<p>Two new majors will be offered at USC. </p>
<p>B.A. in Narrative Studies
For students interested in developing and evaluating original content from novels, films and theatre. Celebrated poet and English professor David St. John will serve as the lead faculty.</p>
<p>B. A. in Human Performance
For students with interest in applied kinesiology. The degree option is for those who plan to pursue careers in teaching, coaching, sports management or athletic training.</p>
<p>Here is the link for a much more detailed explanation:
Two</a> New B.A. Degrees Set by USC College - USC News</p>
<p>Interesting two additions to the USC plethora of offerings; however, I get the feeling that these two new majors are too narrow for an undergraduate education. These seem more appropriate for a Master’s program or so. Although that may just be my fixation on an general, liberal arts education talking.</p>
<p>Those are interesting choices, but I agree that they seem narrow, and I bet they’d have to be based off of a mix of existing classes.</p>
<p>Were these originally minors?</p>
<p>And I thought it was weird: Didn’t USC axe German and a few other languages?</p>
<p>According to their information booklet the languages offered are: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian. I am not certain, but there may be courses in Hebrew taught in conjunction with Hebrew Union College.</p>
<p>Oh, yeah. I guess it was just German that got the axe…</p>
<p>[german</a> / 11 / 04 / 2008 / News / Home - Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/11/german]german”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/11/german)</p>