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Majors and Minors

What will it mean to live, work, and prosper in the twenty-first century—an era in which the velocity of change and the discovery of new knowledge are increasing?

USC College offers a broad array of majors and minors that enable our students to learn and grow in ways that will uniquely equip them for the future. Our majors and minors span the arts and humanities and the social and natural sciences.

 

Majors

African American Studies
American Studies and Ethnicity
Anthropology
Anthropology (Urban Applied)
Anthropology (Visual)
Applied and Computational Mathematics
Archaeology
Art History
Asian American Studies
Astronomy
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Chemistry
Chicano/Latino Studies
Classics
Comparative Literature
Creative Writing
Earth Sciences
East Asian Area Studies
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Economics
Economics/Mathematics
English
Environmental Studies
French
Gender Studies
Geography
Geological Sciences
Health and Humanity
History
History and Social Science Education
International Relations
International Relations Global Business
Italian
Judaic Studies
Kinesiology
Linguistics
Linguistics/East Asian Languages and Cultures
Linguistics/Philosophy
Linguistics/Psychology
Mathematics
Middle East Studies
Neuroscience
Philosophy
Philosophy: Ethics, Law, and Value Theory
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics/Computer Science
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Russian
Social Sciences (Economics emphasis)
Social Sciences (Psychology emphasis)
Sociology
Spanish

Minors

Ancient Religion and Classical Languages
American Popular Culture
American Studies and Ethnicity
Arabic and Middle East Studies
Art History
Astronomy
Bioethics
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Children and Families in Urban America 
Classics
Coastal Ocean and Watershed Science
Comparative Literature
Consumer Behavior
Critical Approaches to Leadership
Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Studies
Cultures and Politics of the Pacific Rim
East Asian Area Studies
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Economics
Education in a Pluralistic Society
English
Environmental Natural Sciences
Environmental Planning and Development
Environmental Social Sciences
Folklore and Popular Culture
Forensics and Criminality
French
Gender Studies
Geobiology
Geographic Information Science
Geography
Geohazards
German
Global Communication
History
Human Rights
International Policy and Management
International Relations
International Urban Development
Italian
Jewish American Studies
Judaic Studies
Kinesiology
Latin American Studies
Law and Society
Linguistics
Managing Human Relations
Mathematical Finance
Mathematics
Medical Anthropology
Middle East Studies
Natural Science
Neuroscience
Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Volunteerism
Pacific Rim Development
Peace and Conflict Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Political Organizing in the Digital Age
Political Science
Psychology
Psychology and Law
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Religion
Russian
Russian Area Studies
Sociology
Southeast Asia and its People
Southern California
Spanish
Theories of Art
Visual Culture