2011-12 Pomona College Catalog

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Science, Technology and Society
	STS 001 HM - Introduction to Science, Technology and Society CrsNo STS 001 HM Please see the Harvey Mudd catalog for the description to this course.
	STS 080 PO - History of Science and Technology CrsNo STS 080 PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): Staff Conceptual and institutional development of the scientific enterprise. The changing content of scientific thought in its intellectual context provides the major focus, but substantial attention is also directed to the relation between scientific developments and social and economic conditions. STS 80, Science and Technology in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds; STS 081 PO , Science and Technology in the Early Modern World; STS 082 PO , Science and Technology in the Modern World.
	STS 081 PO - History of Science and Technology CrsNo STS 081 PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): Staff Conceptual and institutional development of the scientific enterprise. The changing content of scientific thought in its intellectual context provides the major focus, but substantial attention is also directed to the relation between scientific developments and social and economic conditions. STS 080 PO , Science and Technology in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds; STS 81, Science and Technology in the Early Modern World; STS 082 PO , Science and Technology in the Modern World.
	STS 082 PO - History of Science and Technology CrsNo STS 082 PO When Offered: Fall 2011. Instructor(s): Staff Conceptual and institutional development of the scientific enterprise. The changing content of scientific thought in its intellectual context provides the major focus, but substantial attention is also directed to the relation between scientific developments and social and economic conditions. STS 080 PO , Science and Technology in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds; STS 081 PO , Science and Technology in the Early Modern World; STS 82, Science and Technology in the Modern World.
	STS 114 HM - Social and Political Issues in Clinic CrsNo STS 114 HM A seminar offered to students taking clinic. Preparation of a major paper analyzing the ethical and/or social issues of the student’s clinic project or the product or application for which the project is a part. Reading assignments on the interaction between society and technology and case studies of specific examples. 3 credit hours.
	STS 124S HM - U.S. Science and Technology Policy See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
	STS 179 HM - Spec Topics: Sci, Tech, Society See the Harvey Mudd College catalog for a description of this course.
	STS 185 HM - Science/Engineering from Other Perspective CrsNo STS 185 HM Seeks to expand our understanding of the character and consequences of science and engineering by exploring how they have been and are viewed by representatives of groups, which have felt excluded or exploited, especially women, people of color, and underclass peoples of the “third world.” Asks why relatively few women, members of some ethnic groups in the U.S., and members of Third World cultures participate in scientific and engineering professions, including questions about whether there are features of scientific and engineering institutions, conceptual structures, attitudes and methodologies, which have encouraged and continued to encourage or amplify sexist, racist and imperialist behaviors.
	STS 187 HM - HIV/AIDS: Science, Society and Service CrsNo STS 187 HM Biochemical basis for antiretroviral therapy and HIV prevention strategies. The causes and impact of the global HIV-AIDS pandemic, including the interrelationships among HIV-AIDS, prejudice, race, and stigma. Students will complete a community service project in partnership with a local AIDS organization. Cross-listed with BIOL187 HM. Cross-listed with STS 187 HM. Integrative Experience. Prerequisite: BIOL 113 HM or equivalent. Written permission.
	STS 190 PO - Senior Integrative Seminar CrsNo STS 190 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): Staff Students read and discuss seminal and provocative works on STS. Each student conducts an independent project in an area of interest and competence. Discussions of research in progress, oral presentations of final product, written paper.
	STS 191 PO - Senior Thesis CrsNo STS 191 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): Staff Exercise in thought, research and effective prose writing in which senior students are expected to demonstrate competency in working with select data, ideas, techniques and sources that characterize and inform their major area of study within STS.
	STS 199DRPO - Science Technology and Society: Directed Readings CrsNo STS 199DRPO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Directed Readings. 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.
	STS 199IRPO - Science Technology and Society: Independent Research CrsNo STS 199IRPO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
Sociology
	SOC 030 CH - Chicanos/as and Latinos/as in Contemporary Society CrsNo SOC 030 CH When Offered: Fall 2011; offered alternate years. Instructor(s): G. Ochoa Sociological analysis of theoretical and methodological approaches used to study Chicano/a and Latino/a communities. Socioeconomic conditions, patterns of immigration, the family, education, gender relations and political experiences are examined. Course includes a field internship option.
	SOC 051 PO - Introduction to Sociology CrsNo SOC 051 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): J. Grigsby; M. Barr Characteristics of groups, institutions, society and culture. Social interaction, self-image, status. Brief consideration of social change, ethnicity, the urban environment and demography.
	SOC 051 PZ - Class, Caste & Colonialism: Film CrsNo SOC 051 PZ This class will explore a range of films and documentaries that represent issues of class, caste and colonialism around the world. We will evaluate and critique their contributions to our historical and contemporary understandings of social inequalities and stratifications in countries that include the U.S., UK, India, Northern Ireland, South Africa and Diego Garcia, amongst others.
	SOC 055 PO - Population and Environment CrsNo SOC 055 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): J. Grigsby Introduction to demographic issues related to health and environment using U.S. data and case studies from other countries. Topics include human population growth and natural resources, urbanization, migration, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and reproductive health.
	SOC 059 PZ - Sociology of Gender CrsNo SOC 059 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SOC 082 PZ - Racial Politics of Teaching See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SOC 084 AA - Nonviolent Social Change CrsNo SOC 084 AA See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SOC 093 PZ - From the 60’s to the Obama Era CrsNo SOC 093 PZ
	SOC 095 PZ - Contemporary Central Asia CrsNo SOC 095 PZ Fermented mare’s milk, the oil curse, bride kidnapping, dictators, atheists, Islamic radicalism, pipeline routes, U.S. strategic interests and democracy promotion. This course will introduce students to societies and cultures of Central Asia—a vast and highly volatile part of the world currently at the center of the renewed geopolitical struggle between the United States and Russia.
	SOC 102 PO - Qualitative Research Methods CrsNo SOC 102 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): H. Thai Qualitative Research Methods. Methods and techniques employed in the collection, analysis and presentation of qualitative data. Focus on ethnographic observation, interviewing and the use of focus groups. Attention to issues of validity, reliability and the researcher’s role in analysis of social action across a variety of contexts. Includes speaking intensive and presentation requirements. Prerequisite: 51. Letter grade only.
	SOC 104 PO - Survey Research Methods CrsNo SOC 104 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): C. Beck; J. Grigsby Survey and Quantitative Research Methods. Techniques of collecting and analyzing quantitative data from social surveys. Attention to research design, questionnaire construction, sampling, coding and statistical analysis. Presentation of survey data in tables and graphs, use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Includes speaking intensive and presentation requirements. Satisfies Area 5 of the Breadth of Study Requirements. Prerequisite: 51; Letter grade only.
	SOC 109 PZ - African American Social Theory CrsNo SOC 109 PZ How have African Americans contributed to sociology? This course seeks to provide an overview of early 20th century to more contemporary African American contributors to the discipline such as St. Clair Drake, Dorothy Roberts, bell hooks, and Robert Staples. Moreover, students will become familiar with how race, sex, and class shaped these theoretical writings and expanded socio-cultural understanding of African Americans in the U.S. Prereq: SOC 1.
	SOC 114 CH - Los Angeles Communities: Transformations, Inequality and Activism CrsNo SOC 114 CH When Offered: Offered alternate years. Instructor(s): G. Ochoa Use of case study approach to explore the interplay between economic and demographic transformations and community dynamics. Review of most recent scholarship in this area; consideration of economic transformations, (im)migration, class divisions, race and ethnic relations, community organizing, women and activism, strategies for change. Prerequisites: SOC 030 CH , SOC 051 PO .
	SOC 114 PO - LA Communities:Trans/Ineq/Actvsm CrsNo SOC 114 PO When Offered: Last offered fall 2007. Instructor(s): Staff Use of case study approach to explore the interplay between economic and demographic transformations and community dynamics. Review of most recent scholarship in this area; consideration of economic transformations, (im)migration, class divisions, race and ethnic relations, community organizing, women and activism, strategies for change.
	SOC 114 PZ - Sociology of Religion CrsNo SOC 114 PZ
	SOC 116 PO - American Families CrsNo SOC 116 PO When Offered: Fall 2011. Instructor(s): J. Grigsby Patterns of family structure, relationships between families and other social institutions, historical and cultural variations, comparisons with other societies, gender differences in family members’ obligations and rights. Policy implications.
	SOC 118 PO - Japanese Families in a Globalizing World CrsNo SOC 118 PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): J. Grigsby Examination of the “traditional ideal family” in Japan; comparisons with ideal family forms in other societies; changes in Japanese family patterns over time as attitudes and behaviors are influenced by traditional values and challenged by modern and postmodern changes in Japan and other parts of the world. Readings compare family patterns in modern Japan with those in Asia, Europe and North America. Japanese films depicting aspects of family life compare media images with the realities of contemporary Japanese society.
	SOC 120 PZ - Sexual Politics and Sexuality Movements CrsNo SOC 120 PZ This course will critique heteronormativity and highlight the social construction and regulation of sexuality. It will examine a range of political issues and movements, such as: sexuality education; gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer movements and the interactions of race, gender, class and sexuality.
	SOC 121 PO - Radicals, Rev, and Terrorists CrsNo SOC 121 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): C. Beck Radicals, Revolutionaries and Terrorists. What can be learned about radicalism and political violence by examining movement and individuals? Events discussed range from historical to contemporary, from the 1960s to the ‘Arab Spring’. Focus on causes and dynamics of terrorism, radical movements and revolution across comparative cases with international scope. Letter grade only.
	SOC 122 PZ - Sociology of Health and Medicine CrsNo SOC 122 PZ Students in this course will better understand and become familiar with how social characteristics (age, race, class, gender, sexual orientation) influence an individual’s experience of health, illness, medical institutions and more in healthcare professions. Our main focus is to examine social epidemiology and health and illness definitions. Prerequisite: SOC 1; at least junior standing and with special permission otherwise.
	SOC 124 AA - Global Asia/Asian America CrsNo SOC 124 AA When Offered: Last offered spring 2010. Instructor(s): H. Thai Course examines the challenges that globalization poses to people of Asian descent living outside of their country of birth. Case studies, especially those involving education, sexuality, citizenship, gender, family and work, are used to question new concepts, such as “flexible citizenship,” “cultural hybridity,” and “transmigrant,” that have emerged to describe new forms of belonging in this global age. Letter grade only.
	SOC 124 AF - Race, Place & Space CrsNo SOC 124 AF When Offered: Alternate years. Instructor(s): Staff This course offers an introduction to the processes underlying social and spatial differentiation, with particular reference to race, gender, sexuality and class. We examine how social difference and social inequalities are constituted through space, not just expressed spatially.
	SOC 124 PZ - Race, Place and Space CrsNo SOC 124 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SOC 125 PO - Power, Politics and Society CrsNo SOC 125 PO When Offered: Fall 2011. Instructor(s): C. Beck Themes of political sociology. Issues include conceptions of power and political structures, origins and functions of modern nation-states, and the evolving nature of power and politics in a globalized world. Emphasis on developing conceptual understandings of power, state, societies and politics in the modern world.
	SOC 126 AA - Immigration and the Second Generation CrsNo SOC 126 AA When Offered: Offered alternate years. Instructor(s): H. Thai Examination of diverse childhood experiences, including “brain drain” children, “parachute” and transnational children and refugee children. Emphasis on gender, class, ethnicity, intergenerational relations, education, sexuality, popular culture and globalization.
	SOC 130 PO - Sociology of Violence CrsNo SOC 130 PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012. Instructor(s): L. Rapaport Sociological perspectives on the nature, causes and consequences of violence. Topics include gang violence, hate crimes, violence against women, war, genocide and violence in intimate relations, schools, sports and other institutions. Letter grade only.
	SOC 136 PZ - Framing ‘Urban’ Life CrsNo SOC 136 PZ
	SOC 142 PO - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity CrsNo SOC 142 PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2013. Instructor(s): L. Rapaport Analysis of the history and contemporary patterns of racial and ethnic relations in the U.S. in the context of social, political and economic changes. Structural theories, prejudice and discrimination, assimilation, gender, political mobilization and possibilities for change are considered. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO .
	SOC 142 AF - Black and So. Asian Diaspora in Great Britain CrsNo SOC 142 AF This course examines the experience of Black and Asian diasporas in Great Britain using film, documentary, novels and ethnographic studies. How do these texts enable us to examine the socio-historical, cultural and social ideas of nation and nationhood, belonging and exclusion, gender and sexuality, identity and the politics of resistance in these communities?
	SOC 145 CH - Restructuring Communities CrsNo SOC 145 CH Examines how Latino/a and multi-racial communities have become mosaics of competing land interests and demographic transformations. Attention to current literature on growth coalitions and urban restructuring. Students will study examples of building community and participatory action research.
	SOC 146 PO - Women’s Roles in Society CrsNo SOC 146 PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012. Instructor(s): L. Rapaport Critique of women’s roles proposed by sociobiology, psychology, anthropology and Marxism. Socialization and the role of the media in encouraging gender differentiation; how gender roles relate to social inequality; and the consequences of gender-role differentiation for the workplace and the family. Strategies for reducing gender inequality.
	SOC 147 AA - Sport Sociology: Asian Americans CrsNo SOC 147 AA
	SOC 147 PO - Sociology of Poverty CrsNo SOC 147 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): H. Thai Examines theories of poverty, solutions to poverty, and the excessive inequality of contemporary life; focuses on empirical trends and determinants of poverty, everyday life of the poor, the interactive impact of racial and gender innequality, and the experiences of those groups that have a history of persistent poverty.
	SOC 148 PO - Sociology of Emotions CrsNo SOC 148 PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013. Instructor(s): L. Rapaport Examines how emotions like pain, anger, love, envy, jealousy, shame, joy, anxiety and happiness motivate human behavior. Emphasis on social aspects of emotions that are shaped by interactions and institutions. Social construction of emotions, emotional management, feeling rules, ethnic and gender socialization of emotions and emotional division of labor in the family and workforce.
	SOC 150 CH - Chicanos/Latinos and Education CrsNo SOC 150 CH When Offered: Offered alternate years. Instructor(s): G. Ochoa Examines the historical and institutional processes related to the educational experiences of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os. As well as exploring the relationship between school factors (tracking, teacher expectations and educational resources) and educational performance, attention is given to the politics of language, cultural democracy and schooling, higher education and forms of resistance. A field internship option is part of the course. Prerequisite: SOC 030 CH or SOC 051 PO .
	SOC 150 AA - Contemporary Asian-American Issues CrsNo SOC 150 AA When Offered: Spring 2012, alternate years. Instructor(s): H. Thai Survey of contemporary sociological theories and empirical studies focusing on Asian American experiences in the U.S. and globally; major themes in the sociological imagination including race, class, gender, sexuality, marriage/family, education, consumption, childhoods, aging, demography and the rise of transmigration. Readings and other course materials will primarily focus on the period since 1965. Letter grade only.
	SOC 154 PO - History and Development of Sociological Theory I: The Classical Tradition CrsNo SOC 154 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): C. Beck Models of societies, groups and social interaction through the early 20th century, including theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Simmel; analyzed with reference to human nature, social order and social change. Ways in which early theorists laid the groundwork for contemporary theories. For juniors and seniors only. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO .
	SOC 155 CH - Rural and Urban Social Movements CrsNo SOC 155 CH Examines the emergence of social movements, the process of their formation and the varied strategies for their mobilization. Particular attention is paid to the Chicana/o civil rights, farm labor and union movements. Students organize a memorial and alternative spring break with the United Farmworkers Union.
	SOC 157 PO - History and Development of Sociological Theory II: Contemporary Theories CrsNo SOC 157 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): L. Rapaport Critique of problems, methods and theories characteristic of 20th-century sociological inquiry. The relationship of sociology to the humanities, natural sciences and other social sciences. Contemporary trends, including critical approaches to the study of society. For juniors and seniors only. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO .
	SOC 157 PZ - Men and Women in American Society CrsNo SOC 157 PZ This course addresses what it means to think critically about gender and how social constructs such as occupational segregation, racial bias and sexist bias have an impact on the experiences of “gendered” individuals. This course heavily relies on the intersectionality paradigm to guide discussion and further our understanding of gender socialization patterns. Prerequisite: SOC 1.
	SOC 189N PO - Ethical Consumption/Global Age CrsNo SOC 189N PO Ethical Consumption in the Global Age. This course critically examines the values, identities, and practices that compose ethical consumption today, and the social and economic conditions that gave rise to this phenomenon. Topics include critiques of capitalism, consumer boycotts and activism, social, environmental, and economic concerns born of globalization, ethical business models, and regulatory structures. Letter grade only.
	SOC 189P AF - Rethinking the Civil Rights Movement CrsNo SOC 189P AF When Offered: Fall 2011, alternate years. Instructor(s): M. Barr A panoramic view of the Civil Rights Movement. Explores the vastly different regional forms that the struggle for social justice assumed in the United States. Emphasizes the heroic acts of ordinary men and women. Expands conventional temporal frameworks. Letter grade only.
	SOC 190 PO - Senior Seminar CrsNo SOC 190 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): G. Ochoa An advanced seminar on a selected topic in sociology. Students write a critical synthesis of sociological research on a topic of their choice after reading recent monographs and articles on the seminar theme. For 2011 the seminar theme is “Power, Privilege and Inequality”. Required of all sociology seniors except sociology/PPA and sociology/ gender and women’s studies majors. Prerequisites: SOC 102 PO , SOC 104 PO , SOC 154 PO , SOC 157 PO .
	SOC 191 PO - Senior Thesis CrsNo SOC 191 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Tutorial discussion and independent empirical research and writing on an original project. Students select one or two sociology faculty advisors. Not required for graduation but counts as a sociology elective. Students must take SOC 191 in both fall and spring semesters; credit and grade are given at the end of the spring semester . Pre- or co-requisite: SOC 190 PO .
	SOC 199DRPO - Sociology: Directed Readings CrsNo SOC 199DRPO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Directed Readings. 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.
	SOC 199IRPO - Sociology: Independent Research CrsNo SOC 199IRPO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
	SOC 199RAPO - Sociology: Research Assistantship CrsNo SOC 199RAPO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
	SOSC 147 HM - Enterprise and Entrepreneurs CrsNo SOSC147 HM Concepts and practices applicable to working as or with the manager of an enterprise. Some emphasis on enterprise formation and on management in high-technology firms.
Spanish
	SPAN 001 PO - Elementary Spanish CrsNo SPAN001 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): C. Ivey; M. Coffey Acquisition of four basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, with emphasis on the spoken language. SPAN 1, each fall; SPAN 002 PO , each spring.
	SPAN 002 PO - Elementary Spanish CrsNo SPAN002 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): M. Coffey; W. Kim Acquisition of four basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, with emphasis on the spoken language. SPAN 001 PO , each fall; SPAN 2, each spring.
	SPAN 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Spanish Language and Culture CrsNo SPAN011 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Prerequisite: one year of college-level language study. Cumulative, one-fourth course credit; graded P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit.
	SPAN 013 PO - Advanced Conversation CrsNo SPAN013 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Prerequisite: two years of college-level language study or equivalent. Cumulative, one-quarter course credit; graded P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit.
	SPAN 022 PO - Intensive Introductory Spanish CrsNo SPAN022 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): W. Kim Designed for beginning students with some basic knowledge of the language who are too advanced for SPAN 001 PO but do not yet qualify for SPAN 033 PO . Emphasis on the spoken language and acquisition of basic grammar. Students will complete the equivalent of SPAN 001 PO and SPAN 002 PO in one semester. Prerequisite: placement examination.
	SPAN 031 PZ - Community-Based Spanish Practicum CrsNo SPAN031 PZ This conversation course offers students the opportunity to develop fluency in the language while promoting intercultural understanding. Students are received into the homes of host families once a week for discussion, exploration of the community and participation in family activities. Faculty assist the student in debriefing sessions to support the language and intercultural learning goals. Half-credit course. Prerequisite: 2 semesters of Spanish or equivalent, brief interview and written permission required.
	SPAN 033 PO - Intermediate Spanish CrsNo SPAN033 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez; W. Kim; D. Divita; Staff Review and reinforcement of four basic skills. Emphasis on conversation, reading ability and writing. Prerequisite: SPAN 002 PO .
	SPAN 044 PO - Advanced Grammar and Composition CrsNo SPAN044 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): P. Cahill; M. Coffey; G. Davila-Lopez; D. Divita; W. Kim; N. Montenegro; Staff Development of correct personal style and vocabulary in oral and written Spanish. Reading and discussion of literary and non-literary texts to improve written expression and review and refine advanced grammar. Prerequisite: SPAN 033 PO .
	SPAN 050 PO - Chévere: Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers CrsNo SPAN050 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon Designed for students whose greater exposure to Spanish has been at home rather than the classroom. Students will produce writing in various formats, while continuing to develop skills in the correct use of spelling, the written accent and other grammatical aspects. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: SPAN 033 PO .
	SPAN 051 PZ - Spanish in the Community CrsNo SPAN051 PZ
	SPAN 065 CH - Spanish for Bilinguals CrsNo SPAN065 CH The first semester of a year course designed especially for students with oral proficiency in Spanish. Fundamentals of grammar with emphasis on critical analysis and effective expression. Reading of essays and short stories related to Chicano/Mexican culture.
	SPAN 100 PO - Orale: Language, Culture and Writing for Heritage Speakers CrsNo SPAN100 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon; S. Chavez-Silverman Designed for students with advanced oral and written language skills who wish to further develop their Spanish for academic and/or professional purposes. Heritage learners will develop skills for preparing and presenting information through discussions and written essays aimed at an academic or professional audience. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 050 PO .
	SPAN 101 CM - Introduction to Literary Analysis CrsNo SPAN101 CM See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SPAN 101 PO - Introduction to Literary Analysis CrsNo SPAN101 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): P. Cahill; S. Chavez-Silverman; M. Coffey; G. Davila-Lopez; W. Kim; N. Montenegro; Staff Analysis of literary genres and styles. Introduction to methods of literary criticism; practice in interpretation of texts. Required of majors. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 050 PO .
	SPAN 101 SC - Introduction Literary Analysis CrsNo SPAN101 SC Analysis of literary genres and styles. Introduction to methods of analysis, and practice in the interpretation of texts. Recommended for all majors and minors. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
	SPAN 102 CM - Latin American Culture and Civilization CrsNo SPAN102 CM See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SPAN 102 PO - The New Spain: Introduction to Spanish Cultural Studies CrsNo SPAN102 PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): M. Coffey Explores cultural production in contemporary Spain (post-1975). Issues of national and regional identity; elite and popular expressions of culture. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 050 PO .
	SPAN 103 SC - Advanced Conversation and Composition CrsNo SPAN103 SC This course is designed to develop oral and written skills in Spanish at the advanced level, and is organized around a series of cultural and controversial topics of current interest concerning the Hispanic world. Students will read literary, cultural and social science texts, supplemented with films and other audio-visual material. This course prepares the student for advanced courses in literature and civilization. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
	SPAN 105 PO - Spanish Film: Tradition and Transgression CrsNo SPAN105 PO When Offered: Spring 2013. Instructor(s): P. Cahill Explores a selection of representative Spanish cinematic production and highlights the tension between tradition and transgression. Class discussions situate these films within their socio-historical context as well as within the context of the development of Spanish film and the Spanish film industry. Emphasis on gender, aesthetics and politics. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 050 PO . Letter grade only.
	SPAN 106 PO - Images of Latin America in Fiction and Film CrsNo SPAN106 PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): N. Montenegro Explores the construction and dissemination of predominant images of Latin America through topics such as women, family, sexuality, religion and violence. A close examination of both narrative and film. Emphasis on the development of oral and writing skills, including oral presentations. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 050 PO .
	SPAN 107 PO - Identity Matters in Latin American Literature and Culture CrsNo SPAN107 PO When Offered: Last offered fall 2010. Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez A writing course that explores the topic of identity in the context of national cultural productions. Emphasis on oral discussion of texts and techniques that challenge models of self-representation. Includes works by María Luisa Bombal, Ernesto Sábato, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Luisa Valenzuela, Arístides Vargas, Carmen Boullosa, Magali García Ramis and others. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 050 PO .
	SPAN 109 PO - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics CrsNo SPAN109 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): D. Divita Examines the phonological, morphological and syntactic aspects of modern Spanish to understand how it functions as a linguistic system. Includes a detailed unit on sociolinguistics, examining synchronic variation according to speaker (considering such variables as gender, age and class) and according to situations of use. Students will assemble a corpus of data collected from various media (audio, visual and textual) and use it to investigate a specific aspect of the structure of modern Spanish. Prerequisites: SPAN 044 PO .
	SPAN 110 SC - Introduction to Spanish Civilization CrsNo SPAN110 SC A historical survey of Spanish civilization from the Middle Ages to present day Spain through discussion of history and social science texts, films, visual presentations, music, art and popular tradition. Special attention will be paid to the multicultural situation of Spain (Christians, Moslems and Jews) and its contributions to European civilization. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or permission of instructor.
	SPAN 114 SC - Gender and Identity Formation in Contemporary Mexican Literature CrsNo SPAN114 SC Building on a broad range of theoretical discourses (gender studies, cultural and postcolonial studies), this course is designed to study different forms of narrativization of sexual and historical identity formation in contemporary Mexican fiction. The novels included raise questions about (hetero)sexist hegemony in the construction of subject identities, and students will look at the epistemic and ontological choices these novels entail and their ideological and political implications at the time these fictional discourses were produced. We will also analyze the various textual strategies these authors use to debunk the precognitive literary and social foundations laid by a more traditional literature. We will read texts by Sara Sefchovich, Brianda Domecq, José Joaquin Blanco, Miguel Barbachano Ponce, Rosamaria Roffiel, Oscar de la Borbolla. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
	SPAN 115 SC - Contemporary Spanish Women Writers: Gender, Politics, and the Self CrsNo SPAN115 SC This course studies how women writers have defined their own subjecthood and questioned dominant formations of gender identity in Spain from the beginning of “modernity” (1898-1931) to nowadays. Other themes include the contruction of collective memory, the representation of violence and the negotiation of a multi-ethnic national identity. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
	SPAN 120A PO - Survey of Spanish Literature CrsNo SPAN120A PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012. Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon Selected readings in Spanish literature from earliest examples to modern times. Emphasizes historical and cultural background. Fall: the jarchas through the Siglo de Oro; development of the novel and theatre; Spring: the 18th-century to the contemporary period; examples of neoclassicism, rationalism, romanticism and the Generation of ’98.
	SPAN 120B PO - Survey of Spanish Literature CrsNo SPAN120B PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013. Instructor(s): M. Coffey Selected readings in Spanish literature from earliest examples to modern times. Emphasizes historical and cultural background. Fall: the jarchas through the Siglo de Oro; development of the novel and theatre; Spring: the 18th-century to the contemporary period; examples of neoclassicism, rationalism, romanticism and the Generation of ’98.
	SPAN 124 CM - Visions of Democracy: New Spanish Voices after the Fall of the Dictatorship CrsNo SPAN124 CM See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SPAN 124 PO - Language in Spain: Power, Ideology, Identity CrsNo SPAN124 PO When Offered: Spring 2013. Instructor(s): D. Divita Explores sociolinguistic questions about language and identity through an investigation of multilingual Spain. Traces the development of three main regional languages—Catalan, Basque, Galician—from the Middle Ages to the present. Compares the processes of linguistic normalization that have occurred in each region since 1978, as well as the relationship between each language and Castilian today. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
	SPAN 125A CM - Introduction to Latin-American Literature and Civilization I CrsNo SPAN125A CM See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SPAN 125A PO - Survey of Spanish American Literature CrsNo SPAN125A PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; offered fall 2011. Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon Introduction to the principal authors, works and movements of Spanish American literature from its origins to modern times.
	SPAN 125B CM - Introduction to Latin-American Literature and Civilization II CrsNo SPAN125B CM See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
	SPAN 125B PO - Survey of Spanish American Literature CrsNo SPAN125B PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012. Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez Introduction to the principal authors, works and movements of Spanish American literature from its origins to modern times.
	SPAN 126 PO - In Short: Latin American Story Telling CrsNo SPAN126 PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): N. Montenegro Explores major fictional trends characterizing the contemporary Latin American short story. Emphasis on the fantastic, the magical, the surreal, the feminist and the realist. Authors include Horacio Quiroga, Lydia Cabrera, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Clarice Lispector, Julio Cortázar and Angeles Mastretta.
	SPAN 127 CH - Literatura Chicana en Espanol CrsNo SPAN127 CH When Offered: Fall 2011 Instructor(s): R. Alcala Analyzes 20th-century texts written in the U.S. in Spanish. Focusing primarily on the Mexican American experience, surveys a wide array of genres dating from distinct historical periods, from cronicas published in Spanish-language newspapers to political treatises, poetry, drama and narrative. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
	SPAN 127 PO - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology CrsNo SPAN127 PO Spanish Phonetics and Phonology. A detailed investigation of the Spanish sound system; the production and transmission of speed sounds (articulatory and acoustic phonetics), as well as their organization and the rules that govern them (phonology). We will also explore how pronunciation varies across the Spanish-speaking world, taking into account regional, social and stylistic differences. Prerequisite: 44.
	SPAN 128 PO - Poverty, Literature and Social Justice. CrsNo SPAN128 PO When Offered: Last offered spring 2009. Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon A study of picaresque fictions as tales that explore the relationship between literature, society and its poor, including a growing number of vagabonds, beggars, delinquents, prostitutes and other disenfranchised groups that inhabited the emerging urban centers in Spain and Colonial Latin America during the 16th- and 17th-centuries.
	SPAN 129 PO - Early Modern Women Writers CrsNo SPAN129 PO When Offered: Last offered spring 2011. Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon How women writers in Early Modern Spain and Colonial Latin America asserted authority to write when discouraged from doing so; how they defined and negotiated their relationship to Imperial Spain; the representation of gender and sexual dissidence; and the development of a proto-feminist consciousness advocating social justice.
	SPAN 130 PO - Reading Bodies in Contemporary Latino/a American Literature and Culture CrsNo SPAN130 PO When Offered: Last offered spring 2011. Instructor(s): N. Montenegro Explores how sexual and textual bodies become grounds for racial, gendered and historical inscriptions. Analyze writing and performance from theoretical and cultural perspectives. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO and one more 100-level Spanish course. Letter grade only.

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Courses

STS 001 HM - Introduction to Science, Technology and Society

STS 080 PO - History of Science and Technology

STS 081 PO - History of Science and Technology

STS 082 PO - History of Science and Technology

STS 114 HM - Social and Political Issues in Clinic

STS 124S HM - U.S. Science and Technology Policy

STS 179 HM - Spec Topics: Sci, Tech, Society

STS 185 HM - Science/Engineering from Other Perspective

STS 187 HM - HIV/AIDS: Science, Society and Service

STS 190 PO - Senior Integrative Seminar

STS 191 PO - Senior Thesis

STS 199DRPO - Science Technology and Society: Directed Readings

STS 199IRPO - Science Technology and Society: Independent Research

SOC 030 CH - Chicanos/as and Latinos/as in Contemporary Society

SOC 051 PO - Introduction to Sociology

SOC 051 PZ - Class, Caste & Colonialism: Film

SOC 055 PO - Population and Environment

SOC 059 PZ - Sociology of Gender

SOC 082 PZ - Racial Politics of Teaching

SOC 084 AA - Nonviolent Social Change

SOC 093 PZ - From the 60’s to the Obama Era

SOC 095 PZ - Contemporary Central Asia

SOC 102 PO - Qualitative Research Methods

SOC 104 PO - Survey Research Methods

SOC 109 PZ - African American Social Theory

SOC 114 CH - Los Angeles Communities: Transformations, Inequality and Activism

SOC 114 PO - LA Communities:Trans/Ineq/Actvsm

SOC 114 PZ - Sociology of Religion

SOC 116 PO - American Families

SOC 118 PO - Japanese Families in a Globalizing World

SOC 120 PZ - Sexual Politics and Sexuality Movements

SOC 121 PO - Radicals, Rev, and Terrorists

SOC 122 PZ - Sociology of Health and Medicine

SOC 124 AA - Global Asia/Asian America

SOC 124 AF - Race, Place & Space

SOC 124 PZ - Race, Place and Space

SOC 125 PO - Power, Politics and Society

SOC 126 AA - Immigration and the Second Generation

SOC 130 PO - Sociology of Violence

SOC 136 PZ - Framing ‘Urban’ Life

SOC 142 PO - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

SOC 142 AF - Black and So. Asian Diaspora in Great Britain

SOC 145 CH - Restructuring Communities

SOC 146 PO - Women’s Roles in Society

SOC 147 AA - Sport Sociology: Asian Americans

SOC 147 PO - Sociology of Poverty

SOC 148 PO - Sociology of Emotions

SOC 150 CH - Chicanos/Latinos and Education

SOC 150 AA - Contemporary Asian-American Issues

SOC 154 PO - History and Development of Sociological Theory I: The Classical Tradition

SOC 155 CH - Rural and Urban Social Movements

SOC 157 PO - History and Development of Sociological Theory II: Contemporary Theories

SOC 157 PZ - Men and Women in American Society

SOC 189N PO - Ethical Consumption/Global Age

SOC 189P AF - Rethinking the Civil Rights Movement

SOC 190 PO - Senior Seminar

SOC 191 PO - Senior Thesis

SOC 199DRPO - Sociology: Directed Readings

SOC 199IRPO - Sociology: Independent Research

SOC 199RAPO - Sociology: Research Assistantship

SOSC 147 HM - Enterprise and Entrepreneurs

SPAN 001 PO - Elementary Spanish

SPAN 002 PO - Elementary Spanish

SPAN 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Spanish Language and Culture

SPAN 013 PO - Advanced Conversation

SPAN 022 PO - Intensive Introductory Spanish

SPAN 031 PZ - Community-Based Spanish Practicum

SPAN 033 PO - Intermediate Spanish

SPAN 044 PO - Advanced Grammar and Composition

SPAN 050 PO - Chévere: Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers

SPAN 051 PZ - Spanish in the Community

SPAN 065 CH - Spanish for Bilinguals

SPAN 100 PO - Orale: Language, Culture and Writing for Heritage Speakers

SPAN 101 CM - Introduction to Literary Analysis

SPAN 101 PO - Introduction to Literary Analysis

SPAN 101 SC - Introduction Literary Analysis

SPAN 102 CM - Latin American Culture and Civilization

SPAN 102 PO - The New Spain: Introduction to Spanish Cultural Studies

SPAN 103 SC - Advanced Conversation and Composition