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PSYC188 AF - Seminar in African-American Psychology
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PSYC189A PO - Seminar in Clinical NeuropsychologyWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
Instructor(s): K. Keil
Credit: 1
This course in clinical neuropsychology has the goal of introducing students to premises and applications of neuropsychology. Neuropsychology is a specialization within Clinical Psychology involving clinical manifestations of disorders affecting the brain. The class will explore how the brain works (e.g. neuroanatomy and normal brain-behavior relationships) as well as specifics related to assessing and treating disorders of the brain. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: PSYC 051 PO or equivalent.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PSYC189F PO - fMRI Explorations Into CognitionWhen Offered: Fall 2018.
Instructor(s): O. Amir
Credit: 1
This hands-on class will explore functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) methods commonly used to better understand cognitive processes. Students will analyze real MRI data using FSL. The class will cover the entire process of an MRI experiment from design, MRI safety, and image acquisition, to analysis methods (e.g., preprocessing, region of interest analysis, multi-voxel pattern analysis). In addition, students will learn how to critically read articles on MRI studies. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: PSYC 051 PO and upper division course in cognition or neuroscience, or NEUR 101 PO , or permission of instructor.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PSYC189J PO - Seminar on The Seeing BrainWhen Offered: Fall 2017.
Instructor(s): O. Amir
Credit: 1
About a third of the cortex is devoted to processing visual information. Vision affords a unique opportunity to understand how the brain encodes information. This seminar will explore the elaborate computations employed on light patterns from the moment they hit the eyes to navigation in space and face and object recognition (a feat still eluding computers). The course will review studies employing fMRI, single cell recordings, and the study of brain-damaged individuals to understand the neural code underlying that accomplishment. Example topics: face blindness, perceptual pleasure, computer vision. Letter grade only. Pre-requisites: PSYC 141 PO , or PSYC 143 PO , or NEUR 101 PO , or permission from the instructor.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PSYC189K PO - Psychology of HumorWhen Offered: Fall 2017.
Instructor(s): O. Amir
Credit: 1
The course will explore the bizarre human phenomenon of humor and laughter. What makes something funny, and is there a formula? Are differences in personality and culture affect what people find funny? Is laughter the best (or even at all an effective) medicine? Is there an evolutionary advantage to a sense of humor? Are comedians’ brains different? What would it take to write a computer program that can generate jokes? Along with exploring the above topics, the course will also feature Skype interviews with comedians and humor scientists. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: PSYC 051 PO .
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PSYC189L PO - Data Mining for PsychologistsWhen Offered: Spring 2018.
Instructor(s): O. Amir
Credit: 1
With the advent of the Internet and smartphones, people spend an increasing portion of their time interacting with apps or remotely with others - leaving trails of data in the process. Such “big data” can be of great value to psychologists interested in understanding human behavior - from addiction to social networking. The course covers basic programming with python (no prior experience is required) and offers “hands-on” experience with commonly used methods in data mining and their application to get insights into human behavior. Prerequisites: PSYC 051 PO .
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PSYC190 PO - Senior Seminar in PsychologyWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 0.5
An overview and integration of psychology that examines the nature of basic and applied research and theory in the field. Lecture, discussion and in-class presentations. Letter grade only.
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PSYC190 PZ - History and Systems
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PSYC190R PO - Senior Research in PsychologyWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 0.5
Students will design an original empirical investigation under the guidance of a department faculty member and produce a written research proposal. Letter grade only.
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PSYC191 PO - Senior ThesisWhen Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 1
An original empirical investigation completed under the guidance of a department faculty member and written in a journal-article format.
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PSYC199DRPO - Psychology: Directed ReadingsWhen Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 0.5-1
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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PSYC199IRPO - Psychology: Independent ResearchWhen Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 0.5-1
A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Prerequisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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PSYC199RAPO - Psychology: Research AssistantshipWhen Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 0.5
Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
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SOC088 PZ - Hip Hop and Incarceration
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PPA001 PO - Introduction to Public Policy AnalysisWhen Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): R. Worthington
Credit: 1
Builds a foundation for interdisciplinary learning in PPA and other majors. Examines the range of institutions that make/implement policy at national and state levels, policy analysis tools and what constitutes/accounts for “successful” social improvement. A range of issues are examined each semester including health care, aspects of foreign policy and prisons, among others. Letter grade only.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PPA079 PO - Health Policy and ManagementWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
Instructor(s): J. O’Leary
Credit: 1
Analysis of issues in health policy and management organized around the key measures of access, cost and quality. Specific topics include the organization and financing of health care in the U.S., the epidemiologic basis of public health as it relates to disease prevention and surveillance, and current strategies for advancing health. Letter grade only.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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PPA 190 PO - Internship and Thesis SeminarWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): R. Worthington
Credit: 1
Analysis of internship experience; readings on research methods, politics and ethics of research; development and design of senior thesis. Letter grade only.
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PPA191 PO - Senior ThesisWhen Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): R. Worthington
Credit: 1
To be taken following the successful completion of PPA 190 PO and PPA 195 PO . Production of a senior research thesis, participation in a series of research and planning workshops, and an additional full day of professional-quality public panel presentations known as the Senior Thesis Conference. Prerequisites: PPA 190 PO and PPA 195 PO . Letter grade only.
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PPA195 PO - Internship in Public AffairsWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): R. Worthington
Credit: 1
A 216-hour internship in a policy-relevant position in the private, nonprofit or the public sector. Pass/No Credit only.
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PPA199DRPO - Public Policy Analysis: Directed ReadingsWhen Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 0.5-1
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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PPA199IRPO - Public Policy Analysis: Independent ResearchWhen Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 0.5-1
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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REL410 CG - The Qur’an and Its Interpreters
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont Graduate University Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST002 PO - Ideas of LoveWhen Offered: Last offered fall 2015.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Credit: 1
We read texts from the Western canon and compare their presentations of love. Questions that might be raised include: How is love presented differently in different eras and why? Does love mean something different in philosophical texts and theological texts? And how have ideas of love supported conceptions of virtue, ethics, power, and meaning? Course texts include works by Plato, Augustine, Shakespeare, and Orwell.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST010 CM - Introduction to South Asian Religious Traditions
Credit: 1
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST015 CM - Myth and Religion
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST016 PO - The Life Story of the BuddhaWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2015.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Credit: 1
Studies the making of religious biography through the example of the historical Buddha Sakyamuni. Critically examines an array of textual and visual genres consisting of canonical and non-canonical Buddhist texts, visual manifestations, ritual enactments and film representations. These multiple perspectives will reveal the significance of the life/lives of the Buddha in the daily religious life of Buddhist communities.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST020 PO - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Text and InterpretationWhen Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
Credit: 1
This course introduces the diverse texts that make up the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Students will explore the texts through careful reading and critical analysis, using a variety of interpretive strategies, including historical, literary and ideological critical analyses. Students will be asked to engage critically with the biblical text, with their own interpretations of the texts, as well as with scholarly works about the Hebrew Bible.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3; Writing Intensive
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RLST021 CM - Jewish Civilization
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST022 CM - Introduction to Western Religious Traditions
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST037 CM - History of World Christianity
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST040 PO - Religious EthicsWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2016.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Credit: 1
What is ethics? To whom and for whom am I responsible? Where do these responsibilities come from? What do the various religious traditions of the world have to say about these questions? To what extent do they lay claim to the question of ethics, a question on which the philosophical traditions also have a lot to say? Do religious traditions generally say the same thing about morality, or do they differ on ethical fundamentals? In this course we begin to think about these difficult questions, through philosophy, religious text and literature.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST041 CM - Morality and Religion
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST042 PO - The Art of LivingWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): D. Smith
Credit: 1
The Art of Living. Considers the possibility of a human life itself as a religious practice of aesthetic creativity. By tracking exemplars within the Western tradition in both art and theory, investigates the potential for living such a life successfully, the discipline required to do so and the hazards that it faces.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST043 CM - Introduction to Religious Thought
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST046 PO - Black Power, Black Theology, to #BlackLivesMatterWhen Offered: Fall 2018.
Instructor(s): Staff
Credit: 1
This course examines the various ideas, pieties, and consequences of the Black Power era to the present. We chart the explicit and implicit utopian visions of the politics of this time period. We also explore an often obscured history of the Black Power era, which is the attempt by James Cone, the father of Black liberation theology, to translate the idiom of Black Power into Christian theological discourse. Our aim is to keep in view the significance of the Black Power era for understanding the changing role and place of Black religion in African American public life, including giving special attention to #BlackLivesMatter. Letter grade only.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST048 PO - Nourishing Life: Techniques for Bodily, Mental, and Environmental Health in East Asian WritingsWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2017.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Credit: 1
Nourishing Life translates yangshen, a phrase early Chinese thinkers coined in their debates on how to best care for oneself. The techniques, spanning from dietary and hygiene observances, physical exercises, alchemy, to moral conduct and mental training, often seek to harmonize body and mind, as well as the cosmos. The arts of nourishing life are also elaborated in later Buddhist, Confucian, and Daoist literature, as well as in East Asian writings. Through close readings of selected primary sources in English translation (e.g. Mencius, Zhuangzi, Dogen’s “Instruction to the Cook,” and a Tibetan tantric meditation manual), we will analyze the different recipes proposed by East Asian thinkers for prolonging life and attaining health, and the different biological, ethical, philosophical, psychological, and at times spiritual assumptions undergirding their concepts of health and wellbeing.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3; Writing Intensive
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RLST049 PO - Buddhist Meditation Techniques and Cultures Across AsiaWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Credit: 1
This course offers an in-depth introduction to cross-cultural practices of Buddhist meditation in Asia. It will look at calm-insight and mindfulness practices in Southeast Asia, contemplative and visualization techniques in China, Zen communities of East Asia, mandala visualization in Tibet, and finally, the global “mindfulness” of socially engaged Buddhists, The course will include one weekly lab practicum where students meditate under the instructor’s supervision.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST055 CM - Visual Judaism
Credit: 1
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST057 CM - Islamic Empire and Political Theory
See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST058 CM - End of the World as We Know It
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST059 CM - The Afterworld in the Islamic Tradition
See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST060 SC - Feminist Interpretations of the Bible
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST061 SC - New Testament and Christian Origins
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST076 CM - History & Anthropology of Witchcraft
See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST078 CM - Matriarchal Societies
See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST080 PO - The Holy Fool: The Comic, the Ugly and Divine MadnessWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2017.
Instructor(s): D. Smith
Credit: 1
Themes surrounding the ridiculous, the repulsive and the revolutionary will be considered in the light of conceptual hallmarks of divine madness. As socio-political strategies that signal and figure forms of decay and death, both comedy and ugliness are the skilled means we will examine through which the holy fool constantly reintroduces us to the contingencies and discrepancies of the world.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST084 CM - Religion, Race and the Civil Rights Movement
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST090 SC - Early Christian Bodies
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST091 SC - Heretics, Deviants and “Others” in Early Christianity
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST092 SC - Varieties of Early Christianity
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST093 SC - Early Christianity and Theory
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST094 SC - Feminist Histories of Early Christianity
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST100 PO - Worlds of BuddhismWhen Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Credit: 1
An introduction to Buddhism as a critical element in the formation of South, Central, Southeast and East Asian cultures. Thematic investigation emphasizing the public and objective dimensions of the Buddhist religion. Topics include hagiography, gender issues, soulcraft, statecraft and the construction of sacred geography.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST101A CM - Sanskrit and Indian Epics I
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST101B CM - Sanskrit and Indian Epics II
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST102 CM - Hinduism and South Asian Culture
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST103 PO - Religious Traditions of ChinaWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2015.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Credit: 1
Surveys vast range of religious beliefs and practices in Chinese historical context. Examines the myriad worlds of Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism and meets with ghosts, ancestors, ancient oracle bones, gods, demons, Buddhas, imperial politics, social customs and more, all entwined in what are the traditions of China.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST105 HM - Religion American Culture
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST106 PZ - Zen Buddhism
Credit: 1
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST107 PO - Tradition or Innovation? The Making of Modern Chinese BuddhismWhen Offered: Last offered fall 2015.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Credit: 1
During China’s transition from imperial rule to modern state, traditional religions were challenged with the seemingly inevitable fate of being erased by modernizing and secularizing forces. To meet intellectual, social and political challenges that included state persecution. Buddhist leaders poured their efforts into rearticulating Buddhism under a spectrum of approaches defined by two polarities: (1) conservatives who emphasized restoring Tradition and (2) progressives who favored modernization. We will look at the Buddhist adaptations to modernity, particularly the modern state, from the perspective of religious history, exploring how metaphors of “Tradition” versus “Innovation” can be used toward the preservation and revitalization of religion. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: Any previous course in Religious Studies or Asian Studies.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST109 CM - Readings in the Hindu Tradition
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST110 PO - Death, Dying, and the Afterlife in East Asian ReligionsWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
Instructor(s): Z. Ng
Credit: 1
This course will explore various ways East Asian religious traditions deal with death and the dead. We will examine how the Daoist, Buddhist, and folk traditions of East Asia historically and currently address the question of “What happens when we die?” We will look at different ritual practices surrounding death, dying and the dead in their ongoing relationships with the living. We will also explore various descriptions of the terrain of the afterlife or postmortem world by critically engaging a variety of textual and visual records of China, Korea and Japan. Some of the topics that will be discussed in the course include the nature of the self, the function of funerary rites, the geography of the afterlife, communication with the dead and religious notions of salvation/liberation. By exploring a variety of narratives and practices regarding death and the afterlife, students will develop a rich and detailed picture of the relationship between the living and the dead in the East Asian religious landscape.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3; Speaking Intensive
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RLST111 CM - Rebels/Radicals/Religion on Margins
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST112 HM - Engaging Religion
Credit: 1
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST113 HM - God, Darwin, Design in America: A Historical Survey of Religion and Science
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST114 HM - 2038: Prophecy, Apocalypse
Credit: 1
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST115 CM - Asian American Religions
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST118 CM - Hindu Goddess Worship
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST119 PZ - Religion in Medieval East Asia
Credit: 1.0
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST120 CM - The Life of Jesus
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST121 SC - The Pauline Tradition
Credit: 1.0
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST122 CM - Biblical Interpretation
See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST128 CM - Religion of Islam
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST128 PO - The Religion of IslamWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
Credit: 1
Introduction to Islamic tradition: its scripture, beliefs and practices and the development of Islamic law, theology, philosophy and mysticism. Special attention paid to the emergence of Sunnism, Shi’ism and Sufism as three diverse expressions of Muslim interpretation and practice, as well as to gender issues and Islam in the modern world. (HRT II, MES)
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST129 CM - Formative Judaism
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST131 CM - Synagogue and Church
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST135 CM - Jerusalem: The Holy City
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST136 CM - Religion in Contemporary America
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST137 CM - Jewish-Christian Relations
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST137 JT - Jewish-Christian Relations
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST138 CM - American Religious History
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST139 PO - Benjamin, Blanchot, Levinas, Derrida: Contemporary Continental Jewish PhilosophyWhen Offered: Last offered fall 2016.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Credit: 1
Benjamin, Blanchot, Levinas and Derrida all object to the totalizing nature of the philosophy of history which, as they see it, has dominated modern thought. Each criticizes or replaces it with a philosophy of language – translation, writing, dialogue – in which theorizing arises from the relation of same and other. We examine their ideas about history and language and look at their literary styles as expressions of their philosophies; in addition we read some illustrative literature.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST141 PO - The Experience of God: Contemporary Theologies of TransformationWhen Offered: Spring 2018.
Instructor(s): J. Irish
Credit: 1
An exploration and assessment of African-American, Asian, ecological, feminist, liberation and process theologies. What do these theologies have in common? How do they differ? Do they speak from our experience? What insights do they have for our pluralistic, multicultural society?
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST142 AF - The Problem of Evil: African-American Engagements with(in) Western ThoughtWhen Offered: Last offered fall 2016.
Instructor(s): D. Smith
Credit: 1
Thematically explores the many ways African-Americans have encountered and responded to evils (pain, wickedness and undeserved suffering) both as a part of and apart from the broader Western tradition. We will examine how such encounters trouble the distinction made between natural and moral evil and how they highlight the tensions between theodicies and further ethical concerns.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST143 CM - Philosophy of Religion
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST144 CM - Life, Death and Survival of Death
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST145 CM - Religion and Science
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST146 CM - The Holocaust
See the Claremont Mckenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST147 HM - World Religions and Transnational Religions: American and Global Movements
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST148 PO - SufismWhen Offered: Fall 2017.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
Credit: 1
What is the Muslim mystics’ view of reality? How is the soul conceptualized in relation to the divine being? What philosophical notions did they draw upon to articulate their visions of the cosmos? How did Muslim mystics organize themselves to form communities? What practices did they consider essential in realizing human perfection?
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST150 AF - The Eye of God: Race, Sun, & EmpireWhen Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered fall 2015.
Instructor(s): D. Smith
Credit: 1
In mythic cycles from the “Western Tradition,” there has been a sustained intrigue over the relationship between the human eye and the heavenly sun. From the Cyclops of Homer’s Odyssey to its refiguring in D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation,” the powers of the eye are equated with those of its celestial counterpart. This intrigue has been reshaped—but not lost—with the advent of modern visual surveillance techniques. In this course, we will examine a range of manifestations of the solar eye, paying particular attention to the relationship(s) it bears to reality and the ways in which the solar eye operates in schemes both great and small of confidence and illusion. We will consider works by Plato, Foucault, Ellison and Morrison; documents in government policy; and movies like “The Fly,” “Cube,” “9” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Letter grade only.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3; Analyzing Difference
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RLST152 PO - Ritual and Magic in Children’s LiteratureWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Credit: 1
Many children’s stories describe a passage from immaturity to individuality and responsibility and facilitate such a passage in their readers. We study this pattern in various works with a focus on the role of ritual and magic. Our purpose is to arrive at a critical awareness of how the stories work and to speculate on the residue they leave on our religious sense and hermeneutics.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST153 CM - Religion and American Politics
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST155 PO - Religion, Ethics and Social Practice: An Intergenerational Partnership on Vocations for Social Change (CP)When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): Z. Kassam
Credit: 1
Through direct experience, related readings, structured reflection and intergenerational discussion this course seeks to develop informed responses to the following questions: What are the religious, ethical and/or simply humane elements that motivate and sustain our social practice? How does our present commitment to justice become a lifelong vocation of participation and leadership in effective social change? How does our own personal development foster or inhibit our capacity to deal effectively with injustice? To what extent do factors such as class, gender and ethnicity determine our assumptions about the human condition and our own role in society?
We will address these questions in an intergenerational partnership of faculty and students from The Claremont Colleges, residents of Pilgrim Place (a retirement community where many have devoted a lifetime to service and/or social change agency) and other Elders similarly committed to social justice. This fertile mix of differing age perspectives, diverse experiences and our work together will culminate in undergraduate proposals for a three to nine month project of social change in the U.S. or abroad.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3; Analyzing Difference
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RLST156 CM - The European Reformations
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST157 PO - Philosophical Responses to the HolocaustWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Credit: 1
According to some thinkers, the event of the Holocaust has called into question all Western thought that preceded it. We examine this claim, focusing on the question of whether, after the Holocaust and similar contemporary horrors, theology and philosophy must change in order to speak responsibly. Thinkers taken up include Arendt, Fackenheim, Browning, Bauman, Spiegelman, Voegelin, Adorno, Jabes and Levinas.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST158 PO - Introduction to Jewish MysticismWhen Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Credit: 1
Close reading of selections from various texts of medieval Jewish mysticism in translation, including the Zohar, Abulafia, Cordovero, Luria and the Hasidim.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST159 CM - History of Christianity in Asia
Credit: 1.0
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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RLST160 SC - Feminist Interpretations of the Gospels
See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 3
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