Course Substitutions

Narrative Studies/Structure Course Substitutions

Course offerings change, and many departments offer courses that explore narrative but do not appear on our list in the USC Catalogue. Each semester we include these options to be substituted into your major or minor requirements, counting soley during the semester the course is listed.

*Please inform your primary assigned advisor when you register for a substitution course, as it must be manually processed. Until you inform the staff advisor, the course will not appear on your STARS Report.*

The substitutions below are organized according to Narrative Studies major categories. The requirement each course meets in the Narrative Structure minor is indicated in italics after the course title.

What if I find a course that’s not listed below?

In your exploration of narrative fields in USC Dornsife and the professional schools, you may find a course that you think should count toward your major requirements. To propose a substitution, attach a course syllabus and statement of justification to the cover sheet available on the Documents page and submit it to the staff undergraduate advisor. Ideally, you will be able to obtain the syllabus for the precise course you’re proposing (i.e. the syllabus for the section and semester in question), but if the instructor does not yet have this document available, you may include an older syllabus along with the current instructor’s input regarding how similar their covered course content will be.

Documents

Introduction to Narrative Media
ENGL-270g “Studying Narrative” (Lower-division requirement)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
AMST-448m “Chicano and Latino Literature” (crosslisted as ENGL-448m) (European and American Literary Narratives)
DANC-312gw “African American Dance” (not assessed for the minor)
ENGL-290 “Cultural Studies: Theories and Methods” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH-365 “Life History in Anthropological Perspective” (Global Narrative Traditions)
COLT-375 “Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory” (Global Narrative Traditions)
COLT-382gw “Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-380 “Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature”(Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-385 “Myth, Folklore, and Fantasy in Japanese Literature and Film” (Global Narrative Traditions)
MDES-343g “Modern Arab Culture and Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301gp “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
AMST-378m “Introduction to Asian American History” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-351 “Periods and Genres in American Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking” (Paris & London) (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-360* “Modern Poetry” (European and American Literary Narratives –or- Narratives in Visual Media)
ENGL-372 “Literature and Related Arts” (not assessed for the minor)
ENGL-466 “The 19th Century English Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ITAL-350g “Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Italy” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Contemorary Fiction and Drama
COLT-472 “Los Angeles Crime Fiction” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Upper-division NARS Elective
CTWR-410L “Character Development and Storytelling for Games” (not assessed for the minor)
ENGL-362g “Contemporary Poetry” (Not for minor)
Introduction to Narrative Media
BISC-112Lxg “Data, Denial or Doom?: Talking about Climate Change” (crosslisted as ENGL-112Lxg) (Lower-division requirement)
COLT-373 “Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
ENGL-270g “Studying Narrative” (Lower-division requirement)

Writing and Narrative Forms
ENGL-404 “The Writer in the Community” (not assessed for the minor)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
AMST-448m “Chicano and Latino Literature” (crosslisted as ENGL-448m) (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-250g “Cultures of Latin America” (Lower-division requirement)
DANC-312gw “African American Dance” (not assessed for the minor)
ENGL-447m “African-American Narrative” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-303 “Globalization: Culture, Change, Resistance” (not assessed for the minor)
COLT-382gw “Zen and Daoism in Asian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-333g “Introduction to Korean Film” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-380 “Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature”(Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-380g “Literature of Mexico” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301gp “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-374gm “Women Writers in Europe and America” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking” (USA/32707, LA/32850, and NOLA/32708 sections all approved) (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-355g “Anglo-American Law and Literature: Conceptions of Tyranny” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-372 “Literature and Related Arts” (not assessed for the minor)
ENGL-422 “English Literature of the 17th Century” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-466 “The 19th Century English Novel“ (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking“ (USA/32707, LA/32850, and NOLA/32708 sections all approved) (European and American Literary Narratives)
THTR-401 “Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World” (Not for minor)

Upper-division NARS Elective
AMST-373m “History of the Mexican American” (not assessed for the minor)
COLT-426 “Utopias” (not assessed for the minor)
CTWR-410L “Character Development and Storytelling for Games” (not assessed for the minor)
ENGL-362g “Contemporary Poetry” (Not for minor)
Introduction to Narrative Media
ENGL-270g “Studying Narrative” (Lower-division requirement)
ENGL-280g “Introduction to Narrative Medicine” (Lower-division requirement)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
ENGL-290 “Cultural Studies: Theories and Methods” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH-365 “Life History in Anthropological Perspective” (Global Narrative Traditions)
COLT-375 “Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-380 “Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature”(Global Narrative Traditions)
ENGL-374m “Literature, Nationality and Otherness” (Global Narrative Traditions -or- European and American Literary Narratives)
FREN-375mgw “Global Narratives of Illness and Disability” (Global Narrative Traditions)
MDES-343g “Modern Arab Culture and Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-380g “Literature of Mexico” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301gp “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-374m “Literature, Nationality and Otherness” (European and American Literary Narratives/Global Narrative Traditions)
ENGL-461 “English Drama to 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Upper-division NARS Elective
ENGL-362g “Contemporary Poetry” (Not for minor)
Introduction to Narrative Media
COLT-373 “Literature and Film” (not assessed for the minor)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
COLT-250g “Cultures of Latin America” (not assessed for the minor)
Introduction to Narrative Media
ENGL-270g “Studying Narrative” (Lower-division requirement)
ENGL-280g “Introduction to Narrative Medicine” (Lower-division requirement)

Writing and Narrative Forms
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (Not for minor)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
AMST-448m “Chicano and Latino Literature” (crosslisted as ENGL-448m) (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-381 “Narrative Forms in Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
ENGL-447m “African-American Narrative” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-382 “Zen and Taoism in American Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
COLT-470 “Literature and Media in Latin America” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-333g “Introduction to Korean Film” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-380 “Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature”(Global Narrative Traditions)
ENGL-499 “Special Topics: Freedom Writing in Colonial/Postcolonial India” (Global Narrative Traditions)
MDES-343g “Modern Arab Culture and Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301gp “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-374gm “Women Writers in Europe and America” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-351 “Periods and Genres in American Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-355g “Anglo-American Law and Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-364 “The Modern Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-422 “English Literature of the 17th Century” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-461 “English Drama to 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-466 “The 19^th Century English Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-372 “Modern and Contemporary Latin American Fiction” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
COLT-472 “Los Angeles Crime Fiction” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-372 “Modern and Contemporary Latin American Fiction” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Upper-division NARS Elective
ENGL-362g “Contemporary Poetry” (Not for minor)
REL-311g “The Bible in Western Literature” (not assessed for the minor)
Introduction to Narrative Media
ENGL-270g “Studying Narrative” (Lower-division requirement)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-471 “Literature, Theory, History” (Not for minor)
FREN-375mgw “Global Narratives of Illness and Disability” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SLL-302g “Modern Russian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-380g “Literature of Mexico“ (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301gp “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ITAL-350g “Italian Renaissance Literature in Translation” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film“ (Narratives in Visual Media)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Upper-division NARS Elective
ENGL-362g “Contemporary Poetry” (Not for minor)
Introduction to Narrative Media
ENGL-380 “Modern Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice” (Not for minor)

Writing and Narrative Forms
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (Not for minor)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
AMST-448m “Chicano/Latino Literature” (crosslisted as ENGL-448m) (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-381 “Narrative Forms in Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-382gw “Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
FREN-375 “Global Narratives of Illness and Disability” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-380 “Literature of Mexico“ (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301 “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-374 “Women Writers in Europe and America” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-364 “The Modern Novel“ (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-422 “English Literature of the 17th Century” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film“ (Narratives in Visual Media)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking” (European and American Literary Narratives)
THTR-401 “Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World” (Not for minor)
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (Not for minor)

Upper-division elective
COLT-373 “Literature and Film“ (Narratives in Visual Media)
ENGL-499 (32763) “Special Topics: Practical Humanities and the Art of Medicine” (Not for minor)
Popular Culture and Ethnicity
ENGL-447m “African-American Narrative” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301 “America, the Frontier, and the New West“ (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-475 “Narrative and the Law” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-355g “Anglo-American Law and Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-422 “English Literature of the 17th Century“ (European and American Literary Narratives)
ITAL-350g “Italian Renaissance Literature in Translation” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film“ (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-460 “Don Quijote: Text and Film“ (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-376g “Comics and Graphic Novels“ (Narratives in Visual Media)
THTR-401 “Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World“ (Not for minor)

Upper-division NARS Elective
ENGL-362g “Contemporary Poetry” (Not for minor)
Writing and Narrative Forms
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (Not for minor)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
AMST-448m “Chicano/Latino Literature” (crosslisted as ENGL-448m) (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-447 “African-American Narrative” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH-365 “Life History in Anthropological Perspective” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-358g “Transnational Chinese Literature and Culture” (Global Narrative Traditions)
MDES-343 “Modern Arab State and Society II: Culture and Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301 “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-374 “Women Writers in Europe and America” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-372 “Literature and Related Arts“ (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-461 “English Drama to 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film“ (Narratives in Visual Media)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
ENGL-352g “Bookpacking” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-376g “Comics and Graphic Novels” (Narratives in Visual Media)
THTR-401 “Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World” (Not for minor)
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (Not for minor)
Introduction to Narrative Media
ENGL-380 “Modern Literary Criticism: Theory and Practice” (Not for minor)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-375 “Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-352 “Chinese Literature and Culture” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-380g “Literature of Mexico” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301 “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-372 “Literature and Related Arts“ (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-422 “English Literature of the 17th Century” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-466 “The 19th Century English Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ITAL-381 “Storytelling in the Italian Tradition“ (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
THTR-401 “Contemporary Theatre in a Changing World” (Not for minor)

Substitutions only for Narrative Structure minors
ENGL-462 “British and American Drama, 1800-1950“ (Narratives in Visual Media)
Popular Culture and Ethnicity
AMST-385 “African American Culture and Society” (European and American Literary Narratives)
AMST-448m “Chicano/Latino Literature” (crosslisted as ENGL-448m) (European and American Literary Narratives)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH-365 “Life History in Anthropological Perspective” (Global Narrative Traditions)
ANTH-395 “African American Humor and Culture” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-382gw “Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
COLT-447 “Traveling Genres: Politics/Poetics of Modern Arabic Prose” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301 “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-374 “Women Writers in Europe and America” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-355 “Anglo-American Law and Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-364 “The Modern Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-372 “Literature and Related Arts” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
ENGL-352 “Bookpacking” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-376 “Comics and Graphic Novels” (Narratives in Visual Media)
Writing and Narrative Forms
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (not for minor)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity
ENGL-381 “Narrative Forms in Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
ENGL-447 “African-American Narrative” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
EALC-333g “Introduction to Korean Film” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-358g “Transnational Chinese Literature and Culture” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SLL-302 “Modern Russian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-380g “Literature of Mexico” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301 “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-324 “Women in Medieval and Renaissance Europe” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-461 “English Drama to 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-465 “The English Novel to 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-466 “The 19th Century English Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (not for minor)

Upper-division NARS Elective
COLT-373 “Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
Writing and Narrative Forms
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (not for minor)

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-382gw “Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-333 “Introduction to Korean Film” (Global Narrative Traditions)
FREN-375 “Global Narratives of Illness and Disability” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-380 “Literature of Mexico” (Global Narrative Traditions)
SPAN-301 “Introduction to Hispanic Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
SPAN-302 “Survey of Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
AMST-301 “America, the Frontier, and the New West” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-374 “Women Writers in Europe and America” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-467 “The Modern Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ITAL-392 “Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-460 “Don Quijote: Text and Film” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
ENGL-451 “Periods and Genres in American Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-499 “Maymester: Bookpacking ‘The Big Easy’” (European and American Literary Narratives)
WRIT-440 “Writing Comedy as Social Commentary” (not for minor)

Upper-division NARS Elective
COLT-373 “Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)
Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-445 “Europe and the Writing of Others” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-332 “Chinese Literature and Culture” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
ENGL-461 “English Drama to 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ITAL-381 “Storytelling in the Italian Tradition” (European and American Literary Narratives)
SPAN-306 “Survey of Drama” (European and American Literary Narratives)
Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective
COLT-375 “Latin American Cultural and Literary Theory” (Global Narrative Traditions)
COLT-382gw “Zen and Taoism in Asian Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
COLT-445 “Europe and the Writing of Others” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-352g “Chinese Literature and Culture” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-333 “Introduction to Korean Film” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-358g “Transnational Chinese Literature and Culture” (Global Narrative Traditions)
EALC-380 “Cultural Topics in East Asian Literature: Transnational Chinese Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)
MDES-343 “Modern Arab State and Society II: Culture and Literature” (Global Narrative Traditions)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective
COLT-374gm “Women Writers in Europe and America” (European and American Literary Narratives)
COLT-476 “Narrative and the Law” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-461 “English Drama to 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ENGL-466 “The 19^th Century English Novel” (European and American Literary Narratives)
ITAL-350g “Italian Renaissance Literature in Translation” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama
COLT-346 “Fictions of the First Person” (not for minor)
ENGL-376g “Comics and Graphic Novels” (Narratives in Visual Media)
ENGL-451 “Periods and Genres in American Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)