Undergraduate Registration FAQs

For  D-Clearance or registration inquiries, please contact your advisor.

Dahlie Conferido, Nicole Srednick and Lisa Perkins are the advisors for FRESHMEN in the Social Sciences, which includes our department’s 3 majors:
Health and Human Sciences, NGOs and Social Change, and Sociology

FRESHMEN with last names A – Hs:

Dahlie Conferido

Email: conferid@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2534
Office: GFS 320
To schedule an appointment: bit.ly/accessappointment

FRESHMEN with last names Hu – Ph:

Nicole Srednick

Email: srednick@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2534
Office: GFS 320
To schedule an appointment: bit.ly/accessappointment

FRESHMEN with last names Pi – Z:

Lisa Perkins

Email: lisaperk@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2534
Office: GFS 320
To schedule an appointment: bit.ly/accessappointment

Deja Powell, Rika Yano and Nicholas Coleman are the advisors for SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND SENIORS for the following majors and minors in Dornsife:
– Majors: Health and Human Sciences, NGOs and Social Change, Sociology
–Minors: Forensics and Criminality, Sociology

Student Last Names A – K:

Deja Powell

Email: dejapowe@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2534
To schedule an appointment: bit.ly/accessappointment

Student Last Names L – M:

Rika Yano

Email: rikayano@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2534
To schedule an appointment: bit.ly/accessappointment

Student Last Names N – Z:

Nicholas Coleman

Email: colemann@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2534
To schedule an appointment: bit.ly/accessappointment

    • If you are a sociology major or minor, please contact your advisor if you are hoping to take a course that has a pre-requisite you have not fulfilled. In most cases, it is not possible to take courses out of sequence.
    • If you are an NGOs and Social Change or Health and Human Sciences major, please contact your advisor.
    • If you are not a sociology major and one of our courses counts towards your major or minor, please ask your advisor to contact the Sociology/NGOS/HHSC advisors. Your request can only be considered if space is available.
    • If you are not a sociology major and the course does not count towards one of your majors or minors, space restrictions make it unlikely that you will be able to enroll in a course with pre-requisites. If spaces are available, we will consider requests two weeks before the start of the semester. Please ask your advisor to contact the Sociology/NGOS/HHSC advisors.

  • Please be advised about the following policies regarding substitution requests:

    • Dornsife only allows two substitutions to fulfill major requirements.
    • The requested course must qualify as an equivalent course with the existing requirement, as determined by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
    • Substitutions are only considered if there is a compelling reason that the student will not otherwise be able to complete the major (i.e., a required course is not offered or conflicts with another required course in the student’s schedule)
    • Substitutions are rarely granted for students before their senior year.

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