{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/undergrad-programs\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2023-05-08T23:46:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T23:46:00","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/undergrad-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--cta-cards-collection \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--cta-cards-collection\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          About Us\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Dornsife Undergraduate Programs office oversees General Education, Freshman Seminars, Dornsife Toolkit, the Interdisciplinary Major Program, and MDA courses. \u00a0In collaboration with <span style=\"color: maroon;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/the-writing-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Writing Program<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: maroon;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polymathic.usc.edu\/ahmanson-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ahmanson Lab,<\/a><\/span> the Dornsife Undergraduate Programs led the creation of the <span style=\"color: maroon;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scalar.usc.edu\/works\/together-apart-freshman-colloquium\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Together Apart: Freshman Colloquium<\/a><\/span> to showcase students&#8217; original papers or creative works during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Contact Us<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dornsife Undergraduate Programs<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:undergraduateprograms@dornsife.usc.edu\">undergraduateprograms@dornsife.usc.edu<\/a><br \/>\n213.740.2961<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ge\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>General Education<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">The General Education Program complements the depth acquired in major and minor coursework by preparing students to be generally well educated adults, informed citizens of the twenty-first century and who understand its challenges. \u00a0All undergraduates are required to satisfy G.E. requirements.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/undergrad-programs\/fsem\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>Freshman Seminars<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">In the Freshman Seminar Program, students learn the excitement of intellectual inquiry by participating once a week for ten or eleven weeks in a two-hour seminar on a topic of personal interest. \u00a0These two-unit seminars are available to all freshmen at USC.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/undergrad-programs\/toolkit\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>Dornsife Toolkit<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">The two-unit Dornsife Toolkit courses allow students to acquire specific intellectual skills that are valuable to employers and post-undergraduate programs. \u00a0Toolkit courses are available to all undergraduates at USC.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/undergrad-programs\/idm\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>Interdisciplinary Major Program<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">The Interdisciplinary Major Program allows students to design individual programs of study that cross the lines between traditional majors.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/undergrad-programs\/mda250\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>MDA 250, Internship for Liberal Arts: Work and Career &#8212; Theory and Practice<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">In this internship course, students explore different understandings of work and career in American society while testing theories in an actual work setting. \u00a0MDA is available to all undergraduates.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/undergrad-programs\/mda325\/\" >\n            \n                                    <h3>MDA 325, Case Studies in Modern Leadership<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">In this two-unit special course, students study a single leader or small set of leaders, including the strengths and weaknesses that distinguish them and the cultural forces that nurture them. \u00a0MDA 325 is currently taught by Professor 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