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Interdisciplinary Programs

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.

RequirementsUnits
Choose one of the following courses (4 units).
BUAD 307Marketing Fundamentals4
PSYC 100Introduction to Psychology4

Choose one of the following courses (4 units):
MKT 450Consumer Behavior and Marketing4
PSYC 355*Social Psychology4
SOCI 320Social Psychology4

Choose two of the following courses (8 units):
ANTH 460Economic Anthropology4
COMM 302Persuasion4
MKT 405*Advertising and Promotion Management4
MKT 410*Personal Selling4
ECON 432*Economics of Happiness4
PSYC 454*Social Cognition4
PSYC 457*Applied Social Psychology4

Choose one of the following courses (4 units):
COLT 365Literature and Popular Culture4
COMM 384Interpreting Popular Culture4
ENGL 392Visual and Popular Culture4
HIST 380American Popular Culture4
MKT 470*Marketing Research4

PSYC 490xDirected Research4

*Prerequisites required

(Please note that prerequisites will not be waived for upper-division courses; students must complete the introductory classes they will need.)

Total requirements: five courses20 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.

RequirementsUnits
Choose one course from the following (4 units):
BUAD 304Organizational Behavior4
PSYC 355*Social Psychology4
SOCI 320Social Psychology4

Choose one course from the following (4 units):
MOR 431*Interpersonal Competence and Development4
PSYC 457*Applied Social Psychology4
SOCI 340Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to Bureaucracy4
SOCI 342Race Relations4
SOCI 345Social Institutions4

Choose one course from the following list of classes on leadership (4 units):
CLAS 370Leaders and Communities: Classical Models4
IR 303Leadership and Diplomacy4
MOR 470*Global Leadership4
MDA 325Case Studies in Modern Leadership4
MDA 365The Art and Adventure of Leadership4
PHIL 335Theoretical Models of Leadership4

Choose one course from the following list of classes on ethics (4 units):
BUCO 425*Public Communication in Ethics and Research4
MOR 421*Social and Ethical Issues in Business4
PHIL 340Ethics4
REL 341Ethics in a Technological Society4
REL 375Conflict and Change and the Ethics of Business4

Choose one of the following three capstone classes (4 units):
ECON 332*Contracts, Organizations, and Institutions4
ECON 471*Economics of Labor Markets and Human Capital4
MOR 471Managing and Developing People4

SOCI 340Work and the Workplace4

*Course has prerequisite or corequisite

Total requirements: five courses20 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.

requirementsUnits
ECON 203Principles of Microeconomics4
ECON 205Principles of Macroeconomics4

Choose one of the following two sequences (8 units):
ECON 303*Intermediate Microeconomic Theory4
ECON 305*Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory4
or
BUAD 350*Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions4
BUAD 351*Economic Analysis for Business Decisions4

Choose two courses, one from each of the following pairs (8 units):
MATH 118x Fundamental Principles of the Calculus, or
MATH 125Calculus I4
MATH 218* Probability for Business, or
MATH 407*Probability Theory4

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

*Prerequisite required

Total requirements, for students with no prior course work: 42 units

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
iml.usc.edu

Director: Holly Willis

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.

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. The program is open to students from all disciplines.

At the Institute for Multimedia Literacy's Honors in Multimedia Scholarship program, students 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 field of study.

Year 4: Completion of a year-long project that demonstrates mastery of discipline-based multimedia authorship.

Upon successfully completing IML 101, students may earn honors in multimedia scholarship by completing a minimum of 20 units of required course work culminating in a 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 students to be highly motivated; there is 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 the student advisor at the Institute for Multimedia Literacy office.

Course RequirementsUnits
IML 101Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media I

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 440Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Multimedia Honors Thesis Project I4
IML 444Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Multimedia Honors Thesis Project II4
MDA 140Practicum in Multimedia Authorship2
(students must register in this lab concurrently with Multimedia in the Core GE course)
20

ElectivesUnits
IML 104Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media II4
IML 340Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Praxis of New Media2

Multimedia Scholarship (IML)

IML 101 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media I (4, FaSp) An introduction to the expressive range of screen languages in their cultural, historical, and technological contexts.

IML 104 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Languages of New Media II (4, 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.

IML 340 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: The Praxis of New Media (2) An intermediate level blend of theory and practice that approaches scholarly multimedia work in the context of its cultural and technological environment. Open to all students. Recommended preparation: IML 101, IML 104 or MDA 140.

IML 346 Honors in Multimedia Scholarship: Methods in Scholarly Multimedia (2, max 4, FaSp) Emphasizing rigorous student multimedia research and strategies for authorship within a disciplinary context, this course prepares students to undertake their thesis projects. 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.