Requesting D-Clearance at USC Dornsife
Overview and Getting Help
The information below is for undergraduate courses for Fall 2026. Before requesting D-clearance, it is recommended that you meet with your academic advisor to make sure the course fits your academic plan and progress. If you need help with advising or have questions, visit USC Dornsife Academic Advising for resources and support.
Please note:
- The General Education (GE) office manages D-clearance for the following course prefixes: GESM, FESM, MDA and INDS. For information to request D-clearance for courses with those prefixes, please visit https://dornsife.usc.edu/ge/registration/.
- For D-clearance to thematic option (TO) courses with the CORE prefixes, please contact a thematic option (TO) advisor.
Graduate Students:
For D-clearance related to graduate courses, please contact your Master’s or PhD program advisor directly.
Humanities
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Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email AMST 204 10356 001 Introduction to Native Studies Fill out this form AMST 206 10363 001 The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Fill out this form AMST 206 10367 001 The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Fill out this form AMST 206 10366 001 The Politics and Culture of the 1960s Fill out this form AMST 211 10300 001 Sex in America Fill out this form AMST 211 10302 001 Sex in America Fill out this form AMST 211 10301 001 Sex in America Fill out this form AMST 215 10358 001 Race and Mixed Race Fill out this form AMST 215 10359 001 Race and Mixed Race Fill out this form AMST 215 10357 001 Race and Mixed Race Fill out this form AMST 230 10371 001 Introduction to African American Studies Fill out this form AMST 337 10417 001 Islam in Black America: From Slavery to Hip Hop Fill out this form AMST 340 10419 001 Latina/o LA Fill out this form AMST 342 10421 001 Law and Identities Fill out this form AMST 343 10420 001 Food, Health and Culture in Los Angeles Fill out this form AMST 345 10346 001 Law and American Indian Studies Fill out this form AMST 348 10317 001 Race and the Environment Fill out this form AMST 350 10424 001 Junior Seminar in American Studies and Ethnicity: Theories and Methods Fill out this form AMST 365 10426 001 Leadership in the Community — Internship Fill out this form AMST 378 10430 001 Introduction to Asian American History Fill out this form AMST 392 10433 001 Undergraduate Research Methods Fill out this form AMST 395 10434 001 African American Humor and Culture Fill out this form AMST 448 10437 001 Chicano and Latino Literature Fill out this form AMST 449 10438 001 Asian American Literature Fill out this form AMST 452 10439 001 Race, Gender and Sexuality Fill out this form AMST 466 10440 001 Psychological Dynamics of the African American Experience Fill out this form AMST 490 10443 001 Directed Research Fill out this form AMST 490 10441 001 Directed Research Fill out this form AMST 492 10442 001 Research Methods in American Studies and Ethnicity Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email ARCG 308 59994 Techniques and Issues in 3D Imaging and Modeling Fill out this form ARCG 490 59975 Directed Research Fill out this form ARCG 490 59976 Directed Research Fill out this form ARCG 490 59998 Directed Research Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email AHIS 381 11977 Visual Cultures of Asia Email Professor Samantha Burton burtons@usc.edu AHIS 400 11988 Undergraduate Apprenticeship Email Professor Samantha Burton burtons@usc.edu AHIS 490 12041 Directed Research Email Professor Samantha Burton burtons@usc.edu AHIS 495A 12047 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Email Professor Samantha Burton burtons@usc.edu AHIS 495B 12048 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Email Professor Samantha Burton burtons@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email CLAS 490 19840 Directed Research Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email COLT 490 22070 Directed Research complit@usc.edu COLT 495 22071 Senior Honors Thesis complit@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email EALC 104 25403 Chinese I Fill out this form EALC 104 25636 Chinese I Fill out this form EALC 115 25431 Korean I Fill out this form EALC 115 25430 Korean I Fill out this form EALC 115 25432 Korean I Fill out this form EALC 120 25321 Japanese I Fill out this form EALC 120 25437 Japanese I Fill out this form EALC 120 25438 Japanese I Fill out this form EALC 120 25436 Japanese I Fill out this form EALC 366 25663 Chinese Professional Internship: Communication and Culture Request through Professor Christopher Magriney at magriney@usc.edu EALC 399 25813 Korean Studies Research Seminar Request through application, contact Professor Sunyoung Park at sunyoung.park@usc.edu EALC 494A 25638 Honors Thesis ealc@dornsife.usc.edu EALC 494B 25640 Honors Thesis ealc@dornsife.usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email ENGL 105 32771 Creative Writing for Non-Majors Fill out this form ENGL 240 32634 Literary Arts Fill out this form ENGL 240 32632 Literary Arts Fill out this form ENGL 240 32633 Literary Arts Fill out this form ENGL 261 32635 English Literature to 1800 Fill out this form ENGL 302 32681 Writing Narrative Fill out this form ENGL 302 32680 Writing Narrative Fill out this form ENGL 303 32686 Introduction to Fiction Writing Fill out this form ENGL 303 32684 Introduction to Fiction Writing Fill out this form ENGL 304 32689 Introduction to Poetry Writing Fill out this form ENGL 304 32690 Introduction to Poetry Writing Fill out this form ENGL 305 32692 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Fill out this form ENGL 405 32729 Fiction Writing Fill out this form ENGL 420 32740 English Literature of the Middle Ages (1100-1500) Fill out this form ENGL 490 32758 Directed Research Fill out this form ENGL 491 32762 Senior Seminar in Literary Studies Fill out this form ENGL 491 32760 Senior Seminar in Literary Studies Fill out this form ENGL 491 32759 Senior Seminar in Literary Studies Fill out this form ENGL 492 32763 Narrative Studies Capstone Seminar Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email FREN 12 34216 001 French 120 Language Practicum Email Director Atiyeh Showrai at showrai@usc.edu FREN 15 34236 001 French 150 Language Practicum Email Director Atiyeh Showrai at showrai@usc.edu FREN 120 34214 001 French I Fill out this form FREN 120 34207 001 French I Fill out this form FREN 120 34209 001 French I Fill out this form FREN 120 34206 001 French I Fill out this form FREN 120 34208 001 French I Fill out this form FREN 260 34269 French IV Global Women’s Narrativies Fill out this form FREN 490 34300 001 Directed Research Fill out this form ITAL 12 34410 001 Italian 120 Language Practicum Email Director James Fortney at fortney@usc.edu ITAL 15 34412 001 Italian 150 Language Practicum Email Director James Fortney at fortney@usc.edu ITAL 20 34400 001 Course in Reading Italian Fill out this form ITAL 120 34405 001 Italian I Fill out this form ITAL 120 34403 001 Italian I Fill out this form ITAL 120 34406 001 Italian I Fill out this form ITAL 120 34404 001 Italian I Fill out this form ITAL 490 34450 001 Directed Research Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email SWMS 308 34921 001 Advanced Gender Theory Fill out this form SWMS 311 34923 001 Gender and Sexuality Studies: Internship Fill out this form SWMS 490 34967 001 Directed Research Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email GERM 101 36003 001 German I Fill out this form GERM 101 36004 001 German I Fill out this form GERM 470 36030 001 Advanced Composition and Stylistics Email Professor Britta Bothe at bothe@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email HEBR 121 36703 001 Hebrew for Business, Technology and Media Departmental clearance for undergraduates is available in HUC 203 | Email: hebrew@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email JS 490 38265 001 Directed Research jewishstudies@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email LAT 385 20004 001 Late and Medieval Latin Fill out this form LAT 490 20007 001 Directed Research Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email PHIL 490 49595 001 Directed Research Fill out this form PHIL 490 49596 001 Directed Research Fill out this form PHIL 490 49594 001 Directed Research Fill out this form PHIL 490 49593 001 Directed Research Fill out this form PHIL 494 49597 001 Senior Thesis Fill out this form PHIL 494 49599 001 Senior Thesis Fill out this form PHIL 494 49598 001 Senior Thesis Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email PORT 120 62375 001 Portuguese I Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email REL 490 60151 001 Directed Research Fill out this form REL 491 60155 001 Undergraduate Honors Research Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email RUSS 120 60202 001 Beginning Russian I Fill out this form RUSS 120 60204 001 Beginning Russian I Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email SPAN 120 62013 001 Spanish I Fill out this form SPAN 120 62011 001 Spanish I Fill out this form SPAN 120 62007 001 Spanish I Fill out this form SPAN 120 62009 001 Spanish I Fill out this form SPAN 120 62005 001 Spanish I Fill out this form SPAN 120 62001 001 Spanish I Fill out this form SPAN 120 62003 001 Spanish I Fill out this form SPAN 490 62367 001 Directed Research Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email WRIT 320 64995 Competitive Moot Court Email Professor Antonio Elefano at elefano@usc.edu WRIT 340 65165 Advanced Writing for Arts and Humanities (AI Intensives) bankard@usc.edu WRIT 340 65190 Advanced Writing: Moot Court Email Professor Antonio Elefano at elefano@usc.edu WRIT 340 65010 Advanced Writing for Editing and Publishing Email Professor Amy Meyerson at ameyerso@usc.edu WRIT 340 65075 Advanced Writing for Editing and Publishing Email Professor Amy Meyerson at ameyerso@usc.edu WRIT 340 65270 Advanced Writing and Critical Engagement, Visual and Performing Arts Email Professor Scott Smith at scottsmi@usc.edu. Students should apply to only one Visual and Performing Arts section. WRIT 340 65295 Advanced Writing and Critical Engagement, Visual and Performing Arts Email Professor Dave Tomkins at dtomkins@usc.edu. Students should apply to only one Visual and Performing Arts section. WRIT 440 65115 Advanced Legal Writing Email Professor Antonio Elefano at elefano@usc.edu
Social Sciences
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Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email ANTH 205 10618 1 Introduction to Global Studies and Cross-cultural Research Please contact instructor. ANTH 338 10687 1 Food in Culture and Society Please contact instructor. ANTH 393 10606 001 Directed Internship anthro@usc.edu ANTH 491 10641 001 Directed Research for Honors anthro@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email ECON 490 26168 001 Directed Research Please contact department at econ@usc.edu for enrollment ECON 495 26170 001 Honors Thesis Please contact department at econ@usc.edu for enrollment -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email ENST 443 33071 001 Global Climate Negotiations: Research and Communication smgibson@usc.edu ENST 490 33060 001 Directed Research sappleba@usc.edu ENST 492 33065 001 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship ynahmias@usc.edu ENST 492 33064 001 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship ynahmias@usc.edu ENST 495 33067 001 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email HIST 490 37150 001 Directed Research history@usc.edu HIST 492 37151 001 Honors Thesis ljoneill@usc.edu HIST 493 37235 001 Law, History and Culture Honors Thesis Seminar ljoneill@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email IR 391 38098 001 Directed International Relations Field Study bozovic@usc.edu IR 437 37938 001 Comparative Genocide Fill out this form IR 490 37961 001 Directed Research Please submit this form and contact Karin Amundsen for any questions. IR 490 37963 001 Directed Research Please submit this form and contact Karin Amundsen for any questions. IR 494 37969 001 Honors Thesis Seminar meganbec@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email LING 490 38881 001 Directed Research Fill out this form LING 497 38883 001 Honors Thesis Fill out this form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email ARAB 333 41539 001 Colloquial Arabic: Regional Dialects Email Professor Suzanne Wali at walis@usc.edu. MDES 490 41549 001 Directed Research Request form from instructor, sign and send to emmawats@usc.edu. -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email POSC 391 52083 001 Honors I: Undergraduate Seminar meganbec@usc.edu POSC 396 52076 001 California Policy Research Internship pompilio@usc.edu POSC 398 52096 001 Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice o.orange@uscmocktrial.org POSC 398 52094 001 Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice o.orange@uscmocktrial.org POSC 398 52092 001 Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice o.orange@uscmocktrial.org POSC 490 52170 001 Directed Research Please fill out form and contact Karin Amundsen for any questions. POSC 490 52175 001 Directed Research Please fill out form and contact Karin Amundsen for any questions. POSC 490 52169 001 Directed Research: Agents of Change Please contact Director of Undergraduate Studies for enrollment information at bozovic@usc.edu. -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email SOCI ALL COURSES ALL SECTIONS ALL SESSIONS ALL Please contact instructor for clearance. Instructor will contact department with approvals. -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email SSCI 397 35626 001 Spatial Sciences Internship Email Stephanie Tran at transtep@usc.edu SSCI 490 35727 001 Directed Research Email Stephanie Tran at transtep@usc.edu
Life Sciences
Note: For Environmental Studies courses, please find the D-Clearance processes in the Social Sciences section of this webpage.
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Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email BISC 108 13002 001 Special Laboratory I Email lab manager Brett Spatola at spatola@usc.edu BISC 109 13027 001 Special Laboratory II Email lab manager Brett Spatola at spatola@usc.edu BISC 121 13012 001 Advanced General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution Contact Dornsife First-Year Advising: fya@dornsife.usc.edu BISC 290 13015 001 Introduction to Biological Research BISC 290 Application Link BISC 290 13016 001 Introduction to Biological Research BISC 290 Application Link BISC 403 13028 001 Advanced Molecular Biology BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 406 13029 001 Biotechnology BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 444 13443 001 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 444 13444 001 Practical Analysis of Biological Data in R BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 460 13460 001 Seminar in Ecology, Evolution and Environment Request approval from instructor Cameron Egan at camegan@usc.edu, then forward email approval to Zoe Lo at zhaolo@usc.edu and fill out BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 461 13056 001 Seminar in Molecular and Computational Biology Request approval from instructor Don Arnold at darnold@usc.edu, then forward email approval to Zoe Lo at zhaolo@usc.edu and fill out BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 462 13040 001 Seminar in Neurobiology Request approval from instructor Judith Hirsch at jhirsch@usc.edu, then forward email approval to Zoe Lo at zhaolo@usc.edu, and fill out BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 473 13554 001 Biological Oceanography BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 490 13490 001 Directed Research BISC 490 Application Link BISC 493 13493 001 Honors Seminar BISC UG D-clearance form BISC 494 13494 001 Honors Thesis BISC UG D-clearance form -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email CGSC 490 52650 001 Directed Research Request approval from instructor Toby Mintz at tmintz@usc.edu CGSC 498 52599 001 Honors Thesis Request approval from instructor Toby Mintz at tmintz@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email HBIO 120 38409 001 Introduction to Human and Evolutionary Biology Contact Zoe Lo zhaolo@usc.edu. HBIO 301 38434 001 Human Anatomy HBIO D-clearance form HBIO 302 38508 001 Nutrition and Metabolism HBIO D-clearance form HBIO 302 38443 001 Nutrition and Metabolism HBIO D-clearance form HBIO 360 38541 001 Nutrition and Disease HBIO D-clearance form HBIO 420 38488 001 Applied Human Physiology HBIO D-clearance form HBIO 491 38507 001 Laboratory Experience in Kinesiology Request approval from Professor Gioia Polidori at gpolidor@usc.edu, then forward approval to Zoe Lo at zhaolo@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email NEUR 490 47600 001 Directed Research NEUR 490 Application Link NEUR 493 47645 001 Neuroscience Honors Seminar Request approval from Zoe Lo: zhaolo@usc.edu NEUR 493 47643 001 Neuroscience Honors Seminar Request approval from Zoe Lo: zhaolo@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email PSYC 290 52483 001 Supervised Research in Psychology PSYC 290 Application Link PSYC 314 52524 001 Experimental Research Methods Department has granted final approvals and is no longer accepting requests. The D-clearance restriction on the course will be lifted on 8/13/26, and registration then will be first come first serve. PSYC 314 52527 001 Experimental Research Methods Department has granted final approvals and is no longer accepting requests. The D-clearance restriction on the course will be lifted on 8/13/26, and registration then will be first come first serve. PSYC 316 52619 001 Non-Experimental Research Methods Department has granted final approvals and is no longer accepting requests. The D-clearance restriction on the course will be lifted on 8/13/26, and registration then will be first come first serve. PSYC 316 52619 001 Non-Experimental Research Methods Department has granted final approvals and is no longer accepting requests. The D-clearance restriction on the course will be lifted on 8/13/26, and registration then will be first come first serve. PSYC 339 52572 001 Origins of the Mind Department has granted final approvals and is no longer accepting requests. The D-clearance restriction on the course will be lifted on 8/13/26, and registration then will be first come first serve. PSYC 490 52651 001 Directed Research PSYC 490 Application Link PSYC 499 52769 001 Special Topics Request approval from instructor Heather Kosakowski at heather.kosakowski@usc.edu, then forward approval to Zoe Lo at zhaolo@usc.edu -
Prefix Course Section Session Title Instructions or Contact Email QBIO 490 12988 001 Directed Research QBIO students email Zoe Lo at zhaolo@usc.edu
Non-QBIO students email Director Peter Calabrese at petercal@usc.eduQBIO 490 12990 001 Directed Research Request approval from Peter Calabrese: petercal@usc.edu QBIO 493 12993 001 Quantitative Biology Honors Seminar Request approval to be admitted to QBIO Honors from Director Peter Calabrese at petercal@usc.edu
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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For the course below, please fill out this form to get on the waitlist for the lab section.
Prefix Course Section Title CHEM 105A 17218, 17220, 17222 General Chemistry CHEM 105B 17300 General Chemistry For the course below, please email coord105@usc.edu.
Prefix Course Section Title CHEM 107 17332 General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors For the course below, please fill out this form to get on the waitlist for the lab section.
Prefix Course Section Title CHEM 322A 17394, 17396 001 Organic Chemistry CHEM 322B 17460 001 Organic Chemistry For the courses below, please email judyhom@usc.edu.
Prefix Course Section Title CHEM 292 17380 Supervised Research CHEM 300 17385 Analytical Chemistry CHEM 490 17552 Directed Research CHEM 494 17554 Advanced Research Experience CHEM 494 17555 Advanced Research Experience -
Please fill out this form for the courses below.
Prefix Course Section Title GEOL 290 24945 Special Laboratory GEOL 490 24994 Directed Research GEOL 494 24996 Senior Thesis -
Prefix Course Section Title Instructions or Contact Email MATH 100-499 ALL ALL Instructor approval is required to enroll. The math department requires instructors to confirm their approval by filling out this Google form directly. Students should email the instructor to request approval, with the Google form included in their email. Both the instructor and the student will receive an automated email if D-clearance is granted. -
Please fill out this form for the courses below.
Prefix Course Section Session Title ASTR 104 50820 001 Special Laboratory ASTR 490 50850 001 Directed Research PHYS 141 50471 001 Special Laboratory I PHYS 142 50478 001 Special Laboratory II PHYS 190 50470 001 Physics Discovery Series PHYS 408A 50506 001 Electricity and Magnetism PHYS 438B 50512 001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its Applications PHYS 490 50516 001 Directed Research PHYS 492 50518 001 Senior Lab PHYS 495 50526 001 Senior Project