2011-12 Pomona College Catalog

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Studio Art
	ART 144 SC - Advanced Web Projects CrsNo ART 144 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ART 148 SC - Introduction to Video CrsNo ART 148 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ART 149 SC - Intermediate and Advanced Video CrsNo ART 149 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ART 150 SC - Advanced Video CrsNo ART 150 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ART 181G SC - From Beauty to the Abject CrsNo ART 181G SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ART 183 SC - Feminist Concepts & Strategies CrsNo ART 183 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ART 190 PO - Junior/Senior Art Major Seminar CrsNo ART 190 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): M. Teixido For Pomona Studio Art Majors, to be taken in the fall of the junior and senior years. A more in-depth examination of the theories and issues relevant to contemporary art practice. Exploration takes the form of art production and its critique and response papers to visiting artists, readings and field trips. Letter grade only.
	ART 192 PO - Senior Project in Art CrsNo ART 192 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): Staff Seminar meets weekly during the spring semester to discuss topics relevant to the Studio Art Major and thesis exhibition. Includes visiting speakers, readings, oral and written reports, preparation and presentation of work in progress. The spring semester culminates in a public exhibition for which students are fully responsible. Half-course. Letter grade only.
	ART 199DRPO - Art: Directed Readings CrsNo ART 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.
	ART 199IRPO - Art: Independent Research CrsNo ART 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.
	ART 199RAPO - Art: Research Assistantship CrsNo ART 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.
Art History
	ARHI 051A PO - Introduction to the History of Art: Prehistory Through Ancient Times in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Fertile Crescent CrsNo ARHI051A PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Asks how the visual cultures of past times relate to those of the present. Critically examines the modern notion of “art.” Proceeds chronologically and globally with examples from Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. Courses may be taken in any order. ARHI 51A: Prehistory through ancient times in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Fertile Crescent. ARHI 051B PO : European Middle Ages. ARHI 051C PO : From ca. 1200 to the present.
	ARHI 051B PO - Introduction to the History of Art: The European Middle Ages CrsNo ARHI051B PO When Offered: Fall 2013. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Asks how the visual cultures of past times relate to those of the present. Critically examines the modern notion of “art.” Proceeds chronologically and globally with examples from Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. Courses may be taken in any order. ARHI 051A PO : Prehistory through ancient times in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Fertile Crescent. ARHI 51B: European Middle Ages. ARHI 051C PO : From ca. 1200 to the present.
	ARHI 051C PO - Intro Art Hist: From ca. 1200 to the Present CrsNo ARHI051C PO When Offered: Last offered spring 2011. Instructor(s): G. Gorse; B. Anthes; F. Pohl Asks how the visual cultures of past times relate to those of the present. Critically examines the modern notion of “art.” Proceeds chronologically and globally with examples from Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia. Courses may be taken in any order. ARHI 051A PO : Prehistory through ancient times in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Fertile Crescent. ARHI 051B PO : European Middle Ages. ARHI 51C: From ca. 1200 to the present.
	ARHI 133 PO - Conquest, Colonialism, and the Visual Arts of Latin America CrsNo ARHI133 PO When Offered: Fall 2011. Instructor(s): F. Pohl Examines how images were enlisted in and helped shape the systematic exploration, conquest and colonization of North America (Canada, the US and Mexico) by Europeans from ca. 1500 to 1800. Considers how images were used by indigenous populations to resist attempts to erase their cultures and to control the manner in which they assimilated into European settler cultures.
	ARHI 135 PO - Art and Nationalism in 19th-Century North America CrsNo ARHI135 PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): F. Pohl Examines how 19th-century North American artists and art institutions were involved in shaping the “imagined communities” that constituted the nations of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Includes works in a variety of media - paintings, sculpture, prints, architecture - and museums, art markets and mass media. Letter grade only.
	ARHI 137 PZ - Tradition and Transformation in Native North American Art CrsNo ARHI137 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 139 PZ - Seminar Topics: Native American CrsNo ARHI139 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 140 PO - The Arts of Africa CrsNo ARHI140 PO When Offered: Spring 2014. Instructor(s): P. Jackson Survey of African art and architecture exploring ethnic and cultural diversity. Emphasis on the social, political and religious dynamics that foster art production at specific historic moments in West, Central and North Africa. Critical study of Western art historical approaches and methods used to study African arts.
	ARHI 141A PO - (Re)presenting Africa: Art, History and Film CrsNo ARHI141A PO When Offered: Fall 2013. Instructor(s): P. Jackson The seminar centers on post-colonial African films to examine (re)presentations of the people, arts, cultures and socio-political histories of Africa and its Diaspora. Course critically examines the cinematic themes, aesthetics, styles and schools of African and African Diasporic filmmakers. Recommended: one prior art history or Black studies or media studies course. Letter grade only.
	ARHI 141B PO - Africana Cinema: Through the Documentary Lens CrsNo ARHI141B PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): P. Jackson This course examines documentary films and videos created by filmmakers from Africa and the African Diaspora (United States, Britain and Caribbean). Topics include: history and aesthetics of documentary filmmaking, documentary as art, the narrative documentary, docu-drama, cinema vérité, biography, autobiography and historical documentary.
	ARHI 144B PO - Daughters of Africa: Art, Cinema, Theory, Love CrsNo ARHI144B PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): P. Jackson Examines visual arts and cultural criticism produced by women from Africa and the African Diaspora (North America, Caribbean and Europe). Students analyze aesthetic values, key representational themes, visual conventions, symbolic codes and stylistic approaches created from feminism’s spirited love of Blackness, African-ness and justice. Complement to AFRI 144A AF , Black Women Feminism(s) and Social Change. Suggested: previous course in either African or Chicano/a or gender and women’s studies.
	ARHI 150 SC - The Arts of China CrsNo ARHI150 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 151 SC - The Arts of Japan CrsNo ARHI151 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 152 SC - Arts of Late Imperial China CrsNo ARHI152 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 154 SC - Japanese Prints CrsNo ARHI154 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 155 SC - History of Gardens, East and West CrsNo ARHI155 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 158 HM - Visualizing China: Chinese Art CrsNo ARHI158 HM See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 159 PO - History of Art History CrsNo ARHI159 PO When Offered: Spring 2013. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Theories of art history in modern times, from Winckelmann and Hegel to Burckhardt, Riegl and Wölfflin, to Warburg and Panofsky. Postmodern challenges to traditional art historiography, especially Foucault’s. Not open to first-year students.
	ARHI 163 PO - Hellenistic and Roman Art CrsNo ARHI163 PO When Offered: Spring 2013. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Treats art in the Ancient Mediterranean from the end of the Periclean era in Athens (ca. 430 B.C.E.) to the reign of Augustus Caesar (27 B.C.E. - C.E. 14) in Rome. Asks how the public art of the Ancient Greeks and Romans incorporated the world views of its users. Charts the shifting meanings of standard forms or symbols over time and place.
	ARHI 165 PO - Holy Men, Holy Women, Relics and Icons CrsNo ARHI165 PO When Offered: Spring 2014. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Art from the reign of Constantine (313-337) to the end of the Carolingian empire (9th century). Treats the classical world in its Christian phase and its slow transformation under the pressure of invading Germans and Arabs.
	ARHI 166 PO - Pilgrimage and Crusade CrsNo ARHI166 PO When Offered: Spring 2014. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Early Medieval art in Europe from the later ninth to the mid-12th centuries during the rise of the German empire, of the Anglo-Norman monarchy, of the Christian Spanish Kingdom of Oviedo and Leon (and the crusade versus the Muslims), of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and of the great reformed Benedictine monastic orders of Cluny and Cliteaux.
	ARHI 167 PO - Town, Castle and Cathedral in France CrsNo ARHI167 PO When Offered: Spring 2015. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Early and High Gothic cathedral building in and around the Île-de-France from the reigns of Louis VI (1106-37) to Louis IX (1226-70). Church decoration in sculpture and stained glass. Letter grade optional.
	ARHI 168 PO - Tyrants and Communes in Italy CrsNo ARHI168 PO When Offered: Spring 2015. Instructor(s): J. Emerick Art of the new mendicant orders, the Dominicans and Franciscans, in central- and north-Italian communes of the later 13th and 14th centuries. Focuses mainly on painting in Tuscany and Umbria–in Florence, Siena and Assisi.
	ARHI 170 PO - The Early Renaissance of Italy CrsNo ARHI170 PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): G. Gorse Painting, sculpture and architecture in 15th-century Italy. Emphasis on Florence and the princely courts as artistic center of the new style. Artists and major works considered in their historical context.
	ARHI 171 PO - High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy CrsNo ARHI171 PO When Offered: Spring 2013. Instructor(s): G. Gorse Art and architecture in Florence, Rome and Venice during the 16th century. The invention of the High Renaissance style by Bramante, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Giorgione and Titian. Major works of the post-High Renaissance masters. The interaction of artists and patrons in historical context.
	ARHI 172 PO - Northern Renaissance Art CrsNo ARHI172 PO When Offered: Spring 2015. Instructor(s): G. Gorse Painting, sculpture and architecture in northern Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Developments in painting emphasized; special attention to the Low Countries and Germany.
	ARHI 173 PO - Medieval and Renaissance City CrsNo ARHI173 PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): G. Gorse . The rise of Italian city-states and how their urban designs go hand-in-hand with their social, political, and economic institutions. Compares Florence, Venice, Rome, Genoa, Pisa, Siena, and the small princely courts. City dwellers’ civic, religious, and family rituals.
	ARHI 174 PO - Italian Baroque Art CrsNo ARHI174 PO When Offered: Spring 2014. Instructor(s): G. Gorse Painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy, 1600-1750. Rome and the development of the Baroque style in the works of Caravaggio, the Carracci, Gentileschi, Bernini, Borromini and Pietro da Cortona. Church and social history as background.
	ARHI 175 PO - Baroque Art of Northern Europe CrsNo ARHI175 PO When Offered: Fall 2015. Instructor(s): G. Gorse Painting, sculpture and architecture of the 17th century in Germany, France, Spain, England and the Low Countries. Poussin, Velásquez, Rembrandt, Leyster, Rubens, Vermeer, Wren, Neumann, Fischer von Erlach.
	ARHI 176 JT - Italian Cities CrsNo ARHI176 JT Italian Cities. An interdisciplinary approach to the development of cities and urban spaces in Italy from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century. How have urban structures and social group identities changed from early city states to modern metropolis with sprawling urbanization? What are the “narratives” produced around the city? Italian cities under the rubrics art history, architecture, literature and film.
	ARHI 177 SC - Eighteenth Century European Arts CrsNo ARHI177 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 178 PO - Black Aesthetics and the Politics of (Re)presentation CrsNo ARHI178 PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): P. Jackson The visual arts produced by people of African descent in the U.S. from the colonial era to the present. Emphasis on Black artists’ changing relationship to African arts and cultures, the emergence of an oppositional aesthetic tradition that interrogates visual constructions of “Blackness” and “Whiteness,” gender and sexuality as a means of revisioning representational practices. Recommended prior course in art history or Asian American studies, Africana studies, gender and women’s studies or media studies.
	ARHI 179 PO - Modern Architecture, City, Landscape and Sustainability CrsNo ARHI179 PO When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2011. Instructor(s): G. Gorse Survey of “Modernist” traditions of architecture and city planning (19th – 21st centuries), tracing the “roots” of “sustainability” from the Spanish tradition through Arts and Crafts Movement to Bauhaus machine aesthetic to “post-modernism” and “sustainable architecture”—the new “Gesamtkunstwerk” (“total work of art”). Los Angeles within these global contexts.
	ARHI 180 SC - Early 20C European Avant-Gardes CrsNo ARHI180 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 181 PZ - Modern Into Contemporary CrsNo ARHI181 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 183 PZ - Art Since 1960 CrsNo ARHI183 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 184 PO - Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism: A Social History of North American Art CrsNo ARHI184 PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): B. Anthes A comparative analysis of artistic production in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examines issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and the relationships between artistic theories and practices, economic developments and social and political movements (e.g., the Mexican Revolution, the Depression, the Women’s Movement).
	ARHI 185 SC - History of Photography CrsNo ARHI185 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 185K PO - Topics in the History of Photography CrsNo ARHI185K PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): K. Howe Intensive investigation of topics relating to the production, distribution and reception of photographs. Letter grade only. Includes field trips. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
	ARHI 186B PZ - Seminar: Topics in Contemporary Art CrsNo ARHI186B PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 186CSC - Seminar: Topics in Asian Art CrsNo ARHI186C SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 186F PO - Seminar: Topics in North American Art: Art and Nationalism in 19th Century CrsNo ARHI186F PO When Offered: Spring 2014. Instructor(s): F. Pohl Intensive investigation of a wide variety of topics relating to the production and reception of art in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Course may be repeated for credit as topics vary. Topic: Art and Nationalism in 19th-century North America. Letter grade only.
	ARHI 186G PO - Gendering the Renaissance CrsNo ARHI186G PO When Offered: Spring 2016. Instructor(s): G. Gorse Takes up historian Joan Kelly’s challenge, “Did women have a Renaissance?” Expands the question to cultural constructs of the male and female body, sexuality, identity, homosexuality and lesbianism and their implications for the visual arts, literature and the history of early modern Europe (14th – 17th centuries).
	ARHI 186KSC - Seminar in Modern Art CrsNo ARHI186K SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 186L PO - Critical Race Theory, Representation and the Rule of Law CrsNo ARHI186L PO When Offered: Fall 2011. Instructor(s): P. Jackson Examines the role of law in constructing and maintaining racialized, gendered and classed disparities of justice, as well as the intellectual, aesthetic, scientific and political convergences of critical jurisprudence with representational practices in African Diasporic visual arts. Suggested: previous course in either Africana or Chicano/a or gender and women’s studies.
	ARHI 186MSC - Seminar in 20th Century Art CrsNo ARHI186M SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 186P PO - Women, Art and Ideology CrsNo ARHI186P PO When Offered: Fall 2011. Instructor(s): F. Pohl Examines images of and by women, and the critical writings that attempt to locate these images within the history of art. Prerequisite: a course in art history or gender and women’s studies. Not open to first-year students. Topic: Feminism and art in the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s.
	ARHI 186Q PO - Reading the Art Museum CrsNo ARHI186Q PO When Offered: Fall 2012. Instructor(s): K. Howe Investigation of the art museum through history. The emphasis is on reading the ways in which museums structure the experience of art as they relate to intellectual history of “experience” as a form of knowledge, integration, consumption. Our field is the Euro-American museum from the 19th century to the present. Includes field trips. Instructor permission only. Letter grade only.
	ARHI 186T PO - Art and Time CrsNo ARHI186T PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): A. Reed Technological developments over the past 200 years have altered relations between art and time. How has moving from painting to lithography, photography, film and digital media influenced the creation of art and its relation to beholders? Considering North America and Europe since 1800, we explore relations between still and moving images and ask how artists manipulate our experience of time. First-year students require instructor permission to enroll.
	ARHI 186W PO - Whiteness: Race, Sex and Representation CrsNo ARHI186W PO When Offered: Spring 2012. Instructor(s): P. Jackson Interrogation of linguistics, conceptual and practical solipsisms that contribute to the construction and normalization of whiteness in aesthetics and visual culture. Questions dialectics of “Blackness” and “Whiteness” that dominate Western intellectual thought and popular culture, thereby informing notions and representations of race, gender and women’s or media studies. Letter grade only.
	ARHI 186Y PO - WMDs: Cinema Against War, Imperialism and Corporate Power. CrsNo ARHI186Y PO When Offered: Spring 2015. Instructor(s): P. Jackson Documentary films (weapons for mind decolonization) by human rights advocates offer critical narratives effectively silenced by the blare of commercial mass media and post-9/11 nationalism. Course explores how documentary filmmakers raise historical awareness, deconstruct the rhetoric of power elites, debunk the conceits of imperialism and dismantle the deceits of transnational corporations. Course promotes active spectatorship and creativity as the antidote to fear. Requires production of a mini-documentary.
	ARHI 187 SC - Old New Media CrsNo ARHI187 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 188 SC - Representing the Metropolis CrsNo ARHI188 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 189 SC - Modernism 1840-1940 CrsNo ARHI189 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ARHI 190 PO - Senior Seminar CrsNo ARHI190 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): J. Koss; B. Anthes; F. Pohl; G. Gorse; E. Emerick An examination of methodological and theoretical issues in art history through readings and student-led discussions. Guidance on research and writing the thesis. Students also meet outside of class with their primary thesis readers throughout the semester and turn in one thesis chapter at the end of the semester.
	ARHI 191 PO - Senior Thesis - Art History CrsNo ARHI191 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): Staff The continuation of the researching and writing of an original investigation of a topic in art history begun in ARHI 190 PO . Students will work independently, but in constant contact with their thesis readers. Letter grade only. “C” or better required to satisfy the major requirement.
	ARHI 199DRPO - Art History: Directed Readings CrsNo ARHI199DRPO 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.
	ARHI 199IRPO - Art History: Indep Research CrsNo ARHI199IRPO 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.
	ARHI 199RAPO - Art History: Research Asstship CrsNo ARHI199RAPO 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.
Asian American Studies
	ASAM 090 PZ - Asian American and Multi-Racial Community Studies CrsNo ASAM090 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 103 PZ - Asian American Voices CrsNo ASAM103 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 110 PZ - (Mis)Rep: Near & Far East CrsNo ASAM110 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 111 PZ - Asian Americans and Education CrsNo ASAM111 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 115 PZ - Theories and Methods in Asian American Studies CrsNo ASAM115 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 120 PZ - Critical Readings in Filipino American Studies CrsNo ASAM120 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 125 PZ - Introduction to Asian American History, 1850 to Present CrsNo ASAM125 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 128 PZ - Tattoos, Piercing and Body Adornment CrsNo ASAM128 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 134 PZ - South Asian American Experiences CrsNo ASAM134 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 135 PZ - Filipino American Experiences CrsNo ASAM135 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 142 PZ - Transatlantic Black and Asian Experiences CrsNo ASAM142 PZ See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 150 AA - Contemp Asian American Issues CrsNo ASAM150 AA When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012. Instructor(s): H. Thai Survey of contemporary empirical studies focusing on Asian American experiences in the U.S. and globally; major themes include 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. Spring 2010; offered alternate years.
	ASAM 160 AA - Asian American Women’s Experiences CrsNo ASAM160 AA An interdisciplinary examination of Asian and Pacific Islander American women: gender roles, mass-media stereotypes, Asian women’s feminism versus mainstream feminism and impact of sexism and racism on lives of Asian American women through education, work and home life.
	ASAM 190 PO - Senior Seminar CrsNo ASAM190 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): S. Goto This is the capstone seminar for senior Asian American studies majors (minors optional). The seminar is designed to bring seniors together to discuss and assess their understanding of Asian American studies practice and theory at the Claremont Colleges and beyond. We will engage in minor research activities, read and analyze provocative books and articles and revisit key issues and controversies.
	ASAM 191 PO - Senior Thesis Asian American Studies CrsNo ASAM191 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): Staff Students will work with one or more faculty on original thesis research toward completion of a senior thesis.
	ASAM 197 SC - Special Topics in Asian American Studies CrsNo ASAM197 SC See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
	ASAM 199DRPO - Asian Amer St: Directed Readings CrsNo ASAM199DRPO When Offered: Each spring. 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.
	ASAM 199IRPO - Asian American St: Indep Resrch CrsNo ASAM199IRPO When Offered: Each spring. 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.
	ASAM 199RAPO - Asian American St: Rsch Asstship CrsNo ASAM199RAPO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): Staff Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
Asian Studies
	ASIA 190 PO - Senior Thesis Seminar CrsNo ASIA190 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): S. Yamashita Exclusively for Asian studies majors who are preparing to write a senior thesis. Letter grade only.
	ASIA 191 PO - Senior Thesis CrsNo ASIA191 PO When Offered: Each semester. Instructor(s): Staff Senior Thesis
	ASIA 199DRPO - Asian St: Directed Readings CrsNo ASIA199DRPO 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.
	ASIA 199IRPO - Asian St: Independent Research CrsNo ASIA199IRPO 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.
	ASIA 199RAPO - Asian St: Research Assistantship CrsNo ASIA199RAPO 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.
Astronomy
	ASTR 001 PO - Introductory Astronomy w/Lab CrsNo ASTR001 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): B. Penprase A non-calculus based survey course on modern astronomy with a focus on stellar, galactic and cosmic evolution. Particular emphasis will be placed on new and exciting observational results from space and ground-based observatories and how they shape our contemporary understanding of the formation and evolution of the universe and solar system. Includes a laboratory component with telescope.
	ASTR 006 PO - Archeoastronomy and World Cosmology CrsNo ASTR006 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): B. Penprase A survey of the development of astronomy and cosmology around the world. Explores the role of astronomy and cosmology in organizing society and culture and in interpreting time and space. Additional topics include details of the cosmological systems of the ancient Mesoamerican, Greek and Chinese civilizations and a non-mathematical exploration of modern scientific cosmology. (Astronomy)
	ASTR 009 PO - Cosmic Origins CrsNo ASTR009 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): B. Penprase The Cosmic Origins of the Universe - the Stars, the Elements and Earth. A survey of the origins of the universe, the formation of the first elements and stars, and the production of planets. The “cosmic context” of life on Earth is considered, with a detailed discussion of the origins of the elements, exoplanets, the Anthropic principle, and the uniqueness of Earth as a planet. Includes a laboratory/observatory component. No prerequisites. Letter grade only. (Astronomy)
	ASTR 051 PO - Advanced Introductory Astronomy CrsNo ASTR051 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): P. Choi Provides an overview of the modern science of astrophysics. Theoretical and experimental evidence for the hot big bang, the formation of elements and the solar system and stellar evolution; exposition of the most pressing issues in the field of astronomy and astrophysics. Students design investigations and conduct a final project based on research in literature or observational studies in astronomy. Prerequisites: AP Physics or PHYS 041 PO or PHYS 070 PO .
	ASTR 062 PO - Introduction to Astrophysics CrsNo ASTR062 PO When Offered: Each spring. Instructor(s): Staff Introduction to astrophysics with emphasis on topics of interest to students with a strong background in introductory physics. Topics include astronomical coordinate systems, celestial mechanics, solar physics, stellar structure, stellar evolution and cosmology. Prerequisite: PHYS 041 PO and PHYS 042 PO , or PHYS 070 PO . (Astronomy)
	ASTR 101 PO - Techniques in Observational Astrophysics CrsNo ASTR101 PO When Offered: Each fall. Instructor(s): P. Choi A course emphasizing techniques of visual, photographic and electronic observations of astronomical objects. Discussion of infrared and radio astronomy, as well as space-based UV and X-ray astronomy. Includes preparation for and data reductions of observations. Also includes original astronomical observations using both the Brackett Observatory and the one-meter telescope at Table Mountain. Prerequisites: PHYS 041 PO and PHYS 042 PO , or PHYS 070 PO , or PHYS 101 PO ; and ASTR 051 PO or ASTR 062 PO . Offered jointly with Harvey Mudd and Joint Sciences. (Astronomy)

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ART 144 SC - Advanced Web Projects

ART 148 SC - Introduction to Video

ART 149 SC - Intermediate and Advanced Video

ART 150 SC - Advanced Video

ART 181G SC - From Beauty to the Abject

ART 183 SC - Feminist Concepts & Strategies

ART 190 PO - Junior/Senior Art Major Seminar

ART 192 PO - Senior Project in Art

ART 199DRPO - Art: Directed Readings

ART 199IRPO - Art: Independent Research

ART 199RAPO - Art: Research Assistantship

ARHI 051A PO - Introduction to the History of Art: Prehistory Through Ancient Times in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Fertile Crescent

ARHI 051B PO - Introduction to the History of Art: The European Middle Ages

ARHI 051C PO - Intro Art Hist: From ca. 1200 to the Present

ARHI 133 PO - Conquest, Colonialism, and the Visual Arts of Latin America

ARHI 135 PO - Art and Nationalism in 19th-Century North America

ARHI 137 PZ - Tradition and Transformation in Native North American Art

ARHI 139 PZ - Seminar Topics: Native American

ARHI 140 PO - The Arts of Africa

ARHI 141A PO - (Re)presenting Africa: Art, History and Film

ARHI 141B PO - Africana Cinema: Through the Documentary Lens

ARHI 144B PO - Daughters of Africa: Art, Cinema, Theory, Love

ARHI 150 SC - The Arts of China

ARHI 151 SC - The Arts of Japan

ARHI 152 SC - Arts of Late Imperial China

ARHI 154 SC - Japanese Prints

ARHI 155 SC - History of Gardens, East and West

ARHI 158 HM - Visualizing China: Chinese Art

ARHI 159 PO - History of Art History

ARHI 163 PO - Hellenistic and Roman Art

ARHI 165 PO - Holy Men, Holy Women, Relics and Icons

ARHI 166 PO - Pilgrimage and Crusade

ARHI 167 PO - Town, Castle and Cathedral in France

ARHI 168 PO - Tyrants and Communes in Italy

ARHI 170 PO - The Early Renaissance of Italy

ARHI 171 PO - High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy

ARHI 172 PO - Northern Renaissance Art

ARHI 173 PO - Medieval and Renaissance City

ARHI 174 PO - Italian Baroque Art

ARHI 175 PO - Baroque Art of Northern Europe

ARHI 176 JT - Italian Cities

ARHI 177 SC - Eighteenth Century European Arts

ARHI 178 PO - Black Aesthetics and the Politics of (Re)presentation

ARHI 179 PO - Modern Architecture, City, Landscape and Sustainability

ARHI 180 SC - Early 20C European Avant-Gardes

ARHI 181 PZ - Modern Into Contemporary

ARHI 183 PZ - Art Since 1960

ARHI 184 PO - Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism: A Social History of North American Art

ARHI 185 SC - History of Photography

ARHI 185K PO - Topics in the History of Photography

ARHI 186B PZ - Seminar: Topics in Contemporary Art

ARHI 186CSC - Seminar: Topics in Asian Art

ARHI 186F PO - Seminar: Topics in North American Art: Art and Nationalism in 19th Century

ARHI 186G PO - Gendering the Renaissance

ARHI 186KSC - Seminar in Modern Art

ARHI 186L PO - Critical Race Theory, Representation and the Rule of Law

ARHI 186MSC - Seminar in 20th Century Art

ARHI 186P PO - Women, Art and Ideology

ARHI 186Q PO - Reading the Art Museum

ARHI 186T PO - Art and Time

ARHI 186W PO - Whiteness: Race, Sex and Representation

ARHI 186Y PO - WMDs: Cinema Against War, Imperialism and Corporate Power.

ARHI 187 SC - Old New Media

ARHI 188 SC - Representing the Metropolis

ARHI 189 SC - Modernism 1840-1940

ARHI 190 PO - Senior Seminar

ARHI 191 PO - Senior Thesis - Art History

ARHI 199DRPO - Art History: Directed Readings

ARHI 199IRPO - Art History: Indep Research

ARHI 199RAPO - Art History: Research Asstship

ASAM 090 PZ - Asian American and Multi-Racial Community Studies

ASAM 103 PZ - Asian American Voices

ASAM 110 PZ - (Mis)Rep: Near & Far East

ASAM 111 PZ - Asian Americans and Education

ASAM 115 PZ - Theories and Methods in Asian American Studies

ASAM 120 PZ - Critical Readings in Filipino American Studies

ASAM 125 PZ - Introduction to Asian American History, 1850 to Present

ASAM 128 PZ - Tattoos, Piercing and Body Adornment

ASAM 134 PZ - South Asian American Experiences