Registration Information

The GE office added seats to selected GE courses during the continuing student registration period, as well as new student orientation sessions.  The GE office will no longer add seats to GE departmental courses.  Students interested in enrolling in a GE course that is not a GESM should contact the department offering the course.  Contact information is available under the department’s course listing in the Schedule of Classes as well as on the department’s website.  In some cases, registration information may be posted on the department’s website.

The GE office added seats to GESM sections throughout the continuing student registration period as well as the orientation registration sessions.  Additional seats will not be added to GESM sections.  Students should check Web Registration for seat availability in the new GESM sections that will be added to the Spring 2026 schedule.  Information on how to register for a GESM during the first week of spring semester will be posted on this page on Friday, January 9, 2026.

As a reminder, students who have junior or senior class standing need to send an email request to register for a GESM to gened@usc.edu.   The email must include the student’s name, USC ID number and the five-digit section number for the course they’d like to register in.  Requests to add a GESM will only be honored if the section has seats available as noted on Web Registration.

Students who have successfully completed a GESM will not be granted permission to register for a GESM.

Freshmen may not take WRIT 150 and a GESM simultaneously during fall semester.  In the spring semester, freshmen may take both if needed.  Sophomores who have not completed WRIT 150 and GESM may take both courses concurrently in any semester.  Students seeking to register for a WRIT 150 section during the first three weeks of the semester should consult the Writing Program’s registration policy.  Questions regarding WRIT 150 may be addressed to the Writing Program at writprog@usc.edu.