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Where can we find interested students who have a voice and interest in expressing it through multimedia projects?

Thematic Option, contact: Richard Edinger. Perhaps he knows of students in the program or professors who'd be interested in incorporating such work in their course. Or go to the actual professors of the courses.
CORE 101: Professor D. Eggenschwiler, Department of English; Professor E. McCann, School of Philosophy; T. McPherson, Critical Studies, School of Cinema-Television.
CORE 102: Professor C. Dewald, Department of Classics; Professor T. Habinek, Department of Classics; Professor H. James, Department of English
CORE 103: Professor D. Bottjer, Department of Earth Sciences; Professor R. Deonier, Department of Biological Sciences; Professor W. Däppen, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Professor C. Sammis, Department of Earth Sciences
CORE 104: Professor E. Accampo, Department of History; Professor M. Kann, Department of Political Science; Professor S. Ross, Department of History

Renaissance Scholars, contact: Office of Undergraduate Programs at (213) 740-1741 (probably not the best resource, but hey)

Undergraduate Symposium, contact: Office of Undergraduate Programs at (213) 740-1741

Learning Communities: A series of classes for Freshman, each offering its own unique introduction to USC. These courses are...

HIST 200: The American Experience (Terry Seip, Carole Shammas)
LAW 200: Law & Society (Charles Whitebread)
PHIL 141: The Professions and the Public Interests in American Life (Dallas Willard)
REL 140: Religion and Ethical Issues (Alvin Rudisill)
COMM 203 : Introduction to Mass Communication Theory & Research (Stacy Smith)
CLAS 151: Civilization of Rome (Thomas Habinek)
ANTH 263: Exploring Culture Through Film (Gary Seaman, Andrei Simic, Christopher Boehm, Lanita Jacobs-Huey)
AMST 200: Introduction to American Studies & Ethnicity (Roberto Lint Sagarena)
SOCI 142: Diversity & Racial Conflict (Amon Emeka, Ed Ransford)
REL 121: Religions of the New Testament (Ron Hock)
SOCI 200m: Introduction to Sociology (Mazen Hashem)
BISC 120: General Biology (Regina Wetzer, Suzanne Edmands, Eric Webb)
CHEM 105A: General Chemistry (Jessica Parr, Robert Bau)
IR 210: International Relations: Introductory Analysis (Steven Lamy)
COLT 250: Cultures of Latin America (Gabriel Giorgi)
GEOL 240: Earthquakes (James Dolan)
PHIL 262: Mind & Self Modern Conceptions (Jacob Ross)
PSYC 100: Introduction to Psychology (Stephen Madigan, Ann Renken)
GEOL 108: Crisis of a Planet (James Anderson)
AMST 301: American the Frontier and the New West (Thomas Gustafson)
CTCS 190: Introduction to Cinema (Drew Caspar)
ASTR 100: The Universe (Nicholas Warner)
CLAS 280: Classical Mythology (Daniel Richter)
EXSC 205: The Science of Human Performance (Bob Girandola)
SOCI 360: Social Inequality: Class, Status and Power (Mazen Hashem)
SOCI 350: Deviant Behavior (Karen Sternheimer)
ANTH 200: The Origins of Humanity (Nayuta Yamashita)
IR 310: Peace & Conflict Studies (Douglas Becker)
POSC 366: Terrorism & Genocide (Richard Dekmejian)

We can contact the professors of these courses and offer them workshops for students to do basic multimedia projects that incorporate ideas discussed in the class. The projects could be a critical reading of a current event (or historical) through the lens of the discipline. These projects can be created with any of the applications, and students can sign up for workshops if they need help. Student workers can help with ideas in the 5 literacies to help students make thoughtful work. Or, how about approaching Learning Communities with the idea of having an activity be hosted by IML.

Freshman Seminars
The Freshman Seminar Program was created to ensure that incoming freshmen would have opportunities to work closely with distinguished faculty members, who might inspire them to more ambitious conceptions of their college careers. Students learn the excitement of intellectual inquiry by participating once a week for ten or eleven weeks in a two-hour seminar on a topic of personal interest both to the seminar leader who has chosen to offer the topic and to the students who have elected to enroll. Each seminar is limited to eighteen freshmen, who earn two units of elective credit on a CREDIT / NO CREDIT basis. While the workload is less than a regular four-unit course, journals, papers, group projects, or individual presentations are often required in addition to the reading and participation in seminar discussions.

Courses Offered:
American Government and the Political Cartoon (Terry Seip)
Architecture of Los Angeles (James Steele)
The Art of the Comic Book: Graphic Narratives from Maus to Sin City (Bill Feuer)
Beer and Belly Rings: Facts and Fictions About Today's Youth (Karen Sternheimer)
Bioterrorism and Emerging Diseases: Their Impact on Society (John Beierle)
Body Size and Shape: Fitness and Nutrition (Bob Girandola)
Cultural Diversity in Islam (Ayse Rorlich)
Food and Culture (Thomas Gustafson)
He Said, She Said, They Said: Making Sense of Opinion Makers and Making Up Your Own Mind (Anthony Anderson)
Law, Life and Morality (Justice Richard M. Mosk)
Legal Reasoning and Communication (James Brecher)
Lend Me Your Ears: The Power of Speechmaking and the Art of Speechwriting (Holly Bridges)
Medical Controversies and the Law (Fred G. Weissman)
Mind and Body Fitness (Margo Apostolos)
Musical Subcultures of the Sixties (William Biersach)
A Narrative Approach to Medical Ethics (Michael Blackie)
The Psychology of Music (Brian Harlan)
Puzzles, Patterns, Games and Illusions (Solomon Golomb)
Self Expression and the Arts (Eric Trules)
Technology and the Environment (Najmedin Meshkati)
Truth or Dare: Writing and Telling Your Own Story (Stacie Chaiken)
What Are Earthquakes All About? (Henry Koffman)
Writing to be Read (Richard Fliegel)
You Can't Go Home Again: Now What? (Eileen Kohan)

MORE INFO:
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Los Angeles, CA 90089-0153
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