Undergraduate Advisement Handbook

Undergraduate

Advisement

Handbook

September 2015

This handbook is published by the

Office of Undergraduate Programs

in collaboration with the

Office of Academic Records & Registrar

The information presented here, correct at the time of publication, is subject to change.

Updated 10/07/15

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. ADVISEMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA............ 1

A. ADVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES .............................................................................. 1

B. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................. 2

C. ADVISOR TRAINING ............................................................................................. 2

D. FERPA ....................................................................................................................... 2

II. SELECTING A PROGRAM OF STUDY (POST) ..................................................... 3

A. DECLARING A MAJOR/MINOR............................................................................ 3

B. CHANGING A MAJOR/MINOR ............................................................................. 3

C. TYPES OF DEGREES .............................................................................................. 3

D. MINORS .................................................................................................................... 4

III. THE USC CORE LITERACIES, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, AND OTHER

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................... 5

A. GENERAL EDUCATION......................................................................................... 5

B. WRITING REQUIREMENT ..................................................................................... 7

C. FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT AND PLACEMENT TESTING ......... 8

IV. FRESHMAN SEMINARS............................................................................................. 9

V. HONORS ........................................................................................................................ 9

A. DEPARTMENTAL HONORS PROGRAMS ......................................................... 10

B. UNIVERSITY HONORS ........................................................................................ 10

C. RENAISSANCE SCHOLARS ................................................................................ 10

D. DISCOVERY SCHOLARS ..................................................................................... 10

E. GLOBAL SCHOLARS ........................................................................................... 10

VI. REGISTRATION ........................................................................................................ 11

A. WEB REGISTRATION........................................................................................... 11

B. DROP/ADD ............................................................................................................. 11

C. THIRD WEEK ENROLLMENT CONFIRMATION ............................................. 12

VII. UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES .................................................... 12

A. CATALOGUE OF ENROLLMENT ....................................................................... 12

B. TRANSFER CREDIT .............................................................................................. 12

C. COLLEGE COURSES TAKEN BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION ...... 15

D. TRANSFER COURSE WORK WHICH REPEATS A USC COURSE ................. 16

E. RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................ 16

F. ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS ........................................................................ 17

G. PRE-APPROVAL OF TRANSFER COURSE WORK .......................................... 19

H. REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO RESIDENCE .............................................. 19

I. UPPER-DIVISION COURSE WORK REQUIREMENT ...................................... 20

J. THE COLLEGE BASIC REQUIREMENT ............................................................ 20

K. SPECIAL PROBLEMS COURSES (390) .............................................................. 21

L. DIRECTED RESEARCH COURSES (490) ........................................................... 21

M. SPECIAL UNIT LIMITATIONS ............................................................................ 21

N. EXCEPTIONS ......................................................................................................... 21

O. GRADES.................................................................................................................. 22

P. PASS/NO PASS GRADING OPTION ................................................................... 23

Q. CLASSIFICATION AND NUMBERING OF COURSES ..................................... 23

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R. GRADE POINT AVERAGE REQUIREMENTS ................................................... 23

S. COURSE REPETITION .......................................................................................... 24

T. FRESHMAN REPEAT RULE ................................................................................ 24

U. ACADEMIC PROBATION/ACADEMIC DISQUALIFICATION ....................... 25

V. GRADUATION DATE ........................................................................................... 25

W. LEAVE OF ABSENCE ........................................................................................... 25

X. GRADUATE COURSES FOR UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT ........................... 26

Y. RESERVING COURSES FOR GRADUATE CREDIT ......................................... 26

Z. MANDATORY ADVISEMENT............................................................................. 26

AA. EXCESSIVE WITHDRAWAL ADVISEMENT .................................................... 27

VIII. ONLINE ADVISEMENT TOOLS ............................................................................. 27

A. Online Academic Student Information Services (OASIS) ...................................... 27

B. STUDENT ACADEMIC RECORD SYSTEM (STARS) ....................................... 27

C. ADVISEMENT DATABASE ................................................................................. 28

IX. ADVISEMENT FOR MAJORS AND MINORS ...................................................... 28

A. DORNSIFE COLLEGE ADVISING ...................................................................... 28

B. PRE-HEALTH PROFESSIONS ADVISEMENT ................................................... 30

C. OTHER ACADEMIC ADVISING OFFICES......................................................... 30

X. ADVISEMENT FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS ................................................... 34

A. THEMATIC OPTION HONORS PROGRAM ....................................................... 34

B. STUDENT ATHLETE ACADEMIC SERVICES .................................................. 35

C. UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS PROGRAM ....................................................... 35

D. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICES ........................................................ 36

E. SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION ....................................................................... 36

F. OVERSEAS STUDIES ........................................................................................... 36

APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................ 40

RESOURCE CENTERS ................................................................................................... 40

INDEX .................................................................................................................................... 50

I. ADVISEMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Academic advisement at USC is crucial in guiding students through a complex system of

undergraduate curricula. Faculty and staff are committed to providing the best advisement and

assistance to undergraduate students so that they may obtain the most from their experience in

higher education. Each student must have his or her own advisor to aid him or her in choosing

classes, major and minor, and in the completion of all graduation requirements.

A. ADVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES

When students have formally declared a major and have been accepted into that major by the

particular department or school, they will be assigned an advisor in their major. Students with

more than one major or minor will in many cases be assigned an advisor from each

department. If a student’s major is undecided or undeclared, he or she will remain with

Dornsife College Advising until a major is declared. See section IX for the services offered

by Dornsife College Advising. In some schools, such as Business, an office of student

services provides most academic advising.

Faculty and staff advisors have the following responsibilities:

 Be knowledgeable about university policies and procedures as outlined in the University

Catalogue, Grading and Corrections of Grade Handbook, and Undergraduate Advisement

Handbook.

 Prepare students to decide on a major before registering for their 65th unit.

 Help students interpret their Transfer Credit Reports and STARS reports.

 Help students understand and monitor their own academic progress.

 Encourage students to complete requirements according to established university policy

in a way that minimizes requests for exceptions to or post hoc appeals from stated

policies.

 Help students follow appropriate procedures when an exception request is necessary.

 Explain the relationship between major requirements and department philosophy.

 Help students relate content of major to goals and objectives, both personal and

professional.

 Help students determine a manageable academic workload.

 Help students select majors and/or minors that extend their opportunities for postgraduate

study and career advancement.

 When applicable, help students determine how to pursue an honors degree or research

and internship opportunities offered by the department.

 Similar advisement as appropriate for minors.

 Refer students in need to other university services when appropriate.

B. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Students have the following responsibilities:

 Be knowledgeable about and follow all appropriate academic policies and procedures as

stated in the University Catalogue and SCampus.

 Be familiar with general education and other university requirements.

 Be familiar with specific requirements for their major and/or minor.

 Seek assistance from an advisor when choosing a major and/or minor.

 Meet all graduation requirements for the degree.

C. ADVISOR TRAINING

The Office of Undergraduate Programs offers regular training sessions to undergraduate

advisors as described below. Contact David Glasgow for information ([email protected],

x01741).

In addition, basic training in Student Information System (SIS) processes is offered by the

SIS User Coordination Group, x05337. Degree Progress provides training in the STARS

exception process, and Articulation and Registration both offer hands-on training upon

request. Contact the relevant office for assistance.

1. ADVISING 101a

The Office of Undergraduate Programs, in conjunction with the university’s Council on

Undergraduate Education, the Council of Academic Advisors, the Vice Provost’s

Academic Programs Council, and the Provost’s Council of Deans, has developed a

university-wide training program for new academic advisors at USC. This training

program, called Advising 101a, is designed for all new undergraduate academic advisors

at USC. It is intended to provide education and training in the basics of academic

advising including relational and conceptual skill building and knowledge about USC

policies and procedures. The goal is to ensure effective and accurate delivery of service

for all USC students.

2. ADVISING 101b

A week or so after Advising 101a, the Registrar’s Office offers several training sessions

known as Advising 101b. The sessions provide important information regarding Transfer

Credit, Academic Review, Academic Records, and Registration. Advising 101b sessions

take place over a period of several days. New advisors are required to attend.

Experienced advisors who would like a refresher course in any of the Advising 101b

topics may also attend.

D. FERPA

FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (sometimes referred to as

the Buckley Amendment.) This federal law governs the obligations of an educational

institution in providing access to and restricting release of the students’ records. Advisors

may access information on FERPA and must complete the FERPA tutorial before access to

the Student Information System will be granted. FERPA information as well as the FERPA

tutorial can be found at www.usc.edu/ferpa.

Students can restrict the display of certain personal information and can grant their parents or

others access to their USC record by way of OASIS. Information on these functions and

FERPA in general is also viewable at www.usc.edu/ferpa.

II. SELECTING A PROGRAM OF STUDY (POST)

A. DECLARING A MAJOR/MINOR

Students who are admitted to the university without a declared major must submit a

Change/Addition of Major or Minor Form, which can be picked up in and returned to Degree

Progress. This form requires a signature from the intended department. Some programs

require a formal application for admission.

While students can declare a major at any time, they are required to do so by the beginning of

their junior year (after completing 64 semester units). This allows sufficient time for

students to fulfill the requirements for most majors during the junior and senior years. Since

certain majors may take longer to complete, students are advised to look into the

requirements for the specific program of study they are considering.

B. CHANGING A MAJOR/MINOR

Students also use the Change/Addition of Major or Minor Form (also available in the

Registrar One Stop center, TRO 101), to change to a different major or minor or to declare an

additional major or minor. These forms are usually returned to One Stop when they have

been filled out by the student and signed by the department. However, some academic

departments are able to add a major if the old major is being dropped at the same time. In

those cases, the student is not required to submit a change form to One Stop. A

Change/Addition of Major or Minor Form must be completed and submitted for all changes

of minors.

C. TYPES OF DEGREES

The degrees that USC undergraduates can earn are listed in the Catalogue at the end of the

“Academic Policies” section: B.A., B.S., B.F.A, B.M., and B.Arch. In addition, several

combinations are available. For definitions and examples, see “Program

Definitions and Examples” on OASIS for Advisors (www.usc.edu/oasis4adv) and click on

Advisor Resources.

1. Double Major within the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

A double major allows a student to earn either a B.A. or B.S. degree within the Dornsife

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences with two separate majors. Students who

successfully complete requirements for both majors will receive one diploma with both

majors noted on the diploma. Only the standard number of units (usually 128) is

required. Both majors must lead to the same degree, either the B.A. or the B.S. On the

other hand, if a student wishes to earn a B.S. in BUAD and a B.A. in French, this is not a

“double major,” but a “second bachelor’s degree.” See 3 below.

2. Other Double Majors

Double majors may be offered in other schools besides the Dornsife College of Letters,

Arts and Sciences. The two majors must be offered by different departments and lead to

the same degree, such as a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Music. Double majors

consisting of two majors in the same department are not permitted. Both majors must be

in the same school.

3. Second Bachelor's Degree

Students who earned their first bachelor's degree at USC must complete a minimum of 32

units applicable to the second degree beyond the number of units required for the first

degree. These additional units must be completed in residence. Students who earned

their first bachelor's degree at another institution must complete a minimum of 64 units.

These additional units must be completed in residence.

4. Progressive Degree Programs

A progressive degree program allows a USC undergraduate to begin work on a graduate

degree while completing requirements for the bachelor’s degree. The degrees may be in

the same or different departments. Students in a progressive degree program must fulfill

all requirements for both the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree except for the

combined total units for the degrees. The degrees may be awarded separately, but the

master’s degree will not be awarded before the undergraduate degree.

5. Combined Program

A combined program is an organized set of requirements from two academic units in a

single undergraduate degree program that combines two undergraduate majors, e.g., B.S.

in Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering.

D. MINORS

Approximately 160 minors are offered at USC. All upper division course work for the minor

must be taken at USC. No more than 25% of the units required for the minor may be waived

or substituted (although there is no limit on substitution of courses with the same prefix).

After all waivers and substitutions are done, there must be 16 units unique to the minor, not

used toward the major or requirements for another minor. Minors are shown on the transcript

and on a special certificate. Students may only enroll in a minor if it is in a catalogue year

that coincides with their enrollment at USC (the catalogue year may not be before or after a

student’s period of enrollment). The major and minor (or minors) will be awarded at the

same time.

III. THE USC CORE LITERACIES, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, AND

OTHER UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

The “USC Core,” required of all students, consists of requirements in general education and

writing. Certain majors also have a foreign language requirement.

A. GENERAL EDUCATION

Effective Fall 2015, all undergraduates at USC must satisfy the following degree

requirements. With a careful choice of classes, students can meet the following ten requirements

with eight individual courses.

NOTE: Please reference the 2014 Undergraduate Advisor Handbook for information on

GE requirements in effect prior to Fall 2015.

Core Literacies (8 courses)

There are six Core Literacy categories, in which eight courses are required. All students must

complete one course in each of the Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Quantitative

Reasoning, and two courses in each of Humanistic Inquiry and Social Analysis.

GE-A: The Arts (1 course)

GE-B: Humanistic Inquiry (2 courses)

GE-C: Social Analysis (2 courses)

GE-D: Life Sciences (1 course)

GE-E: Physical Sciences (1 course)

GE-F: Quantitative Reasoning (1 course)

Global Perspectives (2 courses)

Global Perspectives includes two requirements. Students must complete one course from each

of these two lists. A course can be listed for only one Global Perspective category.

GE-G: Citizenship in a Global Era (1 course)

GE-H: Traditions and Historical Foundations (1 course)

Courses in the Global Perspectives categories can be used to satisfy requirements in the Core

Literacies as well. A single course can satisfy one Global Perspective and one Core Literacy

requirement.

1. Freshman Requirement

All freshmen entering USC in Fall 2015 or later must enroll in a General Education

Seminar (GESM) in their first year of enrollment. This course will satisfy one of the GE

Core Literacy requirements above. Each General Education Seminar is limited to 19 seats

and open only to freshmen. Students may count only one GE Seminar for degree credit.

2. Transfer Requirements

All students who begin college elsewhere in fall 2015 and then transfer to USC must

meet these requirements to graduate from USC. Several of these requirements can be

met with approved transfer courses, but all students must complete at least two Core

Literacy classes (in Categories GE-A through GE-F) at USC in Dornsife College of

Letters, Arts and Sciences. All General Education courses at USC carry four units of

credit. To be eligible for transfer, a course taken at another institution must be articulated

for a minimum of 2 and 2/3 units of USC credit, with an earned grade of C minus or

higher.

Once a student begins enrollment at USC, all general education Core Literacy

requirements must be met with courses taken at USC. The Global Perspective

requirements may be met with approved transfer courses taken over the summer after

enrolling at USC. Transfer students who began college elsewhere before fall 2015 should

consult the fall 2014 USC catalogue for information about their general education

requirements at USC.

Transfer students are not required to complete a General Education Seminar (GESM).

Students may view approved transfer courses on the USC Transfer Credit website located

at www.usc.edu/transfercredit.

3. GE Credit by Examination

Students who take Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and A-Level exams

can earn credit towards the 2015 General Education requirements. Further information

regarding earning credit by examination can be found on the USC Office of Articulation

website located at www.usc.edu/transfercredit.

4. Meeting the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement with Math Placement Test

Scores

Students may meet their 2015 General Education requirement in Quantitative Reasoning

with a score of 22 on the Mathematics Placement Exam, if that score is earned under the

following conditions:

1. Students must take a proctored exam, in person on the USC campus;

2. Students may take this exam only once;

3. To meet the Quantitative Reasoning requirement, the placement exam must be taken

during the student’s freshman year (for freshmen) or first semester at USC (for transfer

students).

All students may take the online Mathematics Placement Examination once, if they

choose, but their scores will be used for placement in math classes only. A score of 22 or

higher on the online exam may be a good indication that the student can consider taking a

proctored exam to meet the requirement, but that score on the online exam with not

satisfy the GE requirement in Quantitative Reasoning.

Students may take the online exam once for practice, but those who score less than 22 on

the online exam should not attempt the proctored in-person exam on campus. Those

students should satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning requirement with one of the courses

on the GE list.

B. WRITING REQUIREMENT

All undergraduates are required to complete a lower-division and an upper-division writing

requirement by taking college-level composition courses. Students may complete the lower

division writing requirement (WRIT 150) at USC or with appropriate transfer coursework

(see below). The upper division writing course (WRIT 340) must be taken at USC.

1. WRIT 150

Entering freshmen usually take WRIT 150 course during their first year at USC.

Transfer students can fulfill the lower-division writing requirement before coming to

USC by completing a second semester composition course articulated as equivalent to

WRIT 150. The course must be taken after high school graduation to receive

equivalency. Standard one-semester “freshman composition” courses at other colleges

do not automatically receive equivalency to WRIT 150.

2. WRIT 340

With the exception of Thematic Option students (who take CORE 111 and CORE 112),

all students graduating from USC are required to complete WRIT 340. In most cases,

students should be advised to complete WRIT 340 in their junior year. Upper division

scheduling constraints may require students in certain majors to complete the requirement

in the second semester of the sophomore year, but the WRIT 340 curriculum is designed

to serve the writing needs of upper division students.

There are different versions of WRIT 340 designed for majors in Business, Engineering,

Arts and Humanities, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Pre-law and

Visual & Performing Arts. Students should be advised to enroll in the version of WRIT

340 which best complements their major, but any of the WRIT 340 course sections will

satisfy the university requirement. For example, a student who takes WRIT 340,

Advanced Writing: Communication for Engineers, and who later transfers into the

Marshall School of Business need not retake WRIT 340.

Exceptions:

Freshmen entering USC with verbal SATs below 560 and those completing American

Language Institute (ALI) courses may be required to complete Writing 120 or 121,

Introduction to College Writing, before enrolling in WRIT 150.

Students required to enroll in WRIT 120 should complete it in the Fall semester of their

freshman year and WRIT 150 in their second semester at USC. ALI students should take

WRIT 121 in the semester immediately following release from the ALI requirement and

should take WRIT 150 the semester after that.

C. FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT AND PLACEMENT TESTING

1. How to Satisfy the Foreign Language Requirement

The foreign language skill requirement may be met by (1) earning a passing grade in

course level III at USC or its equivalent elsewhere (usually a third- semester or a fifth-

quarter course); (2) scoring the equivalent to the completion of course level III on USC’s

placement examination; NOTE: If a student transfers introductory language courses from

another college or university that carry 3 semester units rather than 4 semester units, then

the fourth-semester course is required to complete the language requirement; or (3)

scoring 4 or 5 on a Modern Language AP exam taken in Spring 2007 or later.

International students who are not from the English-speaking provinces of Canada, the

UK, Ireland, Australia, or New Zealand are exempt from the foreign language

requirement. Students with advanced skills in languages may request exemption from the

requirement if (1) they can supply proof of at least two years of full-time secondary

schooling taught in the foreign language beyond the age of 14 or (2) if they can pass a

competency exam testing proficiency in speaking, reading and writing. For information

contact Dornsife College Advising.

Students with documented learning disabilities or physical impairments inhibiting foreign

language acquisition may petition to substitute other coursework. Contact the Dornsife

College Advising Office for more information.

2. Foreign Language Placement

Students are generally placed into a level of foreign language (I – IV) based on the results

of USC’s placement examination for a foreign language. Students who transfer

coursework below the level that meets the graduation requirement must take the

foreign language placement exam. If a student has completed some college-level

course work in a foreign language, but fails through placement testing to qualify for the

next level of instruction, the student may be advised (though not required) to repeat, for

no additional credit, the course needed to develop sufficient skill to continue the I-II-III

sequence.

The USC Language Center regularly offers placement examinations for French, German,

Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. Testing for other

languages is also available. Language placement examination results are valid for a

period of one year following the test date. The examination may not be repeated for a

period of six months. For test dates, please visit the USC Language Center website.

3. Foreign Language Advisement and Time Limit

All students who enter as freshmen are expected to fulfill the foreign language

requirement by the time they have completed 64 units at USC. Students who do not

satisfy the foreign language requirement before the completion of 48 units at USC will

have a “mandatory advisement requirement” warning them of the need to complete the

foreign language requirement. Students who do not satisfy the requirement before the

completion of 64 units at USC will be required to seek approval from the Office of

Undergraduate Programs to register.

Similarly, students admitted as transfers for whom foreign language is a requirement

should fulfill it before they have completed 48 units at USC. Students who do not satisfy

the foreign language requirement before the completion of 32 units at USC will have a

“mandatory advisement requirement” warning them of the need to complete the foreign

language requirement. Students who do not satisfy the requirement before the completion

of 48 units at USC will be required to seek approval from the Office of Undergraduate

Programs to register.

Students admitted into programs without a foreign language requirement who

subsequently make a change of major into a program with a foreign language

requirement must satisfy the requirement before completion of 48 units at USC after

switching into the major.

IV. FRESHMAN SEMINARS

Richard Fliegel

Freshman Seminar Program

CAS 200, x02961

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 in a special weekly seminar with no more than 18

freshmen. Each seminar meets two hours per week for 10 or 11 weeks and earns two units of

elective credit. 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. Freshman Seminars are offered both in the Fall and

Spring terms. Brochures are distributed at the Fall Orientation sessions and in Writing

classes for the spring term; class information is also printed in the Schedule of Classes under

Freshman Seminars, and online at www.dornsife.usc.edu/fsem.

V. HONORS

A. DEPARTMENTAL HONORS PROGRAMS

The USC Catalogue lists the programs that may grant departmental honors to their

graduating seniors. The minimal requirements are that the student (1) satisfactorily

completes course work for an honors project and (2) achieves no less than a 3.5 GPA (A=4.0)

in the major at the time of graduation. Each program, department or school will designate

what it considers to be the appropriate course work and honors project. Departmental honors

are noted on academic transcripts but not on the diploma.

B. UNIVERSITY HONORS

To be eligible for undergraduate honors at graduation, a student must earn a minimum

overall grade point average of 3.5 for cum laude, 3.7 for magna cum laude, and 3.9 for

summa cum laude. These averages must be met on both courses attempted in residence and

on combined transferred and residence work attempted. The honors award is then

determined either by the GPA for the residence work or the GPA for the combined

transferred and residence work, whichever is lower. University honors are noted on

academic transcripts and the diploma.

C. RENAISSANCE SCHOLARS

This is an academic honor awarded to selected undergraduate students who graduate with a

major and a minor (or two majors) in widely separated fields of study. In order to be

designated a USC Renaissance Scholar; a faculty panel must certify that the student’s

undergraduate fields of study are broad and deep enough to warrant this special honor.

Students can apply for this certification online as early as their sophomore year and as late as

the first semester of their senior year. In addition to certification, the student must graduate

within five years with no less than a 3.5 overall GPA as well as a 3.5 GPA in all major and

minor course requirements. Details are available at www.usc.edu/renaissance.

D. DISCOVERY SCHOLARS

This is an academic honor awarded to selected undergraduate students who have made

original contributions to their discipline. In order to be designated a USC Discovery Scholar;

the student must submit a project based on the criteria set by his or whole school for review.

Since the project often represents the culmination of the student’s undergraduate program of

study, students typically apply for this certification online during the last semester of their

senior year. In addition to certification, the student must graduate within five years with no

less than a 3.5 overall GPA. Details are available at www.usc.edu/discovery.

E. GLOBAL SCHOLARS

This is an academic honor awarded to selected undergraduate students who have participated

in one or more international program for a minimum of 10 weeks. In order to be designated

a USC Global Scholar; the student must submit a capstone project based on the criteria set by

his or whole school for review. The project should relate directly to the student’s time

abroad. Students may apply for this certification online after returning from the overseas

program, but typically during the last semester of their senior year. In addition to

certification, the student must graduate within five years with no less than a 3.5 overall GPA.

Details are available at www.usc.edu/globalscholars.

VI. REGISTRATION

A. WEB REGISTRATION

Before the beginning of each registration period, the Registrar’s Office releases registration

appointments. The appointment indicates the earliest date and time that a student may

The student can view her registration appointment on myUSC.

Advisors can view Fall and Spring registration appointments on OASIS for Advisors by

clicking the “Permit to Register” link.

Web Registration is available on myUSC. Although Web registration can be accessed 24

hours a day, registration transactions are only available from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Note

that students with activity restrictions or active mandatory advisement requirements may not

grading option for a class or to withdraw from all courses in a semester.

B. DROP/ADD

It is a student’s responsibility to withdraw from classes she is not attending, including

canceled classes. Students should verify their registered course list and make any

necessary adjustments before the deadline to drop a course without a “W”. Financial

aid recipients, athletes, and international students should consult with a counselor before

withdrawing from courses in order to assess the potential effect on the student’s eligibility.

After registration is processed, a student must drop officially from any course in which he or

she decides not to continue using Web Registration. Students who drop a course during the

first three weeks of a semester will not be billed for the course, and the course will not appear

on the academic transcript. The deadlines to drop a course and get a refund is available on

the USC Schedule of Classes by clicking the calendar icon next to the course in question.

Students who wish to cancel or drop ALL enrolled classes may use Web Registration.

Students withdrawing after their first semester should complete a Leave of Absence form.

(See section VII.)

C. THIRD WEEK ENROLLMENT CONFIRMATION

Instructors are asked to check their finalized class rosters after the third week of each

semester. The instructors are requested (but not required) to identify any students for whom

they have no record of attendance, and to add students’ names and ID numbers for any

students attending but not on the class list. Only class lists for lecture sections or ones that

contain unit values can be used for this purpose. Enrollment will be canceled for students

thus identified as not attending the course and the students will be emailed notifying them

that their enrollment in the course has been canceled. Students attending a class but not on

the class roster will be added, if they so choose.

Please note that instructors are not required to verify rosters or correct enrollment. Students

should be advised not to rely on this process and to verify that they register for the courses

they intend to complete.

VII. UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

A. CATALOGUE OF ENROLLMENT

Students are subject to catalogue regulations, policies and procedures beginning at the time

of first enrollment at USC. Students may switch to a later catalogue for a term in which he or

she is enrolled (using the student exception process, APA.U.DP.EXC, but they must then

follow all regulations in the new catalogue. They cannot mix regulations from different

catalogues for a single program. An exception is that students may follow the requirements

for a minor from a different catalogue year than the major; and students pursuing two majors

may follow major requirements from different catalogue years.

B. TRANSFER CREDIT

1. How Does A Student Get a TCR?

Students who enter USC with coursework from other institutions will be sent email

notification when a Transfer Credit Report (TCR) has been made available. TCRs may be

viewed online through my.usc.edu, through OASIS. When the TCR has been updated, an

automatic email will be sent to the students USC email address informing them of this

fact.

2. What is the Process?

To ensure complete evaluation of transfer courses, the student is responsible for hand-

carrying or mailing official transcripts to the One Stop center, TRO 101. The total

number of units attempted and accepted, as well as any subject credit granted, will be

shown on the TCR. Official transcripts must be received by One Stop in their original

envelope with all security marks and seals intact. If you receive an official transcript,

please do not open it. Forward it to One Stop for evaluation.

3. Which Courses Will Transfer?

Only courses with marks of C- or better, Pass, or Credit are eligible for transfer credit to

USC. However, grades for all courses, including grades below a C-, will be calculated

into the transfer GPA. In general, USC accepts transfer work form domestic institutions

accredited by one of the six regional accrediting associations. In rare circumstances,

transfer work from institutions that are not regionally accredited but enjoy “national

renown” is approved by the relevant USC dean.

Note that USC does not honor academic renewal or academic forgiveness programs that

allow students to improve recorded substandard academic performance. All marks for

transferable courses, even if subject credit is not granted, are computed in the transfer

grade point average.

4. How is unit credit determined?

Units are awarded for transferrable college-level courses submitted on an official

transcript from a recognized institution as follows:

SEMESTER - 1:1 for courses completed at an institution on a semester calendar.

For example, a 3-unit course will be awarded 3 units of credit at USC. Even if the

corresponding course at USC is offered as 4 units.

QUARTER - 3:2 for courses completed at an institution on a quarter calendar.

Quarter terms are typically 2/3 the length of semester term and are awarded credit

accordingly. For example, a 4-unit course will be awarded 2.67 units of credit at

USC. Some subject areas will require multiple quarter courses to earn

equivalency to a specific USC course.

5. What about courses from International Institutions?

Students who wish to receive transfer credit towards their undergraduate degree for

course work taken at an institution outside of the United States (without U.S. regional

accreditation) must request a ‘Detail Report with Course Level Identification’ from the

International Education Research Foundation (IERF). Please note that students will have

to meet IERF standards for submitting official documentation to complete the evaluation.

USC will not release any documents submitted during the application process. IERF will

transmit the results of Detail Reports directly to USC. Once we receive the detail report

from IERF, we will evaluate the course work and the results will be posted on the

student’s TCR. This can be a lengthy process, so we recommend that you start your

application as early as possible before registration at USC.

Courses taken at institutions outside of the U.S. may earn elective units and satisfy GE

requirements as appropriate, but are not eligible to earn USC course equivalence or

foreign language credit. Students may request faculty evaluation of courses for major

credit from their major department. Foreign language credit will be determined by

completing the USC placement exam if necessary.

6. Do I need a TCR in order to advise new transfer students?

All advisors should be familiar with the TCR in order to assist transfer students. Due to

their familiarity with transfer work, advisors can often assist students even when official

transcripts have not yet been submitted and evaluated. Students are instructed to contact

their academic department for assistance when interpreting their TCR in relation to major

requirements. If you need a reminder of how to interpret the TCR, a document is

available on the OASIS for Advisors website.

7. Time limits on petitioning evaluated course work:

USC policy requires that all articulation petitions regarding courses taken before entering

USC should be initiated as soon as possible after matriculation and no later than the end

of the first semester of study. The one semester time limit is in place to ensure students

have complete and accurate transfer credit information as soon as possible after starting

at USC so that they have a realistic understanding of how their transfer credit applies to

their degree requirements. This allows students to develop the most efficient and

effective course plan to complete their degree objective.

Students who have missed the deadline are eligible to request a one-time "final appeal."

Students requesting a final appeal will be charged a non-refundable $150 late petition fee

per class, regardless of the outcome of the appeal. The decision on a final appeal will not

be subject to further review.

REMINDERS:

What if course work does not appear on the TCR?

Verify that all applicable terms have been evaluated by checking the list of semesters

attended on the last page of the TCR. If the student already submitted transcripts that

include the missing term(s), the student should contact Degree Progress and request an

updated evaluation. If all terms are included but the course work does not appear (e.g.,

the course is not even in the list of “Does Not Transfer” or courses which are not yet

evaluated), contact One Stop, TRO 101, to determine why the work did not appear.

What if the course is listed as an elective, but does not get the subject credit

expected (e.g., G.E.)?

From a California Community College

The Degree Progress department maintains comprehensive agreements with most

California Community Colleges. As the name implies, all courses offered by a

Community College with a comprehensive agreement have been reviewed for G.E. and

equivalence credit. All transferable courses and available subject credits are listed on the

agreement. If there is a discrepancy between the Transfer Credit Report and the

articulation agreement, the student should submit an articulation petition. If a course from

a California Community College with a comprehensive agreement is not indicated for

G.E. credit on the articulation agreement, nor is G.E. credit granted on the Transfer

Credit Report, it can be assumed that it does not meet the G.E. requirement. Therefore,

petitions for course work from California Community Colleges with comprehensive

agreements are permitted only in the rare instance where a course may have been newly

developed or considerably modified since the articulation agreement was finalized.

From all other schools (four–year, out-of-state, California community college

without a comprehensive agreement)

The student should bring a course description and syllabus to Degree Progress and submit

an articulation petition. Course review is based on academic content, rather than special

circumstances or financial distress. The articulation petition is available online through

OASIS. Results of Articulation Petitions are forwarded to the student’s record in the

Advisement Database.

All articulation petitions regarding courses taken before entering USC should be initiated

as soon as possible after matriculation, and no later than the end of the first semester of

study.

C. COLLEGE COURSES TAKEN BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

1. Available

Credit for college courses taken before high school graduation is limited to a maximum

of 16 elective units. (However, this limit does not apply to courses taken during the

summer after high school graduation.) Subject credit is limited to G.E. Core Literacies

and Global Perspective requirements.

In addition, no more than 32 total units of elective credit can be granted for college

coursework and exams such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate

taken before high school graduation. Consequently, if a student earns, for example, 20

units for IB exams and has more than 12 units of coursework, the course units beyond 12

will not be considered transferable. See the Transfer Credit website

(www.usc.edu/transfercredit) for more information on AP and IB credits

2. Not Available

Course equivalence, credit for Writing or Foreign Language is not available for college

courses taken before high school graduation. (However, such credit is available if these

courses are taken during the summer after high school graduation.) Students may not

receive credit for two exams, or a course and an exam, in the same subject (e.g., US

History AP and IB exams).

3. Use of pre-high school graduation courses to fulfill requirements

Departments may use college-level courses taken before high school graduation on a

case- by-case basis to waive prerequisites or fulfill degree requirements.

Students who attended a four-year college full-time before graduating from high school

may be exempt from this restriction; the Articulation Office must review these cases.

D. TRANSFER COURSE WORK WHICH REPEATS A USC COURSE

Degree credit will not be given for a transferred undergraduate course that a student has

previously completed with earned credit at USC.

Subject credit only will be given for a transferred undergraduate course previously taken at

USC, under the following conditions: (1) When the student took the course at USC, he or she

received a passing grade or mark which failed to meet departmental or university

requirements. (2) The student obtained prior approval from the department offering the USC

course on the USC transfer course work pre-approval form at usc.edu/transfercredit.

Subject and unit credit will be given for a transferred undergraduate course previously taken

at USC, under the following conditions: (1) When the student took the course at USC, he or

she received a failing grade or mark. (2) The student obtained prior approval from the

department offering the USC course on the USC transfer course pre-approval form at

usc.edu/transfercredit.

Transfer courses cannot be used to repeat a USC course under the Freshman repeat rule.

E. RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS

1. Fall 1997 Catalogue to Present

Most students following a catalogue from 1997 or later may transfer a maximum of 64

units of credit toward a bachelor’s degree. There are two exceptions: the B.Arch. degree

and the Engineering “3-2” program allow a maximum of 80 units.

Except for the two exceptions noted above, there are several “64s” floating round for all

other current students. Remember that:

 The lifetime maximum that can be transferred is 64 units.

 Limits kick in for most students when they reach “residency” (a.k.a., junior class

standing, USC + Transfer = 64 units).

 Even if they are well below the 64-unit lifetime transfer limit, once a student

following a catalogue from Fall 1997 or later reaches “residency,” they may only

transfer a maximum of 8 units (up to the 64-unit lifetime cap).

 The TCR reports the number of units eligible for transfer based on our current

records. Be sure to note the date the TCR was updated.

Example #1:

Q: A student completes 80 units at USC and has never attempted transfer work. How

many units are available for transfer?

A: Even though the student has no transfer units to date, the residency limit was triggered

when 64 units were completed. Therefore, a maximum of 8 units may be transferred,

Example #2:

Q: A student enters USC with 32 units of transfer work. After completing 32 more units

at USC, how many units are available for transfer?

A: The student has reached Junior Class standing (32 USC+32 Transfer = 64 total) and

triggered the residency limits. Therefore, only 8 units are available for transfer.

Example #3:

Q: A student enters USC with 60 units of transfer work. After completing 32 more units

at USC, how many are available for transfer?

A: Only 4 more units to reach the cap of 64 units

Because the B.Arch. degree needs 160 units, residency and the 8-unit cap kick in at 84

college level units for students in that program.

2. Pre Fall 1997 Catalogue

Students following pre-1997 catalogue requirements are allowed a lifetime maximum of

80 transfer units, of which a maximum of 70 can come from two-year institutions.

Similar to students following a catalogue from 1997 on, residency is triggered at 64 total

units.

However, they are allowed to transfer up to 16 transfer units after they reach residency

(to the 70/80 lifetime maximum).

3. What about Subject Credit in excess of the residence limit?

Although the units toward the degree may be capped, students may still receive subject

credit for course work in excess of the unit limitations. For example, if students have

already transferred in all allowable units, they can still use transfer courses to fulfill the

language requirement or the College basic requirement (LAS units). See “Course Work

Taken Elsewhere” in the “Academic Policies” section of the University Catalogue for

additional information regarding transferable course work.

F. ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS

Comprehensive articulation agreements are available for most California community

colleges. These agreements provide a list of all courses that are transferable to USC.

Agreements also indicate subject credit available such as:

 Subject equivalence to specific USC courses (note that units granted may differ from the

USC equivalents, especially for quarter system schools)

 Satisfaction of general education and writing requirements (if taken prior to matriculation

at USC)

 Satisfaction of foreign language level requirements

The title at the top of the agreement will indicate if the transfer institution is a Semester or

Quarter Calendar School. This has implications for how units will be processed once

transferred to USC.

Since agreements are updated periodically, it is critical to use only current articulation

agreements while advising students. View current agreements online at

www.usc.edu/transfercredit rather than referring to printed copies from your files or versions

that students may have received from their community college.

The Transfer Credit web site also has “articulation histories” for several local four-year

institutions (UCLA, UC Riverside, Cal Poly Pomona, CSU Los Angeles, CSU Long Beach,

and CSU Northridge) which have a large, but not complete, list of transferable courses

including equivalence and G.E. information.

Courses are evaluated based on the agreement in force when the student attempted the class.

Even if a course no longer appears on the current agreement, it may still be eligible for

transfer if it was transferable under the agreement in force when the course was taken.

1. Grades:

o Courses must receive at least a grade of C- (or pass or credit) to transfer.

o No more than 4 units of GE (one course) can be taken pass/no pass. The lower

division writing course cannot be taken pass/no pass. No more than 24 units total

can be taken pass/no pass (including courses taken at USC). (“Pass/no pass”

means a course that is available for a letter grade but allows the student to choose

pass/no pass as an alternate grade choice. If a course is only offered credit/no

credit, it is not included in the limit.)

2. Units:

o Most students may transfer in a maximum of 64 semester units. (Architecture

majors and Engineering “3-2” students have different limits).

o Transferable courses are granted the number of semester units indicated on the

transfer transcript, even if a USC equivalent course receives a different number of

units.

o Units at a quarter school are converted to semester units by dividing them by 1.5.

The effective transfer rate is 2/3 the original unit value

o A minimum of 2.67 units is required to satisfy most degree requirements at USC.

This is equivalent to a 4-unit course at a quarter system school.

Reference for Advisors

Articulation histories for all courses currently in the articulation database and information

about how courses transferred in the past are available to advisors; go to OASIS for Advisors

(www.usc.edu/oasis4adv). Click on “For advisor resources please click here,” then click on

“Articulation histories and ‘old’ articulation agreements (unofficial) for advisors,” then enter

a school name (e.g., if you enter “CSU,” all Cal State schools appear in a drop down menu),

and choose a semester and year (e.g., Summer 2005). All courses that have been articulated

will be displayed in “articulation history” format for the requested semester.

G. PRE-APPROVAL OF TRANSFER COURSE WORK

Students planning to take course work outside USC should first consult with their academic

advisors. If the course is consistent with residence requirements, the student should usually

submit an online “Request for Pre-approval to transfer course work to USC” through OASIS.

In some cases, the online form (which gives immediate feedback) cannot be used and a paper

form must be provided. The form itself gives instructions about when a paper form rather

than the online form must be used. For example, if a student wants to use a course that does

not have an equivalent on an articulation agreement or articulation history to fulfill a lower

division major or minor requirement, the department must sign the paper form. (For upper

division major requirements, the Request for Exception to Residence must be used; upper

division minor requirements MUST be taken at USC.)

For courses taken at a community college or certain four-year schools, students can

determine if a course is transferable and if it fulfills a requirement by checking the

articulation agreement or history on the web (see above). However, even if students

determine by this method that the course is transferable in general, they should still submit a

request for pre-approval to make sure that the course can be applied to their individual

situation. For example, it is possible that the course duplicates a course they have already

taken or that they are not eligible to transfer any more units.

Special notes regarding overseas or distance education courses

Students interested in overseas studies programs (not through USC) should provide syllabi

and information about the program along with the paper version of the pre-approval request.

Students pursuing overseas studies through USC-sponsored programs do not need to submit

transfer pre-approval requests, as their work is considered in-residence.

No special approval is needed for online courses. However, subject credit is not granted for

online or TV courses in lab science or foreign language (though elective units may be

earned). The articulation office tries to be aware of language or lab science courses that are

available via distance learning, and marks them as “SYL” (meaning units are available, but a

syllabus must be provided to earn subject credit); they appreciate advisors’ notifying them of

courses of this sort which are available online but are granted equivalence on the student’s

TCR.

H. REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO RESIDENCE

Students following a Fall 1997 or later catalogue may only take transfer work in the summer,

and they must take all upper-division course work for the major or minor at USC. To pursue

an exception to these rules, students must complete the Request for Exception to Residence

form, available in their department. Advisors can request this form by contacting the

Registrar’s Office ([email protected]). A separate form, including all signatures, is

required for each requested course. Permission should be given only in rare circumstances

(which do not include financial exigency). Permission to take a course in the fall, winter, or

spring terms requires approval by the dean and advisor of the major department, as well as

approval of each course by the USC department which would have offered that course.

Permission to fulfill an upper-division major requirement with transfer work requires pre-

approval by the major department. Courses taken out of residence will receive neither unit

nor subject credit. Note that any approval received to take courses out of residence does not

imply permission to receive more than 64 units of transfer work, or permission to take more

than 8 units of transfer work after 64 units of college work have been earned.

Students who are disqualified and wish to take courses in the fall or spring do not fill out a

“Request for Exception to Residence” form. Please advise students in this situation to meet

with an Academic Review Counselor for more information.

I. UPPER-DIVISION COURSE WORK REQUIREMENT

USC upper division courses are numbered 300-499. The university requires that all

undergraduate students following the Fall 1997 or later catalogue successfully complete at

USC all the upper division courses that are applied to their major or minor (unless a special

exception is pre-approved as described above in section G). Students following an earlier

catalogue must complete at least half of the upper division units for their major at USC. Of

the 128-unit minimum for any undergraduate degree, at least 32 of these units must be upper

division course work.

Departments have limits on substitutions for or waivers of upper division requirements for

the major. Lower division courses may not be substituted for upper division courses.

Substitutions or waivers of upper-division requirements are limited to 25% of the

requirements; however, substitutions of courses with the same prefix are not counted in this

limit.

J. THE COLLEGE BASIC REQUIREMENT

For students following the Fall 1998 or later catalogue and earning a degree in the Dornsife

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, a minimum of 104 units applicable to the degree must

be in College academic departments, whether the units are earned at USC or accepted in

transfer. For students graduating with a minor, this minimum is reduced to 96 units. Students

who are completing major degree programs in a professional school but whose degree is

conferred by the College are exempt from this policy. Any exceptions to this policy will be

considered by the College Dean of Undergraduate Programs. Students following a catalogue

before Fall 1998 follow a different requirement.

K. SPECIAL PROBLEMS COURSES (390)

390 courses are supervised, individual studies classes designed to allow last-semester seniors

to complete one to four units of their remaining degree requirements which were not

completed through a regularly-offered course before their graduation date. There must be

evidence that the problem was created by circumstances beyond the student’s control.

Enrollment requires a petition initiated in Petitions Services and acted on by the Committee

on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP). Only one 390 course is allowed for credit

toward a baccalaureate degree.

L. DIRECTED RESEARCH COURSES (490)

Directed Research courses at all levels are limited to individual research projects agreed upon

between individual students and faculty members and may not be used for other purposes.

There are strict limitations, conditions, and procedures for enrollment in, grading of, and

credit for 490 courses. See the “Registration and Requirements for Graduation” subsections

of the “Academic Policies” section of the University Catalogue for a full discussion of these

policies.

M. SPECIAL UNIT LIMITATIONS

A maximum number of units may be counted toward a degree:

4 units Physical Education Activity

8 units dance

12 units American Language Institute course work

16 units individual instruction in music at the 201/401 level

40 upper-division units within a program of study awarded by the College

24 units taken Pass/No Pass, with a limit of 4 in General Education and none in major,

minor or pre-major requirements (unless approved in writing by the major or minor

department)

32 exam units (AB, IB, A levels, etc.)

16 college courses taken before high school graduation (college courses and exams together

cannot exceed 32 units)

N. EXCEPTIONS

Students should be encouraged to follow university policies and procedures as stated. It is

important to note that there are some university policies to which no exceptions may be

granted. In individual circumstances when an exception appears to be warranted, inquiries

may be made at the following locations:

 Academic petitions for CAPP review: academic department

 Transfer Credit petitions: Degree Progress, TRO 101, x07070 or online

at(www.usc.edu/transfercredit). The request form is available on OASIS.

 Major Requirements: student’s academic department

 Registration issues: Registrar One Stop Center, TRO 101, x08500

 Residency: Degree Progress, TRO 101, x07070

 Transfer credit: Degree Progress, TRO 101, x07070

O. GRADES

1. Incomplete Grades – “IN”

A grade of IN may be assigned only for work not completed because of illness or other

emergency that occurs after the withdrawal deadline of the course. A grade of IN may be

removed only by completing work not finished. It is not possible to remove an IN by

reregistering for the course. Once the IN is resolved, only the final mark for the course

will appear on official transcripts, with no indication of a previous mark of IN. However,

unofficial transcripts like the STARS report and OASIS’ Completed Course Summary

may display marks of IN regardless of their final disposition.

If the IN remains one calendar year after the course ended, the course grade is changed to

an IX (Expired Incomplete) and will be calculated into the grade point average as 0

points. A student may request in writing to Degree Progress that an IN be expired prior

to the allowed time period (e.g., to allow the student to graduate).

2. Withdraw - “W”

Students have until the end of the 12th week of the semester to drop courses. Courses

that are dropped by the end of the 3rd week do not appear on the transcript. Courses

dropped after the third week, but before the end of week 7 will not result in a grade of W

on the official transcript, but the tuition and fees from the course will not be refunded.

The deadlines to get a refund and change grade options for a course are available on the

USC Schedule of Classes by clicking the calendar icon next to the course in question.

No course may be dropped after the 12th week. While, in exceptional cases, students may

petition to withdraw from a course after the twelfth week, such petitions are rarely

approved. Note that an instructor may not withdraw a student from a course and that

students may not withdraw from a course in which they have committed or have been

accused of committing an academic integrity violation.

3. Missing Grade - “MG”

MG is an administrative mark assigned when an instructor fails to submit correctly a final

course grade for a student.

Instructors should contact the Academic Review Department for assistance in resolving

“MGs.” Beginning in Fall 2005, MGs not resolved within one calendar year will be

changed to UW and will be calculated into the grade point average as 0 points. If a

student has met all degree requirements without the course for which the grade is missing

and the student will still meet grade point average requirements if the MG is changed to a

UW, the MG can be expired at the student’s request before the year is up to allow the

student to graduate. For a full discussion of grading policies, please see the Grading and

Correction of Grades Handbook at www.usc.edu/grades.

P. PASS/NO PASS GRADING OPTION

During the first three weeks of the semester, students may elect to take a course numbered

below 500 on a Pass/No Pass basis. Students may request to take a course P/NP or Audit

using Web Registration. Students enrolled in a course with the P/NP grade option may elect

to change the course to letter grade through the end of week 7. The actual deadline to change

the grade option for a course is available on the USC Schedule of Classes by clicking the

calendar icon next to the course in question.

A maximum of 24 units of undergraduate course work taken on a P/NP basis may be used

toward an undergraduate degree, and a maximum of 4 of these 24 units may be applied to the

general education requirements. WRIT 140 and 340 may not be taken P/NP to fulfill the

writing requirement. Use of P/NP course work to fulfill major or minor requirements must

be approved in writing by the academic department. Individual academic departments may

have placed further restrictions on whether a course taken P/NP can be used to fulfill specific

requirements. Credit/No Credit differs from P/NP Pass in that the University Curriculum

Committee authorizes courses to be offered on a CR/NC basis, while P/NP is a student-

selected option.

Q. CLASSIFICATION AND NUMBERING OF COURSES

Courses numbered below 100 are not available for degree credit, courses numbered 100-299

are lower-division, and courses numbered 300-499 are upper-division. (400-level courses

can also be used for graduate credit by graduate students.)

Course numbers may be followed by symbols that provide further important information.

Common symbols used are:

g - course meets a general education requirement

l - course has a laboratory component

x - course has some kind of credit restriction. The course description from the University

Catalogue will specify the restriction.

p - course meets the Traditions and Historic Foundations requirement

w - course meets the Citizenship in a Global Era requirement

R. GRADE POINT AVERAGE REQUIREMENTS

There are two types of GPA requirements: university and departmental. University GPA

requirements are defined in the University Catalogue in the “Academic Policies” section

under “Requirements for Graduation.” Departmental GPA requirements are defined in the

individual sections for each program of study. The university will not deviate from

policies governing the calculation of the overall USC grade point average through

inclusion or exclusion of course work.

 University GPA requirements may not be waived or lowered by departments. A

cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required in two areas:

» Overall Undergraduate GPA: A cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required of all

attempted units for the undergraduate degree, including transfer courses.

» Upper Division Major GPA: A cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required of all upper

division course work applied towards requirements in the major. Excess courses

in the major, including previous failing marks of a repeated major course

requirement, are excluded from the major GPA calculation.

 Many departments have minimum grade requirements, additional major GPA

requirements or a major GPA requirement that is higher than the 2.0 required by the

university. If there is such an additional GPA requirement, it may be waived with a

conferring unit Dean’s signature.

S. COURSE REPETITION

Most courses may not be repeated for credit. Those courses that may be repeated appear in

the University Catalogue with a maximum unit count after the title (e.g., “2 max 8” indicates

that the 2-unit course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units). Courses that may be

repeated are typically in courses where the topics of instruction vary in each course offering

or the coursework is based on individualized study (music performance, directed research,

etc.).

Undergraduate students who want to repeat a course in which a grade of C+, C or C- was

received and have the subsequent grade calculated in the grade point average must petition

the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP) for permission to do so prior to

re-registering in the course. Post hoc approval will not be granted. However, departments

may require a student to repeat a course in which a minimum grade requirement has not been

met. In the case in which a student earns a grade of C- in a course for which a grade of C or

higher is required for application to major or minor requirements, the subsequent grade will

be calculated in the grade point average without the requirement of a petition.

Undergraduates may also repeat courses taken in which grades of D+ or below were

received, but in these instances both grades will be calculated in the grade point average. In

no case will additional degree credit be allowed for repeated courses or duplicated work. No

student may repeat a course in which a grade of B- or better was received.

If a course which is a prerequisite of a course in the same department is taken after the course

for which it is a prerequisite (out of sequence), it will not receive unit or grade point credit.

T. FRESHMAN REPEAT RULE

Students who enter as first-time freshmen may repeat a maximum of three courses taken

during the first two semesters of enrollment at USC if grades of D+ or below (including UW

and IX) were received. Only the subsequent grade, even if lower, will be calculated in the

grade point average. The course must be repeated in Fall 1992 or later to have only the

subsequent grade applied. Both courses and the grades received will appear on the transcript.

The same course may be repeated no more than once for the benefit of substitution of grade.

ARLT 100 may only be repeated if a section with the same title is repeated. For example, if

a first-time freshman takes ARLT 100 (Shakespeare) and wants to repeat it under the

freshman repeat rule, the student must repeat ARLT 100 (Shakespeare). Similarly, first-time

freshmen who wish to repeat WRIT 140 must repeat WRIT 140, not WRIT 130. Students

who complete a sequential course which requires a prerequisite cannot later repeat the

prerequisite for Freshman Forgiveness. Students who have repeated a course under this

provision can obtain and drop off the “Freshman Repeat Form” in the One Stop center, TRO

101.

First-time freshmen are students who have never attended college or any other post-

secondary institution. It also includes students who attended college for the first time in the

summer term prior to entering USC or who earned college credits before graduation from

high school. First-time freshman status is determined by Admissions at the time of

admission and will appear on ADM.D.DEC with a class level of U1 and no entry after

“Frsh/Tran.” Students who were admitted for spring and were first-time freshman elsewhere

in the previous fall may repeat a maximum of two courses taken during the semester at USC

in which grades of D+ or below were received with the same set of provisions stated above.

U. ACADEMIC PROBATION/ACADEMIC DISQUALIFICATION

A student whose overall USC GPA falls below 2.0 will be placed on academic probation.

Continued enrollment requires clearance from an Academic Review counselor. Students on

academic probation who do not raise their overall GPA to 2.0 or higher after two semesters

of enrollment will be academically disqualified. However, if the student has not raised

his/her GPA to 2.0 but earns a semester GPA of 2.3 or higher during the next or any

subsequent semester on probation, may continue her studies at USC.

V. GRADUATION DATE

The University graduates students at the end of each academic term (fall, spring, summer).

A student will be awarded a graduation date for the term in which degree requirements,

including submission of supporting documents, have been met. Although course work may

have been completed in a prior term, the degree will be awarded only for the term for which

the student academically and administratively fulfills all requirements. This includes

exceptions and other actions that are the responsibility of the department. A grace period for

administrative requirements has been established for each term. The deadline for the summer

term is on or about September 15th; for fall term, January 15th; and for the spring term, June

15th.

W. LEAVE OF ABSENCE

A student who interrupts his or her studies for compelling reasons may request a leave for a

stated period. First-semester freshmen and first-semester transfer students who cancel their

enrollment during the first semester are not eligible for a Leave of Absence, and therefore

they must update their application for admission to the next semester with the Office of

Admissions.

All other students who want to leave USC should file a Leave of Absence (LOA). The Leave

of Absence Handbook is at www.usc.edu/loa. Students must review both the Guidelines for

Withdrawal checklist and Section 2 of the Undergraduate Leave of Absence handbook with

their academic advisor. In addition, a student’s signature is required on the Leave of

Absence Form. Students pursuing POST(s) conferred by a professional school (e.g.,

Engineering, Business) must visit with their department’s student affairs office.

If, as a result of the leave, the student exceeds the time limit for completion of a degree or

G.E. requirements, he or she may not be allowed automatically to continue to follow the

original catalogue of enrollment.

Students who fail to apply for a leave of absence may encounter difficulties with residency

requirements and financial aid when returning to USC.

X. GRADUATE COURSES FOR UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT

Exceptional undergraduate students may enroll in a graduate course with the approval of the

instructor. Students must also have prior approval from the chair of the major department in

order to count the course for undergraduate credit or to audit the course. The student’s major

department will notify the Degree Progress Department regarding the manner in which the

graduate course will be used. In no case will a student be allowed to enroll in and receive

credit for a graduate course if the student’s cumulative USC GPA is below 2.0.

Y. RESERVING COURSES FOR GRADUATE CREDIT

This process is available only to undergraduate students within 12 units of the completion of

the bachelor’s degree with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Courses at the 400 and 500 level

can be taken in the last semester of the senior year and reserved for graduate credit as long as

the semester program does not exceed 16 units. The request form must be obtained from the

Graduate School, completed with appropriate signatures, and submitted to Degree Progress

for verification of eligibility.

Z. MANDATORY ADVISEMENT

A number of academic units require students to meet with their academic advisor prior to

registration for a term. Students pursuing majors that require mandatory advisement will be

denied registration until they have met with their academic advisor and the advisor has

released their advisement obligation, using the process APA.U.SAD. The mandatory

advisement status of programs (e.g., First 24 units UG, or All terms) may be viewed on p.3 of

the POST display (SIS.D.POST). Mandatory advisement is POST related for all students in

that particular POST. It should not be confused with the activity restriction

(SIS.U.ACTRES), which is selectively applied to students by the owner of the activity

restriction. (The owner and related information about a particular restriction can be obtained

by viewing the display SIS.D.ART.) Changes or corrections to programs regarding

mandatory advisement should be directed to Robert Morley ([email protected], x06963).

AA. EXCESSIVE WITHDRAWAL ADVISEMENT

An undergraduate student who withdraws (a mark of W) from at least 8 units in one semester

or who withdraws from at least 16 units overall must undergo mandatory academic

advisement before the student can enroll in a subsequent semester. Registration for

subsequent semesters will be cleared by the academic advisor once advisement has been

completed. This advisement is intended to provide students with information and guidance

on the negative impacts that excessive withdrawals have on successful and timely completion

of degree programs.

VIII. ONLINE ADVISEMENT TOOLS

A. Online Academic Student Information Services (OASIS)

The Office of the Registrar has developed the Online Academic Student Information Services

(OASIS) accessible by logging into my.usc.edu. OASIS helps students and advisors obtain

personal record information, request services and access other registration information.

OASIS for Advisors – www.usc.edu/oasis4adv

Using this process, advisors can view their advisees' OASIS records, including STARS

reports. Also, many handbooks, procedures and other useful documents can be found by

selecting "Advisor Resources." Through this service you can also access the Council of

Academic Advisors (CAA) website and member list.

In order to obtain access to student records on OASIS for Advisors, go to the SIS process

SIS.U.WWWOAR. Enter your employee ID, select an OASIS password, and choose OASIS

displays that you would like to view. Each display in OASIS for Advisors has a

corresponding process in SIS, and advisors must first have been granted access in SIS before

access to a particular OASIS display will be granted. Update SIS.U.WWWOAR before

exiting.

To access OASIS for Advisors you can either go directly to www.usc.edu/oasis4adv or go to

the Registrar's homepage (www.usc.edu/registrar) and select the OASIS for Advisors service.

From the Registrar’s homepage, you can also access the “Glossary of Terms and Services”

for an alphabetical listing of information related to the Registrar’s area. Questions or

comments should be directed to Robert Morley, Associate Registrar ([email protected],

x06963).

B. STUDENT ACADEMIC RECORD SYSTEM (STARS)

STARS reports are computerized degree audit reports which chart a student’s progress

toward degree completion. This report compares a student’s academic work at any point in

the student’s career with requirements of a matriculated program of study. Reports are

issued to students and academic departments semi-annually in the fall and spring semesters

after the add/drop deadline. STARS report updates are also provided when students have

activity in one or more of the following key areas: registration, the recording of grades, add

or drop of a major or minor, transfer credit updates, and when an academic exception has

been recorded on a student’s record.

1. PRINTING STARS REPORTS

Printing of STARS reports from the Student Information System requires access to the

APA.U.STARS.LIST process. Access is granted through SIS User Coordination at

x05337. This overnight batch process requires advisors to enter campus delivery address

information and individual student ID numbers for the requested population. Reports are

updated nightly and are generally delivered within twenty-four hours of the request date.

STARS reports can also be printed from OASIS for advisors at www.usc.edu/oasis4adv.

2. VIEWING STARS REPORTS

STARS reports can also be viewed from OASIS for advisors at www.usc.edu/oasis4adv

or through the APA.D.STARS.VIEW process. STARS reports can be updated using

APA.U.STARS.STUAUD. STARS reports are updated immediately after the third week

of the fall and spring semesters, as well as anytime key transactions occur in SIS.

C. ADVISEMENT DATABASE

The USC Undergraduate Advisement Database is a central repository for undergraduate

advising records. Information from the Student Information System (SIS) is imported daily

with data from additional sources (such as USCard photo and midterm grades), to display a

comprehensive student advising profile and history. The Advisement Database has a range

of functions which enable the advisor to search, filter, and report on various metrics in their

student population, send emails, create course plans, advisement sheets, comments and other

content on the student’s advising record. There are also features that allow students to

schedule appointments with their advisor and for the advisor to share the student’s most

recent course plan through myUSC. The Office of Undergraduate Programs administers the

Advisement Database system including access, training, and a development committee in

conjunction with the Council of Academic Advisors (CAA). Contact Heather Cartagena for

information ([email protected], x13902).

IX. ADVISEMENT FOR MAJORS AND MINORS

A. DORNSIFE COLLEGE ADVISING

Debbie Bernstein, Director, [email protected]

CAS 120, x02534

http://dornsife.usc.edu/advisement/

Dornsife College Advising provides general academic advisement for students pursuing

degrees in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (The College), as well as

students who have not yet chosen a major. The office also oversees advising in “clusters”

of majors based on the underlying disciplines within the Dornsife College. Office hours

are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The office serves the university in the

following areas:

Undecided/Undeclared Advisement

http://dornsife.usc.edu/undecided/

Each semester prior to registration, undecided/undeclared students are required to meet

with an academic advisor. Advisors in the College Advising Office can offer advice and

referral on a variety of majors and minors as well as assist with appropriate course

selections and fulfillment of degree requirements, particularly general education.

Students with declared majors in the College should seek advisement from their academic

department.

Pre-Law Advisement

http://dornsife.usc.edu/pre-law/

Dornsife College Advising advises undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni in all

aspects of the law school admission process. This includes, but is not limited to,

providing general advisement, providing assistance with personal statements, presenting

workshops on the application process, acting as liaison between the USC Law School,

other law schools and the students, assisting pre-law societies with resources, and

housing a resource library with information on most of the ABA-approved law schools in

the United States and Canada

Humanities Advisement

KAP 450, x02534

UUC 218, x14316

http://dornsife.usc.edu/humanities-majors/

Dornsife College Advising offers advising for smaller humanities and second language

departments, including American Studies and Ethnicity, Classics, French and Italian,

German, Philosophy, Religion, and Spanish and Portuguese. These humanities advisors

assist departments that rely mainly on faculty to advise their students. They work in

conjunction with departmental faculty advisors to ensure that students are progressing

towards completion of both major and University requirements, thus allowing faculty to

focus primarily on teaching and more general mentoring. Students generally meet with

an advisor before registration each semester. The humanities advisors work with students

who are either declaring or officially enrolled in one of the majors or minors with which

the advisors are affiliated or taking classes within those departments

Natural Sciences Advisement

AHF 107, x03800

http://dornsife.usc.edu/natural-sciences-majors/

In conjunction with Dornsife College Advising, advising is available at the department

level for programs in the natural sciences, including Biological Sciences, Chemistry,

Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and

Physics & Astronomy.

Social Sciences Advisement

http://dornsife.usc.edu/social-sciences-majors/

In conjunction with Dornsife College Advising, advising is available at the department

level for programs in the social sciences, including Anthropology, Archaeology,

Economics, Geography, History, International Relations, Middle East Studies, Political

Sciences, Psychology, and Sociology.

B. PRE-HEALTH PROFESSIONS ADVISEMENT

HNB 120, x04844, FAX x05653

http://dornsife.usc.edu/pre-health/

[email protected]

 Dr. Kenneth Geller, Director, [email protected]

 Gina Camello, Associate Director, [email protected]

 Selina Zadeh-Asadouri, Advisor, [email protected]

 Randy Zuniga, Advisor, [email protected]

 Nicole Carr, Advisor, [email protected]

 Nathalie Zuletta, Administrative Assistant, [email protected]

The Pre-Health Advisement Office advises all current and former pre-health students at

the University. This includes a wide variety of services to guide students through the

academic and administrative processes necessary to achieve their goals. Our Pre-Health

advisors encourage students to learn through community service, clinical exposure,

laboratory research, and campus organizations. We help students to become self-directed

learners and to assume a significant role in their pre-professional education. We

encourage students to become broadly educated in order not to lose personal growth

opportunities.

C. OTHER ACADEMIC ADVISING OFFICES

1. USC Leventhal School of Accounting

ACC 101, x04838, FAX (213) 747-2815

http://www.marshall.usc.edu/lsoa

[email protected]

 Milli Penner, Assistant Dean, [email protected]

 Arthur Alba, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Monika Babiszkiewicz, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Michelle Juarez, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

The USC Leventhal School of Accounting Student Affairs Office advises pre-accounting

and accounting students studying towards a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, as well

as the dual degree program leading to a Master of Accounting or Master of Business

Taxation Degree.

2. USC School of Architecture

HAR 112, x02090, FAX x13928

http://arch.usc.edu

[email protected]

 Jennifer Park, Executive Director, [email protected]

 OPEN, Academic Advisor (A-Le)

 Lisa Shimabukuro, Academic Advisor (Li-Z), [email protected]

 Eric Moore, International Programs Coordinator, [email protected]

 Luisa Sanchez, Student Services Assistant, [email protected]

3. USC Roski School of Art & Design

Office of Student Affairs

HSH 101, x07567, FAX x08938

http://roski.usc.edu

 Penelope Jones, Assistant Dean of Student Services, [email protected]

 Christina Aumann, Academic Advisor (A-K), [email protected]

 Nancy Trinh, Academic Advisor (L-Z), [email protected]

4. USC Iovine/Young Academy for Arts, Technology

and the Business of Innovation

http://iovine-young.usc.edu

 Jessica Vernon, Assistant Dean for Admission and Student Affairs,

[email protected]

The first class of students in the Iovine & Young Academy was accepted for Fall

2014. The curriculum is drawn from several different schools with instruction in four

essential areas: engineering and computer science; visual arts and design; audio arts

and design; business and venture management.

5. USC Marshall School of Business

Office of Undergraduate Advising

BRI 104, x00690, FAX x07235

http://students.marshall.usc.edu/undergrad/advising/

[email protected]

 Maureen McHale, Director, [email protected]

 Jennifer Siemer, Associate Director, [email protected]

 Daniel Choi, Associate Director, [email protected]

 Ellecia Williams, Assistant Director, [email protected]

 Mayra Miranda, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Gerald Corporal, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Tehra Yosifi, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Chelsea Jones, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Katrina Arce, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Sheena Dreher, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Eena Singh, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Patricia Ramos, Office Coordinator, [email protected]

 Alexis Matthews, Student Services Assistant, [email protected]

The Marshall School of Business Office of Undergraduate Advising handles all the

advising responsibilities for current business majors, joint majors in Business

Administration with an emphasis in Cinematic Arts or International Relations, the

World Bachelor of Business, and business minors. The office also coordinates peer

tutoring for business courses.

6. USC School of Cinematic Arts

Office of Student Affairs

SCB 105, x08358, FAX x04013

http://cinema.usc.edu/studentaffairs/

[email protected]

Critical Studies / Film & TV Production

 Kristen Clark, Director of Student Affairs, [email protected]

 Marcus Anderson, Director of Student Services, [email protected]

 Anthony Tritto, Student Services Advisor, [email protected]

 Claudia Walters, Student Services Advisor, [email protected]

Animation & Digital Arts

 Daphne Sigismondi, Assistant Director, [email protected]

Interactive Media & Games

 Sam Roberts, Assistant Director, [email protected]

Media Arts and Practice

 Sonia Seetharaman, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

Writing for Screen and Television

 Kristen Davis, Program Coordinator BFA, [email protected]

 Michael Lane, Program Coordinator MFA & minor, [email protected]

7. USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

ASC 140, x00900, FAX x08036

http://annenberg.usc.edu

[email protected]

 Cindy Martinez, Director, [email protected]

 Annie Mateen, Associate Director, [email protected]

 JaBari Brown, Assistant Director, [email protected]

 Sarah Holdren, Assistant Director, [email protected]

 Adrienne Capirchio, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Veronica Nilchavee, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Jennifer Wong, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

8. USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance

STO 322

http://kaufman.usc.edu

 Anne Aubert-Santelli, Director of Admission and Student Services,

[email protected], x16725

 Cameo Bear, Academic Advisor, [email protected], x16710

The first class of students in the Kaufman School of Dance was accepted for Fall

2015. A new building to house the school is currently under construction.

9. USC School of Dramatic Arts

Academic Services

DRC 107, x01286, FAX x08888

http://theatre.usc.edu

[email protected]

 Lori Fisher, Assistant Dean of Student Services, [email protected]

 Daniel Leyva, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Isaac Vigilla, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

10. USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Advisement & Academic Services

RTH 110, x04530, FAX x08690

www.viterbi.usc.edu/studentservices

[email protected]

 Nora Sandoval, Director, [email protected]

 Julie Phaneuf, Associate Director, [email protected]

 Christine Franks, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Ramon Borunda, Jr., Academic Advisor, [email protected]

The Academic & Student Services Office within Viterbi Admission & Student

Affairs Division advises first year students, students on academic probation and

students seeking assistance with petitions and appeals. In addition, current USC

students seeking internal admission are advised by the Viterbi Admission & Student

Division until they are admitted to the Viterbi School. Sophomores, juniors and

seniors are advised through in the respective academic departments.

A listing of departmental advisors is available at:

http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/advisement/advisors.htm

11. USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

www.usc.edu/gerontology

 Maria Henke, Assistant Dean, [email protected], GER 112A, x01363

 Jim deVera, Academic Advisor, [email protected], GER 108, x01729

 Linda Broder, Student Services, [email protected], GER 102, x06060

 John Walsh, Associate Professor, [email protected], GER 242, x04908

12. USC Keck School of Medicine

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies | Global Health

STO 101, x01060

https://hpdp.usc.edu

[email protected]

 Elahe Nezami, Director of Undergraduate Studies, [email protected]

 Stephen Perry, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Christine Ahlstrom, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Angela Turk, Administrative Coordinator, [email protected]

13. USC Thornton School of Music

Thornton Admission and Student Affairs

TMC 200, x04721

www.usc.edu/music

[email protected]

 Phillip Placenti, Assistant Dean, [email protected]

 Job Springer, Doctoral Advisor, [email protected]

 Antonio Bartolome, Senior Advisor, [email protected]

 Viet Bui, Academic Advisor, [email protected]

 Nancy Wong, Student Affairs Coordinator, [email protected]

The Thornton School Office of Student Affairs provides advisement for music majors

and minors and, in conjunction with the Thornton School Office of Admission and

Financial Aid, counseling for current USC students who are prospective music majors

or minors. Students may obtain D-class clearances for music classes and request

assistance regarding grading problems at Thornton Student Affairs.

14. USC Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

CHP 133

http://chan.usc.edu/

 Sarah Kelly, Director of Admissions, [email protected], x22822,

 Helen Mirsaeidi, Assistant Director of Admissions / Academic Advisor,

[email protected], x22460

15. USC Price School of Public Policy

www.usc.edu/sppd

 LaVonna Lewis, Program Director, llewis@ usc.edu, RGL 309, x04280,

 Nam Ung, Program Administrator, [email protected], RGL 102B, x04723

X. ADVISEMENT FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

A. THEMATIC OPTION HONORS PROGRAM

AHF 410, x02955

www.usc.edu/thematicoption

Thematic Option is the university’s general education honors program. Each year about

200 freshmen participate in this interdisciplinary core curriculum. The program offers

small classes with some of the university’s best undergraduate teachers and a hand-

picked group of writing instructors. Students are invited to participate in Thematic

Option based on their strong high school performance. In 2004-05, the Thematic Option

class had an average GPA of 4.21 and an average SAT of 1476. Students who have not

been invited but seem genuinely ready for serious intellectual challenge may apply as

exceptions; many such students are admitted each year. Students should be referred to

the Thematic Option office for general education advisement.

B. STUDENT ATHLETE ACADEMIC SERVICES

John McKay Center (JMC) First Floor, x03801

https://saas.usc.edu

Student Athlete Academic Services (SAAS) was established to provide supplementary

academic support services for student athletes. These support services include academic

counseling, tutoring, mentoring, registration assistance and general problem solving.

Student athletes are better able to fulfill the university’s academic expectations and also

are helped to achieve their own personal academic goals with these support services.

Athletes must follow the rules of NCAA eligibility when registering for classes. Student

athletes must always be enrolled in at least 12 units in order to practice or compete.

Approval to drop below 12 units can only be granted by an academic counselor or the

Director of Student Athlete Academic Services. If a student athlete drops below 12 units,

he or she is no longer eligible to practice or compete, unless the units are all that are

needed to graduate.

C. UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS PROGRAM

Academic Counseling Services

STU 300, x01741, FAX x15479

http://undergrad.usc.edu/services/counseling/success/

[email protected]

The Undergraduate Success Program (USP) is a scholarship program that works one-on-

one with the students who have graduated from the Neighborhood Academic Initiative

(NAI). Upon their admission to the university, NAI scholars become part of the

Undergraduate Success Program. USP offers a network of support for these students

throughout their tenure at USC. Support services include regular meetings with program

counselors to discuss their academic progress and performance, intervention strategies to

assist students with the successful completion of their courses and degree programs, and

workshops designed to facilitate students’ transition from high school to college. USP

provides for these students' continued informational needs with regard to academic

programs, time management, and career options.

NAI scholars are identified on the SIS.D.ACTRES screen by the NAI01 restriction.

D. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

TRF N151, x02666

www.usc.edu/ois

[email protected]

The Office of International Services (OIS) assists international students and scholars in

their adjustment to the United States and to USC through its services and programs.

International student orientation programs are held each semester. Immigration specialists

at OIS assist students with visa and immigration-related issues as well as letters required

by foreign governments. Counselors are available to discuss cross-cultural adjustment,

financial assistance, and other issues faced by international students. International

students on F-1 and J-1 visas are required to register for 12 units (undergraduate) or 8

units (masters) or 6 units (Ph.D.) each semester. They are required to be enrolled at USC

every semester until graduation unless a leave of absence is approved by OIS.

Permission for employment and other issues affected by visa status should be referred to

OIS for consultation.

E. SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION

Judy Haw, Director, [email protected]

CAS 204, x05295, FAX x04839

www.usc.edu/si

Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a nationally recognized program designed to support

undergraduate students in historically difficult academic courses. This program offers

regularly scheduled, out-of-class, peer-facilitated study sessions to all students enrolled in

a targeted course. These study sessions are led by SI Leaders who are upperclassmen.

The SI leaders attend all lectures in the targeted class, take notes, do the readings and

homework as assigned to the enrolled students and then facilitate four weekly group

study sessions. The leaders have successfully completed the course at USC and have

been recommended by faculty members. These students have developed effective

learning, study and time management skills that they are able to share with

underclassmen in the SI program.

During the sessions, the leaders have the students compare notes, discuss readings, work

problems, develop organizational tools and predict test items. Students learn how to

integrate course content and reasoning skills. Some courses supplemental instruction are

offered: BISC 220, BISC 221, BISC 330, CHEM 105a&b, CHEM 115a, CHEM 203,

CHEM 322a&b, Math 126, MATH 218, MATH 226, PHYS 135a&b, PHYS 151, and

PHYS 152. Faculty members support this program and encourage their students to

participate. SI students tend to earn higher course grades than non-SI students.

Participation in the program is free. For more information, call the SI Program Office at

(213) 740-5295.

F. OVERSEAS STUDIES

THH 341, x03636, FAX x02265

www.usc.edu/overseas

[email protected]

 Peter Hilton, Associate Director, [email protected]

 Trista Beard, Study Abroad Advisor, [email protected]

 Vito Grillo, Study Abroad Advisor, [email protected]

 Melissa Yeager-Farfan, Study Abroad Advisor, [email protected]

 OPEN, Program Assistant

Students may study overseas either on a program offered by USC, or on their own.

1. Overseas studies not through USC.

Students may study overseas on their own, but the courses are treated as transfer courses.

If they wish to go abroad during the fall or spring, they must file a Request for Exception

to Residence. Advisors should recommend that students go on a USC program, and not

encourage students to request a program for idiosyncratic reasons. The course should

offer a unique academic opportunity not available through a USC program. If students

wish to study abroad during the summer, they should file a paper pre-approval form

(available at www.usc.edu/transfercredit), attaching information about the program.

They may not use the online pre-approval process. If the transcript of the course will be

issued by an international institution, the form will be reviewed by International

Admission; if by a US institution, it will be reviewed by the articulation office.

2. Overseas studies programs offered by USC

USC offers a large number of overseas programs of various types. Some are offered in

the summer (ISPs or International Summer Programs); most of these are offered by

departments, and students take regular USC courses taught by USC faculty. For

example, several of the language departments offer language courses abroad. Students

apply to the departments, and the courses are handled like regular USC courses.

Other programs are offered for the fall, spring, or year. These are offered either by the

Overseas Studies Office (OSO), which offers the vast majority and whose programs are

open to any major, or by an overseas studies office or coordinator within a school. The

schools which offer their own overseas programs for undergraduates during the academic

year are: Annenberg, Architecture, Engineering, and Marshall. Except for Annenberg,

these schools limit their programs to their own majors.

The courses students take may be offered by either USC (taught or overseen by USC

faculty on site – USC Paris, USC Madrid); an international university, enrolled in directly

with other native students; or an organization, such as CIEE, which specializes in

organizing overseas studies programs in various sites. If USC courses are offered, as

with ISPs, they are handled like on-campus USC courses. If not, a transcript is issued by

either the university or the organization, and is articulated by the articulation office by

entering them on an “MOI” (Memo of Interpretation). The MOI and the transcript are

posted on the image viewer.

All non-USC courses are recorded on the USC transcript as CR (if the grade was

equivalent to a C- or higher) or NC (if the grade was below C-). The passing grade and

unit conversion are determined when the program is approved. For each course, Degree

Progress determines whether it will be considered lower division (appears on the

transcript as 100 to 250) or upper division (appears as 300). (Actually, they appear as

300O, where the final O is for overseas.) Most courses are considered upper division

unless they are clearly introductory. A USC prefix is also assigned to the course, based

on the best match for which department would have offered the course at USC.

Once courses have been loaded into the system, they will appear on TRX.D.SUM and the

STARS report. Advisors may make substitutions in STARS, if needed. Only 300-level

courses may be substituted for upper division major or minor requirements. If courses

with a different prefix (e.g., IR) are substituted for a requirement (e.g., a POSC course),

this will count against the 25% limit on substitutions and waivers.

When students go on any of the USC overseas programs, they can receive financial aid

(during the academic year), and the courses appear on the transcript as USC courses and

fulfill the residency requirement. Students may not fulfill general education requirements

through overseas studies programs attended after starting USC. If seniors study overseas

through USC in their final semester, the transcript may not be received until well after the

usual cut-off for receiving a graduation date for that semester. However, Degree

Progress will award a graduation date for that semester whenever the transcript arrives, as

long as all requirements are fulfilled.

In addition to the many programs offered centrally through the Dornsife College Office

of Overseas Studies, the following schools and programs also provide international

opportunities:

 Architecture Study Abroad Opportunities

http://arch.usc.edu/programs/study-abroad

Eric Moore, International programs Coordinator, [email protected]

 Annenberg Undergraduate International Programs

http://annenberg.usc.edu/CurrentStudents/IntlPrograms/UGIntlProgs.aspx

Sabrina Chong, Director of International Programs, [email protected]

Brittany Hart, Program Advisor, [email protected]

Isabelle Huang, Program Advisor, [email protected]

 Marshall International Opportunities

http://students.marshall.usc.edu/undergrad/international-programs/

Sean O’Connell, Associate Director, [email protected]

 Cinematic Arts (through Overseas Studies)

http://dornsife.usc.edu/cinema-overseas/

 Viterbi Overseas & Exchange Programs

http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/overseas/

 Policy, Planning, and Development (Washington, D.C. Semester)

http://priceschool.usc.edu/programs/undergraduate/wash-semester/

 Theatre (through Overseas Studies)

http://dornsife.usc.edu/theatre-overseas/

 Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies (Catalina Semester)

http://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/undergraduate/

APPENDIX

RESOURCE CENTERS

Academic Counseling Services

Jeanne Herman, Lead Academic Advisor, ja[email protected]

Kairos Llobrera, Lead Academic Advisor, [email protected]

Lena Njoku, Lead Academic Advisor, [email protected]

STU 300, x01741, FAX x09757

http://undergrad.usc.edu/services/counseling/

[email protected]

Provides counseling and assistance for students at-risk or facing academic difficulty.

Advises current USC students who were previously in the Neighborhood Academic Initiative

(NAI). Also provides registration clearance for all students with foreign language time limit

hold FLAN02.

Academic Review & Retention

Marcedes Butler, Lead Counselor, [email protected]

Nicholas Blake, Academic Review Counselor, [email protected]

Alma Gonzalez, Academic Review Counselor, [email protected]

FIG 107, x07741, FAX x10249

www.usc.edu/academicreview

[email protected]

Provides counseling and registration clearance for all students on academic probation and

readmission counseling for academically disqualified students.

American Language Institute

Jim Valentine, Director, [email protected]

Jim Cunningham, Program Manager, [email protected]

Thuy Pham, Student Services Advisor, [email protected]

PSD 106, x00079, FAX x08549

http://ali.usc.edu/

[email protected]

Offers English as a Second Language (ESL) courses at various levels of instruction. Talk

with an advisor at ALI if you feel English language difficulties are hindering a student’s

academic progress.

Articulation/Transfer Credit Office

Shelby King, Articulation Officer, [email protected]

Eric Kidder, Degree Progress/Articulation Analyst (A-L), [email protected]

David Van Dyke, Degree Progress/Articulation Analyst (M-Z), [email protected]

JHH010, x04628, FAX x13753

www.usc.edu/articulation

[email protected]

Maintains articulation agreements with California community colleges, as well as a computer

database concerning transferability of courses from many additional colleges and universities

in the U.S. Assists Degree Progress in completing Transfer Credit Reports by reviewing

courses not previously articulated, including whether courses meet G.E., Global Perspectives,

skill level requirements and course equivalencies. Reviews transfer credit petitions

requesting change in how transfer work was evaluated. Evaluates accreditation status of

other institutions.

Career Center

Carl Martellino, Executive Director, [email protected]

Lori Shreve Blake, Senior Director Alumni & Student Career Services, [email protected]

STU 110, x09111, FAX x09104

http://careers.usc.edu/

[email protected]

Provides information and counseling to help students decide on a major, explore career

options and choose potential employers. Information on résumé writing, interviewing, career

decision- making, and job hunting. Offers a career testing program and major placement

services: full- and part-time job listings, an internship matching system, on-campus

recruitment and an alumni referral system. USC Résumés referral system makes student

resumes available to employers upon request.

Cashier’s Office / Student Financial Services

STU 106, x07471, FAX x00835

www.usc.edu/sfs

Cashier’s Office processes all collection of tuition and fee payments, disbursement of Federal

Family Education Loans (Stafford/GSL, SLS, PLUS), Scholarship Checks and Cal-Grant B

Stipend Checks.

Collections Office / Student Financial Services

PSB 115, x09087, FAX x00424

www.usc.edu/sfs

[email protected]

Collections Office processes collection of tuition and fee payments which are considered past

due. When a student account moves into collection status, an activity restriction (collections

hold) may be entered and the account may be subject to late penalties, returned item and

other fees.

Degree Progress

Matt Bemis, Associate Registrar, [email protected], x1328

Valerie Sas, Assistant Registrar, Technology & Support Services [email protected], x01308

Shelby King, Articulation Officer, [email protected]

Frida Canono, Degree Progress Analyst, [email protected]

Phaidra Crayton, Degree Progress Analyst, pncra[email protected]

Carrie-Lou Gray, Degree Progress Assistant, cgray@usc.edu

Veronica Hamilton, Degree Progress Analyst, vlhami[email protected]

Eric Kidder, Degree Progress/Articulation Analyst, [email protected]

Heather Lee, Project Support Specialist, [email protected]

David Van Dyke, Degree Progress/Articulation Analyst, dvand[email protected]

JHH010, x07070, FAX x06292

www.usc.edu/degreeprogress

[email protected]

Degree Audit Services advises students of their completed degree requirements and notifies

them of remaining requirements. Calls related to STARS reports or degree requirements

should be made to their number, x07070. Calls about transfer credit should be made to

x04628. For information regarding diplomas, see below.

Diploma Service

TRO 101, x07070, FAX x06292

www.usc.edu/diplomas

[email protected]

The Diploma Service, which is part of Degree Progress, orders and distributes university

diplomas and certificates. Unless otherwise specified, diplomas are mailed directly from the

vendor to a student’s permanent address. It is the student’s responsibility to make sure well

before the degree is posted that the name on the student information system is correct,

because this is the name that will appear on the diploma and in the permanent records, and it

cannot be changed once the degree is posted.

Diplomas are automatically mailed to the student’s permanent mailing address on file with

the University (NOT the student’s temporary local address), unless the student specifically

requests otherwise. To request a different delivery address for the diploma, students should

submit a change of information card to Degree Progress, TRO 101, well in advance of their

degree posting. Once a degree is posted, a diploma order (including the mailing address) is

sent to the vendor. Although diplomas are typically mailed four to six weeks from the date a

degree is posted, once the order is placed the mailing address and handling instructions

cannot be changed. Degree Progress also provides information regarding vendors for diploma

framing and preservation.

Only one diploma or certificate is issued to a student for each program of study. Copies of

diplomas are not available. Graduates inquiring about replacing diplomas that have been

damaged, lost or stolen, should be referred to TRO 101 or to www.usc.edu/diplomas for an

“Application for Diploma Reissue” form. There is a fee for this service.

Disability Services and Programs

Edward Roth, Director, [email protected]

Mattie Grace, Associate Director, [email protected]

GFS 120, x00776, TTD x06948, FAX x08216

http://dsp.usc.edu/

[email protected]

Disability Services and Programs (DSP) coordinates programming and services for students

with disabilities, provides resources for disability awareness in the university community,

promotes student independence, facilitates overcoming physical and attitudinal barriers to

awareness and accessibility, and serves as a support to the faculty in maintaining the integrity

of course requirements and expectations. Students are responsible for providing

documentation to verify a disability. Guidelines for documentation are available in STU 301.

Encourage students to register for support services at DSP as early in the semester as

possible. Assure them that all documentation is confidential and there is no notice given to

anyone unless the student requests it. A list of accessible entrances to campus buildings is

found under Disability Services in SCampus.

Financial Aid

Thomas McWhorter, Executive Director, [email protected]

Guy Hunter, Assistant Dean, [email protected]

Paul Dieken, Senior Associate Director (SAP / Aid Coordination), [email protected]

JHH Lobby, x01111

www.usc.edu/financialaid

[email protected]

Each academic department has a liaison in the Financial Aid Office. The Financial Aid

Office determines eligibility for need-based federal and university financial aid, awards

financial aid funds to eligible students, and serves as a clearing house for state Cal Grants as

well as scholarships and awards from other outside agencies. Additionally, the Financial Aid

Office processes applications for federal and private financial programs for families who are

not eligible for need-based aid and/or who wish to supplement their need-based aid, monitors

the satisfactory academic progress of financial aid recipients, provides information on all

available sources of need-based and non-need-based educational funding, and provides

counseling for students and their families. Academic advisors with questions regarding a

student’s financial aid should contact the Financial Aid Office at x01111 or at [email protected].

Freshman Seminar Office

Richard Fliegel, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, [email protected]

Marsha Chavarria-Winbush, Associate Director, [email protected]

CAS 200, x02961, FAX x04839

www.usc.edu/fsem

Freshman Seminars are two-unit courses offered both in fall and spring terms that show

undergraduates how to study in a seminar setting, demonstrate the expectations of academic

culture, and help participants meet other freshmen. Students may choose from a selection of

topics that reflect their personal interest; seminars are graded Credit/No Credit. Students

should contact the Freshman Seminar Office to learn more about the topics available. (see

Section IV for more information)

General Education Office

Richard Fliegel, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, [email protected]

Marsha Chavarria-Winbush, Associate Director, [email protected]

CAS 200, x02961, FAX x04839

www.usc.edu/ge

The G.E. Office administers the general education program for all undergraduates at USC.

The office schedules courses, consults with faculty and the G.E. committee regarding course

offerings, acts on general petitions regarding G.E., and answers questions from other offices

regarding G.E. requirements.

Grades Department

Jim Feigert, Assistant Registrar, [email protected]

Rose Augustus, Grade Technician, [email protected]

Janice Scott, Grade Technician, [email protected]

JHH 106, x05586, FAX x05986

www.usc.edu/grades

[email protected]

The Grade Department is responsible for the collection, maintenance and distribution of all

grades submitted by the academic units. This includes the processing of such things as

Removal of Incomplete (IN), Clarification of Missing Grade (MG), and the recording of

Corrections of Grade (COG) initiated by the instructor. Grades for the three most recent

semesters are available to students on OASIS.

Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity

Pat Tobey, Director, [email protected]

Kristina Alvarado, Learning Specialist, [email protected]

Juliana Calhoun, Learning Specialist, [email protected]

STU 311, x07884, FAX x07952

http://kortschakcenter.usc.edu/

[email protected]

The Kortschak Center uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide enhanced academic

support services that accommodate learning differences among students through learning

strategy sessions and state-of-the art assistive technologies. Resources include the academic

coach program, workshops, tutoring, a computer lab, and the Quiet Study Room.

Dornsife College Advising

Debbie Bernstein, Director, [email protected]

CAS 100, x14728

http://dornsife.usc.edu/advisement/

[email protected]

Helps students explore available options in designing their educational program. An adviser

can offer assistance on course selection, class scheduling, choosing a major and/or minor,

and the petition process. Academic advisors and services for undecided/undeclared, college

majors, pre- health, and pre-law students are available. (See section IX for more

information.)

Office of International Services

Tony Tambascia, Assistant Dean / Executive Director, [email protected]

TRF N151, x02666, FAX x05194

www.usc.edu/ois

[email protected]

A resource center offering assistance with immigration regulations, financial problems,

housing, and counseling on cross-cultural adjustment. In addition, many social and cultural

activities are offered year-round. The office provides support services for the International

Student Assembly, which coordinates the many international student clubs and organizations

on campus. (See Section X for more information.)

Office of Overseas Studies

Peter Hilton, Associate Director, [email protected]

Trista Beard, Study Abroad Advisor, [email protected]

Vito Grillo, Study Abroad Advisor, [email protected]

Melissa Yeager-Farfan, Study Abroad Advisor, [email protected]

THH 341, x03636, FAX x02265

www.usc.edu/overseas

[email protected]

Students interested in spending a semester or year overseas can receive advisement based on

major course of study, foreign language skills and other prerequisites, regarding programs

that suit their needs. The Office of Overseas Studies serves as direct liaison to the overseas

institutions during the application process, while the student is overseas, and upon return.

The office also provides pre-departure orientation services to the students on topics such as

cross- cultural communication, health and safety, local banking and transportation, etc.

Currently, approximately 42 programs in 25 countries are offered.

Orientation

Lisa Starr, Director, [email protected]

Melissa Turk, Program Manager, [email protected]

STU B7, x07767, FAX x03788

www.usc.edu/orientation

[email protected]

Orientation Programs facilitates students’ smooth transition and positive adjustment into the

USC community. It develops and manages programs and materials to help familiarize

incoming students and their families with academic opportunities, university policies, student

involvement, and campus resources. Besides freshman and transfer orientation sessions

during the summer, various programs are available for students throughout the academic

year, including Move-in Day, Welcome Week, New Student Convocation, Graduate Student

Workshops, and Mid-Year Orientation.

Petitions Services

Carlos Mora, Petition Services Manager, [email protected]

TRO 101, x07741 FAX x10249

http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/services/onestop/petition_services.html

[email protected]

The Petition Services Office reviews, initiates, and facilitates the process of registration-

related petitions. Petition Services also facilitates the process for General Petitions. However,

General Petitions are generated in the academic unit and are at the discretion of the instructor

and/or academic unit. Registration related petitions include change of unit value of courses,

change from a letter grade to a Pass/No Pass grade, and petitions to retroactively enroll in or

withdraw from a course.

Registration / One Stop Center

Laura Estrada, Assistant Registrar, [email protected]

TRO 101, x08500 FAX x13724

www.usc.edu/registration

www.usc.edu/askusc

Provides in-person registration for all students. Dispenses forms for drop/add, change of

enrollment options, and limited status registration. Maintains the Web Registration process

and assigns registration appointment times. Responds to registration-related questions from

students and advisors.

Student Athlete Academic Services (SAAS)

Magdi El Shahawy, Senior Associate Athletic Director, [email protected]

Jennifer Amran, Director of Student Services, [email protected]

Heather Bell, Director of Athletic Academic Advising, [email protected]

Darrick Brown, Director of Student-Athletic Support Services, [email protected]

John McKay Center (JMC), x03801, FAX x04407

saas.usc.edu

Provides supplementary academic support services for student athletes such as academic

counseling, tutoring, mentoring, registration assistance and general problem-solving.

Student Counseling Services

Ilene Rosenstein, Director, [email protected]

ESH 3

Floor, x07711, FAX x06815

http://engemannshc.usc.edu/counseling/

Provides mental health and educational services to students so that they may achieve their

academic and personal goals. The staff is ethnically diverse and is available for consultation

on both an individual and group basis. Counselors are available for psychological and cross-

cultural issues.

Student Financial Services

Betty Cowin, Associate Director, [email protected]

PSB 100, x04091, FAX x00835

www.usc.edu/sfs

Provides system support and training for users of Bursar processes. Responsible for

financial transaction codes (FTCodes), and tuition and mandatory fee assessment tables.

Thematic Option Honors Program

Pennelope Von Helmolt, Director, [email protected]

Richard Edinger, Associate Director, [email protected]

AHF 410, x02955

www.usc.edu/thematicoption

[email protected]

(see Section X for more information)

Transcripts

Jim Feigert, Assistant Registrar, [email protected]

TRO 101, x09230, FAX x05986

www.usc.edu/transcripts

[email protected]

Processes all requests for transcripts from departments and students. Official transcripts are

$10.00. Transcripts can be ordered in-person, by mail, or on the web. Students who attended

USC 1981 and later may also make a request for electronic transcripts. Additional charges

for special handling (rush or overnight) services may also apply. The Academic Record

Summary (formerly unofficial transcript) costs $5.00 and may be requested only in-person or

by mail.

Veteran Certification Office

Samantha Marquez, Veterans Certifications Officer, [email protected]

TCC 330D, x04619, FAX x03760

http://www.usc.edu/dept/ARR/services/veteran-affairs/

[email protected]

The Veteran Affairs Office is responsible for certification of enrollment for eligible USC

students who apply for educational assistance administered by the Veterans Administration.

Responsibilities include the processing of all applications and enrollment certifications to

regional offices of the Veterans Administration, assistance with problems related to the

Veterans Administration educational (or covered) programs, and maintaining a reference file

on all VA students for up to 5 years. Advance Payment: the University of Southern

California does not participate in advance payment for VA students.

The Writing Center

Geoffrey Middlebrook, Director, [email protected], x00231

Roger Anderson, Assistant Director, [email protected]

THH 216, x03691, FAX x04100

http://dornsife.usc.edu/writingcenter

[email protected]

The Writing Center, part of the Writing Program at USC, provides all university students,

staff, and faculty with assistance with writing tasks. Trained consultants work with writers in

individual conferences and small-group tutorials. Members of the university community are

welcome at any stage of the writing process, from the generation of ideas and themes to the

drafting of a text to revision of a final draft. In addition, the center has a computer lab with

access to the internet and numerous handouts and composition reference materials.

The Writing Program

John Holland, Director, [email protected]

JEF 150, x01980, FAX x04100

http://dornsife.usc.edu/writing-program

[email protected]

The Writing Program administers placement and delivery of writing instruction, particularly

the USC Core writing requirement of WRIT-150 and WRIT-340.

INDEX

Academic Counseling Services, 40

Academic Review, 20, 25, 40

Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit, 6

Advisement Database, 29

Advisor Responsibilities, 1

American Language Institute, 8, 22, 40

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

Advisement, 33

International Programs, 39

Architecture

Advisement, 31

International Programs, 39

Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation advisement, 32

Articulation

Agreements, 18

Office, 41

Transfer Credit, 12

Career Center, 41

Cashier’s Office, 41

Catalogue of Enrollment, 12

Changing a Major/Minor, 3

Cinematic Arts advisement, 32

Classification and Numbering of Courses, 23

Collections Office, 42

College Basic Requirement, 21

College Courses Taken Before High School Graduation, 15

Combined Program, 4

Course Repetition, 24

Credit/No Credit, 23

Davis School of Gerontology advisement, 34

Declaring a Major/Minor, 3

Degree Progress, 42

Diploma Department, 42

Directed Research Courses (490), 21

Disability Services and Programs, 43

Discovery Scholars, 10

Dornsife College

Advising, 29, 45

Humanities advising, 30

Natural Sciences advising, 30

Social Sciences advising, 30

Undecided/Undeclared, 29

Double Major within the Dornsife College, 4

Dramatic Arts advisement, 33

Drop/Add, 11

Exceptions, 22

Exceptions to Residence, 20

FERPA, 2

Financial Aid, 43

First-Time Freshmen, 25

Foreign Language Requirement, 8

Freshman Repeat Rule (Freshman Forgiveness), 25

Freshman Requirement – General Education Seminar (GESM), 6

Freshman Seminars, 9, 44

General Education, 5, 44

Credit by Exam (AP, IB), 6

Freshman Requirement, 6

Math Placement for QR, 6

Transfer Requirement, 6

Global Scholars, 11

Gloria Kaufman School of Dance advisement, 33

Grade Point Average (GPA), 24

Grades, 22, 44

Grades Department, 44

Graduate Courses for Undergraduate Credit, 26

Graduation Date, 26

Honors, 10

Humanities, 30

Incomplete Grades, 22

International Baccalaureate (IB) Exam Credit, 6

International Services (Office of), 36, 45

Iovine Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, 32

Keck School of Medicine advisement, 34

Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity, 45

Leave of Absence, 26

Leventhal School of Accounting advisement, 31

Majors, 3

Mandatory Advisement, 27

Marshall School of Business

Advisement, 32

International Programs, 39

Math Placement for Quantitative Reasoning, 6

Minors, 4

Missing Grade, 23

Natural Sciences, 30

Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI), 36

OASIS, 27

Occupational Therapy advisement, 35

One Stop Center, 12, 22, 47

Orientation, 46

Other Academic Advising Offices, 31

Overseas Studies, 37, 46

Pass/No Pass, 18, 23

Pre-Approval of Transfer Course Work, 19

Pre-Health, 30

Pre-Law, 29

Price School of Public Policy advisement, 35

Probation, 25

Progressive Degree, 4

Quantitative Reasoning GE with Math Placement, 6

Registration, 10, 47

Add/Drop, 11

Third Week Enrollment Confirmation, 12

Web Registration, 11

Renaissance Scholars, 10

Reserving Courses for Graduate Credit, 27

Residence Requirements, 16, 20

Resource Centers & Locations, 40-49

Roski School of Art & Design advisement, 31

Second Bachelor’s Degree, 4

Social Sciences, 30

Special Problems Courses (390), 21

Special Unit Limitations, 21

STARS Reports, 28

Student Athlete Academic Services (SAAS), 36, 47

Student Counseling Services, 47

Student Financial Services, 42, 47

Student Responsibilities, 2

Supplemental Instruction (SI), 37

Thematic Option Honors Program, 35, 48

Third Week Enrollment Confirmation, 12

Thornton School of Music advisement, 34

Transcripts, 48

Transfer Course Work which Repeats a USC Course, 16

Transfer Credit Report, 12

Types of Degrees, 3

Undecided/Undeclared, 29

Undergraduate Success Program (USP), 36

Upper-Division Course Work Requirement, 20

Veteran Certification Office, 48

Viterbi School of Engineering

Advisement, 34

International Programs, 39

Web Registration, 11

Withdrawals

Excessive Withdrawals, 27

Grade (W), 22

Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, 39

Writing Center, 49

Writing Program, 49

Writing Requirement, 7