University of Southern California

Undergraduate Education

Undergraduate Degree Programs

Minors

Following is a list of academic minors and the schools and/or departments which administer them. All departments and schools are listed alphabetically in the index by name and alphabetical designations.


Accounting
(Leventhal School of Accounting)

Advertising
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

American Popular Culture
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, American Studies and Ethnicity)

American Studies and Ethnicity
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, American Studies and Ethnicity)

Animation and Digital Arts
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Applied Computer Security
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Applied Theatre Arts
(School of Dramatic Arts)

Arabic and Middle East Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Linguistics)

Architecture
(School of Architecture)

Art History
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Art History)

Astronautical Engineering
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Astronautical Engineering)

Astronomy
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Physics and Astronomy)

Biotechnology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences and Chemistry/Marshall School of Business)

Business
(Marshall School of Business)

Business Economics
(Marshall School of Business, Finance and Business Economics)

Business Finance
(Marshall School of Business, Finance and Business Economics)

Business Law
(Marshall School of Business/Gould School of Law)

Business Technology Fusion
(Marshall School of Business)

Ceramics
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Chemistry
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Chemistry)

Cinema-Television for the Health Professions
(School of Cinematic Arts/Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Cinematic Arts
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Classics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Classics)

Comedy
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Communication and the Entertainment Industry
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Communication Design
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Communication Law and Media Policy
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Communication Technology Practices and Platforms
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Comparative Literature
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature)

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences)

Computer and Digital Forensics
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Computer Programming
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Computer Science
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science)

Construction Planning and Management
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Civil Engineering/Price School of Public Policy)

Consumer Behavior
(Marshall School of Business)

Craniofacial and Dental Technology
(Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry/Viterbi School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering/Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences)

Critical Approaches to Leadership
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies)

Cultural Anthropology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Cultural Competence in Medicine
(Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Cultural Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, English)

Cultures and Politics of the Pacific Rim
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Cultures)

Dance
(Kaufman School of Dance)

Dance in Popular Culture: Hip Hop, Urban and Social Dances
(Kaufman School of Dance)

Digital Studies
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Digital Studio
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Drawing
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Early Modern Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, English)

East Asian Area Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Area Studies)

East Asian Languages and Cultures
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Cultures)

Economics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Economics)

Engineering Management
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering)

English
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, English)

Enterprise Information Systems
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Entrepreneurship
(Marshall School of Business)

Entertainment Industry
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Chemistry)

Environmental Engineering
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Civil Engineering)

Environmental Health
(Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Environmental Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Environmental Studies)

Ethics and Moral Philosophy
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

Folklore and Popular Culture
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Forensics and Criminality
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Sociology)

French
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, French and Italian)

Game Animation
(School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media)

Game Audio
(School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media)

Game Design
(School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media)

Game Entrepreneurism
(School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media)

Game Studies
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Game User Research
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Gender Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Gender Studies)

Geobiology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Earth Sciences)

Geohazards
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Earth Sciences)

German
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, German)

Global Communication
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations/Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Global Health
(Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Health Administration
(Price School of Public Policy)

Health Care Studies
(Keck School of Medicine, Medical Education)

Health Communication
(Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Health Policy
(Price School of Public Policy)

History
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, History)

Human Resource Management
(Marshall School of Business)

Human Rights
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Individuals, Societies and Aging
(Davis School of Gerontology)

Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Interdisciplinary Archaeology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Religion)

International Health, Development, and Social Justice
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies)

International Policy and Management
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations/Price School of Public Policy)

International Relations
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations)

Iranian Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Middle East Studies)

Italian
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, French and Italian)

Jazz Studies
(Thornton School of Music)

Jewish American Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, American Studies and Ethnicity)

Judaic Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Judaic Studies/Hebrew Union College)

Kinesiology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Kinesiology)

Korean Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages and Cultures)

Landscape Architecture
(School of Architecture)

Latin American Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Spanish and Portuguese)

Law and Public Policy
(Price School of Public Policy)

Law and Society
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Linguistics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Linguistics)

Management Consulting
(Marshall School of Business)

Managing Human Relations
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Sociology)

Marketing
(Marshall School of Business)

Materials Science
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Materials Science)

Mathematical Finance
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Mathematical Finance)

Mathematics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Mathematics)

Media Economics and Entrepreneurship
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Medical Anthropology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Middle East Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations)

Mobile App Development
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Music Industry
(Thornton School of Music)

Music Recording
(Thornton School of Music)

Musical Studies
(Thornton School of Music)

Musical Theatre
(Thornton School of Music)

Narrative Structure
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, English)

Natural Science
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences)

Neuroscience
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Neuroscience)

News Media and Society
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Volunteerism
(Price School of Public Policy/Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, International Relations/Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Nutrition and Health Promotion
(Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Occupational Science
(USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy)

Operations and Supply Chain Management
(Marshall School of Business)

Organizational Leadership and Management
(Marshall School of Business)

Painting
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Performing Arts Studies
(School of Dramatic Arts)

Petroleum Engineering
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering)

Philosophy
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

Philosophy for Business, Law and the Professions
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

Photography
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Photography and Social Change
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology/Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Physics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Physics and Astronomy)

Playwriting
(School of Dramatic Arts)

Political Organizing in the Digital Age
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science and International Relations/Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program/Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism/Price School of Public Policy)

Political Science
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Popular Music Studies
(Thornton School of Music)

Professional and Managerial Communication
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Psychology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Psychology)

Psychology and Law
(Gould School of Law/Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Psychology)

Public Health
(Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Race, Ethnicity and Politics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Political Science)

Real Estate Development
(Price School of Public Policy)

Real Estate Finance
(Marshall School of Business)

Religion
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Religion)

Resistance to Genocide
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, History)

Russian
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Slavic Languages and Cultures)

Russian Area Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Slavic Languages and Cultures)

Science, Health and Aging
(Davis School of Gerontology)

Science, Technology and Society
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Sociology)

Science Visualization
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Screenwriting
(School of Cinematic Arts)

Sculpture
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Social Entrepreneurship
(Marshall School of Business)

Sociology
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Sociology)

Songwriting
(Thornton School of Music)

Southeast Asia and its People
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Anthropology)

Spanish
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Spanish and Portuguese)

Spatial Studies
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Spatial Sciences Institute)

Sports Media Studies
(Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

Statistics
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Mathematics)

Substance Abuse Prevention
(Keck School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine)

Technology Commercialization
(Marshall School of Business)

Theatre
(School of Dramatic Arts)

Thematic Approaches to Humanities and Society
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Thematic Option)

Theories of Art
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Philosophy)

3-D Animation
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

3-D Art for Games
(Roski School of Art and Design/School of Cinematic Arts/Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science)

2-D Art for Games
(Roski School of Art and Design/School of Cinematic Arts/Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science)

3-Dimensional Design
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Two-Dimensional Studies
(Roski School of Art and Design)

Urban and Sustainable Planning
(Price School of Public Policy)

Video Game Design and Management
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)

Video Game Programming
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology Program)

Visual Culture
(Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Art History)

Web Technologies and Applications
(Viterbi School of Engineering, Information Technology Program)