<p>A number of people have been asking me what courses they can take to fill up that extra 2 credits we pay for and I only know the nautical science courses and physical education.</p>
<p>Can anyone list off other courses that are 1-2 credits that you could take to fill up that extra space so as to not let it go to waste?:)</p>
<p>Take nautical science, seriously. You will regret not taking it.</p>
<p>I’m enrolled in Naut-001x, no doubt. That being said, I’m not sure everyone else who has been asking me is as excited about sailing as I am so I’m looking for other ideas to recommend to everyone :)</p>
<p>If you are a freshman, you can take a freshman seminar for 2 units.</p>
<p>I’m planning on taking a dance class this fall. Would you guys recommend taking it on my first semester at USC? Or should I just take it easy first and just go with 4 classes and feel everything out first? I’m torn whether I should take this jazz dance class or not. =/</p>
<p>Basically, all of the Physical Education classes (PHED).
[PHED</a> | USC Schedule of Classes](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/20103/phed.html]PHED”>302 Found)</p>
<p>The Self-Defense class looks awesome. Muay Thai and Sambo? Yes, please.
Swimming, Surfing, Yoga, Table Tennis and some more traditional sports.</p>
<p>I’m gonna do the sailing class and plan to do soccer, surfing, and tennis at some point.</p>
<p>@hellostranger57: Just take it pass/fail if it is a fun class, that way you don’t have to worry. Fun classes should be low stress right? Just show up and have a good time.</p>
<p>I feel kind of dumb for not reading all of the OP and posting PHED classes. I blame it on lack of sleep. So, I did a quick survey of USC classes to make up for it.</p>
<p>Non-architecture majors can take ARCH 106x: Workshop in Architecture (2 units). There’s JOUR 190: Introduction to Journalism (2 units). There’s also EALC 103a: Online Chinese I (2 units). Those are just some courses that looked interesting.</p>
<p>Is there a way to search specifically for classes that are 2 units?</p>
<p>I didn’t find one. I just went to the Schedule of Classes and sped through the first courses in various sections looking for 1-2 credit courses.</p>
<p>I’ll go ahead and double post so the thread shows an update.</p>
<p>I thought of a makeshift workaround.
[USC</a> Catalogue: Contents](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2010/contents/]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2010/contents/)
Click on the school to open a PDF with the courses. Search for “1,” or “2,” to find courses with that number of credits.</p>
<p>Yeah I think Nautical science is still the most fun 2 course available. Learn to sail and take overnight sailing trips to Catalina Island.</p>
<p>There are a bunch of 2 credit animation courses that sound fun too.</p>
<p>OH! Beginning music courses are 2 credits, like beginning piano/guitar/string instruments. I’ve always been wanting to learn to play some jazz piano so I will probably do this next year :)</p>
<p>The only potential issue with surfing/sailing is the need for transportation. It’s less of a big deal with sailing but still something to consider. People can possibly work out a car pool. Of course, if you have a car then it’s irrelevant.</p>
<p>For sailing, they organize carpools to the Marina for the days you actually go sail. Surfing would be more of an issue since after the first day of class they always meet in El Segundo at the beach.</p>
<p>SLL 199 Chess and Critical Thinking (2) Analysis of significant chess games, reflecting societal attitudes toward science, competition, art, gender, psychology, politics, and technology. Graded CR/NC. – this class is taught by Jack Peters, the International Master and 4-time US Open winner who writes the Chess column in the LA Times</p>
<p>I didn’t see this mentioned, but there are 2-unit art classes offered, too. There’s a drawing for animation or something (actual art) and a class called a cultural guide to los angeles (no painting/drawing/etc involved). I only took the latter and it was neat, especially still being new to LA (I was a sophomore at the time). Just about every class was a field trip somewhere.</p>
<p>@kmh11 - What sort of field trips did you go on? Could you describe the class more in length?</p>
<p>Sure thing. 
The class was about the history and culture of LA, and that’s about as specific as I can get. The field trips are probably about 3 hrs each and they were on Thursday evenings during the scheduled class time (Thursdays at 6pm or something). We’d either carpool or take the bus.</p>
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<li>Tour of downtown. A lot about the history of downtown, the neighborhoods, the architecture, etc.</li>
<li>Downtown art walk. It’s the first (or second?) Thursday of every month. Always lots of fun. Interesting art and interesting characters.</li>
<li>Union station. This one was a bit lame just because I go to union station a lot, but it was still cool because we got to check out some of the areas off-limits to people.</li>
<li>A park near the LA River – we discussed the river and its history as well as conservation efforts being made by the city to preserve the watershed ecosystem</li>
<li>Improv comedy show. The frau from Austin Powers was one of the performers.</li>
<li>Field trip to a house in WeHo owned by some famous artist/architect. there was also a screening of a film about environmental racism</li>
<li>Trip to MOCA to check out a Murakami exhibit</li>
</ul>
<p>That’s all I can remember at the moment, but I remember thinking my semester had a lamer set of field trips than previous semesters. A lot of them were still really super cool, though. There were like, two required essays, but they weren’t hard. It was CR/NC.</p>
<p>What were the art class/animation courses called?</p>
<p>About Nautical Sciences:</p>
<ul>
<li>Do you get elective credit from taking this class?</li>
<li>When I log on to Web Registration, it says $150 next to the class name. Does this mean I have to pay this amount to take the class?</li>
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