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GE Meet & Greet
The Center for Excellence in Teaching in conjunction with the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences will be hosting the bi-annual GE Meet & Greet. This is a chance for students to chat with general education professors in a casual setting before registration for Fall classes. Students can learn from professors what their classes will be like, what to expect, etc. So drop by, have a coffee or tea on us, and take the guesswork out of choosing GE classes!
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: LiterTEA Coffehouse (near Doheny Library)
Summer Research Opportunities in the College
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Problems Without Passports (PWP)
USC students have the opportunity this summer to participate in six
Problems Without Passports (PWP) courses that combine problem-based or
inquiry learning research exercises with study in a foreign country,
Washington D.C., or Los Angeles. Check out the Summer 2011 courses and
past student experiences on college.usc.edu/pwp.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF)
You want to do research in the summer but you don't know where to start? Check out SURF. Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) is USC
College's commitment to supporting undergraduate research in
collaboration with USC Faculty.
The SURF program provides funding to undergraduates for participation
as a research assistant in a faculty member’s project, or who wish to
pursue a scholarly research project of their own choosing (sponsored and
supervised by a faculty member). SURF allows all students to be mentored
one-on-one by USC faculty, and introduces students early in their
academic careers to the process of serious scholarly inquiry.
Any student in good standing, with at least one USC College major, may
apply for a research stipend of up to $3,000 to support a summer
research project of their choosing or to apply to tuition expenses
towards a Problems Without Passports course.
Now what ?
Check out SURF for more details. Applications for Summer 2001 are available. We added and extra tool on our website to
start the process. In addition to your own search for a research project
and a faculty member, you can post your interest(s) on the SOAR-SURF Board. Faculty who are searching for student researchers will be using this tool to find students for their project. It works both ways too ! If you find something on the faculty postings
you would like to work on, you can contact the faculty member.
For questions, email surf@college.usc.edu.
Spring 2011 Course Spotlight—CLAS-370: Cities, Kings and Colonies - Interstate Community in Hellenistic Greece
This course examines models of international community in ancient Greece. Beginning with the spread of colonial settlement in the eighth century BCE, we study major themes in the development of political culture in the Greek world.
Topics include the pragmatics and structure of interstate relations, the emergence of federal states and other regional associations, the relationship between ethnic and political forms of community, and the evolution of ethical and legal criteria for foreign politics.
These subjects we examine from the perspective of the late Classical and Hellenistic periods in particular, during which the rise of strong imperialist powers, such as Macedonia and Rome, caused upheaval across the Mediterranean world, and produced lasting tensions between local power structures and the vision of a broader, trans-Mediterranean community. We also examine the legacy of these issues for subsequent stages of European history, considering the relationship between Greek political discourse and later attempts to understand international community in Europe and the West.
Instructor: Lucas Herchenroeder
Email: herchenr@usc.edu
