<p>^^ Debatable. If you look at the Narrative Studies major page (available here: [Bachelor</a> of Arts in Narrative Studies](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/general_studies/showcase/Narrative_Studies/requirements.html]Bachelor”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/general_studies/showcase/Narrative_Studies/requirements.html) ), you can take non CLAS classes (MUSC, THTR, CTCS, CTWR) in pretty much all but 2-3 of the 8 “categories” of classes required, not to mention that you can take pretty much anything for the “two additional four unit courses” part. I believe what your friend was talking about was just that - only 8 units outside what’s SPECIFIED can count toward the major. </p>
<p>Although, you do make a valid point. It’s understandable that any department in CLAS would not be a huge fan of the major as it has a good number of non-CLAS classes - if more students take, say, classes in SCA not classes in CLAS, more money goes to SCA that could’ve come to CLAS otherwise. How do I know this? My cinema professor told us that he used to be the GE coordinator or whatever, and during his time, he worked a LOT of SCA/CTCS classes into the GE curriculum; but then CLAS didn’t like the way he did that because that meant all that money (from the students taking SCA classes as GEs) was going to SCA instead of going to CLAS (and SCA is pretty well off as is), so he’s not GE coordinator anymore.</p>