Summer Flex Classes
2026 Summer Flex GE Courses
Looking for a course to take online from anywhere? Here's the list for you.
Summer Flex classes are asynchronous online classes designed to work around your summer. Do coursework on your own time, jump into a few live class meetings, and still have room for everything else. You'll find them listed as ASYNC in WebReg and the Schedule of Classes, with meeting times shown as TBA.
All class days, times and modalities are subject to change and can be verified in the USC Schedule of Classes or WebReg.
First Summer Session
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• GE-A, The Arts
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GE-A, GE-G
May 20 – June 30, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Leon Garcia Corona
Exploration of music and cultures of the world. Engagement with international musicians, global issues, field work and musical diasporas in Los Angeles.
• GE-B, Humanistic Inquiry
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GE-B, GE-H
May 20 – June 16, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Richard Antaramian
The Enlightenment, French Revolution, industrialization, Darwinism, socialism, nationalism, technological revolutions, mass culture, imperialism, race, fascism, communism, world wars, genocide, migration, the Cold War, terrorism.
• GE-C, Social Analysis
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GE-C
May 20 – June 30, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Juliana Mc Gene
The peculiarity of the “modern” Western family system in historical and cross-cultural perspective; focus on the “postmodern” family crisis in the United States.
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GE-C
May 20 – June 30, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Juliana Mc Gene
Basic concepts of sociology with special reference to group life, social institutions, and social processes.
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GE-C
May 20 – June 30, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Juliana Mc Gene
Sociological and demographic concepts focusing on the causes of disease, health and wellness. Empirical analysis of population composition and its connection to health.
• GE-F, Quantitative Reasoning
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GE-F
May 20 – June 30, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Canan Ipek
Introduction to the use of statistics in psychology: basic ideas in measurement; frequency distributions; descriptive statistics; concepts and procedures in statistical inference.
• GE-G, Equity in a Diverse World
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GE-G
May 20 – June 30, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Benjamin Radd
By examining key constitutional moments involving race, rights, and revolutions, students will explore how legal meaning changes over time.
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GE-A, GE-G
May 20 – June 30, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Leon Garcia Corona
Exploration of music and cultures of the world. Engagement with international musicians, global issues, field work and musical diasporas in Los Angeles.
• GE-H, Traditions and Historical Foundations
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GE-B, GE-H
May 20 – June 16, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Richard Antaramian
The Enlightenment, French Revolution, industrialization, Darwinism, socialism, nationalism, technological revolutions, mass culture, imperialism, race, fascism, communism, world wars, genocide, migration, the Cold War, terrorism.
Second and Special Summer Sessions
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• GE-B, Humanistic Inquiry
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GE-B
July 1 – August 11, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Andrew Stott
Interpretation and analysis of works of the imagination, exploring language, thought, and cultural traditions in relation to one another. Open only to Freshmen.
• GE-E, Physical Sciences
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GE-E
July 1 – August 11, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Victoria Petryshyn
Exploration of factors that influence climate and the scientific basis for concern about rising greenhouse gases, the threat to human society know as global warming.
• GE-G, Equity in a Diverse World
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GE-G
July 1 – August 11, 2026
Summer Flex (ASYNC)
Dave Campbell
Sources and structure of law; history of Bill of Rights emphasizing effect on criminal justice system; limits of law in solving problems in American society.