Department of English

Narrative Studies Course Substitutions

Introduction

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 solely during the semester the course is listed.

If you take a substitution course, it will not automatically appear in the correct category on your STARS report. You will need to let your academic advisor know so that they can apply the substitution for you.

The substitutions are grouped by Narrative Studies major categories. The requirement each course meets with the Narrative Structure minor (if any) is listed in parentheses after the course title.

Pre-Approved Substitutions

Introduction to Narrative Media

ENGL-270 “Studying Narrative”* (Lower-Division Requirement)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity

DANC-312 “African American Dance”

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective

COLT-360 “Fictions of Africa” (Global Narrative Traditions)

CTCS-414 “Latina/o Screen Cultures” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective

ENGL-325 “Pre-Modern Wonders: Magic, Monsters and Marvels” (European and American Literary Narratives)

ENGL-342 “Women in English and American Literature after 1800” (European and American Literary Narratives)

ITAL-382 “Dante” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama

ENGL-446 “Contemporary African American Literature” (European and American Literary Narratives)

* ENGL-270 is only a major substitution for students following the Pre-2023 Requirements.
Introduction to Narrative Media

ANTH-255 “Culture, Performance, and Personal Narrative” (Lower-Division Requirement)

ENGL-270 “Studying Narrative” (Lower-Division Requirement)

ENGL-280 “Introduction to Narrative Medicine”

Writing and Narrative Forms

ENGL-372 “Literature and Related Arts” (European and American Literary Narratives)

Popular Culture and Ethnicity

COMM-337 “The LGBTQ Revolution and the Media”

Narrative in Cross-Cultural Perspective

ANTH-315 “Native North Americans”

Western Narrative in Historical Perspective

AMST-449 “Asian American Literature”

ANTH-315 “Native North Americans”

ENGL-325 “Pre-Modern Wonders: Magic, Monsters and Marvels” (European and American Literary Narratives)

ENGL-360 “Modern Poetry” (European and American Literary Narratives)

SPAN-301 “Introduction to Literature and Film” (Narratives in Visual Media)

Contemporary Fiction and Drama

COLT-480 “Dada and Surrealism”

ENGL-352 “Bookpacking”

Upper-Division Electives

AMST-373 “History of the Mexican American”

CTWR-410 “Character Development and Storytelling for Games”

ENGL-362 “Contemporary Poetry”

* ENGL-270 is only a major substitution for students following the Pre-2023 Requirements.

Propose a Substitution

You may find a course at USC that you think you should count toward your major in Narrative Studies (or minor in Narrative Structure) but isn’t already listed as an option.

You can use the Narrative Studies Course Substitution Proposal (found on Undergraduate Forms) to propose the substitution. You’ll need to submit the syllabus, the proposed major or minor category, and an explanation.

Requests should be submitted and reviewed before you enroll in the course.