<p>No need to stress out over the infinite choices presented in the catalog. 1st semester will almost certainly be a GE class with its associated WRIT140 section
[SI</a> | USC Schedule of Classes](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/20083/si.html]SI”>302 Found)
[WRIT</a> | USC Schedule of Classes](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/20083/writ.html]WRIT”>302 Found)</p>
<p>This will likely be supplemented with a foreign language class, possibly one class related to the major or a second GE class, and an optional freshman seminar. This makes the choices relatively well defined. Here is some additional info on the GE program
[USC’s</a> General Education Program](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/general_studies/GE/]USC’s”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/general_studies/GE/)
[GE</a> Course Guide Index](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/general_studies/GE/courseguide/index.html]GE”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/general_studies/GE/courseguide/index.html)</p>
<p>Perhaps gotrojans! can provide with some more detail, but generally the job of the registration advisers is to sort out issues arising from analysis paralysis.</p>