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Minor in Consumer Behavior
Accounting 306
(213) 740-5033
This interdisciplinary minor explores consumer thinking from the perspectives of psychology, marketing, economics, anthropology, sociology and other departments interested in popular culture. Why do people form the attitudes and impressions they do? How do individual factors, culture, mass media, economics and social trends influence people's decisions?
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-division courses and four courses dedicated exclusively to this minor (which may be the same four courses). Finally, students must select four courses outside their major department. Psychology majors must choose four courses outside of psychology; business majors must choose four courses outside of the Marshall School of Business.
| Requirements | units | |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one of the following courses (4 units). | BUAD 307 | Marketing Fundamentals | 4 |
| PSYC 100 | Introduction to Psychology | 4 |
Choose one of the following courses (4 units): | ||
| MKT 450 | Consumer Behavior and Marketing | 4 |
| PSYC 355* | Social Psychology | 4 |
| SOCI 320 | Social Psychology | 4 |
Choose two of the following courses (8 units): | ||
| ANTH 460 | Economic Anthropology | 4 |
| COMM 302 | Persuasion | 4 |
| ECON 336* | The Political Economy of Values | 4 |
| MKT 405* | Advertising and Promotion Management | 4 |
| MKT 410* | Personal Selling | 4 |
| ECON 432* | Economics of Happiness | 4 |
| PSYC 454* | Social Cognition | 4 |
| PSYC 457* | Applied Social Psychology | 4 |
Choose one of the following courses (4 units): | ||
| COLT 365 | Literature and Popular Culture | 4 |
| COMM 384 | Interpreting Popular Culture | 4 |
| ENGL 392 | Visual and Popular Culture | 4 |
| HIST 380 | American Popular Culture | 4 |
| MKT 470* | Marketing Research | 4 |
| PSYC 490x | Directed Research | 4 |
(Please note that prerequisites will not be waived for upper-division courses; students must complete the introductory classes they will need.)
| Total requirements: five courses | 20 units |
Minor in Managing Human Relations
College Academic Services Building
(213) 740-2534
This interdisciplinary minor is intended for students in all schools with an interest in human relations as a subject of study or professional goal. In addition to course work in organizational behavior, social psychology and management, this minor includes attention to questions of ethics and leadership.
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-division courses and four courses dedicated exclusively to this minor (not used for credit toward a major, another minor or general education requirements). Finally, students must select four courses outside their major department. Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Sociology must choose four courses outside of sociology; those seeking the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration must choose four courses outside the Marshall School.
| Requirements | units | |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one course from the following (4 units): | BUAD 304 | Organizational Behavior | 4 |
| PSYC 355* | Social Psychology | 4 |
| SOCI 320 | Social Psychology | 4 |
Choose one course from the following (4 units): | ||
| MOR 431* | Interpersonal Competence and Development | 4 |
| PSYC 457* | Applied Social Psychology | 4 |
| SOCI 340 | Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to Bureaucracy | 4 |
| SOCI 342 | Race Relations | 4 |
| SOCI 345 | Social Institutions | 4 |
Choose one course from the following list of classes on leadership (4 units): | ||
| CLAS 370 | Leaders and Communities: Classical Models | 4 |
| IR 303 | Leadership and Diplomacy | 4 |
| MOR 470* | Global Leadership | 4 |
| MDA 325 | Case Studies in Modern Leadership | 4 |
| MDA 365 | The Art and Adventure of Leadership | 4 |
| PHIL 335 | Theoretical Models of Leadership | 4 |
Choose one course from the following list of classes on ethics (4 units): | ||
| BUCO 425* | Public Communication in Ethics and Research | 4 |
| MOR 421* | Social and Ethical Issues in Business | 4 |
| PHIL 340 | Ethics | 4 |
| REL 341 | Ethics in a Technological Society | 4 |
| REL 375 | Conflict and Change and the Ethics of Business | 4 |
Choose one of the following three capstone classes (4 units): | ||
| ECON 332* | Contracts, Organizations, and Institutions | 4 |
| ECON 471* | Economics of Labor Markets and Human Capital | 4 |
| MOR 471 | Managing and Developing People | 4 |
| SOCI 340 | Work and the Workplace | 4 |
| Total requirements: five courses | 20 units |
Minor in Mathematical Finance
Kaprielian Hall 108
(213) 740-2400
This interdisciplinary minor was created for students in business, economics and mathematics, whose majors already require some of the introductory course work. Students in other programs are welcome but should expect the minor to require more units than it does for students in those programs.
As with all minors, students must include at least four upper-division courses and four courses dedicated exclusively to this minor (which may be the same four courses). Finally, students must select four courses outside their major department. Economics majors must choose four courses outside of economics; math majors must choose four courses outside of math; business majors must choose four courses outside of the Marshall School of Business. These may be the same courses used to meet the first two conditions.
| requirements | units | |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 203 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 205 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
Choose one of the following two sequences (8 units): | ||
| ECON 303* | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 305* | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory | 4 |
or | ||
| BUAD 350* | Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions | 4 |
| BUAD 351* | Economic Analysis for Business Decisions | 4 |
Choose two courses, one from each of the following pairs (8 units): | ||
| MATH 118x | Fundamental Principles of the Calculus, or | |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 218* | Probability for Business, or | |
| MATH 407* | Probability Theory | 4 |
Choose two courses from the following list (8 units): | ||
| MATH 126 or MATH 127; MATH 225 or MATH 245; MATH 226 or MATH 227; MATH 408 or MATH 467 | ||
Choose one course from the following list (4 units): | ||
| BUAD 306, BUAD 310, ECON 350*, ECON 357*, FBE 441* | ||
Choose one course from the following list (4 units): | ||
| ECON 452*, ECON 457*, FBE 324*, FBE 421*, FBE 443*, FBE 445*, FBE 459*, FBE 462*, FBE 464* | ||
Choose one course from the following two (2 units): | ||
| ITP 165x, ITP 168x | ||
Students majoring in business administration, economics or mathematics can meet many of these requirements with course work that also satisfies their majors. In addition to those classes, students in those majors must complete the following requirements:
- Business majors satisfy 24 units with course work that is also required for the major and need to complete only 18 units in MATH, ECON and ITP
- Economics majors satisfy 20-24 units with course work required for the major (including one major elective), needing only 18-22 units in BUAD, FBE, ITP and MATH
- Mathematics majors satisfy 16 units with course work required for the major, needing only 26 units in BUAD, ECON, FBE and ITP.
Honors in Multimedia Scholarship
EGG 202
(213) 743-2198
Fax: (213) 747-8357
Email: imlhonors@cinema.usc.edu
cinema.usc.edu/iml-honors
Director: Anne Balsamo
Program Overview
Honors in Multimedia Scholarship offers qualified undergraduate students an opportunity to learn new approaches to the production of knowledge through the critical application of multimedia expression and scholarship. The program is based on the premise that a century of mass media and the advent of digital communication have transformed the way ideas are expressed and understood across the university. As a result, the notion of literacy, which has traditionally referred to the reading and writing of printed materials, has fundamentally expanded to include new forms of expression. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply to the program.The program includes a systematic introduction to the history, theory and practice of multimedia scholarship within a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts. Over the four-year program, students develop and refine their abilities to conduct research, author and publish work in methods appropriate to their specific field of study.
Students accepted into the Institute for Multimedia Literacy Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program participate in small classes taught by leading faculty members. The program enrolls entering freshman students, and a limited number of sophomore students, who will integrate multimedia courses into their program of study.
Students are expected to integrate theory into the practice of multimedia scholarship; for this reason, courses include discussion of historical and theoretical material, instruction in basic research practices, as well as opportunities to develop skills in multimedia authorship, collaboration, leadership and creative thinking.
Year 1: Foundational study of the contexts, concepts and competencies of multimedia literacy, embodied in the languages of new media.
Year 2: Beginning integration of multimedia approaches within chosen disciplines and/or in conjunction with the university's general education requirements.
Year 3: Development of proficiency with multimedia as a scholarly tool within a student's own discipline or cognate fields of study.
Year 4: Completion of a year-long project that demonstrates mastery of discipline-based multimedia authorship.
Upon successfully completing IML 101, students will fulfill the other requirements through specific courses in the general education program and courses in their major, minor or cognate field of study. Students meet with an IML advisor to provide a specific plan of course work that will satisfy Honors Program requirements culminating in a final capstone thesis seminar during their final year.
To maintain small classes and allow for extensive discussion and project development, the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program requires an individual application process for each student. Students must be highly motivated which should be reflected in their personal statement, cumulative SAT scores of 1400 or above and an A- high school GPA. The program is rigorous and requires extensive reading, writing and multimedia authoring. Honors in Multimedia Scholarship (IML) required courses are not available for pass/no pass registration.
Information about courses for the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship and other program offerings can be obtained from advisors in the Institute for Multimedia Literacy offices.
| Course Requirements | units | |
|---|---|---|
| IML 101 | Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media I, or | |
| IML 104 | Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media II | 4 |
Multimedia in the Core General Education course (indicated in the Schedule of Classes each semester.) | 4 | |
| IML 346 | Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Methods in Scholarly Multimedia | 2 |
| IML 440 | Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Multimedia Honors Thesis Project I | 4 |
| IML 444 | Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Multimedia Honors Thesis Project II | 4 |
| MDA 140 | Practicum in Multimedia Authorship | 2 |
| (students must register in this lab concurrently with Multimedia in the Core GE course) | ||
| 20 | ||
Multimedia Scholarship (IML)
IML 101 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media I (4, FaSp) An introduction to the history, theory, and languages of new media. Open to students in the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program only.
IML 104 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media II (2, FaSp) An introduction to the expressive range of screen languages in their cultural, historical, and technological contexts. Recommended preparation: one course from the Multimedia in the Core General Education program.
- “Multimedia research” will become “student multimedia research.”
- “Thesis project” will become “thesis projects.”
IML 346 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Methods in Scholarly Multimedia (2, max 4, FaSp) Emphasizing rigorous multimedia research and strategies for authorship within a disciplinary context, this course prepares students to undertake their thesis project. Open to students in the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program only. Prerequisite: IML 101 or IML 104.
IML 440 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Multimedia Honors Thesis Project I (4, FaSp) Exploration of theoretical and practical concerns of advanced level interdisciplinary multimedia research and authorship. Open to students in the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program only. Senior standing. Prerequisite: IML 101 or IML 104, IML 346.
IML 444 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Multimedia Honors Thesis Project II (4, FaSp) Production of Multimedia Honors thesis. Open to students in the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program only. Prerequisite: IML 440.
IML 490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSpSm) Individual research and production. Not available for degree credit. Prerequisite: IML 101 or IML 104.
IML 499 Special Topics (4) Selected topics in multimedia literacy. Open to students in the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program only.