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HIST 134 PO - Drugs & Alcohol in Modern World
CrsNo HIST134 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): V. Silverman
Interpretations of social, political and economic responses around the world to alcohol and other mind-altering drugs from the rum and tobacco trades to crack and the drug wars. Topics include: substances and society, drug markets, the opium wars, prohibition, 1960s drug cultures, wars on drugs, legalization, addiction treatment and recovery. Prerequisite: any history course. (See department for field distribution). Prerequisite: a HIST course.
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HIST 134 SC - Women Lat Am: Soc Justice & Viol
CrsNo HIST164 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 135 SC - The Destruction of European Jewry and German Society
CrsNo HIST135 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 136 SC - Indigenous Resistance: Mod Maya
CrsNo HIST136 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 137 SC - The Church of the Poor in Latin America and the Caribbean
CrsNo HIST137 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 140 PO - Empire Middle East & N. Africa
CrsNo HIST140 PO
When Offered: Last offered fall 2011.
Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
A history of empire and imperialism in the modern Middle East and North Africa, examining the transition from early modern Islamic empires to the emergence of European imperialism in the region. Subjects include the Ottoman imperial model of an empire of difference; French colonial adventures in Egypt and the Maghrib; British imperialism and the taming of the Nile; and other episodes of empire and imperialism in the modern Middle East and North Africa. (Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
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HIST 141 PO - Environmental History Middle East & North Africa
CrsNo HIST141 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
The environmental history of the Middle East and North Africa since 1500, exploring the ways societies have shaped and, in turn, been shaped by their natural environments. Topics include the physical and cultural geography of the region; environments and world history; environments and cross-cultural exchange; empire and nature; and scientific knowledge and the domestication and transformation of natural environments in the Middle East and North Africa. (Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
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HIST 143 AF - Slavery and Freedom in the New World
CrsNo HIST143 AF
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): S. Lemelle
(Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East; United States)
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HIST 145 PO - Afro-Latin American
CrsNo HIST145 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Mayes
Are there Black people in Latin America? Increasingly, yes! The class combines historical and anthropological perspectives to understand the development of or denial of Black identities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. (Africa and the African Diaspora; Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 148 PZ - Gender in African History
CrsNo HIST148 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 148 SC - Women in Latin America
CrsNo HIST148 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 153 AF - Slave Women in Antebellum America
CrsNo HIST153 AF
This course examines the role of power and race in the lives and experiences of slave women in antebellum United States mainly through primary and secondary readings. Topics include gender and labor distinctions, the slave family, significance of the internal slave trade, and regional differences among slave women’s experiences. The course ends with slave women’s responses during the Civil War.
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HIST 160 PO - Women and Politics in Latin Amer
CrsNo HIST160 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Mayes
This class explores the mutually constitutive nature of gender ideologies, nation-state formation, and feminist movement in Latin America and the Caribbean from the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries. We focus much of our attention to gender, nation, and women’s mobilization during “revolutionary” periods, defined broadly as moments of economic, political, cultural, or social crises that result in substantive, in some cases radical, transformations of institutional structures and/or normative practices regarding gender roles. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
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HIST 165 PO - 20th Century China
CrsNo HIST165 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Chin
History of China from the beginning of the 20th century, with special attention to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, warlordism, imperialism and urbanization, nation-building under the Guomindang, the Communist Party movement, the war against Japan, the civil war, the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, post-Mao economic reforms, as well as recent developments in Taiwan, Hong Kong and among overseas Chinese communities. (Asian)
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HIST 166 PO - Contemporary Issues in Chinese History
CrsNo HIST166 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Chin
Through historical investigations of the deeply related contemporary issues of human rights, democracy, ethnic minorities and the environment in China, this course aims to explore how the past continues to interact with the present, and alternatively, how our interpretations of the present are shaped by the retelling of the past. The course’s focus on historiography aims to demonstrate the importance of reactions to contemporary issues in influencing the writing of Chinese history.
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HIST 166 SC - Political & Cultural Criticism
CrsNo HIST166 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 167 PO - Early Modern Japan
CrsNo HIST167 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
Japanese cultural history during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867), focusing on castles, warriors and the new culture in the cities and castle towns, particularly the tales of the floating world, haiku, woodblock prints, Chinese-style literati painting and new Confucian and nativistic philosophies. (Asian)
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HIST 167 PZ - Women and Work in the U.S.
CrsNo HIST167 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 168 PO - Modern Japan
CrsNo HIST168 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
History of modern Japan from 1853 to 1952, concentrating on forced opening of the country to western diplomacy and trade, westernization, interaction of Japanese and Western cultures in late 19th and early 20th centuries, emergence of an imperial Japan in the 1920s and 1930s, World War II and allied occupation. (Asian)
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HIST 168 SC - Destr European Jewry & Germ Soc
CrsNo HIST168 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 170 PO - The Making of Modern Europe
CrsNo HIST170 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
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HIST 170 PZ - Hybrid Identities:Spanish Empire
CrsNo HIST170 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 171 AF - Hist African Amer Women in U.S.
CrsNo HIST171 AF
Exploration of the distinctive and diverse experiences of women on West African ancestry in the United States from the 17th century to the present. Topics, including labor, activism, feminism, family, and community, are examined within the theoretical framework. Narratives, autobiographies, letters, journals, speeches, essays, and other primary documents constitute most of the required reading.
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HIST 171 AF - History of African American Women in the United States
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 171 PO - Intro Anglo-American Legal History
CrsNo HIST171 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
A survey of the development of the law and law courts from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on the Anglo-American legal systems. The course addresses the development of civil and common law, as well as such things as fictions, jurisdictions and legal education. (Europe Since the Renaissance; United States)
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HIST 172 PO - History and Politics of Time
CrsNo HIST172 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): G. Kates
We examine how time was organized, experienced, and theorized economically, socially, culturally, and politically in modern European history. Readings will include histories of time and phlilosophies of time. We will explore the relationship between temporal structures and consciousness, on the one hand, and epochal socio-political transformations, on the other.
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HIST 172 PZ - Empire and Sexuality
CrsNo HIST172 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 173 AF - Black Intellectuals & Politics of Race
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of the course.
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HIST 173 PO - The French Revolution
CrsNo HIST173 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): G. Kates
Examination of the 1789 revolution that overthrew the ancient regime in France. Topics include the storming of the Bastille, fall of the aristocracy, development of the democratic state, outbreak of war, Jacobin Terror and the rule of Napoleon. Discussion of primary sources and historical interpretations. (Europe Since the Renaissance)
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HIST 173 PZ - Religion, Violence & Tolerance
CrsNo HIST173 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course
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HIST 174 PO - The Russian Revolution
CrsNo HIST174 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2013.
Instructor(s): P.Chu
In the early twentieth century, war and revolution ended a 300-year-old imperial dynasty and created the world’s first socialist society. This course focuses on the Russian Revolution, spanning the last decades of Romanov rule and the dictatorships of Lenin and Stalin, and exploring such themes as empire, communism, and social transformation from the Baltic Sea to Siberia and Central Asia.
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HIST 175 PZ - Magic, Heresy and Gender in the Atlantic World, 1400-1700
CrsNo HIST175 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 175 SC - War,Empire+Society US 1898-Pres
CrsNo HIST175 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 176 AF - Civil Rights Movement Modern Era
CrsNo HIST176 AF
Mainly through primary readings, films, and guest lectures, this course explores the origins, development, and impact of the modern African American struggle for civil rights in the United States. Particular emphasis is placed on grass-roots organizing in the Deep South. HIST 111B AF SC recommended but not required.
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HIST 177 SC - Fords, Flappers and Fundamentalists
CrsNo HIST177 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course
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HIST 178 PO - World War II
CrsNo HIST178 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): P. Chu
During World War II, Europe became the battlefield for a cataclysmic struggle between two totalitarian regimes. This course surveys the Second World War with a particular focus on the Eastern Front, from the Hitler-Stalin pact and invasion of Poland, to the Soviet victory and creation of an empire in eastern Europe, exploring such themes as occupation, resistance, collaboration, and memory.
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HIST 178 PZ - Women and Gender: Europe 1350-1700
CrsNo HIST178 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 179 HM - Special Topics in the History of Science
See the Harvey Mudd College catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 179 SC - Disease, Identity and Society
CrsNo HIST179 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course
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HIST 179A HM - Technology and American Society
CrsNo HIST179A HM
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course
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HIST 179B HM - Spec Topic:Darwin, Marx & Freud
CrsNo HIST179B HM
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course
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HIST 179S HM - Special Topics in History
CrsNo HIST179S HM
See the Harvey Mudd College catalog for a description of this course.
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HIST 182 PO - Modern Britain and the World: 1660-Present
CrsNo HIST182 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
Maturation of Britain from industrial to post-industrial world. Topics include parliament, monarchy, agricultural and industrial revolutions, empires and colonialism, Ireland, generation of popular cultural expressions and European Union. (Europe Since the Renaissance)
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HIST 183 HM - Science and Technology in American Culture
CrsNo HIST183 HM
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course
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HIST 183 PO - The World of Shakespeare’s Monarchs: 15th-Century England
CrsNo HIST183 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Woods
Introduction to the worlds in which Kings Richard II through Henry VIII played their roles. Special attention to women and power, cultural transformations, development of regal governance, economic and social changes and the webs of interconnections in the “Wars of the Roses.” (Europe Since the Renaissance)
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HIST 188B SC - Race and American Capitalism
CrsNo HIST188B SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course
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HIST 189B PO - The Qing Empire and Early Modern China
CrsNo HIST189B PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Chin
Examines the history of late imperial China in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Traces the transformation of Chinese society by examining ethnic and gender relations, economic activities and intellectual beliefs. Attention to the effects of foreign imperialism and political arrangement in the 19th century and the collapse of China’s dynastic system in 1911. (Asian)
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HIST 190 PO - Thesis Writers’ Seminar
CrsNo HIST190 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
Students write a senior essay with the guidance of the seminar instructor and faculty readers. Letter grade only.
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HIST 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo HIST191 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
An independent research and writing project culminating in a substantial, original historical work. Directed by one faculty member, chosen by the student (in all but exceptional cases) from the History Department faculty. Each thesis read by one additional reader. Students defend their theses orally. Prerequisites: 190 and completion of at least three courses in the field in which students intend to write their theses. Prerequisite: HIST 190 PO .
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HIST 192 PO - Senior Essay
CrsNo HIST192 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): Staff
An independent writing project culminating in a substantial essay that may be based on original research, historiography or a critical review of secondary literature. It must be a substantively different project than that undertaken in H 190 Senior Seminar, though it may be related. Directed by one faculty member, chosen by the student (in all but exceptional cases) from the History Department. Each essay read by one additional reader. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: HIST 190 PO .
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HIST 193 PO - Senior Tutorial
CrsNo HIST193 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): Staff
An independent tutorial with one faculty member (in all but exceptional cases) from the History Department on a topic or topics chosen by the student from within the major field and approved by the faculty member. The student meets with the faculty member throughout the semester and demonstrates mastery of the material of the tutorial and the student’s coursework in the major field. The papers produced for the tutorial are read by one additional reader.
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HIST 199DRPO - History: Directed Readings
CrsNo HIST199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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HIST 199IRPO - History: Independent Research
CrsNo HIST199IRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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HIST 199RAPO - History: Research Assistantship
CrsNo HIST199RAPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
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CREA 124 PZ - The Bible and Homer
CrsNo CREA124 PZ
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Wachtel
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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ID 001 PO - Critical Inquiry Seminar
CrsNo ID 001 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): Staff
Critical Inquiry (ID1) is a program of seminars for first-year students in their first semester at the College. Seminars are taught by faculty from across the disciplines and engage students in rigorous reading, writing and discussion on varied topics. The goal of ID1 is to prepare students to participate fully and successfully in the intellectual community that is Pomona College. Critical writing is an essential component of that participation, and to that end all sections of ID1 focus on writing as a recursive process of drafting and revision.
See Seminars for 2012 for section descriptions.
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ID 027 PO - Elements of Argument
CrsNo ID 027 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.
Instructor(s): Staff
This is an intensive course in written critical inquiry focusing on the genre of writing most closely associated with college-level work: the academic essay. Students will learn how to generate analytic questions and present nuanced responses to them; to develop those arguments by engaging with complex sources; and to write in clear and grammatically correct prose. Open to first-years and sophomores only.
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ID 189 PO - Community Partnership Practicum
CrsNo ID 189 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
For students enrolled in a course where professor of record has determined community engagement work can be conducted on an optional basis. Students perform 40 hours (minimum) of a community engagement activity, and reflect upon their service in the form of a final project, while fulfilling the primary course requirements. Offered as needed.
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ID 199CPPO - Independent Study: Community Partnerships
CrsNo ID 199CPPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
Nurtures student learining through active community engagement, reading and writing. Students prepare a “Community Partnership Plan,” outlining a mutually-beneficial community engagement activity and reading schedule; execute the plan (in consultation with professor and community engagement partner); and reflect upon their service in the form of regular discussion and writing. Offered upon request; permission of instructor required.
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IR 100 PO - Intermediate IR Seminar
CrsNo IR 100 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
A reading-intensive seminar designed to introduce sophomore or junior majors to prevailing theories, methodologies and subject themes in international studies. Prerequisite: POLI 008 PO . Satisfies Area 2 of the Breadth of Study Requirements.
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IR 102 SC - Cooperation and Rivalry in the European Union
CrsNo IR 102 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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IR 108 SC - Political Europe and Monetary Europe
CrsNo IR 108 SC
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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IR 189A PO - Managing Diplomatic Crises
CrsNo IR 189A PO
When Offered: One time only; spring 2013.
Instructor(s): C.Munter
This seminar will analyze the practice of diplomacy in times of crisis, drawing on specific case studies (Serbia, Iraq, Pakistan) placed in historical context. Students will study internal decisionmaking processes as well as outside influences, the domestic politics of decisionmaking as well as foreign policy demands. Several papers required. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: POLI 008 PO .
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IR 190 PO - Senior IR Seminar
CrsNo IR 190 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): Staff
A seminar on theory, research design and methodology intended to help students formulate and implement an individual research project. Students also present their research proposals to other senior majors in the program. Prerequisites: prior completion of four of the five core courses in International Relations and one of the two advanced electives.
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IR 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo IR 191 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): Staff
Students work independently under the direction of one faculty member, normally from among the faculty on the International Relations Committee. A second member of the faculties of The Claremont Colleges also reads the completed thesis. Prerequisite: IR 190 PO .
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IR 199DRPO - International Relations: Directed Readings
CrsNo IR 199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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IIS 038 PZ - Nature, Movement, Meditation: Qigong
CrsNo IIS 038 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course
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IIS 075 PZ - Intro to Postcolonial Studies
CrsNo IIS 075 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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IIS 080 PZ - Intro to Critical Theory
CrsNo IIS 080 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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IIS 106 PZ - Zen Buddism
CrsNo IIS 106 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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IIS 109C PZ - Chinese Phil, Culture & Trad Med
CrsNo IIS 109C PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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IIS 110 PZ - (Mis)Representation: Near East and Far East
CrsNo IIS 110 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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IIS 113 PZ - Science, Politics and Alternative Medicine
CrsNo IIS 113 PZ
See the Pitzer College catalog for a description of this course.
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IIS 120 PZ - State/Development in Third World
CrsNo IIS 120 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course
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IIS 128 PZ - The War on Terror
CrsNo IIS 128 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course
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