<p>@restlessabandon</p>
<p>Oh, and a note or two more regarding the social atmosphere at SC:
And this is a thing with the entirety of the state of Cali, but the cannabis leaf is <em>highly</em> common. Shockingly common.
If you’re a dude and a partier, it’s also a huge hassle getting into parties, since most of them are frat parties and they don’t allow non-frat guys in. In my opinion, this is utterly stupid since the girls ALWAYS complain that the parties end up being like 80% girls 20% guys and it gets boring for them. It’s disappointing, since I have friends at other schools (e.g. Duke) where this is not the case at all, anybody can get into any party regardless of gender. But hey, that’s what frat parties are for.</p>
<p>Anyway, to get down to your actual new question… well, lucky for you, I have two friends who are Narrative Studies majors, I sat next to them in CTCS190 (Intro to Cinema) every lecture. It’s very much an interdisciplinary major, they take courses in Cinema (Crit Studies and Screenwriting), Theatre, English, Music, et cetera et cetera. I’m not gonna lie, if I didn’t have a huge thing for cinema and music, that’s TOTALLY what I’d be doing right now (and for a while, I was considering double majoring), I think it’s really really cool. Since it explores pretty much anything and everything storytelling wise, I think it’s very good if you like to dabble in a lot of different things. I couldn’t tell you facts/stats on job opportunities and # of people majoring, but I imagine with a background in that, you could go on to do all sorts of writing - screenwriting, storytelling, playwriting, etc. -, become a critic, etc. etc. And keep in mind that the degree would come with the oomph of USC behind it - IMHO, it’s the closest thing to Cinema you can get without being in cinema.</p>