection for graduate study is based on let- ly establish a guidance committee for each on a set of research specializations in urban ters of reference, the student’s previous student. environments. In addition to completing academic record, the Graduate Record core, methods, specialty and elective courses, Examinations and a personal statement of Degree Requirements students are expected to conduct significant purpose for graduate study. Selection is made Graduate degrees are under the jurisdiction geographical research in independent study, by committee. of the Graduate School. Refer to the research seminars and dissertation work. Requirements for Graduation section (page Such work will reflect modern geographical Application Procedure 62) and the Graduate School section of this thinking at theoretical and empirical levels. Applicants should examine the departmental catalogue (page 601) for general regulations. Master’s degree programs are designed to Web site (www.usc.edu/dept/geography) or con- All courses applied toward the degrees must develop basic technical and theoretical skills tact the department for an admission package be courses accepted by the Graduate School. leading to a range of geographical careers. at least two to four months in advance of The Ph.D. is directed toward the creation of submission deadlines. Applicants requesting Master of Arts and Master of Science in sophisticated geographical scholars commit- consideration for scholarships or fellowships Geography ted to the practice and teaching of geography. should return their applications by January 15 The department no longer accepts applica- (or earlier, if possible). Applicants requesting tions for master’s degrees in geography with- Admission Requirements financial aid from the department (TA or RA) out decanal approval and in the absence of Applicants for admission to graduate standing should submit applications by February 15. external (non-college) sources of funding. are expected to have a bachelor’s degree in Applicants not requiring financial assistance Regulations governing masters’ degrees geography or a related field and a GPA of at should submit their applications as soon as appear in the 2003-2004 USC Catalogue. least 3.0 (A=4.0), calculated over the last possible thereafter. 60 units of credit earned. Exceptions will be made in cases of very high GRE scores or Advisement other compelling evidence of potential to Advisement for the graduate programs is excel in graduate studies (e.g., outstanding viewed as an ongoing process. Before enter- letters of recommendation). For admission to ing the program and during the first few the Ph.D. program, an M.A. or M.S. degree months in the program, each student should in geography (or equivalent experience) is work with the director of graduate programs. desirable but not required. As soon as possible, each student should identify a research advisor who agrees to guide the student through his or her pro- gram. The department, in consultation with 288 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography and at least one person from outside the to USC students pursuing Ph.D. programs in Course Requirements department. The committee consults with many disciplines including engineering, biol- A minimum of 56 units is required, exclusive the student, advises the student on the pro- ogy, chemistry, earth sciences, economics, of GEOG 794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation. gram of study and administers the qualifying geography, international relations, political The following courses are required: examination. science, sociology, urban planning and others.
Two 4-unit core courses (GEOG 500 and Qualifying Examination Creating sustainable cities for the 21st century GEOG 501); A qualifying examination is administered in is a major challenge for society. The growth of the third year of full-time enrollment upon cities, caused by natural population increase Four units of GEOG 502abcd taken in the completion of all course requirements specif- and massive rural-to-urban population flows, first four semesters of enrollment; ic to the department. The written part of the poses critical environmental problems that examination comprises questions submitted reach far beyond municipal boundaries and Two 4-unit methods courses, including by the guidance committee on current geo- transcend national borders. Resolving such GEOG 583 or its equivalent, and one other graphical theory and practice, as well as on problems requires contributions from natural quantitative or qualitative methods course the student’s research specialization. The scientists, engineers, behavioral scientists and approved by the department chair; subsequent oral portion of the examination policy experts. To solve problems of national may expand on those questions or may concern, such scientists must work produc- Four 4-unit specialty courses in the depart- include additional questions of a similar tively with public administrators, political ment consistent with the urban environments nature. The oral portion assesses the candi- decision-makers and diverse interest groups. theme; dates’ readiness to commence dissertation This program seeks to equip doctoral stu- research. Students who fail the qualifying dents with both the requisite knowledge of A total of 16 units of elective courses with at examination and who do not hold a master’s other fields and the political, interpersonal least one course taken from outside the degree from another institution may be eligi- and communication skills necessary to suc- department, for breadth; and ble for a Master of Arts degree, upon the rec- ceed in practical contexts. ommendation of the guidance committee, At least four, but no more than eight units of presuming at least 36 units of graduate-level The sustainable cities program is designed to GEOG 794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation. courses at USC have been completed. be integrated into each student’s departmen- tally based course of doctoral study, with each Students with a prior master’s degree may Dissertation department determining how individual sus- petition to receive transfer credit for up to 20 Upon successful completion of the qualifying tainable cities program courses can be used to units based on previous graduate work com- examination, a dissertation committee (three- meet doctoral program requirements. pleted. These transfer credits are only applic- person minimum) is appointed by the able to the methods, specialty and elective research advisor in consultation with the stu- Required Courses course requirements. Approval from the dent. A dissertation proposal must be written Sixteen units of graduate work are required. Graduate School and the department chair and presented to the department in a public are required. At least one-half of the total lecture and defended immediately afterward CORE COURSES (8 UNITS) UNITS number of units applied toward the Ph.D. in closed session with the dissertation com- CE 564 Methods for Assessment degree must be completed at USC (i.e., at mittee. The candidate then embarks on doc- and Protection of least 30 of 60 units beyond the bachelor’s toral dissertation research. Upon completion Environmental Quality 3 degree). At least two-thirds of the number of of an approved draft of the dissertation, the COMM 646 Negotiating Boundaries in units presented for the degree (including committee administers the final defense of Environmental Research 2 transfer work, but not including GEOG 594 the dissertation. The defense takes place GEOG 601 Sustainable Cities 3 or GEOG 794) must be 500-level or higher. upon unanimous approval of the dissertation Students with Advanced Standing may not committee. It is conducted in the form of a apply additional 400-level course work public lecture, advertised campus-wide and Research (8 units) toward the Ph.D. degree. presented in the Geography Department Students complete 8 units of directed Colloquium Series. The lecture is followed research in their home departments over the Screening Procedure by a closed question and answer session with course of three semesters (2 units in semes- Ph.D. students must undergo a screening the dissertation committee, after which an ters two and three of the program and 4 units procedure administered by the department at evaluation by the committee is made. in the fourth semester). the end of the spring semester of their first year of full-time enrollment and prior to Sustainable Cities Program The first two directed research courses are receipt of 25 units of graduate credit at USC. Graduate Certificate in Environmental devoted to an individual research project This procedure consists of a review of the Sciences, Policy and Engineering related to their dissertation, supervised by at student’s progress to date and a decision on KAP 413 least two faculty from different fields. the student’s continuation in the program. (213) 821-1325 Email: [email protected] The third directed research course is a Guidance Committee semester-long collaborative project involving A doctoral guidance committee is formed Co-Directors: Joseph Devinny (Environmental professors and students from at least three after the student has passed the screening Engineering); Jennifer Wolch (Geography) different disciplines. procedure. The committee is appointed in consultation with the student’s research The environmental sciences, policy and engi- advisor and the student. It is composed of neering sustainable cities program is a multi- five people, including the advisor, at least disciplinary doctoral certificate program open two other members of the geography faculty, Geography 289
Admission Requirements and Application graduate grades, results from the General technologies. International students must Procedures Test of the GRE and a letter of reference submit TOEFL scores and are expected to Students must be currently matriculated in a from their doctoral advisor. achieve a minimum score of 600 on this exam. USC doctoral degree program or applicants for admission to such a program. Students Graduate Certificate in Geographic The courses in this program are open to may obtain an admissions package from the Information Science students living and/or working anywhere, USC Graduate School or their intended The graduate certificate program in geo- including students at USC’s Los Angeles, home department. To apply for admission graphic information science uses a variety of Sacramento and Washington, D.C. campuses. students should send a letter by February 1 learning strategies delivered through distance The program can be completed in one calen- to William Vuong, University of Southern education to provide an increased knowledge dar year by taking one course in each of the California, Sustainable Cities Program, 3620 of geographic information system technolo- fall, spring and summer semesters. S. Vermont Ave., KAP 413, Los Angeles, CA gies and the geographic concepts and meth- 90089-0255. This letter should: (1) describe ods embedded in them. Course Requirements the student’s field of interest and how it con- Certificate candidates must complete a mini- tributes to the study of urban sustainability; Admission Requirements mum of 12 units of course work, consisting of (2) identify potential collaborative projects in Candidates for admission must have: (1) a GEOG 581, GEOG 583 and either GEOG which the student might wish to participate; B.A. or B.S. degree or its international equiv- 585 or GEOG 587. Outstanding students may (3) provide contact information, including alent, and (2) a minimum 3.0 GPA (A = 4.0) apply for admission to the M.S. program in address, phone number, email address and for all undergraduate work. Preference will geography (geographic information science the primary academic unit. Students already be given to candidates with significant pro- emphasis) upon completion of 12 units of enrolled in a USC doctoral program who wish fessional experience working with geographic course work. to apply to the program should also submit information systems and related geospatial copies of their official undergraduate and
Courses of Instruction
GEOGRAPHY (GEOG) 205 Introduction to Human Geography 265Lg The Water Planet (4, Sp) An explo- (4, Fa) Topical and systematic interpretation ration of earth’s water, ranging from water The terms indicated are expected but are not of world landscape development and patterns properties, chemistry, and pollution, to guaranteed. For the courses offered during any focusing on agricultural, urban, economic, groundwater dynamics, watershed processes, given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. and political systems. and oceanic-atmospheric circulation. Implica- tions for past and future societies. Lecture 100gm Los Angeles and the American 215gm Ethnicity and Place (4, Fa) Students and laboratory. Dream (4, FaSp) Evolution of Los Angeles will learn how ethnicity and race are inher- and its role in the American Dream. Diver- ently spatial processes. Immigration, national 281Lg Environmental Geographic Infor- sity in social/spatial organization, urban expe- identity, and historical ethnic geography of mation Systems (4, Fa) Introduction to riences, access to resources, and exposure to the United States will be explored. (Dupli- geographic concepts and methods used in environmental risks. Empirical approaches in cates credit in former MDA 215gm.) Concur- environmental applications of Geographic geography. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. rent enrollment: WRIT 140. Information Systems. Laboratories explore a series of GIS-based environmental manage- 120g Geopolitics (4, Sp) Analysis of the con- 255 American Environmentalism (4, FaSm) ment applications. cept of nation-state in Western societies since Geographic and historic approach to the the industrial revolution and its significance growth of environmental awareness in the 306 Asia and the Global Economy (4, Fa) in the evolution of the world geopolitical United States from Colonial times to the The Asian region in the geographical evolu- map. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. present. Extensive use of case materials. tion of the global economy. Organization and scope of transnational industry. Asian cul- 160Lg The Earth’s Surface (4, Fa) An investi- 257g Environment and Ethics (4, SpSm) ture and society in the creation of economic gation of earth’s near-surface including the Examination of ethical issues in environmental landscapes. lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and context: systematic analysis of problems associ- biosphere within a scientific framework ated with protection and use of selected envi- 325 Culture and Place (4, Fa) Introduction to focused on system structure, dynamics, and ronments. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. the study of landscapes and culture; how place interactions. Lecture and laboratory. creates culture; how cultures produce place. 260Lg Natural Hazards (4, FaSp) The nature (Duplicates credit in former GEOG 225.) 165Lg The Atmospheric Environment and time/space distribution of extreme geo- (4, FaSm) A broad, scientific examination physical events (e.g., floods, droughts, earth- 331 Geography of the United States and of the gaseous envelope surrounding earth quakes), and the range of individual and Canada (4, Sp) Regional characteristics of the including its composition, origin, and struc- social adaptations to the resulting hazard. United States and Canada relating to the phys- ture with specific emphasis on atmospheric ical, economic, and cultural environment. processes that ultimately lead to weather- related phenomena and changing climatic conditions. Lecture and laboratory. 290 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
335 Geography of Latin America 392 Geographical Analysis (4, Sp) Models 483ab Applied Geographic Information (4, Irregular) The essential features of the and theories in human and physical geogra- Science Internship (2-2, FaSpSm) Intensive spatial organization of economies and soci- phy; statistical methods in geography; geo- experience in local public agency, private eties in Latin America, emphasizing the dif- graphical pattern analysis; models of location firm, or non-profit agency engaged in com- ferences between cultures. and geographical interaction. puter processing of geographic information using GIS and related technologies. Graded 340m Latino L.A. (4, Sp) Examines spatial 393 Field Techniques (4, Fa) Field explo- CR/NC. Prerequisite: GEOG 482L; recom- and social patterns of the Latino population ration of physical and cultural aspects of dif- mended preparation: GEOG 481. in Los Angeles. Emphasis on economic, ferent regions, with emphasis on rural Cali- demographic and cultural processes. fornia. Field methods, especially mapping 485ab Directed Geographic Information and interviewing. Science Research (2-2, FaSpSm) Individual 345 Conservation of Natural Resources research and reading on the evolving science, (4, Fa) Interaction between resource conser- 397 Applied Geography Internship (2-4, technology, and application of Geographic vation and people based on recent advances, max 4, FaSpSm) Intensive experience in Information Systems. Graded CR/NC. Prereq- current developments, and future resource local public agency, private firm, or non-profit uisite: GEOG 482L. utilization. Special attention to the western agency engaged in applied geographic work. United States. Field trips. Graded CR/NC. 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSp) Individual research and readings. Not avail- 350m Race and Environmentalism (4, Irregu- 410 Urban Geography (4, Sp) Cities as geo- able for graduate credit. Prerequisite: depart- lar) Relationships between environmentalism, graphic phenomena: location, size, spacing, mental approval. environmental problems and racial-ethnic structure, functions, form, and shape; regional minorities. Rise of environmental justice variations; urban areas as central places. 494 The Professional Geographer (4, Sp) movement. Assessment of social science meth- Integration of intellectual trends in geography ods used to investigate these relationships. 419 Environment and Health (4, Irregular) within the context of a professional project. The geographical determinants of illness and Development of professional skills, analytic 360 Environmental Disasters (4, Sp) Evalu- health, with emphasis on environmental fac- and field techniques in practice, professional ates the causes, effects, and responses to tors. Processes of disease diffusion. Spatial ethics. international environmental disasters. Em- organization of health care systems. phasis is on contemporary case studies in a 495ab Senior Honors Thesis (2-2, FaSp) theoretical context. 425 Historical Geography of the United Design, research, data analysis, and writing of States (4, Irregular) Geographic factors in an undergraduate honors thesis in geography. 363 Cities and Regions in World Politics (4) American history; examination of human Corequisite: GEOG 494. (Enroll in POSC 363) geography in the past; changing interrelation- ships of the physical environment and histori- 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8, FaSp) 365L Fundamentals of Weather and Climate cal processes. Intensive study of selected topics or regions. (4, Irregular) Earth-sun relationships; radia- tion; heat transfer; atmospheric composition, 431 Geography of California (4, 2 years, Sp) 500 The Nature of Geography (4) structure, heat balance, forces, systems, and Type study of a region; distribution of physi- Examination of the core concepts and processes; air-mass, cloud, wave classification; cal and cultural phenomena; delimitation research frontiers in contemporary geographic climatic elements: classification, processes, into natural regions; analysis of human- thought. Graduate standing. (Duplicates and distribution. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, environment interaction in regions of the credit in former GEOG 602). 2 hours. state. Field trips. 501 Geographical Research: Design (4, Sp) 370 Marine and Coastal Zone Geography 477 Water Resources (4, Sp) Theory and Introduction to research in geography, and (4, Sp) Human interaction with marine and techniques for the evaluation of water development of skills and perspectives fun- coastal environments: physical, social, eco- resources. Details of the hydrologic cycle, damental to conducting research in geogra- nomic, and political geography. Emphasis on water use, and hazards. Emphasis on problem phy, including the writing of research pro- Southern California’s coastal region. solving. posals. Prerequisite: graduate standing or departmental approval. 390 Special Problems (1-4, FaSp) Supervised, 481 Map Design and Analysis (4, 2 years, individual studies. No more than one registra- Sp) Computer-based map design principles, 502abcd Research Seminar (1-1-1-1, Fa) tion permitted. Enrollment by petition only. especially for statistical maps; use of maps in Critical evaluation and constructive debate geographical, social scientific and environ- about ongoing faculty and doctoral student 391 Geographical Foundations (4, Sp) His- mental research. research focusing on the association of theory torical overview of the discipline and exami- and methodology. Graded CR/NC. Graduate nation of contemporary issues in geography. 482L Principles of Geographic Information standing. Emphasis on geography as a discipline, Science (4, Sp) Introduction to evolving sci- evolution of key concepts. Project-oriented ence, technology and applications of GIS. 554 Women in Global Perspective (4) seminar. Laboratories provide experience with com- (Enroll in SWMS 554) puter processing of geographic information using several GIS software and programming languages. (Duplicates credit in former GEOG 381L.) Geography 291
571 Fundamentals of Sediment Transport 592 Quantitative Methods in Geography 615 Natural Spaces in Urban Places (4) (4, 2 years, Sp) Entrainment, transport, and (4, Irregular) Statistical and mathematical Urban environments as integrative physical deposition of non-cohesive sediments by techniques used in geographic research; systems comprising atmospheric, hydrologic, flowing fluids. Basic fluid mechanics; simple exposure to computer packages for data- geomorphic, and biogeographic sub-systems fluid-sediment interactions; sediment trans- acquisition and analysis. Prerequisite: a basic modulated by human activity and civil infra- port relationships; bedform dynamics. Pre- course in statistics. structure. Graduate standing. requisite: graduate standing or departmental approval. 593 Field Techniques for Environmental 631 Human Settlement and Migration Monitoring (4, Irregular) This course pro- (4, Irregular) Spatial patterns of settlement 575 Coastal Geomorphology (4, 2 years, Fa) vides a basic set of methods for measurement and processes of internal migration of domi- The study of landforms that result from and analysis of environmental systems, and nant ethnic groups within North America. marine processes: waves, currents, tides and the opportunity to implement these methods Graduate standing. (Duplicates credit in for- wind. Emphasis on the roles of theory and in prototype conditions. mer GEOG 600). empiricism. Prerequisite: graduate standing or departmental approval. 594abz Master’s Thesis (2-2-0, FaSpSm) 635 Race, Space, and Place (4, Fa) Examines Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded the relationship between race, space, and 581 Concepts for Spatial Thinking CR/NC. place. Emphasis on the spatial dimensions of (4, FaSpSm) The unique characteristics and social processes that produce race. Considers importance of spatial information as they 599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8, Irregular) race at various geographic scales. Graduate relate to the evolving science, technology, Seminar in selected topics in geography. standing or departmental approval. and applications of Geographic Information Systems. 601 Sustainable Cities (4) Exploration of 681 Environmental Modeling with GIS environmental problems linked to urbaniza- (4, 2 years, Sp) Advanced topics related to 583 Spatial Analysis and Modeling tion, drawing on historical analysis, social the collection, analysis, modeling, interpreta- (4, FaSpSm) Examination of the process of theory, scientific research, and city planning/ tion, and display of environmental informa- geographic abstraction and modeling in rela- design practice. Alternative policy options for tion using GIS and related technologies. tion to the different data models and spatial urban sustainability. (Duplicates credit in for- Prerequisite: graduate standing and prior GIS analysis operations available in current GIS. mer GEOG 611). experience equivalent to GEOG 482L or Prerequisite: GEOG 581. departmental approval. 603 Postmodern Urbanism (4, 2 years, Sp) 585 Social and Institutional Imacts of GIS A critique of social theoretic perspectives on 695 Advanced Research Seminar (4-12, FaSp) (4, FaSp) The role of GIS as a human activity the modern and postmodern city. Graduate A forum for in-depth investigation of specific system and an examination of the legal, pri- standing. (Duplicates credit in former research topics in sub-disciplines of geogra- vacy, and policy issues affecting geographic GEOG 503). phy. Offerings will depend on student and information. Prerequisite: GEOG 583. faculty interests. Prerequisite: GEOG 500, 605 City Space and Globalization (4, 2 years, GEOG 501, or departmental approval. 587 GPS/GIS Field Techniques (4, Sm) Field Sp) Theoretical analysis of gender in uneven exploration of methods and problems of data development, transnational migration, and 790 Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research acquisition and integration using GPS/GIS the new international division of labor. Pacific leading to the doctorate. Maximum units data collection systems at Wrigley Marine Rim emphasis. Graduate standing. (Dupli- which may be applied to the degree to be Science Center on Catalina Island. cates credit in former GEOG 505). determined by the department. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: departmental 590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) 613 Nature-Society Dialectics (4, Irregular) approval. Research leading to the master’s degree. Historic and contemporary relations between Maximum units which may be applied to the people and environment. Environmental 794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0, degree to be determined by the department. thought, cultural and political ecology, human FaSpSm) Credit on acceptance of disserta- Graded CR/NC. impacts on the natural environment, indige- tion. Graded IP/CR/NC. nous resource rights and comparative interna- tional case studies. Graduate standing. 292 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
German
Taper Hall of Humanities 402 Associate Professor: Cornelius Schnauber, The German Department offers a variety of (213) 740-2795 Ph.D. courses from basic and advanced language FAX: (213) 740-9354 classes to literature classes and general and Email: [email protected] Emeritus Professor: Harold von Hofe, Ph.D. cultural topics. The department’s program www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/german/ stresses a core curriculum, yet it allows *Recipient of University-wide or college award for students — through electives, independent Chair: Gerhard Clausing, Ph.D. teaching. study and study abroad — to fashion their programs to fit their own career goals. Faculty Professors: Dagmar Barnouw, Ph.D.*; Gerhard The department offerings include the B.A., Clausing, Ph.D.; Jerold C. Frakes, Ph.D.; minor, M.A. and Ph.D. Arnold Heidsieck, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Degrees
Major Requirements for the Bachelor of both: Teaching Major Requirements Arts in German GERM 410 Profile of German Twelve lower division units are required. For REQUIRED COURSES, LOWER DIVISION UNITS Literature I 4 the upper division, eight courses are required, GERM 101 German I 4 GERM 420 Profile of German including GERM 320, GERM 325, GERM GERM 102 German II 4 Literature II 4 410, GERM 420 and GERM 470, and one GERM 201 German III, course in the structure of the German Conversation and one of either: language. Composition, or GERM 430 Age of Goethe, or German Minor Requirements GERM 211 German III, Reading GERM 460 Expressionism to Emphasis 4 the Present 4 REQUIRED COURSES, LOWER DIVISION UNITS GERM 221 Conversational GERM 101 German I 4 German IV 4 two from: GERM 102 German II 4 (or an equivalent 16 units) GERM 310 Business German I 4 GERM 201 German III, GERM 311 Business German II 4 Conversation and REQUIRED COURSES, UPPER DIVISION UNITS GERM 335 Applied German Composition, or Eight courses are required; one of either: Drama 4, max 8 GERM 211 German III, Reading GERM 320 Composition and GERM 346 German Folklore Emphasis 4 Conversation on and Popular Culture 4 GERM 221 Conversational Contemporary GERM 360 20th Century German German IV, or Affairs, or Prose: Texts and Films 4 the equivalent by test 4 GERM 325 Composition and GERM 370 Literature and Culture Conversation in in Vienna at the Turn REQUIRED COURSES, UPPER DIVISION Cultural History 4 of the Century 4 Four courses — 16 units in one of the three GERM 372 Literature and Culture areas of concentration. two from: in Berlin of the 1920s 4 GERM 330 Introduction to GERM 465 Germany East and West 4 Literary Studies 4 GERM 466 The German Speaking GERM 351 Colloquium on Drama 4 Nations 4 GERM 352 Colloquium on Poetry 4 GERM 470 Advanced Composition GERM 353 Colloquium on Prose 4 and Stylistics 4
Majors must do all the reading in German for those courses taught in English.
German 293
Literature and Culture Business and Culture (4), GERM 353 (4), GERM 410 (4), GERM GERM 320 (4) or GERM 325 (4); one course GERM 320 (4) or GERM 325 (4), GERM 420 (4), GERM 430 (4), GERM 460 (4), from GERM 330 (4), GERM 351 (4), GERM 310 (4), GERM 311 (4) and one course from: GERM 466 (4). 352 (4), GERM 353 (4); one course from GERM 275 (4), GERM 346 (4), GERM 360 GERM 410 (4), GERM 420 (4), GERM 430 (4), GERM 370 (4), GERM 372 (4), GERM Sequence (4), GERM 460 (4); one course from GERM 465 (4), GERM 466 (4), GERM 470 (4). A placement test is required of all students 275 (4), GERM 335 (4), GERM 346 (4), resuming German after high school courses in GERM 360 (4), GERM 370 (4), GERM 372 Language and Culture German; credit is allowed for all college work (4), GERM 465 (4), GERM 466 (4). GERM 320 (4) or GERM 325 (4), GERM taken above the level established by this test. 470 (4) and two courses from the following: GERM 335 (4), GERM 351 (4), GERM 352
Graduate Degrees
The graduate program in German is designed Doctor of Philosophy in German Qualifying Examination to broaden the student’s knowledge of, and to Screening Procedure The written qualifying examination consists deepen insights into, German literature, cul- The student is accepted into the Ph.D. pro- of four parts, each taking four hours, each ture and language. Its primary aim is profes- gram upon satisfactory completion of the on a separate day. Program A: selected peri- sional preparation for teaching and scholarship M.A. degree at USC. Students with master’s ods, genres and authors as well as critical in German literature and linguistics. Ph.D. degrees from other institutions take a screen- methods. Program B: questions from two applicants can choose between two programs: ing examination during their first semester at chosen periods in German literature; German German literature (history and criticism) or USC. Prior to being admitted to the Ph.D. linguistics. German linguistics (modern, historical and qualifying examination, all candidates are applied) with half the work in literature. expected to present a long seminar paper Doctoral Dissertation Several complementary features of the regular showing their ability to conduct research and An original investigation in philology, course program strengthen the pursuit of the use secondary literature. German linguistics, textual criticism, literary program’s goals: the Swiss Writer-in-Residence history, or literary criticism represents the program and the opportunity to study in Course Requirements usual form of dissertations in German. Germany and in the USC Program in Freiburg. Satisfactory completion of 60 units beyond the baccalaureate and GERM 508 Biblio- Defense of Dissertation Admission Requirements graphy and Research Techniques and 510 This oral examination is basically a defense Graduate work in German requires an under- Methods of Literary Criticism and Linguistic of the method, conclusions, and implications graduate major of at least six upper-division Analysis are required. Program A: Thirteen of the dissertation. courses in German, or equivalent. A student graduate courses in German literature plus who does not have the prerequisites may be two courses in German linguistics, one his- Certificate in Foreign Language Teaching required to make up the deficiencies. torical and one modern. Program B: Eight The Certificate in Foreign Language courses in German linguistics and seven grad- Teaching provides certification in the theory Degree Requirements uate courses in German literature. (Students and practice of second or foreign language These degrees are under the jurisdiction of in Program B take the regular M.A. examina- teaching for student language teachers concur- the Graduate School. Refer to the Require- tion after completing seven graduate courses rently enrolled in graduate degree programs in ments for Graduation section (page 62) and in German literature.) foreign languages or related graduate programs the Graduate School section of this catalogue at USC; for graduates of such programs who (page 601) for general regulations. All courses Foreign Language Requirement are teaching languages; for external candidates applied toward the degrees must be courses Students in the Ph.D. program must demon- concurrently enrolled in similar programs accepted by the Graduate School. strate reading ability in French and one addi- at accredited colleges or universities; or for tional foreign language other than German graduates of such programs who are teaching Master of Arts in German (certification of Grosses Latinum or equiva- languages. The certificate is meant to supple- Completion of 28 units, 19 of which must be lent is accepted). Several language depart- ment graduate study in the literature and lin- at the 500 level or higher, and GERM 508 ments at USC offer special courses in prepa- guistics of foreign languages. It is also meant Bibliography and Research Techniques is ration for examinations offered in these to supplement classroom teaching. Refer to required. A comprehensive examination, departments, or the standardized language the Department of Spanish and Portuguese written and oral, on the period from the eigh- examinations administered by the Educa- (page 393) for course work requirements. teenth century to the present is required. tional Testing Service are accepted. A reading examination in either French or Latin (certification of Grosses Latinum or Guidance Committee equivalent is accepted), or a language for The guidance committee is chosen in consul- special research purposes approved by the tation with the student after the special field student’s committee must be passed (unless of interest has been defined. The chair of the the M.A. is a terminal degree). committee usually becomes the chair of the dissertation committee. 294 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Courses of Instruction
GERMAN (GERM) 310 Business German I (4, Sp) Introduction 351 Colloquium on Drama (4) German to German business language structure drama from the 18th century, with emphasis The terms indicated are expected but are not including correspondence and oral communi- on modernism (since Büchner) and the 20th guaranteed. For the courses offered during any cation. In German. Prerequisite: GERM 201 or century avant garde styles: Expressionist, given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. GERM 211. Epic, Grotesque, Documentary, and Sprechtheater. In German. 020x Course in Reading German (2, FaSpSm) 311 Business German II (4, Fa) Continuation (half-course on load) For graduate students of GERM 310. Terminology and style of 352 Colloquium on Poetry (4) Definition and who wish help in meeting the German read- commercial and legal texts, analyzed and analysis of lyric genre through a study of major ing requirement for the Ph.D. degree. applied in oral and written work. In German. poets, such as Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Rilke, Emphasis on development of reading skills. Prerequisite: GERM 201 or GERM 211. and Hofmannsthal; poetic traditions from the Not available for degree credit. Graded 17th century to the present. In German. CR/NC. 315 German Phonetics and Pronunciation (4) Introduction to German phonetics: intona- 353 Colloquium on Prose (4) Study of Ger- 025x Course in Reading German (2) tion, pronunciation, “Prosodik”; theoretical man prose from the 18th century to the pres- (half-course on load) Continuation of 020x. background (physiology of articulation and ent; emphasis on narrative and thematic per- Reading selections appropriate to candidate’s psychology of intonation) and practical exer- spectives in relation to social change and on major field. Not available for degree credit. cises; differentiation between High German modernism since Kafka. In German. Graded CR/NC. and dialects. Prerequisite: GERM 211 or departmental approval. 360 20th Century German Prose: Texts and 101 German I (4, FaSpSm) Introduction to Films (4) Aesthetic and historical analysis of modern German. Oral practice, listening 320 Composition and Conversation on major German 20th century novels, comple- and reading comprehension. Basic structures Contemporary Affairs (4) Practice in oral mented by brief study of cinematic adapta- necessary for simple spoken and written and written German, emphasizing contempo- tion of each text. Texts in English; films with expression. rary cultural and social developments in the subtitles. German-speaking countries of Europe. In 102 German II (4, FaSpSm) Continuation of German. Prerequisite: GERM 221. 370 Literature and Culture in Vienna at the German I. Introduction to German culture. Turn of the Century (4) Literature, culture, Prerequisite: GERM 101. 325 Composition and Conversation in Cul- and society in Vienna 1890-1925; works by tural History (4) Practice in oral and written figures such as Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, 201 German III, Conversation and Composi- German, emphasizing the cultural history of Kafka, Musil, Kraus, Schönberg, Kokoschka, tion (4, FaSp) Intermediate German. Increas- the German-speaking countries of Europe. In Freud, Wittgenstein, and others. In English. ing emphasis on listening and speaking skills German. Prerequisite: GERM 221. and a review of basic structures of German. 372 Literature and Culture in Berlin of the Discussion of cultural aspects. Prerequisite: 330 Introduction to Literary Studies (4) 1920s (4) Literature, culture, and society GERM 102. Review of essential literary terms, concepts, through works by figures such as Kaiser, and critical methods through analysis and dis- Toller, Brecht/Weill, Piscator, Th. Mann, 211 German III, Reading Emphasis (4, FaSp) cussion of selected primary and secondary Doeblin, Lukacs, Heidegger, etc. Films: Intermediate German. Increasing emphasis works. In German. Caligari, Metropolis, Berlin, M, Blue Angel. In on reading. Prerequisite: GERM 102. English. 335 Applied German Drama (4, max 8) 221 Conversational German IV (4, FaSp) Works of a German playwright in their social 390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, indi- Conversational German in a variety of topical and cultural context, leading to a dramatiza- vidual studies. No more than one registration settings and vocabulary domains. Prerequisite: tion of one of the works. In German. Prerequi- permitted. Enrollment by petition only. GERM 201 or GERM 211. site: GERM 211 or departmental approval. 410 Profile of German Literature I (4) 270x Germanic Mythology: Gods, Magi- 340 German Prose Fiction from Goethe to Survey of major trends in German literature cians, and Dragons (4) Approaches to the Thomas Mann (4) Examines German prose within their historical and cultural contexts study of myth; survey of the gods and myths fiction from the late 18th to the early 20th from the beginnings to the Baroque period. of early Germanic peoples; lectures and read- centuries, with particular emphasis on how In German. ings of medieval texts and modern analyses. narrative texts are constructed. In English. In English. Not available for credit to Ger- 420 Profile of German Literature II (4) man majors. 346 German Folklore and Popular Culture (4) Survey of major trends, figures, and authors Survey and analysis of folklore and cultural in German literature and culture of the 18th 275 German Intellectual Perspectives (4) phenomena, including tales, legends, and and 19th centuries within the European con- Gateway to the Bachelor of Arts in German. myths; folk and popular music; beliefs and text. In German. Introduces one of the strengths of the Ger- customs. In English. man intellectual tradition, the interplay between literature (especially the novel) and philosophical or psychological theory. Texts by Kant, Nietzsche, Freud, Kafka, Mann, Brecht, and Grass. German 295
430 Age of Goethe (4) Background and sig- 517 German Dialects (4) Survey of the his- 565 Romanticism (4) The German Romantic nificance of the period; lyrics, major dramatic tory of German dialects and their relationship movement as opposed to the classical period; and prose works from 1770-1832; Storm and to the standard language; analysis of contem- the representatives of its early, high, and late Stress; Classicism; Goethe and Schiller. In porary German dialect texts, oral and written. stages; Hölderlin, Kleist, Heine. German. 520 The Structure of Modern German (4) 570 Early 19th Century (4) Continuation 440 Women’s Literature in Germany I (4) A descriptive survey of German phonology, of Classicism and Romanticism; Jean Paul; Reading and analysis of medieval texts from morphology, and syntax, with some attention Grillparzer, Hebbel, Wiener Volkstheater, German-speaking countries, written by and to contrasting structures in English and prob- Biedermeier; revolt against Classicism and about women: science, love, poetry, letters, lems encountered by the language learner. Romanticism; Young Germany; Vormärz; drama, mysticism, romance. Conducted in Prerequisite: five semesters of German. Büchner, Grabbe, Heine. German. 525 Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis of 575 Realism Through Turn of the Century 445m Eurocentrism (4) (Enroll in German Literary Styles (4) Psychological and (4) Poetic realism in Austria, Switzerland, COLT 445m) sociological background of language structure and Germany from 1850; the program and and individual style, using a newly developed drama of naturalism; fin de siécle and Neo- 460 Expressionism to the Present (4) Rep- psycho-linguistic analytical methodology. Romanticism; Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, resentative authors and works since 1910; Prerequisite: five semesters of German. George. World War I, Expressionism, New Objectiv- ity, World War II; literature after 1945: East 530 Old High German (4) Reading of selected 580 Expressionism to 1945 (4) Cultural, and West, Swiss and Austrian. texts; the second consonant shift; comparative political, and literary background of Expres- study of the dialects; importance of Old High sionism; main representatives; relationship to 465 Germany East and West (4) Study of German for the development of the German the fine arts; New Objectivity; division of lit- the ideological, economic, social, and cultural language. erature after 1933. differences between East and West Germany between 1945 and 1990 and their impact on 535 Middle High German Language (4) 581 Weimar Culture (4) A historical topic- today’s unified Germany. In English. Descriptive and historical grammar of Middle oriented exploration of cultural activities in High German, stressing its relationship to Weimar Germany. Examination of reflec- 466 The German Speaking Nations (4) modern German. Reading materials chosen tions of the social-political experience of the Focus on the culture, history, and society from the courtly period. period in literary (essay, cultural critique, of Austria, East and West Germany, and investigative reporting) and pictorial (paint- Switzerland. In German. 536 Middle High German Literature (4) ing, sculpture, photography, film) discourse. Literary developments of the courtly period 470 Advanced Composition and Stylistics in their cultural context, based upon readings 585 Contemporary German Literature Since (4) Development of competence in written in the original from minnesong, the courtly 1945 (4) The authors and themes characteris- expression; fundamentals of style in exposi- and heroic epics. Prerequisite: GERM 535 or tic of German literature after World War II; tory writing. In German. departmental approval. new developments in the German novel; drama and lyrics in East and West. 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8) Indi- 540 Late Middle Ages Through the vidual research and readings. Not available Reformation (4) Late courtly lyrics, folksong, 590 Directed Research (1-12) Research lead- for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental Meistergesang; the mystics; humanism; reli- ing to the master’s degree. Maximum units approval. gious polemics and Reformation literature; which may be applied to the degree to be school drama; popular theater; chapbooks; determined by the department. Graded 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Intensive early novel. CR/NC. study of selected topics or regions. 545 Age of the Baroque (4) 16th century 595ab Directed Readings (2-4, 2-4) 508 Bibliography and Research Techniques background: literary reforms; lyrics from clas- (4) Bibliographic sources, reference works sicist Petrarchism to Marinism; development 599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Special and periodicals, standard bibliographic for- of the theater from the English troupes to topics such as concepts of government, mats; research methods and the writing of operatic gala; trends in the novel. roots of fascism, and ideologies of Hegel, genres, stylistics, and textual interpretation. Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche in German 550 Enlightenment Through Storm and literature. 510 Methods of Literary Criticism and Stress (4) Literary reformers; Lessing, Linguistic Analysis (4) Historical perspective Pietism, theodicy, rationalism; nature poetry; 610 Seminar in Lessing (4) on critical methods such as genre poetics, the revolt against rationalism; the drama of hermeneutics, Marxist and Freudian theories, Storm and Stress; the Hainbund; early works 620 Seminar in Goethe (4) structuralism, reception-aesthetics, literary of Goethe and Schiller. semantics, pragmatics, and text linguistics. 630 Seminar in Schiller (4) 560 Classicism (4) The background of Ger- 515 History of the German Language (4) man Klassik; its literary, philosophical, and Principal linguistic, cultural, and geographi- cultural significance; its influence on German cal factors that have determined the modern literature; Goethe, Schiller and their collabo- language; lectures and readings. Conducted ration; Weimar. in English. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
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635 Seminar in Kafka (4) 670 Seminar in the Novelle (4) 790 Research (1-12) Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be 636 Seminar in Thomas Mann (4) 680 Seminar in German Linguistics (4) applied to the degree to be determined by Prerequisite: GERM 520; fluency in German. the department. Graded CR/NC. 637 Seminar in Brecht (4) 695 Topics in German Literature and 794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0) 640 Seminar in the Drama (4) Culture (4) Advanced studies in the history Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded and analysis of German literature and/or IP/CR/NC. 650 Seminar in the Novel (4) culture.
660 Seminar in the Lyric (4)
Health and Humanity
Department of Anthropology BISC 221L Advanced General Biology: REL 319 Religious and Ethical Issues Grace Ford Salvatori 120 Cell Biology and in Death and Dying, or (213) 740-1902 Physiology 4 REL 360 Ethical Issues in the New Email: [email protected] BISC 320L Molecular Biology 4 Medical Revolution 4 CHEM 105 aLbL General Chemistry, or REL 460 Senior Seminar: Medical Bachelor of Arts in Health and Humanity CHEM 115 aLbL Advanced General Ethics 4 The Bachelor of Arts in Health and Chemistry 4-4 Humanity is a liberal arts degree intended for Health, Gender and Ethnicity Module (16 units) students interested in fields that inform the EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING UNITS ANTH 125 Social Issues in Human health professions and in related questions Choose one course. In each case, 4 units of a Sexuality and Reproduction, about health and human experience. Courses health-related internship placement are or in this interdisciplinary major meet many of required: SWMS 225 Sex Similarities and the requirements for admission to the profes- AMST 365 Leadership in the Differences: A Multidisciplinary Approach 4 sional programs in medicine, nursing and Community 4 other fields, but do not meet all of those GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric ANTH 305 Childhood, Birth and Reproduction, or entrance requirements. Some electives in Care 4 ANTH 405 Evolutionary Medicine 4 this major have prerequisites in mathematics MDA 250 Internship for Liberal Arts: SWMS 336 Health, Gender, and and physics that cannot be counted toward Work and Career — Ethnicity, or the 36-unit “major electives” requirement. Theory and Practice 4 SWMS 420 Woman, Nature, Culture: Students should consult their academic advi- POSC 395 Directed Governmental and The Behavioral Ecology of sors for precise information on prerequisites Political Leadership Women 4 and admission requirements for specific Internship 4 PSYC 462 Minority Mental Health 4 health fields. SWMS 311 Gender Studies and the Community: Internship 4 Summary of Requirements Health and Aging Module (16 units) Core: 24 units (16 lower division, 8 upper MAJOR ELECTIVES UNITS GERO 320 Psychology of Adult division); experiential learning: 4 units; major Choose one complete thematic module from the Development electives: one thematic module 16-20 units, list below (16-20 units). Then choose additional (Recommended other electives 16-20 units; total require- electives from the list of modules to equal nine preparation: PSYC 100), or ments: 64 units including at least 36 upper- courses (36 units) in all. No more than two GERO 330 Society and Adult division units plus prerequisites for certain courses may be lower-division (100- or 200- Development 4 electives. level). At least two courses must come from GERO 340 Policy, Values, and Power in , or Group A and two courses from Group B. an Aging Society CORE UNITS GERO 437 Social and Psychological ANTH 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Group A Aspects of Death and 4 Culture 4 Bioethics Module (16 units) Dying 475 Ethical Issues in Geriatric 380 Diversity in Aging, or BISC 120L General Biology: Organismal GERO GERO Biology and Evolution, or Health Care, or GERO 435 Women and Aging: BISC 121L Advanced General Biology: OT 375 The Narrative Structure of Psychological, Social and Organismal Biology and Social Action: Narrative, Political Implications 4 Evolution 4 Healing and Occupation 4 GERO 416 Health Issues in Aging 4 BISC 220L General Biology: Cell POSC 333 Stigma and Society: Biology and Physiology, or Physical Disability in America, or SOCI 475 Medical Sociology 4
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Psychology Module (20 units) Group B Biochemistry Module (20 units) PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology 4 Biological Sciences Module (20 units) BISC 330L Biochemistry 4 PSYC 320 Principles of BISC 290L Introduction to Biological CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry 4 Psychobiology, or Research (lab assignment CHEM 322abL Organic Chemistry, or PSYC 326 Behavioral Neuroscience 4 required), or CHEM 325abL Organic Chemistry 4-4 PSYC 336L Developmental Psychology 4 BISC 490x Directed Research (lab CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the PSYC 360 Abnormal Psychology, or assignment required) 4 Life Sciences, or 4 PSYC 404L Psychophysiology of BISC 325 Genetics, or BISC 403 Advanced Molecular Emotion, or BISC 330L Biochemistry 4 Biology, or PSYC 426 Motivated Behaviors 4 CHEM 322abL Organic Chemistry, or BISC 435 Advanced Biochemistry 4 PSYC 361 Introduction to Clinical CHEM 325abL Organic Chemistry 4-4 Psychology 4 MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Biotechnology Module (20 units) Statistics 4 BISC 325 Genetics 4 BISC 330L Biochemistry 4 BISC 406L Biotechnology 4 CHEM 322abL Organic Chemistry, or CHEM 325abL Organic Chemistry 4-4
History
Social Science Building 153 Assistant Professors: Claudio Fogu, Ph.D.; The department offers an honors program for (213) 740-1657 Jason Glenn, Ph.D.; Kyung Moon Hwang, qualified seniors. Honors programs are indi- FAX: (213) 740-6999 Ph.D.; Mariá Elena Martinéz, Ph.D.; Tara vidually arranged through consultation with Email: [email protected] Nummedal, Ph.D. the honors director, and completion of an www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history/ honors thesis is required. Emeritus Professors: John R. Hubbard, Ph.D., Chair: Steven J. Ross, Ph.D.* D.Hu.L.*; Ernest B. Koenker, Ph.D.; Degree Programs Franklin D. Mitchell, Ph.D.; A. Lloyd The Department of History offers the B.A., a Faculty Moote, Ph.D.; Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., Ph.D.*; minor, the M.A. and Ph.D. in History. University Professor: Kevin Starr, Ph.D. (Policy, Edwin J. Perkins, Ph.D.; Charles R. Planning, and Development) Ritcheson, Ph.D., Litt.D.; John A. Schutz, Honor Society Ph.D. The department sponsors its own local chap- John R. Hubbard Chair in History: Carole ter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history Shammas, Ph.D. *Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award. honor society. Phi Alpha Theta provides opportunities for students to take their inter- Gordon L. MacDonald Chair in History: Joan The Department of History offers courses est in history beyond the classroom and to Piggott, Ph.D. in ancient, medieval and modern European cultivate their intellectual pursuits in a com- history, including Russian history; in both munity setting. Professors: Lois W. Banner, Ph.D.*; Gordon North and Latin American history; in the his- Berger, Ph.D.; Lisa Bitel, Ph.D.; Roger V. tory of East Asia; and in world history. Some Membership is open to history majors and Dingman, Ph.D.; Philip J. Ethington, Ph.D.; of the department’s courses are chronological, other interested students with a 3.33 GPA in Richard W. Fox, Ph.D.; Charlotte Furth, some national or regional and some are history courses and a 3.0 overall GPA. For Ph.D.; Paul W. Knoll, Ph.D.*; Philippa thematic, with special strengths in gender, more information contact the honors director. Levine, Ph.D.; Peter C. Mancall, Ph.D.; race and ethnicity, popular culture, medicine Steven J. Ross, Ph.D.*; John E. Wills, Ph.D.* and urban history. The faculty is committed to continuous review and revision of the Associate Professors: Elinor Accampo, Ph.D.; department curriculum, as student needs and Marjorie R. Becker, Ph.D.; Thomas C. Cox, professional emphases shift. Many depart- Ph.D.*; Lon Kurashige, Ph.D.; Paul Lerner, mental courses meet general education Ph.D.; Mauricio Mazon, Ph.D.; D. Brendan requirements, and various programs for Nagle, Ph.D.*; Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Ph.D.*; majors and non-majors are available. George J. Sanchez, Ph.D.; Vanessa Schwartz, Ph.D.; Terry L. Seip, Ph.D.*
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Advisement one of the 10 courses must be taken from Honors Program All history department majors should consult approved course work in each of the three fol- The department offers a two-semester honors with the department student advisor. Students lowing time periods: before 1300, 1300 to 1800, program, in which qualified students spend should seek an appointment early in each 1800 to the present. Students must consult their first semester in an honors track in an semester so that an advisement file may be with a department advisor in order to deter- upper division seminar or take HIST 490 established for each student. The file will be mine which courses meet these requirements. Directed Research in their concentration. kept current. During the second semester, all honors stu- Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences, with an dents are required to take HIST 492 Honors Major Requirements for the Bachelor of Emphasis in History Requirements Thesis in which each completes a thesis proj- Arts in History Eight social sciences courses, of which five ect on a topic of his or her choosing under fac- Ten courses in history are required, three and no more than seven courses must be his- ulty direction. Contact the department honors at the lower division level and six at the tory courses, are required. Not more than two director for further information. To graduate upper division level along with HIST 300 may be lower division history courses and not with honors, department majors must have a Approaches to History. The three required more than one may be a lower division course minimum GPA of 3.5 in their major course lower division courses must include one from in another social science. History and social work. the 100 level and one from the 200 level, and sciences courses must include at least one each of the three must be from a different each from: United States; Europe; and Latin Teaching Credential Requirements geographic category. The department will America, Asia or Africa. Credential requirements in California and accept scores of 4 or 5 on either Advanced elsewhere are complex and changeable. Placement European History or Advanced Minor in History Requirements Students interested in preparing for public Placement American History as a substitute Prerequisites: cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better school teaching should contact the Credentials for one requirement at the 100 level. At the and approval of a minor plan of study by the Office, Rossier School of Education, and the upper division, majors are required to take department’s undergraduate advisor. undergraduate advisor, Department of History, a minimum of three courses in a thematic, for up-to-date information. temporal or geographic concentration they Requirements: 20 upper division units, includ- articulate under the guidance of faculty; they ing a minimum of 16 upper division units Interdisciplinary Russian Area Studies must also take at least two upper division from Department of History offerings. Up to Minor seminars, approved by the department, 4 upper-division units from outside depart- See Department of Slavic Languages and including one in their concentration. No ment offerings may be included with the Literatures, page 382. more than 4 units of HIST 490 Directed approval of the undergraduate advisor. An Research may be counted as satisfying the appropriate capstone course chosen from Interdisciplinary Law and Society Minor upper division seminar requirement. HIST 300, HIST 304, HIST 440, HIST 441 See Department of Political Science, and HIST 494 must be included in the pro- page 360. For geographic breadth, at least one of the posed program as part of the departmental 10 courses must be taken from approved work. The capstone course will normally be course work in each of the three following the last (or among the last) courses taken for areas: Asia and Eurasia, Europe, and North and the minor. Latin America. For temporal breadth, at least
Graduate Degrees
The major objective of the graduate program knowledge and pursuing historical research Procedure in history is to provide advanced training in is often as important in admission decisions For complete information on master’s and the methods and techniques of historical as prior training. doctoral programs, prospective applicants research and writing leading to the M.A. and should address inquiries to Graduate Ph.D. degrees. The department offers spe- Criteria Admissions, Department of History, SOS 254, cialization in numerous and diversified fields All applicants must take the general test of University of Southern California, Los which are normally defined according to the Graduate Record Examinations; the sub- Angeles, CA 90089-0034. Information on regions, nation states, themes (social, eco- ject test in history is not required. At least the programs is also available on the Web at nomic, etc.), and time periods. three letters of recommendation from col- www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/history/GraduatePages/ lege-level instructors and a sample or samples GraduateProgram.html. Admission Requirements of written work from a college-level history, Prerequisites social science, or humanities course should An applicant should normally have an be submitted to the Director of the Graduate undergraduate or master’s degree in history Program, Department of History. or a related discipline, but promising stu- dents in other fields will also receive consid- eration. An interest in acquiring historical History 299
Degree Requirements Examinations are normally offered in October Qualifying Examination These degrees are under the jurisdiction of and April. An oral examination may be given Students seeking the Ph.D. will select four the Graduate School. Refer to the Require- at the discretion of the guidance committee. area-fields, one of which will be outside the ments for Graduation section (page 62) and Examinations are graded on an honors, pass or Department of History or in a field in the the Graduate School section of this catalogue fail basis. Any student who receives a grade of Department of History outside the student’s (page 601) for general regulations. All courses fail in two examinations is considered as not geographic area of emphasis, for examination. applied toward the degrees must be courses having qualified for the degree. A student This allows students both to broaden their accepted by the Graduate School. who receives one fail must retake an examina- historical training and to obtain a background tion in that field at the next scheduled exami- that is helpful for them as teachers once they Master of Arts in History nation period. An examination cannot be obtain their degree. Competence in these The department does not accept applicants retaken more than once. area-fields is determined by comprehensive for a Master of Arts degree in history. The examinations, and not in terms of particular M.A. degree is intended only as a transitional Doctor of Philosophy in History courses previously taken. In preparing for the degree in the process of completing require- Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirements qualifying examination, a student is permit- ments for the Ph.D. in history. Students are required to demonstrate compe- ted to repeat a seminar in the field of the dis- tence in two foreign languages to be selected sertation upon the approval of the guidance The degree may be either terminal or one in consultation with the guidance committee. committee. Qualifying examinations are nor- achieved in progress toward the Ph.D. The language requirement for the M.A. mally offered in October and April. Exami- degree may be applied toward the Ph.D. nations are graded honors, pass, low-pass or Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirement Students in United States or Latin American fail. The qualifying examination has two Students are required to demonstrate compe- history may substitute a program in computer phases: written examinations in each field tence in one foreign language, with the or statistical research skills for one of the lan- followed by a single oral examination on all exception that none is required of majors in guages. The requirements in this category four fields. Students with one fail, a low-pass United States history. must be met before a student is eligible to in their dissertation field, or more than two take the qualifying examinations. low-pass grades on the written examinations Course Requirements will not be permitted to enter the oral phase All students must enroll in HIST 500 Course Requirements of the examination process. The guidance Introduction to Graduate Historical Studies, HIST 500 is required of all doctoral students, committee determines whether the candidate and it is recommended that it be completed and it is recommended that it be completed may retake any exams graded low-pass or fail. in the first year of residence. in the first year of residence. Two 600-level graduate seminars are also required for the At the end of the oral examination, students Thesis Plan degree. Members of the student’s guidance cannot be advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. Students must take a minimum of six graduate committee may also specify the completion degree with more than one dissenting vote, courses, including HIST 500 plus HIST 594ab of certain courses in order to prepare for the which must not be in the dissertation field. Master’s Thesis. No more than two 400-level qualifying examinations. Competence in The guidance committee determines whether courses may count toward this total. A thesis broad areas and fields is determined by quali- students with more than one dissenting vote must be written and defended. fying examinations, for which two years of will be allowed to retake the failed examina- full-time course work, or eight courses, is tions or be dropped from the program. Comprehensive Examination Plan considered the minimal preparation time. This plan requires the approval of the stu- A student must wait at least six, but not more dent’s guidance committee chair to substitute Screening Procedures than nine, months to retake examinations. a comprehensive examination for the thesis. If The performance of every doctoral student is An examination in any given field cannot be approved, the student completes eight gradu- formally evaluated by the full faculty of the retaken more than once. ate level courses, including 500, with no more History Department, normally at the end of than two 400-level courses counting toward the spring semester and before a student has Dissertation this total, plus written exams in three fields, completed 24 units toward the degree. Unsatis- After passing the qualifying examination, a one of which may be in another department. factory progress toward the degree requires student is admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. either remedy of the deficiencies or termina- degree and will thereafter concentrate on the tion of the student’s graduate program. After dissertation. The subject is selected in con- successfully passing the screening procedures, sultation with the guidance committee and each student establishes a guidance commit- approved by it. After students become candi- tee which then supervises preparation for the dates for the Ph.D. degree, they must register qualifying examination. for HIST 794 Doctoral Dissertation each semester thereafter until the dissertation is completed.
Advisement Students should seek advice on their program of studies from the Director of the Graduate Program, the professor in their major field of study, and other members of their guidance committee. 300 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Courses of Instruction
HISTORY (HIST) 225g Film, Power, and American History 304 Introduction to Psychohistory (4, Sp) (4, Sp) U.S. motion pictures as both a Introduction to the psychoanalytic interpreta- The terms indicated are expected but are not response to and comment upon major events, tion of history at theoretical, methodological, guaranteed. For the courses offered during any problems, and themes in 20th century Amer- and clinical levels, emphasizing biographical given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. ica. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. studies and the analysis of mass movements.
101gm The Ancient World (4, Irregular) 235g War and the American Experience 306 The Early Middle Ages (4) Survey of Achievements of the near East, Greece, and (4, Fa) Comparative historical analysis of the European civilization in the Early Middle Rome with emphasis on the development of American experience of war: war decision- Ages. ideas, arts, and institutions which have influ- making processes; evolution of strategy enced modern man. and tactics; the political, economic, and 308 Britain and Ireland to 1200 C.E. (4, Fa) social effects of war. Concurrent enrollment: Anglo-Saxon and Celtic societies from the 102g Medieval Civilization (4, FaSp) Devel- WRIT 140. Iron Age to the Norman Invasions. Topics opment of European civilization from the include: King Arthur, epics, sagas, Christian- third through 14th centuries, with particular 245gm Gender and Sexualities in American ization, kingship, women, economic develop- attention given to intellectual and religious History (4) An investigation of the nature ment and Vikings. (Duplicates credit in for- elements. of femininities and masculinities over the mer HIST 430.) course of U.S. history; including topics like 103g The Emergence of Modern Europe women’s rights, birth control, abortion, and 311 France and Europe in the Age of Louis (4, Fa) Political, intellectual, and cultural gay/lesbian liberation. Concurrent enrollment: XIV (4, Irregular) Political, social, and cultural developments in Europe, 1300-1815. Renais- WRIT 140. developments in Europe from 1598 to 1715, sance and Reformation; absolute monarchy, with special emphasis on France. scientific changes, and Enlightenment; 265g Understanding Race and Sex Histori- French Revolution and Napoleon. cally (4, Sp) To introduce students to his- 312 The Age of the French Revolution and torical consideration of the difficult contem- Napoleon (4, Fa) Europe in the Old Regime; 104g Europe and Its Influence Since 1750: porary topics of sexuality and race globally. causes and course of the French Revolution; From the Rise of Democracy to the Age of Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. rise of Napoleon; revolutionary impact on Extremes (4, Sp) Political, socioeconomic, Europe, 1715-1815. and cultural transformation of Europe since 270 From Goddesses to Witches: Women in 1815; aftermath of the French Revolution. Premodern Europe (4, Sp) Social, cultural 313 France and the French from Napoleon and political contexts of women’s spirituali- to Mitterand (4, Irregular) Social, cultural, 105g The Korean Past (4) A topical and ties in Europe from the Paleolithic to the and political history of France from 1789 to chronological study of the major political, Reformation. Topics include: goddess- the present. social, and intellectual forces that have worship; Christian and Jewish contexts; shaped the history of Korea. male attitudes. 316 The Renaissance (4, Irregular) The flowering of arts, literature, and learning at 106g Chinese Lives: An Introduction to 272 Native History and Historians: Mexico the end of the Middle Ages. Chinese History (4, FaSp) Study of the lives and Peru to 1615 (4, Fa) Introduction to Pre- of selected individuals who have helped to Columbian Mesoamerica and the Andes, the 317gm North American Indians in Ameri- shape Chinese politics and culture. causes and consequences of the Spanish con- can Public Life (4, Irregular) (Enroll in quest, and the establishment of colonial soci- ANTH 316gm) 107g Japanese History (4, FaSp) Japan from eties and economics. the earliest times to the present; social, cul- 318 Early American Indian History (4, Sp) tural, and political dimensions. 275g The Worlds of the Silk Road (4, Sp) Relations of European settlers with native Exploration of the two millennia of economic Americans from the 16th into the early 19th 195 Selected Themes and Topics in History exchanges and cross cultural interaction centuries; cultural contacts, trade and even- (4, Irregular) Study of special historical between Asia and Europe. tual conflicts. themes and topics through readings, lectures, discussions, and supervised writings. 300 Approaches to History (4, FaSp) 320 Russian and Soviet Rebels: The Moral Approaches to history; intellectual and per- Dilemma and the Continuity of Dissent 200g The American Experience (4, FaSpSm) sonal dimensions of the historian’s work. (4, Irregular) The ethical foundations and Patterns of American development from Required of all history majors. the intellectual dimensions of philosophical, Colonial times to the present. social, religious, artistic, and political dissent 301g The Greek World (4, Sm) The social, in Russia from the 14th century until the 215g Business and Labor in America (4, Fa) cultural, intellectual and political history of present. Expansion of business enterprise from colo- Greece from Homer to the rise of Islam. nial merchants to modern corporations; evo- Interaction of Greek and non-Greek cultures 324g Islam in Russia and the Soviet Union lution of the labor force from artisans to in the Mediterranean, Middle East and (4, Sp) Cultural cohesiveness and ethnic skilled and unskilled industrial workers. Europe. Recommended preparation: HIST 101. diversity of Islam in the USSR; nature and Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. effect of government policies aimed at the integration of Islam into the state. History 301
326 History of England and Great Britain 340 History of China Since 1800 (4, Sp) 351 The American Revolution (4, Fa) Origins, since 1603 (4, Irregular) Political, constitu- Western impact and dynastic decline; prob- course and consequences of the American tional, intellectual, and social developments lems of the Chinese Republic; nationalism Revolution; the post-war establishment of the from the Stuarts to the present. and communism. Constitution.
328 Poland and the Western Tradition 341 American Social History (4, Irregular) 352 The American Civil War (4, Irregular) (4, 2 years, Irregular) Polish civilization from The social history of the American peoples The causes, course, campaigns, and conse- the 10th century to the present, with special from Colonial times until the 20th century, quences of the American Civil War, 1861-1865. emphasis upon the participation of Poland in to include industrialization, urbanization, the currents of the European tradition. women, families, workers, immigration, eth- 354 Mexican Migration to the United nicity, racism, radicalism. States (4, 2 years, Fa) Mexican migration 329 Madness and Society in the Modern from the 1850s to the present, emphasizing Age (4) The shifting place of insanity and 343 Work, Leisure, and Violence in Industri- labor migrants to the United States. “the mad” in Europe and the United States alizing America (4, Irregular) Rise of indus- from the French Revolution to the anti- trial America from 18th to 20th centuries: 355 The African-American Experience (4, Fa) psychiatry movement. changing work ethics, rise of factories, An historical and social analysis of the women workers, mass leisure, consumer cul- African-American experience from Colonial 330 Drugs, Disease, and Medicine in His- ture, urban and industrial violence. times to the present. (Duplicates credit in tory (4, Irregular) An overview of the role former HIST 250). played by disease and the health sciences in 344 The Vietnam War, 1945-1975 (4, SpSm) history. Analysis of causes, conduct, and consequences 356 The Old South (4, Irregular) The South of war in Southeast Asia; of participants’ from Colonial days to 1860; slavery, the plan- 331 The British Empire: 1588-1834 (4, Sp) experiences; and of post-war debate. tation system, politics; important social and Emergence of the British Empire, emphasiz- economic problems. ing colonies in the Americas; the develop- 345 Men and Women in United States ment of imperial economy, imperial wars, History from the 1920s to the Present (4) 357 The New South (4, Irregular) Economic slavery and abolitionism. Investigation of the roles and relationships of and political change, racial problems, society, men and women in American society and and culture in the American south from 1877 332 British Empire from the Mid-19th Cen- culture from the era of the “flapper” to the to the present. tury (4, FaSp) Political and economic devel- era of the “yuppie.” opment of the British Empire since Victoria; 360 19th Century U.S. History (4, Sp) The rise of the British Commonwealth. 346 American Intellectual History (4, Sp) social, political, and economic history of the Study of major American ideas and values United States from the formation of the Con- 333 Korea: The Modern Transformation as reflected in philosophy, political and stitution to 1900. (4, Sp) Examination of selected topics on economic thought, religion, and social Korea’s transition to the modern era; focus movements. 361 20th Century U.S. History (4, Fa) Criti- on the traditional roots of 20th century cal turning points in the 20th century; sources developments. 347 Urbanization in the American Experi- of major social and political change. Course ence (4, Irregular) The American city in inter- materials include primary documents and his- 335 History of Japan to 1550 (4, Irregular) disciplinary perspective; emphasis on growth toric radio/television recordings. Growth of Japanese civilization from the and change in relation to architecture, urban mythological “age of the gods” through the planning, demography, and ethnic politics. 363 Foundations of American Foreign feudal “age of the samurai”; foundations of a Policy, 1776 to the Present (4, Sp) Evolution great Asian power. 348 The Dynamics of American Capitalism of American principles, roles and policies in (4, Irregular) Economic growth and institu- international relations from the founding of 336 History of Japan, 1550-1945 (4, Irregular) tional change in American capitalism from the republic to the present. Development of Japan as a modern world the Colonial era to the present. power; tradition and change in Japanese life; 365 The Second World War (4, 2 years, Sp) impact of Western culture, politics, and diplo- 349 Colonial North America 1600-1760 Comparative analysis of the Second World macy from 1550 to 1945. (4, Fa) Colonial history of United States area, War as a major transforming event of the Canada, and Caribbean to 1760; Indians, 20th century. Its causes, conduct, and conse- 337 Japan Since 1945 (4, Irregular) Survey European migration, plantation complexes, quences for humanity. of the impact of World War II, American Puritan colonies, African slave migration, cre- occupation, and rapid economic growth on ole culture, borderlands, wars for empire. 370 Spanish America, 1492-1821 (4, Sp) Japan’s politics, society, economy, and cul- Topics in Spanish colonialism in Americas, ture; Japan as a post-modern nation. 350 American Standard of Living: 1600 to with a focus on how religious, sexual, and the Present (4, Fa) Socioeconomic history of racial differences shaped colonial policies and 338 China to 960 A.D. (4, Irregular) The ori- material life: Indian experience, colonial diet, practices. gins of China’s distinctive civilization; cul- urbanization and slums, industrial households, tural and political ferment in the late Chou; 1920s durables revolution, installment credit, 372 Modern Latin America (4, Sp) Explo- the greatness of Han and T’ang. Depression, postwar boom, advertising, inter- ration of major themes and events in Latin national comparisons. American history from independence to the 339 China, 960-1800 A.D. (4, Irregular) Poli- present. Upper division standing. tics and culture under the Sung; Mongols, Manchus, and other invaders; the golden autumn of a great civilization. 302 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
374 History of Mexico (4, Fa) The native 409 The Norman Conquest of England, 424 Family, Work, and Leisure in Russian cultures of Meso-America; colonial govern- 1066 (4) Political, religious, and intellectual History (4, Irregular) Children and parents, ment, economy, and society; independence culture of England and the continent in the love and marriage, work and leisure in the and 19th century liberalism; the Mexican rev- 11th and 12th centuries. Russian village and city before and after the olution, 1910 to 1950. (Duplicates credit in Revolution. former HIST 450.) 410 The Age of Humanism and Reforma- tion (4, Irregular) The thought, art, politics, 425 The Era of the First World War (4, FaSp) 378m Introduction to Asian American and religion of western Europe in the 16th The background, causes, course, and after- History (4, Fa) Comparative examination of and 17th centuries; emphasis on the contri- math of the First World War, with attention to the social, economic, and political experi- bution of Christian humanism. the events in the United Kingdom and conti- ences of Asian immigrants and their descen- nental Europe. Prerequisite: HIST 104, HIST dants in the U.S., 1840s-present. 413 The Age of Revolution (4, Irregular) 413, HIST 414, or departmental approval. The French and industrial revolutions and 380 American Popular Culture (4, Sp) Rise their interaction in 19th century Europe. 426 Gender, Family, and Society in Europe of popular culture (sports, amusement parks, and the United States, 1500-Present movies, and television) and its significance in 414 Contemporary Europe (4, Irregular) (4, 2 years, Sp) Changing social, economic, American society from mid 19th century to World War I and its aftermath; challenge of and cultural functions of the family and the the present. (Duplicates credit in former new culture values; World War II; problems roles of men, women, and children from pre- HIST 255.) of postwar adjustment. industrial times to the present in Europe and the United States. 381 Cinema and History (4, Irregular) 415 Medieval and Early Modern Russia Examines film as a means to narrate the past; (4, 2 years, Fa) The politics, society, and cul- 427 The German Question: Nation and treats the question of genre: epic, docudrama, ture of medieval and early modern Russia; Identity in Modern Central Europe (4) the biopic, the music, adaptation, and such the emergence of empire and the roots of its A seminar on the making, unmaking and issues as authenticity and infotainment. Eurasian identity. remaking of the German nation-state, with particular attention to issues of race, class and 386 American Legal History (4, Sp) An intro- 416 History of Imperial Russia: 1689-1917 gender in German identity. duction to the study of law from a historical (4, Sp) The evolution of imperial society, pol- perspective; explores the interaction of law, itics and culture from Peter the Great to the 428 Life and Death in Nazi Germany (4) culture, and politics from the Revolution Bolshevik Revolution. The dilemmas of Social, cultural and medical history of Nazi through the New Deal. identity in a multinational empire. Germany, emphasizing the Nazi vision of a racially pure national community. Recom- 390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, indi- 417 History of Soviet Russia: 1917-1991 mended preparation: some European history. vidual studies. No more than one registration (4, 2 years, Fa) The birth of the totalitarian permitted. Enrollment by petition only. regime, the emergence of the superpower 429 Street Life: Urban Culture in Modern and the socioeconomic, political and cultural Europe (4, Sp) The 19th and 20th century 401 The Roman World (4, Fa) Rome at the developments that culminate in its demise. European city as social artifact, cultural set- crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean; ting and object of fascination for its contem- the rise of Rome to world power; social, cul- 419 Poland and Its Neighbors in the Middle porary inhabitants. tural and political history of Republic and Ages (4, 2 years, Sp) Polish politics, society, Empire. and culture in relation to its regional neigh- 432 Britain in the 18th Century (4) Political, bors, especially Bohemia and Hungary, from social, and cultural aspects of British life from 403 Carolingian Europe (4) Political, reli- the 10th to the end of the 15th century. the accession of George I to about 1820. gious, and intellectual culture of Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries. 420 European Intellectual and Cultural 433 Industrializing Britain (4, Fa) Britain in History: The 19th Century, 1790-1870 (4) the age of industrialization, examining gender, 404 Seminar in Korean History (4, Irregu- Intellectual and cultural trends of 19th cen- social, cultural, political, economic and racial lar) Exploration of issues and sources in tury Europe, including Romanticism, Conser- aspects of its history. Upper division standing. Korean history; work on an individual vatism, Liberalism, Socialism and Evolution- research paper through an incremental ary Theory. 434 Modern Britain (4) The rise and decline process. of Britain in the 20th century, its changing 421 European Intellectual and Cultural His- social and racial profile, and its changing eco- 405 Intellectual History of the Middle Ages tory: The Turn of the Century 1880-1920 (4) nomic role in a global perspective. Upper (4, Irregular) Literature, philosophy, science, Intellectual and cultural trends of turn-of- division standing. theology, and educational systems of western the-century Europe, including the avant- Europe from the time of the church fathers garde, the crisis of positivism, psychoanalysis 440 Early Modern World History (4, Fa) to the 14th century. and gender theory. Comparative patterns of historical change around the world, from ca. 1500 to ca. 1800. 406 Special Periods in Medieval History 422 European Intellectual and Cultural His- (4, Irregular) Intensive study of selected tory: The 20th Century, 1920 to the Present 441 Modern World History (4, Sp) Compara- periods. (4, Irregular) Intellectual and cultural trends tive patterns of historical change around the of contemporary Europe, including Dadaism, world, from ca. 1800 to the present. 407 Europe in the 10th Century (4) Political, Surrealism, Western Marxism, Fascism, Exis- religious, and intellectual culture of Europe tentialism and Structuralism. in the 10th century and beyond. History 303
445 Comparative History and Theory of 470 The Spanish Inquisition in the Early 493 Quantitative Historical Analysis Fascism and Nazism (4, Fa) Analysis and Modern Hispanic World (4, 2 years, Fa) The (4, Sp) Reading and doing quantitative comparison of Italian Fascism and German Spanish Inquisition in Spain and Colonial research with historical data. Covers research Nazism in national and international con- Latin America, major theories and interpreta- designs, appropriate statistical analysis, and texts; recent historiographic debates. tions. Junior or senior standing recom- software packages for the use of historians. mended. 451 The Mexican Revolution (4, 2 years, Sp) 494 Seminar in New Historical Writing The roots, trajectory and outcome of the 472 History of the Mexican-American (4, 2 years, Fa) Historical writing experi- Mexican revolution of 1910. (4, Irregular) Racial and cultural background ments combining historical specificity with of Mexico, 1519-1900; immigration and con- more fluid approaches to time, characteriza- 455 Advanced Topics in African-American quest; the Mexican in California and the tion and objectivity associated with 20th cen- History (4, Sp) Exploration of African- southwest. The rise of contemporary tury artists. American history through primary and secon- Mexican-American consciousness. dary sources employing a colloquium format 495 American Lives: Biography and Auto- with an emphasis on shared responsibility 473 Colonial Latin America Seminar (4, Sp) biography in the United States Past (4) The for comprehensive discussion and analysis. The history of colonial Latin America, focus- history of the United States seen through the Upper division or graduate standing. ing on the transformation of native Americans lives of individuals, including Thomas Jeffer- and Europeans into participants in a new son, Jane Addams, Malcolm X, and Marilyn 456 Race, Slavery, and the Making of the colonial tradition. Upper division standing. Monroe. Atlantic World (4, FaSp) Introduction to the (Duplicates credit in former HIST 371). literature of the Atlantic World with a focus 498 Seminar on Selected Historical Topics on slavery and its role in the emergence of 474 Colonial Latin America Gender and (4, max 8, FaSp) Advanced study in histori- the modern era. Seminar enrollment limited Women’s History (4, 2 years, Sp) Seminar cal analysis and writing on selected topics to 15 students. overview of the historical literature on and themes. Seminar enrollment limited women, gender, and sexuality in colonial to 15 students. Recommended preparation: 457 The American West (4, Irregular) Latin America. HIST 300. The nation’s westward movement from Colo- nial times to the present, with emphasis on 478 The United States, 1789-1850 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8, Irregular) the frontier’s effect on American life and (4, Irregular) The nation during the first six institutions. decades; development of American institu- 500 Introduction to Graduate Historical tions; constitutional growth, expansion, sec- Studies (4, Fa) Techniques, theories, and 458 History of California (4, Fa) Exploration, tionalism, and the Mexican War; the Compro- sub-disciplines of history. colonization, and development of Hispanic mise of 1850. California; coming of the Americans; political, 501 Studies in Greek History (4, Irregular) economic, and cultural development of Cali- 481 Producing Film Histories (4, Sp) History Readings and discussions of major problems, fornia since its acquisition by the United of film form and its institutions. Students will issues, and interpretations in Greek history. States. produce an original written or multimedia research project. 503 Studies in Roman History (4, Irregular) 461 19th Century American Thought (4, Fa) Readings and discussions of major problems, Major American thinkers from Emerson and 482 Jesus in American History and Culture issues, and interpretations of Roman history. Margaret Fuller to William James and W.E.B. (4, Sp) The place of Jesus Christ in diverse DuBois, with emphasis on race, religion, poli- American cultures from colonial times to the 505 Studies in Early Medieval History tics, and gender. present: Jesus as cultural icon, secular inspira- (4, Irregular) Intensive study of subjects tion, Christian Son of God. selected from the early Middle Ages, empha- 462 20th Century American Thought (4, Fa) sizing source material, bibliography, and his- Major American thinkers from John Dewey 484 The United States, 1919-1939 toriographic problems. and Jane Addams to Martin Luther King and (4, Irregular) Postwar reaction and the Richard Rorty, with emphasis on race, reli- Twenties; the Great Depression and the 506 Studies in Later Medieval History gion, politics, and gender. New Deal; diplomacy between the wars. (4, Irregular) Intensive study of subjects selected from the later Middle Ages, empha- 464 Culture, Money, and Power: Japanese- 487 The United States since 1939 sizing source material, bibliography, and American Relations Since 1853 (4, Sp) (4, Irregular) A survey of the accelerating historiographic problems. Examination of the role of cultural, eco- changes that transformed the nation’s domes- nomic, and military forces in shaping rela- tic life and revolutionized America’s role in 508 Studies in the Renaissance (4) Europe tions between two of the most important world affairs. in the Renaissance: sources; secondary bibli- nations in the Asia/Pacific regions. Recom- ography; and historiography. mended preparation: HIST 363 or appropriate 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSp) International Relations course. Individual research and readings. Not avail- 509 Studies in the Reformation (4) Read- able for graduate credit. Prerequisite: depart- ings, reports, and discussions of major prob- 465 America in the Cold War World, 1945- mental approval. lems, issues, and interpretations of the 1991 (4, Fa) America’s role in the Cold War Reformation. and the impact of that conflict on its people, 492 Honors Thesis (4, Sp) Writing of the society and culture. honors thesis; for students in the History 510 Studies in Early Modern European Honors Program. History (4, Irregular) Readings of major interpretive studies on the 17th and 18th centuries. 304 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
514 Studies in Modern European History, 555 Studies in the American West (4) Zones 586 Studies in American Intellectual and 1789-1914 (4, Fa) Readings and current of contact — physical, economic, political, Cultural History (4, Irregular) Readings, bibliography in the history of Europe from ecological, symbolic, cultural, metaphorical analyses, and discussion of selected topics the French Revolution to the outbreak of — between peoples “west” of the Eurasian relating to the history of American thought World War I; emphasis on cultural history land mass since the rise of capitalist global and the arts. approaches. expansion. 587 Studies in the Politics of American 515 Studies in Modern European History: 561 Historiography of Colonial Mexico Popular Culture (4) Selected themes, theo- Europe’s 20th Century (4, Fa) Readings in (4, Fa) Introduction to the historiography of ries, and key works in the politics of Ameri- the history and historiography of Europe in Colonial Mexico from 1500 to 1821. can popular culture. the 20th century. 565 Studies in American International 590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) 516 Studies in European Modernism (4) History (4, FaSm) Readings and analyses of Research leading to the master’s degree. Readings and analyses of European Mod- American policies, roles and principles in Maximum units which may be applied to the ernism in the period between 1850 and 1920. their interaction with peoples and nations of degree to be determined by the department. the world. Graded CR/NC. 517 Studies in Russian History (4, Irregular) Readings, discussions, and student papers in 570 Historical Scholarship on Pre-1860 592 Historiography (4, Sm) Historical modern Russian history. North America (4) Graduate level introduc- criticism; form and mechanics of presenting tion to influential scholarly research in the research; writers of history, their works 520 Modernity and Its Visual Cultures fields of colonial, early national, and mid- and philosophies; theories of historical (4, Sp) Western visual culture 1850-1930: his- 19th century North American history prior development. torical background of changes in high and to the United States Civil War. Graduate popular culture, technological reproducibility, standing. 593 The Art of Historical Writing (4, Sp) display and spectacularization; recent litera- An analysis of conventional forms of historical ture and theoretical approaches. 571 Historical Scholarship on Post-1860 representation and the artistic and scientific United States (4) Graduate level introduc- challenges to them. Laboratory training in 525 Studies in British History (4, Irregular) tion to influential scholarly research in the innovative forms of historical writing will be Selected topics in English and British fields of late 19th and 20th century United stressed. Empire history with emphasis on the 19th States history. and 20th centuries. 594abz Master’s Thesis (2-2-0, FaSp) Credit 575 Studies in 19th Century United States on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC. 535 Studies in Japanese History (4, Irregular) History (4, max 8, 2 years, Fa) Intensive Selected topics in historical problems dealing readings and bibliography in the Early 601 Introductory Core Seminar (4, Sp) with Japan. National, Jacksonian, Civil War, and Post- Required first seminar for graduate students Civil War periods. in all fields of history. 536 Studies in Chinese History (2 or 4, Irregular) Selected topics in historical 581 Studies in American Economic and 602 Seminar in Ancient History (2 or 4, problems dealing with China. Prerequisite: Business History (4, Irregular) Economic max 8, Irregular) Directed research in histor- HIST 340. growth patterns and institutional change in ical problems. the development of modern business organi- 540 Studies in Modern East Asian History zations from colonial times to the present. 605 Seminar in Medieval European History (4, max 8, Irregular) Readings and analysis of (2 or 4, max 8, Irregular) Directed research a particular theme in modern Asian history, 582 Studies in American Working-Class in historical problems. focusing on broad comparative issues like History (4, Irregular) American working-class cultural identity, colonialism, nationalism, life from colonial era to present. Topics 609 Seminar in the Renaissance (2 or 4, revolution, or interstate relations. include analyses of pre-industrial and indus- max 8) Directed research in historical prob- trial transformations; labor movement; lems of 14th and 15th century European 542 War in History (4, Fa) The evolution of leisure; politics; gender; race; ethnicity. history. ideas, technologies, and institutions for con- duct and control of organized violence in 583 Studies in Urban History (4) Readings 610 Seminar in Early Modern European Europe, Asia, and America from ancient and analyses in the rise of the city and the History (2 or 4, max 8, Irregular) Directed times to the present. impact of urbanization from the colonial era research in historical problems concerning to the present. the 17th and 18th centuries. 550 Studies in the History of Women, Gender and Sexuality (4, max 8, Irregular) 584 Seminar in American Social History 615 Seminar in Modern European History Readings and current bibliography in the his- (4, Irregular) Creation of communities and (2 or 4, max 8, Irregular) Directed research tory of women, gender and sexuality. societies; industrialization, urbanization, in historical problems dealing with Europe working class life; families, women, ethnicity; since 1789. 553 Studies in Psychohistory (4, Sm) Studies immigration; racism; mobility; reform and in Freudian and neo-Freudian theory and its radicalism, leisure. 617 Seminar in Russian History (2 or 4, applications to the study of history. max 8, Irregular) Directed research in histor- 585 Studies in 20th Century American ical problems. History (4, 2 years, Fa) Readings and analy- ses in social and political problems, move- ments, and issues. Interdisciplinary Studies 305
620 Research Seminar on Modern Visual 655 Seminar in Western American History 682 Seminar in American Working-Class Culture (4, Fa) A research seminar focusing (2 or 4, max 8) Selected topics in the history History (4, max 8) Primary research in Amer- on Western visual culture since the mid-18th of the American frontier and the West. ican working-class history; requirements century. Recommended preparation: HIST 520. include writing an original research paper on 670 Illness and Healing in the Modern topic of student’s choice. Prerequisite: HIST 625 Seminar in English and British Empire World (4, Sp) Illness and healing in Europe 582 or HIST 584, or departmental approval. History (2 or 4, max 8) Directed research in and the Americas since 1492, especially the historical problems. changing clinical and cultural definitions and 683 Seminar in American Urban History responses to disease and ailments. (2 or 4, max 8) Directed research in historical 630 Seminar in Japanese History (2 or 4, problems of American cities. max 8, Irregular) Directed research in histor- 673 Seminar in Early North American His- ical problems. tory (4, max 8) Primary research on issues 684 Seminar in American International His- related to the history of the colonial and early tory (4, max 8, Sp) Research in selected top- 635 Seminar in Chinese History (2 or 4, national periods with an emphasis on areas ics pertaining to America’s interaction with max 8, Irregular) Directed research in histor- that became the United States. peoples and nations of the world. ical problems. Prerequisite: HIST 340. 675 Seminar in 19th Century United States 688 Seminar in American Economic and 642 Seminar in Military and Naval History History (4, max 8, 2 years, Sp) Research in Business History (2 or 4, max 8) (4, max 8, 2 years, Sp) Advanced reading historical problems of the Antebellum, Civil and research on selected topics in the history War, and Post-Civil War periods. 790 Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research lead- of violence in Europe, Asia, and America, ing to the doctorate. Maximum units which from ancient times to the present. Prerequisite: 680 Seminar in 20th Century United States may be applied to the degree to be deter- HIST 542 or departmental approval. History (4, max 8, 2 years, Fa) Directed mined by the department. Graded CR/NC. research in historical problems of the Reform, 650 Seminar on Women’s and Family World War I, interwar, World War II, and 794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0, History (4, max 8, Sp) Readings, discussions, Post-War periods. FaSp) Credit on acceptance of dissertation. and directed research on women’s and family Graded IP/CR/NC. histories.
Interdisciplinary Studies
College Academic Services Building project integrating the areas of research com- Restrictions (213) 740-2961 prising the interdisciplinary major. Course prerequisites cannot be waived; FAX: (213) 740-4839 admission to courses restricted to majors is Email: [email protected] Admission subject to availability and direct negotiations; www.usc.edu/idm Admission to the interdisciplinary major is admission to departments and/or schools by application. Applications, which may be which have their own admission require- Faculty Director: Terry Lee Seip, Ph.D. obtained from the program office, are consid- ments must be processed separately. ered by a special admissions committee. Director: Richard Fliegel, Ph.D. Interested students must have a GPA of Minor in Critical Approaches to Leadership 3.0 (A = 4.0) or above; those with less than This minor is offered by faculty from several Interdisciplinary Major a 3.3 are the exception. No one is usually disciplines whose perspectives are brought to The interdisciplinary major allows students admitted after the end of the first semester of bear on issues and questions that should to create an individual, original major. It is a the junior year. inform the judgements of capable, ethical flexible option available when a combination leaders. Students are introduced to theoretical of existing majors and academic minors does Program Requirements and historical models of leadership, engage in not adequately fulfill a student’s educational Students in the program must meet the case studies of modern leaders, select critical goals. With close advisement, students can general education requirements of the col- electives that explore ethical and social consid- build their own programs of study. lege. When admitted, students establish an erations of leadership, examine professional academic “contract,” which outlines each applications of leadership principles, and inte- The interdisciplinary major is an intensive semester’s course of study through gradua- grate what they have learned in a capstone research program for students with a focused tion. The contract includes a minimum of course. The emphasis of the minor is on lead- interest in a topic which requires study from nine (four unit) upper division courses, dis- ership as expertise in community-building and more than one disciplinary perspective. Inter- tributed in at least two fields. The primary takes advantage of USC’s programs in commu- disciplinary majors are usually self-motivated focus of the major should be in the College nity service, including the Joint Educational students with good writing skills and an intel- of Letters, Arts and Sciences. These areas of Project, the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of lectual passion for a particular area of inquiry. concentration must then be combined in a Politics and other internships available Course work is selected to lead to a thesis senior thesis or project, written under the through the Division of Student Affairs. guidance of a faculty committee. 306 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Five upper-division courses, totaling 20 units, CRITICAL ELECTIVES UNITS Group B-choose one are required. Group A-choose one IR 303 Leadership and Diplomacy 4 MOR 470 Global Leadership 4 CORE COURSES UNITS PHIL 337 History of Modern POSC 365 World Political MDA 325 Case Studies in Modern Political Philosophy 4 Leadership 4 Leadership 4 PHIL 437 Social and Political POSC 423 Presidents and the CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities, Philosophy 4 Presidency 4 or PSYC 355 Social Psychology 4 PHIL 335 Theoretical Models of REL 341 Ethics in a Technological CAPSTONE COURSE UNITS Leadership 4 Society 4 AMST 365 Leadership in the REL 360 Ethical Issues in the New Community, or Medical Revolution 4 MDA 365 The Art and Adventure of REL 375 Conflict and Change and Leadership 4 the Ethics of Business 4 SOCI 320 Social Psychology 4
Courses of Instruction
INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR 102 Field Study (1-4, FaSp) In-service expe- 400 Topical and Multidisciplinary Seminars PROGRAM (INDS) rience in a variety of off-campus institutions (1-4, max 12, FaSp) See INDS 100 for under the supervision of an L.A.S. Faculty description. The terms indicated are expected but are not Associate. guaranteed. For the courses offered during any 401 Directed Research and Tutorials given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. 300 Topical and Multidisciplinary Seminars (1-4, FaSp) See INDS 101 for description. (1-4, max 12, FaSp) See INDS 100 for 100 Topical and Multidisciplinary Semi- description. 402 Field Study (1-4, FaSp) See INDS 102 nars (1-4, max 12, FaSp) Small group for description. investigation from an interdisciplinary 301 Directed Research and Tutorials perspective. (1-4, FaSp) See INDS 101 for description. 494 Senior Thesis (1-8, FaSp) Writing the IDM senior thesis under the supervision of a 101 Directed Research and Tutorials 302 Field Study (1-4, FaSp) See INDS 102 faculty guidance committee. (1-4, FaSp) Research and study with L.A.S. for description. Faculty Associates and other faculty.
International Relations
Von KleinSmid Center 330 Ph.D.*; Abraham F. Lowenthal, Ph.D.*; John Degree Programs (213) 740-6278; 740-2136 S. Odell, Ph.D.; Edwin M. Smith, J.D. (Law); The School of International Relations (SIR) FAX: (213) 742-0281 Ronald Steel, M.A.; J. Ann Tickner, Ph.D.* offers the B.A., B.A./M.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Email: [email protected] international relations. The curriculum is a Associate Professors: Gerald J. Bender, Ph.D.*; balance of theoretical and policy oriented Director: Steven Lamy, Ph.D.* Saori N. Katada, Ph.D.; Gerardo Munck, Ph.D.; courses and stresses the importance of a diver- Peter Rosendorff, Ph.D.; Carol Wise, Ph.D. sity of approaches to the field. Faculty University Professor and Adjunct Professor: Assistant Professors: Robert English, Ph.D.; The School of International Relations encour- Stephen E. Toulmin, Ph.D. Daniel Lynch, Ph.D.; Gunnar P. Nielsson, ages undergraduate double majors, especially Ph.D.*; Apichai Shipper, Ph.D.; Geoffrey with economics, environmental studies, geog- John A. McCone Chair in International Relations: Wiseman, Ph.D. raphy, history, journalism, foreign languages, Hayward R. Alker, Ph.D. political science and sociology. Programs are Emeritus Professors: Ross N. Berkes, Ph.D.; flexible, allowing students to gain a broad Robert R. and Katheryn A. Dockson Chair in Peter A. Berton, Ph.D.*; Claude Buss, Ph.D.; background in international studies and, at Economics and International Relations: Todd Michael G. Fry, Ph.D.; Paul E. Hadley, Ph.D.; the same time, to specialize in a particular Sandler, Ph.D. Charles A. McClelland, Ph.D.; James N. area. Minors in international relations, interna- Rosenau, Ph.D.; Rodger Swearingen, Ph.D. tional policy and management, international Professors: Jonathan D. Aronson, Ph.D.*; urban development, and global communica- Laurie A. Brand, Ph.D.; Steven L. Lamy, *Recipient of university-wide or college award for tion are also offered. teaching or research. International Relations 307
Undergraduate Degree
Major Requirements for the Bachelor of IR 326, IR 330, IR 363, IR 439, POSC 430 POSC 456, PPD 382, SOCI 335, SOCI 435, Arts in International Relations and POSC 431. SOCI 445, SOCI 460 and SOCI 470. The International Relations major requires a minimum of 40 units. All majors and Foreign Policy Analysis If a student chooses a regional studies con- minors must complete IR 210 International This area examines the external relations of centration, then his or her foreign language Relations: Introductory Analysis. All majors states, particularly the domestic and interna- requirement should be in a language appro- must complete an additional methodological- tional factors that influence the formulation priate to that region. Four semesters of a sin- ly oriented course: either IR 211 Interna- and implementation of national foreign poli- gle foreign language are required. Foreign tional Relations: Approaches to Research or cies. Factors within states (leadership, small language units do not count toward the mini- IR 212 Historical Approaches to International group dynamics and domestic lobbying mum total of 40 units for the international Relations or IR 213 The Global Economy. groups) and factors between states are relations major. All majors are encouraged to Normally IR 210 should be completed before stressed. Courses are: IR 100, IR 303, IR 341, obtain as much foreign language training as attempting 400-level courses. IR 343, IR 346, IR 365, IR 368, IR 385, possible either through a major or a minor in IR 403, IR 441, IR 442, IR 443, IR 464 and a foreign language or through a study pro- Four semesters of a single foreign language IR 465. gram abroad. are required. All majors are encouraged to obtain as much foreign language training as Regional Studies The student must take at least 32 units of possible either through a major or a minor in The regional studies field focuses on geo- international relations courses, including the a foreign language or through a study pro- graphic regions, such as the Pacific Rim, two 200-level IR courses. Additionally, he or gram abroad. Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and she must take at least eight upper division Africa. These courses test general theories of courses from the above curriculum, including Beyond IR 210 and IR 211 or IR 212 or IR international relations within the framework at least one regional course and one 400-level 213, international relations majors are of a specific region. The economic, political, course. required to take eight additional courses. ethnic and social history of a region are exam- Majors must choose two, three-course con- ined to help explain current developments Honors Program centrations. One of these should be from and interstate and domestic policies and The honors program centers around IR 494 the following: Culture, Gender and a Global issues within a region. Honors Thesis Seminar that culminates in a Society; Foreign Policy Analysis; Inter- thesis based on original research. In the national Political Economy; International European Union: ANTH 326, FREN 400, spring of the junior year, students who have Politics and Security Studies; Regional FREN 410, GERM 465, HIST 312, HIST earned a GPA of 3.5 in the major and an over- Studies (Europe, Russia, Eastern Europe and 313, HIST 326, HIST 332, HIST 414, HIST all GPA of 3.3 submit an application, two let- Eurasia, Latin America, the Middle East and 422, HIST 427, HIST 434, IR 368, IR 369, ters of recommendation and a research pro- Africa, or Asia). The student may design the IR 385, IR 468, POSC 370, POSC 371, POSC posal that identifies the thesis topic to the second concentration with the support of a 463, SPAN 320 and SPAN 350. student affairs office. Upon admission to the regular faculty member and approved by program, the student identifies an appropri- the International Relations Curriculum Post-Soviet and Eastern Europe: HIST 320, ate faculty member to co-supervise the thesis Committee. Every concentration must HIST 328, HIST 416, IR 345, IR 346, IR and, in the fall of the senior year, enrolls in include at least one international relations 439, POSC 464 and SLL 330. IR 494. If the program is completed success- course, typically the introductory course. fully (a B+ or better in IR 494, a major GPA Latin America: ANTH 328, ANTH 425, of 3.5 and an overall GPA of 3.3 [A = 4.0]), International Politics and Security Studies GEOG 335, HIST 372, HIST 374, IR 365, the transcript will read “with Honors.” War and peace are at the heart of relations IR 465, POSC 350, POSC 430, POSC 431, among nations. These courses investigate SPAN 320 and SPAN 481. Bachelor of Arts in International Relations defense analysis, arms control, peace-building (Global Business) and strategic studies. The domestic, techno- The Middle East: ANTH 327, ECON 342, The B.A. in International Relations with an logical and international factors influencing IR 362, IR 363, IR 364 and POSC 351. emphasis in Global Business will give stu- defense and arms control policies and negoti- dents the opportunity to pursue a degree in ations are considered. The World Wars, The Pacific Rim: ANTH 323, ANTH 324, international relations and acquire specific Korea, Vietnam and the numerous crises of EALC 340, EALC 345, EALC 350, EALC skills in one of four concentrations in inter- the Cold War are the backdrop in these 375, ECON 343, HIST 333, HIST 337, national business: international finance, courses. Courses are: IR 303, IR 304, IR 307, HIST 340, IR 333, IR 358, IR 360, IR 361, international financial management, global IR 310, IR 318, IR 381, IR 382, IR 383, IR IR 384, IR 442, POSC 352, POSC 355, POSC marketing or global management. Students 384, IR 385, IR 386, IR 402, IR 403, IR 422, 356, POSC 377 and POSC 453. who have earned a GPA of 3.0 or above and IR 427, IR 483, POSC 366 and POSC 448ab. a “B” average in IR 210 International Rela- Africa: IR 367 and POSC 358. tions: Introductory Analysis and a second International Political Economy 300-level or above IR course are eligible to These courses focus on what used to be con- Culture, Gender and Global Society apply during their sophomore year. In addi- sidered “low” politics, but which have This field explores identities and interests tion to the IR requirements, students need to become key issues. Money, trade, invest- shaping the politics of intellectual global soci- complete the following prerequisite courses: ment, development, the environment and ety. Courses are: EALC 375, IR 303, IR 305, ECON 203 Principles of Microeconomics, foreign economic policy are examined. IR 306, IR 310, IR 315, IR 316, IR 318, IR Courses are: ECON 338, ECON 450, ECON 344, IR 382, IR 403, IR 422, IR 424, IR 444, 452, IR 213, IR 305, IR 323, IR 324, IR 325, 308 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
ECON 205 Principles of Macroeconomics, complete IR 305 Managing New Global courses will be counted as meeting the PPD MATH 118x Fundamental Principles of the Challenges; two additional IR upper division requirement for this minor, and 2 units will Calculus and MATH 218 Probability for courses, at least one of which must be a fulfill the internship requirement. Business before they can begin this program. course which focuses on a specific region; The international relations course work con- COMM 487 Communication and Global Internship sists of 28 units: IR 210, a regional course, a Organizations; and two elective courses rele- Each student is required to complete an 400-level course, an international political vant to global communication. See the School approved internship with an international economy course and three upper division of Communication, page 406, for complete focus. Those students not completing the electives. course requirements. Washington, D.C. Semester option may take a two-unit internship either through the Course work at the Marshall School of Minor in International Policy and School of International Relations (IR 491) or Business consists of ACCT 410x Accounting Management Public Policy and Management (PPD 401). for Non-Business Majors or BUAD 250a Core The minor in international policy and man- Concepts of Accounting Information and 20 agement brings together courses from the Minor in International Urban Development units in the respective areas of concentration. School of International Relations, dealing As the world shrinks, students are increasingly International finance: BUAD 215x Foundations with the new global challenges, specific working in a global environment. Even those of Business Finance, BUAD 310 Applied regions of the world and international organi- who are employed in the United States find Business Statistics, BUAD 350 Macroeco- zations and policies, and the School of Policy, the world a competitor, employees from nomic Analysis for Business Decisions or Planning, and Development, dealing with around the world, and customers of all nation- ECON 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic core management skills and public policy alities. This minor addresses the needs of Theory, FBE 462 International Trade and processes. Students will gain an understand- those students by introducing them to rele- Commercial Policy and FBE 464 Interna- ing of the changes and challenges transform- vant urban, economic and social policy issues tional Finance; international financial manage- ing the world and a taste of the policy and as they are framed in international settings. ment: BUAD 215x Foundations of Business management skills to deal with them. To Finance, BUAD 310 Applied Business increase their understanding of the context The minor is open to all students except Statistics, FBE 432 Corporate Financial and application of these concepts, students majors in International Relations (IR) and Strategy, FBE 436 Financial Management must complete a semester-long internship Public Policy, Management and Planning. of Multinational Corporations, FBE 462 either in Washington, D.C. (through partici- The minor is designed for students who wish International Trade and Commercial Policy; pation in the Washington, D.C. Semester) or to either work in the international arena or global marketing: BUAD 307 Marketing Los Angeles with an organization that has an who expect that their professional careers Fundamentals, BUAD 310 Applied Business international focus. will be affected by activities in that arena. Statistics, MKT 450 Consumer Behavior and Students should sign up for the minor in the Marketing, MKT 465 Global Marketing Students take three courses in international International Relations student affairs office. Management and MKT 470 Marketing relations, including the gateway course, Research; global management: BUAD 304 IR 305 Managing New Global Challenges, The requirements for the minor include Organizational Behavior, MOR 431 Inter- three courses in public policy and manage- 6 courses (24 units): three courses from personal Competence and Development, ment, and an approved internship either International Relations and three courses MOR 462 Management Consulting, MOR through the School of International Relations including a laboratory course from Policy, 470 Global Leadership and MOR 492 Global (IR 491x) or the School of Policy, Planning, Planning, and Development. Strategy. and Development (PPD 401). The International Relations component: all stu- Minor in International Relations Required Courses from International Relations: IR dents are required to take IR 305; one region- The minor in international relations allows 305; one regional course selected from: IR 333, al IR course must be taken from: students to develop a specialty in the field IR 345, IR 358, IR 360, 361, IR 362, IR 363, without a full major. Requirements are: IR 365, IR 367, IR 369, IR 383, IR 385, IR IR 333, IR 345, IR 358, IR 360, IR 361, IR IR 210 International Relations: Introductory 439, IR 442, IR 468; one course from either 362, IR 363, IR 365, IR 367, IR 369, IR 383, Analysis and four upper division courses the regional course list or the following: IR IR 385, IR 439, IR 442, IR 468; an elective including at least one regional course and one 306, IR 307, IR 310, IR 315, IR 316, IR 318, IR course must be taken from the regional 400-level course. Students planning to minor IR 323, IR 324, IR 325, IR 326, IR 330, IR list above or from the following: IR 306, IR in international relations should see the 341, IR 343, IR 344, IR 381, IR 382, IR 405, 307, IR 310, IR 315, IR 316, IR 318, IR 323, School of International Relations advisors in IR 427, IR 441, IR 444. IR 324, IR 325, IR 326, IR 330, IR 341, IR Von KleinSmid Center 301. 343, IR 344, IR 381, IR 382, IR 405, IR 427, The Policy, Planning, and Development IR 441, IR 444. Minor in Global Communication component requires the completion of the The rise of global firms and international following three options: The Policy, Planning and Development compo- changes that followed the end of the cold war nent: All students are required to take PPD raise new opportunities and challenges. This From Policy, Planning, and Development: PPD 250; students choose between either PPD minor provides students from fields such as 225; two additional courses from the following: 227 or PPD 382; all students complete the business, journalism, engineering and politi- PPD 371, PPD 357, PPD 473, PPD 476 or capstone course PPD 431L. cal science an understanding of the dynamic PPD 482; or from Public Management: PPD nature of global relations, communications 402; two additional courses from the following: Interdisciplinary Russian Area Studies and technology. The global communication PPD 313, PPD 407, PPD 411, PPD 476; or Minor minor consists of six 4-unit courses, three from the Washington, D.C. Semester program: See Department of Slavic Languages and from international relations and three from Each student enrolled in the Washington, Literatures, page 382. communication. Students are required to D.C. Semester takes three, four-unit courses as well as a four-unit internship seminar. Two International Relations 309
Interdisciplinary Peace and Conflict Studies direction of their individual programs. or emphasize a particular regional area may Minor Students are also encouraged to seek the establish with a faculty advisor, or with See Peace and Conflict Studies Program, advisement of faculty members whose spe- School of International Relations advisors, an page 343. cializations are appropriate to their programs academic program which will accomplish the of study. students’ objectives. Advisement Advisement is required for all majors and Academic Specialization minors. Students are encouraged to meet Students majoring in international relations with School of International Relations advi- who wish to develop their own specialization sors at least once a semester to review the
Graduate Degrees
The School of International Relations offers theory or international history also is highly employers, and to begin to develop disserta- graduate curricula leading to several different desirable. The faculty may admit promising tion proposals early in the graduate education graduate degrees. With courses and faculty students who lack one or more of these process. A student may submit a revised ver- renowned for their strengths in a great variety courses. Students with this preparation tend sion of a research paper or a detailed policy of fields — culture, gender and globalization, to be more successful in the program and memorandum along with a copy of the origi- political economy, foreign policy and security, more likely to prosper in an academic or nal paper for which he or she received a regional studies — our graduate international research setting afterwards. grade of B+ or better in one international programs generally emphasize training for relations graduate class. Students may also careers in advanced research and teaching. Degree Requirements submit a paper or project based on other orig- The school also welcomes professionally ori- These degrees are under the jurisdiction of inal work. A three-person faculty examining ented students with related interests in fields the Graduate School. Refer to the Require- committee, at least two of whom must be such as law, communication, economics and ments for Graduation section (page 62) and School of International Relations faculty business and public policy. the Graduate School section of this catalogue members, will evaluate the substantive paper (page 601) for general regulations. All courses or project and may, at their discretion, call the The School of International Relations applied toward the degrees must be courses student for an oral examination on the proj- has programs leading to the accelerated accepted by the Graduate School. ect. They may also choose to examine the B.A./M.A.; the M.A.; the dual J.D./M.A. student on his or her course work in interna- offered with the USC Gould School of Law; All graduate students are required to main- tional relations. and two dual M.A./M.P.A. and M.A./M.Pl. tain regular contact with the graduate coordi- degrees offered with the School of Policy, nator to assure compliance with departmental Bachelor of Arts/Master of Arts in Planning, and Development; and the Ph.D. in regulations. International Relations Politics and International Relations, offered This accelerated 152-unit program permits with the Political Science Department. Foreign Language Requirement superior students to complete all require- Students in the joint B.A./M.A., M.A./J.D., ments for both the B.A. and the M.A. degrees Admission Requirements J.A./M.Pl. and M.A./M.P.A. master’s programs in international relations in five years. Inter- The School of International Relations wel- must show proficiency in at least one foreign national relations majors may apply for the comes talented candidates from a variety of language at the fourth semester level. In spe- program in their junior year. To be eligible academic backgrounds. Admission decisions cial instances a doctoral student’s dissertation for admission, students must have at least a are based on consideration of applicants’ guidance committee may require a student to 3.3 overall grade point average and must have prior academic performance, as reflected in show research competence in one or two for- completed IR 210 International Relations: course grades and letters of recommendation. eign languages. International students whose Introductory Analysis and IR 211 Interna- Applicants also are strongly encouraged to native language is not English may satisfy tional Relations: Approaches to Research, or submit a sample of their written work in this requirement by submitting proof of their its equivalent, as well as at least two upper English, preferably a research-oriented paper. ability to read and understand social science division IR courses. The committee also considers the potential materials in their native language where for success in a graduate program based on appropriate, or in another language in which Students must take all courses required for Graduate Record Examinations scores. significant social science material is available. the department’s B.A. degree, complete a Business, government and other practical minimum of 32 units of graduate course experiences related to international relations Substantive Paper Requirement work, and write a substantive paper. Up to also are taken into account. Students in the joint B.A./M.A., M.A./J.D., two graduate level courses may be used to M.A./M.Pl. and M.A./M.P.A. master’s pro- fulfill the B.A. major requirements. B.A./M.A. It is strongly recommended that master’s and grams must submit a substantive paper or students are required to take IR 500 Inter- doctoral degree candidates should have com- alternative project. This requirement is national Relations Theory or IR 517 Interna- pleted at least one undergraduate course in meant to encourage students to polish arti- tional Policy Analysis; two domain courses statistics or quantitative methods and at least cles that may ultimately prove suitable for selected from IR 502 Conflict and Coopera- one course in economics before enrolling for publication, to develop materials that will dis- tion, IR 509 Culture, Gender and Global graduate study. A course in social or political play their talents for doctoral and graduate Society, IR 521 Introduction to Foreign school admission committees or prospective Policy Analysis, and IR 541 Politics of the World Economy; and five electives, two of which may be selected from graduate courses 310 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
in related departments. Fourth semester pro- IR 541 Politics of the World Economy. Like Laboratory/Workshops: PPD 531L (4, 4) and/or ficiency in a foreign language is required. all other international relations master’s PPD 532L (4, 4) to total 8 units. B.A./M.A. students are encouraged to pursue degree programs, students in the dual degree minors in either a foreign language, econom- program must complete a substantive paper Electives: 8 units of elective courses in plan- ics, public policy, or regional studies to attain or alternative project. The requirements, ning (including one methods class) taken regional and functional expertise in addition standards and evaluation procedure for the within the School of Policy, Planning, and to their training in international relations. substantive paper are identical to those listed Development. above for all M.A. students except that one Master of Arts, Politics and International member of the examining committee must Dual degree students, like all other M.Pl. Relations come from the Law School. students, must take a comprehensive exami- Only students who have a degree objective of nation and fulfill the internship requirement. obtaining the Ph.D. will be admitted into the Master of Arts, Politics and International Students in the dual degree program must Politics and International Relations program. Relations/Master of Planning complete a substantive paper or alternative However, interested students can obtain an The School of Policy, Planning, and Devel- project. The requirements, standards and M.A. degree while pursuing the Ph.D. The opment and the School of International evaluation procedure for the substantive degree is awarded upon successful comple- Relations jointly offer a three-year program paper are identical to those listed for all tion of (a) 28 units, including three of the five leading to both M.A. and M.Pl. degrees. International Relations master’s program stu- courses in the program’s theory and method- Applicants must apply to the School of dents except that one member of the exam- ology sequence, a master’s thesis and registra- Policy, Planning, and Development and the ining committee must come from the School tion in POSC 594ab or IR 594ab; and (b) the School of International Relations and meet of Policy, Planning, and Development. approval of the master’s thesis by the thesis the requirements for admission to both. committee. Students interested in this program are Master of Arts, Politics and International required to take the Graduate Record Relations/Master of Public Administration Master of Arts, Politics and International Examinations (GRE). The School of Policy, Planning, and Devel- Relations/Juris Doctor opment and the School of International The USC Gould School of Law and the Requirements for the completion of the dual Relations jointly offer a three-year program School of International Relations jointly offer degree program are 56 units, including 24 leading to both M.A. and M.P.A. degrees a three-year program leading to the J.D. and units in the School of International Relations (students may extend the dual degree pro- M.A. degrees. (Students may extend the dual and 32 units in the School of Policy, Planning gram to four years). Applicants must apply degree program to four years.) Applicants and Development, as follows: to the School of Policy, Planning, and Devel- must apply to both the Law School and the opment and the School of International School of International Relations and meet INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNITS Relations and meet requirements for admis- requirements for admission to both. In addi- IR 517 International Policy sion to both. Students interested in this pro- tion to the LSAT, students interested in this Analysis 4 gram are required to take the Graduate program are required to take the Graduate one course that focuses on a specific Record Examinations (GRE). Record Examinations (GRE). Law students region, and 4 may apply to the School of International one functional course from the following: Requirements Relations during their first year at the Law IR 502 Conflict and Cooperation 4 Students pursuing the dual degree must School. IR 509 Culture, Gender and complete the degree requirements at the Global Society 4 School of Policy, Planning, and Development In the first year, students take their course IR 521 Introduction to Foreign and at least 24 units within the School of work in the Law School exclusively. The sec- Policy Analysis 4 International Relations. ond and third years include 24 units of cours- IR 541 Politics of the World es in international relations and 40 units of Economy 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNITS law. Students pursuing the dual degree must IR 517 International Policy complete LAW 662 or LAW 764 and one POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT UNITS Analysis 4 additional international law course. To earn PPD 500 Cross-Sectoral Governance 4 one course that focuses on a specific the J.D., all students (including dual degree PPD 524 Planning Theory 2 region, and 4 students) must complete 35 numerically PPD 525 Statistics and Arguing from one functional course from the following: 4 graded law units at USC after the first year. Data 2 IR 502 Conflict and Cooperation The associate dean may make exceptions to PPD 526 Comparative International IR 509 Culture, Gender and this rule for students enrolled in Law School Development 2 Global Society Honors programs. PPD 527 The Social Context IR 521 Introduction to Foreign of Planning 2 Policy Analysis Students pursuing the dual degree must PPD 528 The Urban Economy 2 IR 541 Politics of the World complete 24 units within the School of PPD 529 Legal Environment Economy International Relations at the 500 level or of Planning 2 above. These students are required to suc- cessfully complete IR 500 International Note: 2-unit courses may be offered in seven-and-a- Relations Theory, either IR 513 Social half week blocks. Science and Historical Research Methods or IR 517 International Policy Analysis, and two domain courses selected from among IR 502 Conflict and Cooperation, IR 509 Culture, Gender, and Global Society, IR 521 Intro- duction to Foreign Policy Analysis and International Relations 311
POLICY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT UNITS Admission decisions are based on considera- of social inquiry course (IR 513 or POSC PPD 500 Cross Sectoral Governance 4 tion of applicants’ prior academic perfor- 500). Finally, in their second, third or fourth PPD 501 Public Sector Economics 4 mance, as reflected in course grades, the year, they must take an approved advanced PPD 540 Public Administration results of the Graduate Record Examinations, research methods course. and Society 4 and letters of recommendation. Students PPD 541 Public Financial must also submit a statement of intent that The selection of additional courses should be Management and demonstrates a seriousness of purpose, a high guided by the distribution requirements of Budgeting 4 level of motivation and a desire to benefit the Ph.D. program. Students will choose PPD 545 Human Behavior in from our faculty’s areas of expertise or inter- three fields of concentration, at least two of Public Organizations 4 est. Applicants also are strongly encouraged which are from those regularly offered in pol- PPD 546 Professional Practice to submit a sample of their written work in itics and international relations. The student of Public Administration 4 English, preferrably a research-oriented may also seek approval from the director of PPD 542 Policy and Program paper. Business, government and other prac- the Ph.D. program and the steering commit- Evaluation, or tical experiences may also be taken into tee to create a different field of concentra- PPD 557 Quantitative Analysis I, account. tion. Each field of concentration requires or completion of three graduate level courses PPD 666 Administrative Research Students with many different academic pro- with an average grade of B or better. and Analysis 4 files are admitted into the program. However, Additional courses necessary to complete the applicants should understand that the admis- 60 units required by the Graduate School Like all other International Relations mas- sions process is highly competitive. Students should be taken in consultation with faculty ter’s program students, students in the dual entering the program typically have a cumu- advisors and the Guidelines for Graduate Study degree program must complete a substantive lative undergraduate grade point average of in Politics and International Relations. paper or alternative project. The require- at least 3.3 from an accredited university in ments, standards and evaluation procedure the United States or equivalent credentials Fields of Concentration for the substantive paper are identical to from a non-U.S. institution, scores of 550 or The fields of concentration include: those listed for all M.A. students except that better on each of the portions of the GREs, a American politics; comparative politics/ one member of the examining committee TOEFL score of 575 (for those students for regional studies; culture, gender and global must come from the School of Policy, whom English is not their native language) society; foreign policy analysis; international Planning, and Development. Students must and superior letters of recommendation for political economy; international politics and also meet the statistics prerequisite and those who are in a position to evaluate a stu- security; law and public policy; political theo- internship requirement of the M.P.A. dent’s ability to excel in a Ph.D. program. ry; and urban and ethnic politics in global society. Doctor of Philosophy in Politics and Ph.D. Screening Process International Relations At the end of their third semester, students Foreign Language/Research Tool Requirement The Ph.D. program is awarded to students will be reviewed by a screening committee Reading proficiency in a language other than who have demonstrated in-depth knowledge made up of five faculty members appointed English is a prerequisite for taking the quali- of the complex problems and processes of by the chair of the Department of Political fying examination. This requirement can be politics and international relations and the Science and the director of the School of met by two years of college level foreign lan- ability to make an original research contribu- International Relations. Two faculty mem- guage training (with a minimum average tion to their improved understanding. The bers will be drawn from the core research grade of B) or by examination. Any course degree requirements are fulfilled by success- design classes and two from the core theory work done in the graduate program to devel- fully completing a minimum of 60 units classes. The fifth committee member will be op language proficiency will not count toward beyond the B.A., the Ph.D. screening chosen by the student. This committee will the degree. process, three fields of concentration, a sub- review the student’s progress, including stantive paper or M.A. thesis, a foreign lan- grades and written faculty evaluations of Substantive Paper or M.A.Thesis guage requirement, qualifying examinations, course work. The committee will be respon- To show evidence of the capacity to conduct a dissertation proposal, and a written dis- sible for deciding, at an early stage in the stu- original research and before taking the quali- sertation and its oral defense. In short, the dent’s career, if the student is unlikely to fin- fying exam, each student will submit a sub- prospective candidate for the Ph.D. in ish the Ph.D. program. After reviewing the stantive paper or M.A. thesis. This written Politics and International Relations must student’s record, the committee may decide work must be approved by two regular faculty demonstrate superior scholarship in course to (1) continue the student, (2) not continue members from the Ph.D. program in politics work and the ability to make an original con- the student and admit the student into a ter- and international relations. tribution to knowledge. minal M.A. degree program or (3) fail the stu- dent’s performance in the screening process, Qualifying Examinations Admission to the Ph.D. Program i.e., not continue the student in the M.A. or Students are eligible to take the qualifying The faculty of the Department of Political Ph.D. programs. exam upon successful completion of the Ph.D. Science and the School of International screening process, required field course work Relations welcome talented candidates from Course Requirements with a grade of B or better, a substantive paper a variety of academic backgrounds. While a All doctoral candidates must complete a or USC M.A. thesis relevant to the program prior degree in political science or interna- five-course core theory and methodology and all other Ph.D. requirements except those tional relations is not necessary, it is strongly sequence. They must include a classics- directly related to the Ph.D. dissertation. recommended that applicants have complet- oriented two-semester political, social, com- Ordinarily, students will take the qualifying ed at least some course work in related fields parative and international theory sequence exams no later than the seventh semester in and subjects, including political theory, statis- (currently POSC 530 and IR 500), a multi- the Ph.D. program. Students will be examined tics and social science research methods. variate statistics course (such as IR 514 or in two of their three fields of concentration. POSC 600) and a philosophies/methodologies 312 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The third (“write-off”) field will be completed the guidance committee requires the signa- Consult the Requirements for Graduation by taking at least three courses and passing ture of the chair of the Political Science section (page 62) and the Graduate School them with a grade of B or better. The guid- Department and the director of the School of section (page 601) of this catalogue regard- ance committee will evaluate the quality of International Relations. ing time limitations for completion of these two written exams as evidence of the the degree and other Graduate School capacity to define and complete a Ph.D. Students will pass the qualifying examina- requirements. dissertation. tions if no more than one member of the guidance committee dissents after reviewing All graduate students considering an academ- The written examinations are closed book the student’s record at USC and performance ic career should generally have research, and will be administered over two days at on the written and oral parts of the qualifying teaching and advisement experiences as part least once per academic year. Examination exams. At the discretion of the guidance of their program of study. questions will be written by a committee of committee, students who do not pass the the tenure track faculty in each field. The exams may be allowed to retake the qualify- Doctor of Philosophy in Political Economy chair of the Department of Political Science ing exams the next time they are offered. and Public Policy and the director of the School of Interna- Students are admitted to candidacy for the The School of International Relations, the tional Relations will appoint one faculty Ph.D. when they have completed the univer- Department of Economics and the Depart- member from each field to coordinate the sity residency requirement and passed the ment of Political Science jointly offer a writing of the relevant field exam. The field written and oral portions of the Ph.D. quali- program of study leading to the Ph.D. degree. exam coordinators will then seek assistance fying examinations. Applicants must apply to the Graduate School from other faculty in their field, including and meet the admission requirements of all those with whom the student has studied, to Dissertation three departments. Required courses include compose the written examination questions. Upon completion of the qualifying examina- both core requirements and area require- tions, the student selects in consultation with ments. Core requirements include courses in In accordance with the Graduate School the dissertation advisor a three-person disser- economic theory and history of economic the- requirements, the oral portion of the student’s tation committee, including one external ory; history of political thought; scope, meth- qualifying examination will be administered member, who will provide guidance and odology and research methods; and political by his or her guidance committee. The oral judge the quality of the dissertation. Within economy and public policy. Area require- examination will be based on the student’s six months of completing the qualifying ments include courses drawn from one of two written field exams. The guidance com- examinations, students should have a formal the following three areas of concentration: mittee will be made up of five members. Two defense of the dissertation proposal before comparative and developmental political members, one from each field, will be desig- their dissertation committee. The Ph.D. is economy; politics, economics, and the policy nated by the director of the Ph.D. program in earned upon the successful public defense process; and international political economy. consultation with the student’s principal advi- and submission of the written dissertation sor. In consultation with his or her principal by the student before the dissertation For a detailed description of this program, advisor, the student will select the other two committee. see the Political Economy and Public Policy field examiners and the outside member of section of this catalogue. the guidance committee. Final approval of
Courses of Instruction
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (IR) 210 International Relations: Introductory 213 The Global Economy (4, Fa) Economic Analysis (4, Fa) Comprehensive introduction concepts necessary to understand modern The terms indicated are expected but are not to contending theoretical and analytical global economy. Topics include transition guaranteed. For the courses offered during any approaches; development of critical, evalua- economies, global inequality, environmental given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. tive, cognitive, and analytical competencies issues, international political economy, trade regarding historical and contemporary issues. and the international financial system. Recom- 100xg The United States and World Affairs (Required for all IR majors and minors.) mended preparation: IR 210. (4, Fa) The changing character of contempo- rary international political issues from the 211 International Relations: Approaches to 302 International Relations of the Great Cold War to the future and U.S. foreign pol- Research (4, Sp) Introduction to theoretically Powers in the Late 19th and 20th Centuries icy options for the future; exploration of com- oriented research approaches and designs, (4, Irregular) Introductory analysis of the peting perspectives. Not available for major emphasizing the logics of argumentation interactions of the great powers during the credit. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. involved. (Required for all IR majors.) Recom- period; initial focus on Europe, with expan- mended preparation: IR 210. sion to include global relations. 101xg International Relations (4, Sp) Basic concepts of world affairs for non-majors. 212 Historical Approaches to International Development of competency to understand Relations (4, Sp) Introduction to historical and critically evaluate global relations and research methods, emphasizing historical international events, stressing empirical texts and modes of discourse. Recommended approaches. Not available for major credit. preparation: IR 210. Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. International Relations 313
303 Leadership and Diplomacy (4, Fa) The 318 Conflict Resolution and Peace Research 344 Developing Countries in World Politics role of leaders, diplomatic leadership and cre- (4, Fa) Processes of conflict, violence, change, (4, Irregular) Origin, concepts, realities, and ativity in statecraft, providing a deep under- integration, stability, and peace in world soci- ideals of the non-aligned movement, focusing standing of the theoretical and practical ety, analyzed primarily through the literature on the United States’ role in the developing dimensions of diplomacy. of the peace research movement. world.
304 Espionage and Intelligence (4, Sp) The 323 Politics of Global Environment (4, Sp) 345 Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy (4) role and evolution of espionage and intelli- Examines the politics of managing the global Overview of Soviet and Russian foreign pol- gence as tools of statecraft are examined. environment. The nature of ecosystems, icy in the 20th century. Review of the diplo- Open, covert, clandestine, counterintelli- common problems, population and resource matic history of the period and introduction gence programs and oversight processes are utilization problems along with biodiversity to models of foreign policy used to analyze considered. and global governance are emphasized. Soviet and Russian behavior.
305 Managing New Global Challenges 324 Multinational Enterprises and World 346 Foreign Policy of Eastern Europe and (4, Sp) Examines strategies for managing Politics (4, Sp) Political implications of inter- the Balkans (4, Fa) Analysis of contemporary global issues in the post Cold War period. actions between different types of multi- foreign policy issues in East-Central Europe, Explores ways that international institutions, national enterprises and all levels of U.S. including inter- and intra-state conflict, national governments and non-state actors government, other industrial nations, and peacekeeping, NATO and EU enlargement, work separately and together to provide order less-developed countries. cross-border minorities and refugees. and control over complex international issues areas. Issues that will receive attention could 325 Rich and Poor States in the World 358 The Asia Pacific in World Affairs (4, Sp) include financial and monetary relations, Political Economy (4, Sp) Dynamic inequal- The cultural, political, economic, and social trade and foreign investment, preservation of ity in relations between rich and poor; con- aspects of the Asia Pacific’s rise to promi- the environment, the spread of weapons of tending views on causes; legacies of imperial- nence in world affairs. Reasons for the “suc- mass destruction, population and migration, ism; ameliorative strategies of poor states; cesses” of many Asian economies and the terrorism and ethnic strife. responses of richer states. Prerequisite: depart- environmental and social problems accompa- mental approval. nying their rapid transformation. The diffi- 306 International Organizations (4, Fa) The culties of interaction in complex cultural emergence of international organizations as a 326 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy situations illustrated by participation in a permanent feature in world politics; role of (4, Irregular) The U.S. economy and political- computer-assisted simulation. the United Nations organization as well as economic institutions in comparative per- regional international organizations. spective; economic diplomacy and policy; 360 International Relations of the Pacific role of trade barriers, exchange rates, foreign Rim (4, Irregular) Political, economic, mili- 307 Contemporary International Politics aid, energy, foreign investment. tary, and territorial issues in East Asia and the (4, FaSp) Recent events, forces, and condi- Pacific and the role of the United States, tions in the international political system. 330 Politics of the World Economy (4, Fa) Russia, China and Japan. Basic organizing concepts used in the analysis Introduction to the relationship between of the data of international politics. political and economic development and 361 South and Southeast Asia in Interna- ideas concerning the origins and behavior of tional Affairs (4, Sp) The historical, cultural, 308 Globalization: Issues and Controversies capitalism and its impact on international and political reasons for Asia’s dramatic trans- (4, Sp) People, money, things, information, relations. formation into a powerful engine of world and ideas flow across national borders. How economic growth. The secondary conse- can we understand globalization, its conse- 333 China in International Affairs (4, Sp) quences of economic growth for environmen- quences, and how to manage it? Multimedia Economic reform, the open door, and China’s tal protection, gender relations, ethnicity, and training is provided. changing role in the international system. military tension. Relations with the United States, Japan, 310 Introduction to Peace and Conflict and other key powers in Asia. Tensions 362 The International Relations of the Studies (4, Sp) Interdisciplinary study of the between the interests of American business Contemporary Middle East (4, Fa) Introduc- pursuit of peace, including causes of wars, and the human rights community over China tion to problems and issues in the Middle arms races, conflict resolution, peace move- policy. East today: religio-ethnic rivalries, conflicting ments, domestic violence, nonviolent resis- nationalisms and ideologies, the Arab-Israeli tance, and peace with justice. 341 Foreign Policy Analysis (4, Irregular) conflict, Middle East oil. Basic concepts and analytical approaches in 315 Ethnicity and Nationalism in World the study of decision-making at the interna- 363 Middle East Political Economy (4, Sp) Politics (4, Irregular) Ethnic identity and tional level. This is a case-based class, requir- Examination of general economic develop- nation formation in the global society of states; ing participation of students in interactive ment issues: population, agriculture, industri- nation-states; conflict or political accommoda- discussions of decision forcing and retrospec- alization, trade, oil, etc. Several Mideast case tion within multinational states; impact of dis- tive foreign policy cases. study countries are then explored in depth. persed nations on interstate relations. Prerequisite: departmental approval. 343 U.S. Foreign Policy since World War II 316 Gender and Global Issues (4, Sp) An (4, Irregular) Analysis of U.S. foreign policy 364 The Political Economy of Latin Ameri- examination of the role women have played since 1945 as a basis for understanding signifi- can Development (4, Fa) The main economic in world politics focusing on issues of war cant new trends. Explanation of contemporary development themes and strategies in Latin and peace, the environment and the global issues in U.S. relations with other nations. America over the past century. The interplay economy. between domestic and international variables, and the resulting dynamic changes. 314 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
365 U.S. Responses to Revolutionary 385 European Foreign Policy and Security 426 Trade Politics in the Western Hemi- Change in Latin America and the Caribbean Issues (4, Irregular) Western European for- sphere (4, Sp) Focus on the dynamic process (4, Fa) Examines diverse U.S. responses to eign policy and defense issues; consensus of trade integration that has occurred since revolutionary change in Latin America and and trends underscoring political and strate- the mid-1980s in the Western Hemisphere. the Caribbean during the 20th century, gic change and policy alternatives in postwar exploring various explanations for the nature European alliances. Course will rely heavily 427 Seminar on Economics and Security of U.S. policies. Analyzes the roles of interest on case teaching approach. (4, Sp) Introduction to important economic groups, ideology, domestic politics, bureau- issue areas that are understood as security- cratic processes, perceptions and analogical 386 International Terrorism and Liberal related in the contemporary world: food, reasoning. Democracy (4, Fa) Examination of the nexus trade, debt, etc. of terrorist threat and governmental response. 367 Africa in International Affairs (4, Fa) Specifically, the class analyzes both terror- 430 The Politics of International Trade General overview of main historical, political, ism’s effectiveness as a means to achieve (4, Fa) Economic approaches and political and economic issues as they affect Africa, political change and the challenges faced by processes are used to explain observed inter- focussing on nationalism, development, and the liberal democratic state in responding to national trade policy choices. Topics covered superpower competition in Africa. international terrorist campaigns. include globalization, regionalism, labor stan- dards, the environment and sanctions. Recom- 368 French Foreign Policy: 1945 to the 390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, indi- mended preparation: ECON 450, IR 330. Present (4, Irregular) Introduction to histori- vidual studies. No more than one registration cal, thematic perspectives of French foreign permitted. Enrollment by petition only. 439 Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia policy since 1945 including review of external (4, Irregular) Interaction of politics and eco- and internal constraints influencing foreign 402 Theories of War (4, Irregular) Theories nomics in the former Soviet Union and its policy. of war tested in historical cases; the obso- component republics; the historical planned lescence of war as a rational choice, and prob- economy, the politics of reform and the 369 Contemporary European International lems that still result in war. Prerequisite: IR 210. political economy of former Soviet foreign Relations (4) European interstate conflict relations. and cooperation since 1945; history of West- 403 Transnational Diplomacy and Global ern European integration during the Cold Security (4, Sp) Explores emerging “diplo- 441 Comparative Analysis of Foreign Policy War; the European Union in post-Cold War matic” relations between nation-states and (4, Sp) Comparative analysis of foreign policy Europe. transnational (non-state) entities, such as determinants and decision-making; empirical non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in emphasis. 371 Global Civil Society: Non-Governmental the development of global peace and security Organizations in World Politics (4) Trans- policies. Recommended preparation: IR 303. 442 Japanese Foreign Policy (4, Fa) Eco- national activists and non-governmental orga- nomic, political, territorial, and security issues; nizations in world politics. How they affect 405 International Negotiation (4, Sp) A foreign policy decision-making; relations with humanity and the development of liberal and practical course designed to improve negotia- major powers and neighboring states. social democracy. tion skills. A set of ideas for diagnosing any negotiation problem, international or local, 443 Formulation of U.S. Foreign Policy 381 Introduction to International Security and identifying alternative strategies and the (4, Sp) Critical discussion of alternative (4) Alternative conceptions of security; evolu- risks of each. International case histories and approaches explaining the formulation and tion of nuclear strategy; efforts to control the face-to-face bargaining exercises. Original implementation of U.S. foreign policy: development and spread of nuclear and con- research to develop a strategy for an actual domestic politics, organizational processes, ventional weapons; current security issues. negotiation underway today. Junior standing. group dynamics, individual personality and Recommended preparation: IR 210. perception. 382 Order and Disorder in Global Affairs (4, Fa) Modern and post-modern perspectives 419 Complex Models of Cognitive, Social, 444 Issues and Theories in Global Society on changes in the inter-state system, rela- Ecological Systems (4, Sp) Introduction to (4, Fa) Why the world is organized into sover- tions among cultures and civilizations, the computerized cognitive, socio-political and eign nation-states. The challenges to nation- conditions of ecologically sustainable human adaptive/evolutionary systems modeling. Dis- states in the 21st century from globalization, development. Recommended preparation: cusses fractals, genetic programs, artificial democratization, revolution, technology, and IR 100x, IR 101x or IR 210. life, cognition complexity theory. Prerequisite: new forms of cultural identity. IR 211 or similar course in another discipline. 383 Third World Negotiations (4, Fa) Ori- 445 U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy: Non- gins, intensity, management and/or resolution 422 Ecological Security and Global Politics proliferation and Weapons of Mass of regional conflicts in developing countries (4, Irregular) Should environmental issues Destruction (4, Sm) Policies and programs and the role and intervention of great powers. be treated as threats to security? Survey of aimed at stopping the spread of weapons of recent literature explores global environmen- mass destruction. Presentations by execu- 384 Introduction to Asian Security tal politics using a security framework. Prereq- tive/legislative officials involved in formula- (4, Irregular) Introduction to key security uisite: IR 210 and/or environmental studies tion and implementation of non-proliferation. trends in Asia-Pacific, emphasizing strategic course work. Junior or senior standing required. competition between U.S., Russia, and China; regional military capabilities; rise of 424 Citizenship and Migration in Interna- 464 U.S. Policy towards the Middle East: neutrality politics. tional Politics (4, Fa) Changing notions of cit- 1950 to the Present (4, Irregular) The role izenship in the context of history, and of eco- of the United States in Middle Eastern affairs nomic, political and sociological theories of after the creation of the state of Israel. international migration; diaspora and migra- tion case studies. International Relations 315
465 Contemporary Issues in United States- 505 International Bargaining Processes 517 International Policy Analysis (4, Sp) An Latin America Relations (4, Sp) Examines (4, Irregular) International bargaining as a introduction to the tools and techniques of major issues in the relationship between the means of resolving problems and making policy analysis with applications to interna- United States and the countries of Latin decisions in the international system. Politi- tional relations. America and the Caribbean, including trade cal, economic, psychological, and game theo- and financial questions, security, immigra- retic approaches are emphasized. 521 Introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis tion, the environment, narcotics, etc. Major (4, Sp) Survey of principal theoretical and bilateral relations (especially with Mexico, 506 Conflict Management and Interna- empirical approaches to foreign policy analy- Brazil, and the Caribbean Basin countries) tional Institutions (4, Irregular) The doc- sis; bureaucratic politics, cybernetics, game are emphasized, as are regional and multi- trine of collective security, preventive diplo- theory and options analysis, comparison, lateral relationships. macy, peacekeeping and peace-making as design theory, simulation. instruments of conflict management. Com- 468 European Integration (4, Sp) Research on parative analysis of United Nations’ and 522 United States Diplomacy since 1945: the European Union’s role in European inter- regional institutions’ experiences. Issues and Decisions (4, Sp) An analysis of national relations; internal EU developments United States foreign policy with emphasis since 1985 as an actor in the world economy. 507 Gender and International Relations on the origins and structure of the cold war, (4, Irregular) An examination of gender and decision-making, the role of ideology, con- 470 Comparative Regionalism (4, Fa) Analysis culture in world society. Feminist perspec- tainment and imperialism, and issues of the of the factors that provide different forms of tives on and critiques of various approaches post-bipolar era. regional arrangements in different parts of the to international relations theories. world. Prerequisite: IR 210. 524 Formulation of U.S. Foreign Policy 508 Conflict Analysis and Peace Research (4, Irregular) Research on foreign policy deci- 483 War and Diplomacy: The U.S. in World (4, Irregular) Intensive study of problems of sion-making; roles, functions, and influence Affairs (4, Irregular) Perspective on recent concept formation, research techniques, and in the foreign policy process. Prerequisite: American foreign policy; a case study of con- the application of findings in peace and con- departmental approval. flicting literature on the origins, development flict studies. and legacy of the Cold War. 525 State and Society in International Rela- 509 Culture, Gender, and Global Society tions (4, Fa) A readings seminar that assesses 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSpSm) (4, 2 years, Sp) Cultural and gendered the challenges to nation-states and world Individual research and readings. Not avail- responses to economic globalization; topics order presented by trans-border cultural able for graduate credit. Prerequisite: depart- include culture and security, identity politics, flows, new technologies, and changing pat- mental approval. clashes of and accommodations among civi- terns of political participation. lizations, modernity, post-modernity and 491x Field Study (1-8, max 8, FaSpSm) world society. 531 Strategy and Arms Control (4) Impact of Local, national, and international internships. nuclear weapons on U.S. and U.S.S.R. post- Not available for graduate credit. 512 Linkage Politics (4) (Enroll in POSC 512) war military policies and strategies; evolution of postwar deterrence postures; development 494 Honors Thesis Seminar (4, Fa) Prepara- 513 Social Science and Historical Research of superpower arms control since 1945. tion and oral defense of senior honors thesis Methods: Introduction to Research Design before supervising faculty and fellow honors (2 or 4, Sp) Introduction to problems in phi- 534 East Asian Security Issues (4) Security students. (Duplicates credit in former IR losophy of science, epistemology, historical politics of China, Japan, ASEAN states, and 493b.) Senior status and acceptance to pro- and historiographical inquiry, leading to Southwest Pacific nations; their strategic gram required. Prerequisite: IR 210, IR 211. development of elementary research design relations with the superpowers; regional secu- capabilities. rity initiatives: nuclear-free zone politics, 499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Selected ZOPFAN, and indigenous military capacities. topics in various special areas within interna- 514 Multivariate Analysis (4, Fa) Causal Prerequisite: IR 531 or departmental approval. tional relations, which may vary from semes- inference and modeling in international rela- ter to semester or within semesters. tions and political science; assumptions and 538 Economics and Security in the Devel- problems of multivariate regression analysis oping World (4, Irregular) Examination of 500 International Relations Theory (4, Fa) in both cross-sectional and time series cases. literatures on both traditional and broadened Development of organized knowledge of definitions of security. Application of these international relations. Main currents of 515 Qualitative Research Design (4) A prac- concepts to economic issue areas in develop- thought and varieties of current literature. tical seminar in which to develop a disserta- ing countries. tion proposal. Covers casual inference and 501 International Relations Theory: comparative case study designs; single-case 541 Politics of the World Economy (4) Sur- Advanced (4, Sp) Examines the specialized designs; selecting cases; interviewing; com- vey of approaches to international political nomenclature of international relations and bining quantitative and qualitative methods. economy. Intellectual roots; the management the varied interpretations of basic concepts of Recommended preparation: IR 513, one course of collective goods; North-South relations are international theory; conceptual analysis and in statistics, and enough substantive study to examined. criticism. identify a likely dissertation topic. 542 Foreign Economic Policies of Industrial 502 Conflict and Cooperation (4, Fa) Against 516 Advanced Research Methods: Text, Talk Capitalist States (4, Fa) Seminar comparing the background of 20th century history this and Context (4, 2 years, Sp) Text and dis- policies of Britain, France, Germany, Japan, course introduces the major literatures on the course analysis methods and strategies for and the United States; evaluation of alterna- causes, strategy, practice, and future possibili- advanced IR students. Themes include the tive research methods and theories; design ties of war and peace. Prerequisite: departmen- roles of ideas, identities, policies and interests and execution of an original project. Prerequi- tal approval. in various institutional contexts. Prerequisite: site: departmental approval. IR 513; recommended preparation: IR 514. 316 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
543 Politics of International Monetary and 552 International Political Economy Issues 581 International Relations of the Middle Trade Relations (4, Irregular) Political analy- in Europe (4) Development of complex inter- East: Regional Conflict (4) The Arab-Israeli sis of international monetary and trade rela- dependence conditions in Europe; patterns conflict, Lebanon, and the Gulf Wars are tions; emphasis on interactions among indus- of integrative institutionalization emphasizing explored in the framework of various trialized nations. Prerequisite: departmental the European Communities; East-West eco- approaches to war and conflict. Prerequisite: approval. nomic relations. departmental approval.
544 Transnational Enterprises and World 553 Political Economy of Global Telecom- 590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Politics (4, Irregular) Impact of resource, munication and Information (4, Sp) (Enroll Research leading to the master’s degree. manufacturing, and service corporations on in COMM 553) Maximum units which may be applied to the nations, government policy-making, and the degree to be determined by the department. international economic system; political risk 556 Latin America and U.S. Foreign Policy Graded CR/NC. techniques. (4, Irregular) Latin American challenges to U.S. policymakers; U.S. success in achieving 591 Field Study (1-12, FaSpSm) Study of 545 The Political Economy of Development its goals; alternative explanations of U.S. contemporary institutions in selected regions (4, Irregular) The political aspects of eco- behavior. of the world. Maximum units which may be nomic growth, efficiency and distribution are applied to the degree to be determined by explored for underdeveloped nations in an 557 Africa and U.S. Foreign Policy (4) the department. international relations context. Research problems on international issues arising from the emergence of Africa. 594abz Master’s Thesis (2-2-0, FaSpSm) 547 Political Economy of Global Space and Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded Environment (4, Irregular) Regimes in an 561 Japanese Foreign Policy and Interna- IP/CR/NC. anarchic world will be examined to assess tional Relations of East and Southeast Asia ways oceans, atmosphere, outerspace, and (4) Research problems in political, economic, 599 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Subjects other unowned spaces or resources are and and security issues in East and Southeast Asia, specifically relevant to an international rela- can be used. Prerequisite: departmental with special emphasis on the role of Japan. tions field, sometimes conducted as intensive approval. short-courses. Prerequisite: departmental 563 Chinese Foreign Policy (4) Research approval. 550 Economic Bargaining Theory and Prac- problems in political, economic, military, and tice (4, Irregular) Development of analytical ideological issues. 790 Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research lead- skills and strategies for negotiations over eco- ing to the doctorate. Maximum units which nomic and political problems, through study 580 Reason and Force in the Post Cold War may be applied to the degree to be deter- of recent cases and participation in bilateral World (4, Fa) Examines New Security Agen- mined by the department. Graded CR/NC. and multilateral exercises. Prerequisite: depart- das concerning human security, cooperative mental approval. security, communal conflicts, identity con- 791 Advanced Studies (2-4, max 12) Sub- flicts and environmental threats. Explores jects specifically relevant to an international 551 International Political Economy of the preventive diplomacy, unilateral and multi- relations field; conducted for Ph.D. students, Pacific Rim (4) Introduces issues related to lateral intervention issues. sometimes conducted as intensive short political economy of the Pacific Rim; trade, courses. Prerequisite: departmental approval. investment and development strategies of these countries. The role of Japan’s increas- 794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0, ing economic power and that of the changing FaSp) Credit on acceptance of dissertation. U.S.–Japan relations and their implications to Graded IP/CR/NC. the rest of the Pacific Rim region.
Joint Educational Project
Joint Educational Project House the Departments of Biological Sciences, Earth Work-study students work in conjunction (213) 740-1837 Sciences, Geography, Sociology, Spanish, and with JEP through the USC Readers Plus FAX: (213) 740-1825 other disciplines are assigned to neighborhood program. Students assist K-9 children in the Email: [email protected] schools, libraries, hospitals and health clinics, university’s “Family of Schools” in the areas www.usc.edu/jep and similar sites, where they assist profession- of math and reading, allowing USC students als, teach, translate, and make other contribu- the opportunity to serve in the community Director: Tammara Anderson tions to individuals in the community. Stu- while gaining experience in an urban school dents are required to submit weekly reflective environment. The Joint Educational Project places universi- pieces helping them to make connections ty students in supervised, service-learning between their academic course work and their positions as a part of their academic course experiences in the community. work. Students registered in certain classes in Judaic Studies 317
Judaic Studies
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute graduation requirements in a foreign lan- Three courses from the following: of Religion guage; courses which meet humanities gener- AMST 301 America, the Frontier, and 3077 University Ave. al education requirements may be used as the New West 4 Los Angeles, CA 90007 electives or may be used for major credit with AMST 350 Seminar in Ethnic (213) 749-3424 the approval of an advisor. Studies: Theories and FAX: (213) 747-6128 Methods Email: [email protected] Emphasis in Judaic Studies JS 330 Jewish Power, www.huc.edu A Bachelor of Arts in Religion with an area of Powerlessness, and Politics emphasis in Judaic Studies is offered cooper- in the Modern Era 4 Chair: Reuven Firestone, Ph.D. atively by the School of Religion and Hebrew JS 381 The Jew in American Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Society 4 Registrar: Carol Sofer Program requirements are listed in this cata- JS 382 Judaism as an American Email: [email protected] logue under Religion, page 377. Religion 4 JS 383 Jews in American Popular Faculty The Ph.D. program in Religion and Social Culture 4 Professors: Isa Aron, Ph.D.; Lewis M. Barth, Ethics, offered at USC through the School of JS 415 The American Jewish Ph.D.; William Cutter, Ph.D.; David Religion, may be taken with a concentration in Experience in Film 4 Ellenson, Ph.D.; Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, Judaic Studies. Applicants for the joint Ph.D. JS 428 Blacks and Jews: Conflicts Ph.D.; Reuven Firestone, Ph.D.; Sara Lee, program in Religion and Social Ethics with and Alliances 4 M.A.; Stephen Passamaneck, Ph.D.; Bruce Hebrew Union College should apply to USC; Phillips, Ph.D.; Michael Zeldin, Ph.D. applications are considered jointly with Hebrew Minor in Judaic Studies Union College. Applicants are required to The minor in Judaic Studies provides the Assistant Professors: Rachel R. Adler, Ph.D.; demonstrate proficiency in Hebrew. See the opportunity for in-depth study of Jewish Sharon Gillerman, Ph.D.; David Kaufman, Department of Religion section in this cata- thought, ethics, history, literature, tradition, Ph.D.; Adriane Leveen, Ph.D.; Adam Rubin, logue (page 378) for more information. spirituality and women’s studies using Ph.D.; Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D. approaches developed through the academic Minor in Jewish American Studies study of religion. It is an interdisciplinary Adjunct Associate Professor: Steven F. The minor in Jewish American Studies offers program that challenges and stimulates stu- Windmueller, Ph.D. the opportunity to study the experiences and dents to examine and learn about Judaism as cultures of the American Jewish community a topic of scientific interest. Adjunct Assistant Professor: Yaffa Weisman, in relation to those of other American peo- Ph.D. ples. For the minor, 20 units of American For the minor, 20 units in Judaic Studies and Studies and Judaic Studies are required. Religion are required. The following courses Lecturers: Rivka Dori, M.A., M.S.; Richard are required: REL 301 and JS 180. Three Levy, D.D. CORE REQUIREMENTS UNITS additional courses may be chosen from AMST 202 Interethnic Diversity in among JS 311, JS 321, JS 340, JS 361, JS 375, Judaic Studies is offered by the Hebrew the West 4 JS 382, JS 383, JS 415 and REL 312. Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, JS 300 American Jewish History 4 Successful completion of five 4-unit courses an independent college adjacent to the USC or the equivalent in Jewish American Studies campus. Students of the program receive reg- is required to qualify for the minor. ular course credit and their degrees from USC. Hebrew courses may be used to fulfill
Courses of Instruction
The terms indicated are expected but are not 150 Hebrew II (4, Sp) Continuation of mod- 315 Biblical Hebrew Literature (Hebrew IV) guaranteed. For the courses offered during any ern Hebrew I. (4, Sp) Introduction to biblical Hebrew style given term, consult the Schedule of Classes. through reading of selected biblical texts; 220 Hebrew III (4, Fa) Continuation of examination of linguistic and literary aspects. HEBREW (HEBR) Hebrew II; stress on grammar, composition, Prerequisite: HEBR 220. and conversation. 120 Hebrew I (4, Fa) Modern spoken and written Hebrew with emphasis on the princi- ples of grammar. 318 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
JUDAIC STUDIES (JS) 375 Issues of American Jewish Literature (4) 501abc Bible Texts (4-4-4, FaSp) a: Advanced Issues-oriented study of the human experience grammar and reading. An introduction to prin- 100g Jewish History (4, Fa) Major ideas, in America as expressed in the fiction, poetry, ciples of form criticism as applied to selected personalities, and movements in Jewish his- drama, memoirs, and literary criticism of Amer- narrative and legal portions of the Pentateuch. tory from antiquity to the present in light of ica’s Jews, using a dual approach incorporating b: A critical evaluation of the biblical books of the interaction of the Jews with the general both literary history and specific issues. Amos and Hosea with a view to gaining an culture. appreciation of the prophets’ literary skill, their 381 The Jew in American Society (4, FaSp) religious motivations, and the originality of their 180 Introduction to Judaism (4, Sp) Jewish The changing sociological profile of the thought. c: Critical readings in each of the bibli- beliefs, practices, and history from the bibli- American Jew and changing organization of cal books of Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, cal period to the present; Judaic contributions the American Jewish community as they Esther, and Song of Songs, with a view toward to Western civilization. developed over the 19th and 20th centuries. gaining an appreciation of their literary and reli- gious values. Knowledge of Hebrew required. 211g The Holocaust (4, FaSp) Historical 382 Judaism as an American Religion (4) background and responses to the Holocaust, The development of American expressions of 504 Modern Hebrew Literature (3, Fa) with special emphasis on ethical implications. Judaism as part of the American religious Reading of unvocalized texts primarily from Concurrent enrollment: WRIT 140. context, from the perspective of the social modern Hebrew literature. A survey of the scientific study of religion. development of modern Hebrew literature, 214 Zionism, Israel, and the Modern World with an emphasis on short story and poetry. (4, Fa) Ideas about nationalism, Zionism, and 383 Jews in American Popular Culture Knowledge of Hebrew required. society-building; emphasis on self-definition (4, FaSp) Social and cultural history of Ameri- in the Jewish state. can Jewish contribution to the arts, science, 590 Directed Research (1-12) Research leading literature, economics and politics. to the master’s degree. Maximum units which 300 American Jewish History (4, Fa) Pat- may be applied to the degree to be deter- terns of immigration, acculturation, religious 390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, indi- mined by the department. Graded CR/NC. forms, and ethnic expression in America from vidual studies. No more than one registration the colonial period to the present. permitted. Enrollment by petition only. 623 Social Reality and Halacha (Jewish Law) (4, Sp) The conflict between social real- 311 Contemporary Jewish Ethics (4, FaSp) 415 The American Jewish Experience in Film ity and Halacha (Jewish law); rabbinic Classical Jewish roots and modern Jewish (4) A survey of American Jewish history responses of the 19th and 20th centuries. approaches to critical ethical problems and through the medium of film, with particular ambiguous situations where an ethical course emphasis on the experience of the post-war 626 Seminar in Jewish Ethics (4, Fa) A theo- of action must be determined. generation. retical analysis of the sources and structure of Jewish ethics and the application of these 321 Gender and Judaism (4, FaSp) An 428 Blacks and Jews: Conflicts and Alliances sources to contemporary moral concerns. investigation into the ways in which gender (4, Sp) Examination of the relationship has structured Jewish religious, social, politi- between the American Jewish and African- 680 Boundaries of Jewish Normative cal and intellectual life from the Biblical American communities and what it teaches Behavior (4, Sp) Institutions claiming Jewish period through the present. about race and coalition politics in American authenticity and their treatment of Jews per- society. ceived to be deviant. 330 Jewish Power, Powerlessness, and Poli- tics in the Modern Era (4, FaSp) Explores 465 Medieval Jewish Philosophy (4, Fa) the relationship between the Jewish people Foundation of medieval Jewish thought in and political powers. Topics include politics in the Western philosophical tradition. exile, changing relationships to power, and relations with the modern nation-state. 467 Modern Jewish Thought (4, Sp) Founda- tions of modern Jewish thought from the West- 340 Modern Jewish History (4, FaSp) A sur- ern European Enlightenment to the present. vey of the major trends and themes of mod- ern Jewish history. Examination of Jewish 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8) Indi- culture, society and politics from the Spanish vidual research and readings. Not available Expulsion to the Second World War. Recom- for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental mended preparation: JS 100. approval.
361 Scripture and Polemic in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (4, FaSp) Origins of Scriptures and their polemical environments in earliest Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Scripture as polemic and legitimation, and cross-religious/cross-cultural interpretation and argument based on scriptural themes.