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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Gerontology
  

  • GERO 483 Global Health and Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Overview of the impact aging populations will have on global institutions from a variety of perspectives. Examination of public health policy issues.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as HP-483
  

  • GERO 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1-8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 491 Practicum

    Units: 2-8
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised experience in one or more community agencies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 492 Senior Seminar

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An in-depth integration of major research and professional themes in the study of human development and aging.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 493p Longevity and Death among Ancient and Modern European Populations (Italy)

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: SpSm
    The discoveries of ancient humans and bodies that have been preserved illuminate the connection between diet, health, and disease.
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 494 Emotion-Cognition Interactions and Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Covers the paradox of emotion in aging, as well as how stress and emotion influence cognition and the brain across the lifespan.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 495 Practicum in Geriatric Care

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised experience in a geriatric health care setting which allows students to put theories and ideas into practice. Graded CR/NC. Lecture, discussion, and fieldwork.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 496 Introduction to Clinical Geriatrics

    Units: 4
    Medical problems of older adults emphasizing common geriatric syndromes, chronic illness, and alternative approaches to primary health care of older persons and their families. Upper division standing.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
  

  • GERO 497a Honors Seminar

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced study of empirical approaches in gerontology. Preparation, progress, presentation, and evaluation of Senior Honors Thesis research.
    Prerequisite: standing in Gerontology Honors Program.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 497b Honors Seminar

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced study of empirical approaches in gerontology. Preparation, progress, presentation, and evaluation of Senior Honors Thesis research.
    Prerequisite: standing in Gerontology Honors Program.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 497c Honors Seminar

    Units: 2-4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced study of empirical approaches in gerontology. Preparation, progress, presentation, and evaluation of Senior Honors Thesis research.
    Prerequisite: standing in Gerontology Honors Program.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 498 Nutrition, Genes, Longevity and Diseases

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Examines the role of nutrition and genes and the impact each has on longevity and diseases, particularly diseases related to aging. Offered in Genoa, Italy.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2-4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examination of special topics in the area of gerontology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 500 Perspectives on a Changing Society: An Introduction to Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Analysis of physical, mental, and social age-related changes as well as implications of population aging trends for individuals and society.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 501 Applied Legal and Regulatory Issues in Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Analysis of shifting legal and regulatory issues affecting the delivery of aging services.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 502 Marketing and Shifts in Consumer Decision Making

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Branding, marketing, and consumer behavior through examination of established, transitioning and emerging aging services and organizations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 504 Current Issues in Aging Services Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Basic skills needed for an executive working in an aging services environment. Recommended for entry level administrators and managers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 505 Housing and Community Policies and Programs

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Examination of the behavioral and social consequences of design and the environment to create a more satisfying physical environment for both frail and active older adults.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 506 Technological Innovations in Aging (Gerontechnology)

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Reflections on shifts in preferences for aging in place and the market ramifications of innovations in science and technology on older consumers and service providers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 507 End of Life Care

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Examination of programs related to end of life care. Cultural competencies in working with a diverse population on end of life issues.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 508 The Mind and Body Connection through the Lifespan

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An introduction to mind-body processes involved in healthy aging. Examines the interplay of emotions, beliefs, and behaviors in shaping health-relevant biological processes.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 509 Mindful Aging: Spirituality, Gratitude, and Resilience

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Fosters vital imaginative connections to transform one’s understanding and experience of the aging process from within, in order to re-envision the aging process as a spiritual journey.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 510 Physiology of Development and Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Examination of lifespan physiology of human development, growth, and aging; major emphasis in the physiology of the later years and implications for health maintenance.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 511 Fundamentals of Clinical Nutrition Screening and Assessment

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Examines tools and resources used to evaluate the nutrition status of individuals across the lifespan including biochemical, anthropometric and subjective global assessment. Open only to graduate students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 512 Communicating Nutrition and Health

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Overview of current understanding of the dietary and nutritional needs of individuals across their lifespan.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 513 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Macronutrients

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A study of the principles of human nutrition throughout the life cycle. Current topics and controversies in nutrition and health are discussed.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 515L Food Production and Food Service Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A study of principles and procedures for food systems including techniques of food preparation, development, modification and evaluation of recipes, menus and products.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 517L Advanced Therapeutic Nutrition

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Application of nutrition science, physiology, biochemistry, and metabolism to evaluate critically ill patients and plan nutrition intervention and monitoring.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 518 Current Topics in Clinical Nutrition

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Discuss various factors that affect nutrition and aging. Topics include allergies in nutrition, food toxins, weight factors, and prevention and treatment of multiple organ systems.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 519 Recent Advances in Neurobiology and Endocrinology of Aging

    Units: 2 or 4
    Theories of the biology of aging and the effects of age on functional integrity of the total organism.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BISC-519
  

  • GERO 520 Life Span Developmental Psychology

    Units: 2 or 4
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Behavior from adulthood to old age; study of major components of behavior such as perception, cognitive processes, personality, intergenerational relationships, sexuality, and life styles.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 522 Counseling Older Adults and Their Families

    Units: 2 or 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Theory and application of assessment and intervention techniques with older adults and their families. Topics include: treatment modalities, psychopathology, ethical and legal issues, brain disorders.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 529 Seminar in Psychological Aspects of Aging

    Units: 2 or 4
    Psychological changes in the later years; perception; sensory factors; intelligence and memory; psychophysiological measures; personality; psychopathology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 530 Life Span Developmental Sociology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Life span perspective on the sociological theories of marriage and the family, inter-generational relationships, work and retirement, and other forms of social organization.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 540 Social Policy and Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Major legislation and programs; examination and analysis of policy-making and political processes affecting development and implementation of programs for older persons.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 541 Health Care Delivery Models: Comparative Approaches

    Units: 4
    Examination of current trends and future prospects of finance and reimbursement systems. Topics include major legislation and programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 543 Continuum of Care: Systems Perspective

    Units: 4
    Structural and organizational aspects of institutional and community programs; public policies, fiscal management, regulation, administration; obstacles to interagency coordination; the continuum of care.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 550 Administration and System Management in Programs for Older Adults

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Application of theories of administration and system management to public and volunteer programs and services for older adults including residential institutions and community programs.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 551 Applied Policy Skills in Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An overview and application of techniques and approaches used in the definition and analysis of policy problems in aging.
    Prerequisite: GERO 540 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 554 Evaluation: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practices

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Examination of the evaluation of health and service delivery in aging services industries.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 555 Integrating Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Approach

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Aging (commonalities and distinctions) as addressed by biologists, psychologists, and sociologists. Topics include research perspectives, normative aging, functional decline and disability, and aging and society.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 556 Program Development

    Units: 2 or 4
    Principles and procedures of assessing needs, collecting resources, designing activities, and implementing programs for older people in a variety of community and institutional settings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 557 Geriatric Care Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Overview of concepts, issues, and approaches to geriatric care management. Includes analysis and practice of a variety of care management clinical skills.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 560 Micronutrients, Health, and Longevity

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Explores the basis of nutrition needs for vitamins, major minerals and trace minerals including nutrient interaction and their role in health and longevity.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 570 Corporate Policies and Aging

    Units: 4
    An introduction to the evolving roles of corporations in an aging society including such topics as retaining older workers, retiree benefits, and the mature consumer.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 585 The Aging Family

    Units: 2 or 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Family processes and structure in families with aged persons will be reviewed, including marital and family therapy and intervention strategies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 589 Case Studies in Leadership and Change Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Examination of case studies of issues affecting the aging services industries and the role industry leaders play in reacting to change.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1-12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 591 Field Practicum

    Units: 1-12
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised experiential learning in one or more organizations that serve older adults; includes a regularly scheduled seminar.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 592 Multidisciplinary Research Seminar in Aging

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Multidisciplinary perspectives on current research in gerontology, including physiology, neurobiology, health and medicine, psychology, sociology, and public policy. Topics will change each semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 593 Research Methods

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An introduction to research methods and their application to gerontology including problem formation, research design, data collection, descriptive and analytic statistics, interpretation, and report preparation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2-4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examination of special topics in the area of gerontological study.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 600 Geroscience: Molecular and Cellular Biology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Emphasizes the molecular and cellular biology of aging and age-related pathology and other aspects of basic aging research, including evolutionary biology, demography, epidemiology and bioinformatics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 601 Molecular Genetics of Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Explores concepts of molecular and genetic regulation of healthy aging, lifespan, and age-related diseases.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 602a Seminar on Discoveries in Biogerontology

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Critical analyses of primary scientific data and interpretations presented in the literature.
    Duplicates Credit in former GERO 602.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 602b Seminar on Discoveries in Biogerontology

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Critical analyses of primary scientific data and interpretations presented in the literature.
    Duplicates Credit in former GERO 602.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 603 Research Integrity

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Explores scientific integrity, mentoring, scientific record keeping, authorship, peer review, animal and human experimentation, conflict of interest, data ownership and intellectual property, and genetic technology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 605 Research and Journal Club Presentation Workshop

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Intensive training in journal club and research talk presentations for graduate students in the Biology of Aging PhD program.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Biology of Aging
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 610 The Aging Society

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The interaction of demographic and economic processes, with emphasis on how the contemporary nature of these interactions influence public policy response to an aging population.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 613 Health and Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Examination of changes in health related to age, changes in health in populations over time, and the key health issues facing older persons.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 614L Laboratory Rotations in the Biology of Aging

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Mandatory organized laboratory rotation. Allows students to participate in laboratory activities. Designed to help select dissertation advisor and research.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 620 Psychology of Aging

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Overview of topics in the psychology of aging. Includes research and theory bearing on cognitive, personality, adaptive, and social processes throughout the adult life span. Open only to doctoral students.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate course work in psychology.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 628 Theories of Aging

    Units: 4
    An examination of the nature and adequacy of existing explanations of aging. Focus will be on psychological, sociological, and biological paradigms, and on the epistemology of theory.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SOCI-628
  

  • GERO 640 Data Analysis Strategies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Hands-on experience in developing and testing hypotheses using various types of databases, data management and analysis strategies and written presentation of findings.
    Recommended Preparation: GERO 593 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 645 Politics and Policy Processes in an Aging Society

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Dynamics of the policy-making process in the context of aging policy in the United States; focus on the political system and its social dynamics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 655 Research Training Grant Proposal Development in Gerontology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Integrative grant writing and development of collaborative, interdisciplinary projects in gerontology as studied by biomedical, psychological, and social scientists.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GERO 666 Free Radical Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Explores the chemical and physical chemical nature of free radicals and related reactive species. Examines the roles of antioxidants and how they work.
    Recommended Preparation: Course work in biology and chemistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as PSCI-633
  

  • GERO 790 Research

    Units: 1-12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GERO 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit


General Education Seminar
  

  • GESM 110g Seminar in the Arts

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    The multifaceted history of the creative act, its analysis, production, and context as a representation of human experience.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 111g Seminar in the Arts

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The multifaceted history of the creative act, its analysis, production, and context as a representation of human experience. Offered by a USC professional school.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen
    Duplicates Credit in GESM 110  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 120g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Interpretation and analysis of works of the imagination, exploring language, thought, and cultural traditions in relation to one another.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 121g Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Critical appreciation of various forms of human expression, evaluating works of literature, philosophy, and the arts to enable informed opinions about ideas and values. Offered by a professional school.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen
    Duplicates Credit in GESM 120  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 130g Seminar in Social Analysis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual and collective human action as it shapes and is shaped by economic organizations, political institutions, and broad social and cultural settings.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 131g Seminar in Social Analysis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The causes and consequences of social phenomena; quantitative and qualitative methods of the social sciences; how people behave and influence the world through cultural forms. Offered by a professional school.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Duplicates Credit in GESM 130  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 140g Seminar in the Life Sciences

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Scientific understanding of a full range of living systems from molecules to ecosystems, prokaryotes to humans, past and present. (Satisfies GE-D, Life Sciences).
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 141g Seminar in the Life Sciences

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Scientific understanding of living systems from molecules to ecosystems; how data is generated and interpreted; how scientific discovery spurs technological growth and impacts society. Offered by a professional school. 
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen
    Duplicates Credit in GESM 140  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 150Lg Seminar in the Physical Sciences

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Analysis of natural phenomenon through quantitative description and synthesis; the processes by which scientific knowledge is obtained, evaluated, and placed in social context. (Satisfies GE-E, Physical Sciences)
    Satisfies New General Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 151Lg Seminar in the Physical Sciences

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Natural phenomena analyzed through quantitative description and synthesis to demonstrate how scientific knowledge is obtained, evaluated and made socially relevant. A separate lab is required. Offered by a professional school.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen
    Duplicates Credit in GESM 150  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Required Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 160g Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Analysis and manipulation of data and information related to quantifiable objects, symbolic elements, or logic; formal reasoning, abstract representation, and empirical analysis. (Satisfies GE-F, Quantitative Reasoning).
    Satisfies New General Education in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GESM 161g Seminar in Quantitative Reasoning

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Logical or statistical inference, probability, or mathematical analysis used as tools to evaluate hypotheses, claims, questions, or problems within a formal mode of thought. Offered by a professional school.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen
    Duplicates Credit in GESM 160  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


General Practice Residency
  

  • GPR 601 Hospital Dentistry I

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn the nature of performing dentistry within a hospital setting.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 603a Dental Ethics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents prepare for ethical dilemmas which may occur when they are practicing dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 603b Dental Ethics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Residents prepare for ethical dilemmas which may occur when they are practicing dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 603c Dental Ethics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Residents prepare for ethical dilemmas which may occur when they are practicing dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 603d Dental Ethics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: SpSm
    Residents prepare for ethical dilemmas which may occur when they are practicing dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 604a Practice Management

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Residents learn the tools and principles of running or working in a private practice.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 604b Practice Management

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn the tools and principles of running or working in a private practice.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 604c Practice Management

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn the tools and principles of running or working in a private practice.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 604d Practice Management

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn the tools and principles of running or working in a private practice.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 605a Review of General Dentistry Literature

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn how to research various topics and to critically review each article in order to practice evidence-based dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 605b Review of General Dentistry Literature

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn how to research various topics and to critically review each article in order to practice evidence-based dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

 

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