Interdisciplinary Programs
Bachelor of Arts in Narrative Studies
Narrative studies prepares students for the development and evaluation of original content for novels, films, theatre and other narrative platforms, but recognizes that the range of professional opportunities in literature and the performing arts is much wider than the roles of author, screenwriter or playwright.
Narrative Studies assumes that an effective narrative will be adapted from the medium in which it first appears as new media become available. To prepare students for a future in which the platform is likely to change, the Bachelor of Arts in Narrative Studies allows students to study across the current platforms while concentrating on the techniques of effective construction common to them all.
In so doing, it draws upon course work from several schools of art but finds its home in the humanities.
See the Department of English for a complete listing of requirements.
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 |
| MKT 405* | Advertising and Promotion Management | 4 |
| MKT 410* | Personal Selling | 4 |
| ECON 432* | Economics of Happiness | 4 |
| PSYC 451* | Formation and Change of Attitudes | 4 |
| PSYC 454* | Social Cognition | 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 |
| 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, and | 4 |
| ECON 205 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| or |
| ECON 251x | Microeconomics for Business, and | 4 |
| ECON 252 | Macroeconomics for Business | 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: |
| ITP 109x, ITP 110x, CSCI 101 |
| Total requirements, for students with no prior course work: 42-43 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 or CSCI
- 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 or CSCI and MATH
- Mathematics majors satisfy 16 units with course work required for the major, needing only 26 units in BUAD, ECON, FBE and ITP or CSCI
Minor in Photography and Social Change
This minor explores the potential of photography as an instrument of social change that allows individuals to document their circumstances, share their stories and change their lives. Students have the opportunity to examine the impact of images and the power of storytelling both in the classroom and in the field and study the issues raised by this kind of social exploration and commentary.
Students learn techniques of digital photography and theories of culture to help them understand diverse cultural phenomena and navigate their own cultural biases. In the field, students apply these techniques and theories by developing their own body of work. In addition, students can mentor individuals in the community to use photography and digital media to share their personal narratives, thus empowering community members to reflect critically upon their circumstances and to participate in their visual representation.
This interdisciplinary minor brings together students from schools and majors across the USC campus, allowing them to interact with one another and with scholars, artists and professionals associated with key organizations such as the Institute for Photographic Empowerment and Venice Arts.
| Lower Division Requirement | units |
|---|
| Select one course, based on prior preparation (4 units) |
| AHIS 255 | Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the USA, 1900-Present | 4 |
| ANTH 240 | Collective Identity and Political Violence: Representing 9/11 | 4 |
| FAIN 210 | Introduction to Digital Photography | 4 |
| SOCI 250 | Grassroots Participation in Global Perspective | 4 |
| Upper Division Requirements | units |
|---|
| Select two courses in each category below, from different departments (16 units) |
| Understanding Culture and Change (8 units, in 2 courses – each from a different department) |
| AMST 357 | Latino Social Movements | 4 |
| COLT 303 | Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| IR 371 | Global Civil Society: Non-Governmental Organization in World Politics | 4 |
| JS 330 | Jewish Power, Powerlessness, and Politics in the Modern Era | 4 |
| POSC 323 | Applied Politics: Civic Engagement and Leadership | 4 |
| POSC 441 | Cultural Diversity and the Law | 4 |
| REL 336 | Re-viewing Religion in Asian America | 4 |
| REL 366 | Religion and Social Change | 4 |
| SOCI 360 | Social Inequality: Class, Status, and Power | 4 |
| SOCI 470 | Development and Social Change in the Third World | 4 |
| Media and Message |
| (8 units, in 2 courses – each from a different department) |
| AHIS 373 | History of Photography | 4 |
| AHIS 469 | Critical Approaches to Photography | 4 |
| ANTH 472 | Visual Techniques in Anthropology: Stills | 4 |
| COLT 487 | Critical Image | 4 |
| COMM 366 | Designing Media and Communication Projects for Social Change | 4 |
| COMM 451 | Visual Communication and Social Change | 4 |
| FAIN 310 | Digital Photo Studio | 4 |
| JOUR 422 | Visual Journalism | 4 |
| Students in this program will also have oppor- tunities for special access to USC Annenberg’s Public Diplomacy classes. |
| Total requirements: | 20 units |
University Requirements for All Minors
To satisfy the university’s minor requirements, students must choose at least four courses (16 units) outside their major department and at least four courses (16 units) of upper-division course work. In addition, at least four courses (16 units) must be dedicated to the minor (not counting for credit toward a major, another minor or USC core requirements).
Honors in Multimedia Scholarship
Program Overview
Honors in Multimedia Scholarship offers all undergraduate students an opportunity to approach their chosen major field(s) of study through the critical application of multimedia scholarship and expression. This four-year program introduces students to the theory and practice of multimedia and provides the opportunity to develop skills in multimedia authorship, collaboration, leadership and creative thinking.
Honors in Multimedia Scholarship is designed to address the changing nature of scholarship and literacy in the digital age, introducing students to a broad range of expressive possibilities using images, sound, dynamic media and interactivity in addition to traditional, text-based scholarship.
No prior experience with multimedia is required, but students should be willing to engage with new media technologies, ways of thinking and modes of expression. This program is open to students from all departments and schools.
For complete information, please see the Institute for Multimedia Literacy section in the School of Cinematic Arts.
Minor in Digital Studies
Program Overview
The minor in Digital Studies explores the rich potential of digital media for critical analysis and creative discovery. Learning the exciting and dynamic potential of a broad array of tools and technologies, students create innovative projects, from photo essays to Web-based documentaries, from interactive videos to sophisticated Websites, and from typography in motion to 3-D visualizations. Elective courses explore media for social change, the ethics of virtual worlds, transmedia expression and more, allowing students to use media in pursuit of their own interests and to enhance their major.
For complete information, please see the Institute for Multimedia Literacy section in the School of Cinematic Arts.
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