<p>Cat 6 and WRIT 140 are linked so you take them together, the essays that you write in 140 are supposed to be somehow linked to your Social Issues class (although sometimes they are not). If you take a look at the course schedule: [SI</a> | USC Schedule of Classes](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/20093/si.html]SI”>302 Found) , you will see that when you register for Cat 6, you have to register for a corresponding WRIT 140 class.</p>
<p>You could take it second semester but there’s no advantage considering you have to take BISC 220/221 + CHEM 105b/115b + Social Issues + WRIT 140 which will equal 16 units. If you take a language your first semester, you would have a gap from Fall 2009 to Fall 2010 between the classes (unless you took it summer of course).</p>