<p>German hasn’t been dropped - German language courses are still offered. Only the specific major in German was eliminated. [GERM</a> | USC Schedule of Classes](<a href=“http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/20111/germ.html]GERM”>302 Found)</p>
<p>There is no major in Persian languages offered, so there does not appear to be any “preference” being given to those languages over German.</p>