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English

  
  • ENGL 150 PO - Queer Theory and Literature


    CrsNo ENGL150 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.

    Instructor(s): K. Tompkins

    In this course, students will be introduced to foundational texts within the field of Queer Theory. Students will learn how to apply queer theory as a theoretical framework in their examination of cultural texts and use queer theory as a mode of analysis across disciplines. Prior knowledge of queer theory is not required, however, this course will be dealing with complex theoretical concepts that will require substantial reading and analysis.

  
  • ENGL 151 PO - Topics in Medieval Lit & Culture


    CrsNo ENGL151 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.

    Instructor(s): C. Rosenfeld

    An exploration of literary culture in England and continental Europe, with an emphasis on the ways that literature interacts with political, religious and economic forces. Special topics vary from year to year. Course may be retaken for credit with instructor’s permission.

  
  • ENGL 152 PO - Genre Theory


    CrsNo ENGL152 PO


    Instructor(s): D. Regaignon

    Exploration of genre as a category of analysis that provides not only a means to define, describe, and catalogue kinds of texts, but also to define, organize, and generate rhetorical and social action in a textually-mediated worl. Focus is on both literary and rhetorical theories of genre; students will select the particular written genres and texts.

  
  • ENGL 153 PO - Chaucer and His World


    CrsNo ENGL153 PO


    Instructor(s): Staff

    Poetry and prose, fact and fiction, piety and porno (or just about) — Chaucer wrote it all.  We will learn Middle English, get familiar with one of the cornerstones of English literature, and examine timeless issues like imperialism, gender roles and class warfare.

  
  • ENGL 154 PO - Shakespeare: The Comedies and Histories


    CrsNo ENGL154 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    An examination of Shakespeare’s earlier plays. Emphasis on the formal, religious and political significance of love, sex and marriage in the comedies. Consideration of various uses and modes of history writing, as well as intersections between religion and politics (political theology) in the histories.

  
  • ENGL 155 PO - Shakespeare: The Tragedies and Romances


    CrsNo ENGL155 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2007.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    An examination of Shakespeare’s later plays, with emphasis on traditional and newly emerging ideas about political, religious and gender relationships, including the analogy between family and state and alternative notions of contract and consent. The course considers how the literary genres of tragedy and romance can perform political critique and imagine political reform.

  
  • ENGL 156 PO - Milton and Visual Culture


    CrsNo ENGL156 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012, offered occasionally.

    Instructor(s): A. Kunin

    Milton and Visual Culture. Milton’s poetry and prose in the context of visual culture: primacy and shame of the visible; blindness; iconoclasm; and “dissociation of sensibility.” Some attention to theories of image-making in other early modern poetry, painting, fashion and design. Letter grade only.

  
  • ENGL 158 PO - Jane Austen


    CrsNo ENGL158 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2008.

    Instructor(s): S. Raff

    Austen’s novels and related texts, with attention to Austen’s place in literary tradition.

  
  • ENGL 159 PO - Literature and the Natural World


    CrsNo ENGL159 PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011, alternate years.

    Instructor(s): H. Gravendyk

    Literature and the Natural World. This course will explore the ways in which 20th century writing, especially poetry, engages the concept of “nature.” Alongside primary texts in non-fiction and poetry, we will read selections from ecocriticism and theory. Some writers that may be included in this course are Aldo Leopold, Mary Austin, Forrest Gander, Robert Hass, and Annie Dillard. Letter grade only.

  
  • ENGL 161 PO - James Joyce


    CrsNo ENGL161 PO


    When Offered: Spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): K. Dettmar

    Examinations of Joyce’s works: Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist, Exiles and Ulysses. Close reading of the texts and consideration of aspects of Joyce’s personal background, relation to previous literary history and great influence upon contemporary literature.

  
  • ENGL 162 PO - Virginia Woolf


    CrsNo ENGL162 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2007.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    A close reading of Woolf’s major novels and criticism, with particular emphasis on how she helped shape modernistic aesthetics and feminist theory. Prerequisites: one course in literature and upper-division standing.

  
  • ENGL 162 SC - Race and Ethnicity in 19th-Century American Literature


    CrsNo ENGL162 SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 163 PO - T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf


    CrsNo ENGL163 PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2009.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    A close reading of the major works, including criticism, with attention to how both shaped modernist aesthetics.

  
  • ENGL 164 PO - W.B. Yeats: Poetry and Drama


    CrsNo ENGL164 PO


    Instructor(s): P. Mann

  
  • ENGL 165 PO - Modern/Postmodern Fiction


    CrsNo ENGL165 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Close study and discussion of such novelists as Conrad, Woolf, Barnes, Rhys, C. Wolf, Silko, Morrison, Saadawi, Kozameh, Thornton and Coetzee, with additional reading and attention to issues of gender, race, class and state authority.

  
  • ENGL 165 SC - Contemporary American Graphic Novels


    CrsNo ENGL165 SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 166 AF - James Baldwin


    CrsNo ENGL166 AF


    Instructor(s): V. Thomas

    This course explores the work of one of America’s greatest writers whose importance resides in part in his calling into question national practices and injustices in regards to race, sexuality, religion, civil rights struggles and other political matters. Baldwin was a frequent expatriate with an enormous literary talent for capturing the pathos of being American across a range of social identities and issues. Also examines the themes and nuances of Baldwin’s essays, novels and plays.

  
  • ENGL 166 PO - David Foster Wallace


    CrsNo ENGL166 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.

    Instructor(s): K. Fitzpatrick

    A critical examination of the fiction and non-fiction, with attention to the critical debates surrounding that work.

  
  • ENGL 166 PZ - Literature, Illness And Disability


    CrsNo ENGL166 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • ENGL 167 PO - Contemporary Poetry


    CrsNo ENGL167 PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.

    Instructor(s): P. Mann

    English and American poetry from World War II to the present.

  
  • ENGL 170 PO - Advanced Studies Seminar English


    CrsNo ENGL170 PO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Advanced Studies Seminar. Advanced analysis and writing of an extended research paper. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO  and, for English majors, approval of the major path proposal. English majors taking a second 170-series seminar for completion of the senior exercise must also enroll in ENGL 190 PO , Senior Exercise/Seminar Option.

  
  • ENGL 170A PO - History of the Book


    CrsNo ENGL170A PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    From the evolution of writing through the Chinese invention of paper and printing, medieval illumination, Inca quipu, the printing industry in Europe, copyright, the Brazilian cordel and the politics of literacy, up to speculations about the future of the book. Hands-on work in Special Collections. Letter grade only. Prerequisite ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170B PO - Voice, Adaptation, & Authorship


    CrsNo ENGL170B PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2008.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Examines the question, “Who’s the author?” We begin with the puzzle of film ‘authorship,’ confronting not only issues of voice and structure, but also the commercial and political relationships that impact how film art is produced in what Madonna calls ‘a material world.’

  
  • ENGL 170C PO - Inventing the Great Books


    CrsNo ENGL170C PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.

    Instructor(s): K. Dettmar

    The idea of “Great Books” appeared in the late 19th century, responding to cultural fears about the failing authority of the Good Book and the democratization of cultural capital available through a storehouse of valuable works: a secular canon. This course explores the “invention” and dissemination of this powerful cultural notion. Readings from Arnold, Newman, Farrar, Joyce, F. R. Leavis, Denby, Gates, Lauter, others. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170E PO - To Defeat Theater


    CrsNo ENGL170E PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.

    Instructor(s): A. Kunin

    To Defeat Theater. Artists and philosophers often complain that theater makes inappropriate demands for love. This class revisits the antitheatrical tradition to explore ways of thwarting these demands, “to defeat theater” (in Michael Fried’s phrase) using the resources of theater. Readings selected from Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Moliere, Rousseau, Stein, Brecht, Stanislavski, others. Letter grade only. Prerequisite ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170F PO - Chaucer and His World


    CrsNo ENGL170F PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.

    Instructor(s): A. Kunin

    Poetry and prose, fact and fiction, piety and porno (or just about) — Chaucer wrote it all. We will learn Middle English, get familiar with one of the cornerstones of English literature, and examine timeless issues like imperialism, gender roles and class warfare. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170G PO - Shakespeare Seminar


    CrsNo ENGL170G PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011, alternate years.

    Instructor(s): C. Rosenfeld

    Shakespeare Seminar. We will spend the entire semester studying a single play by Shakespeare, working that play from the full variety of critical angles and concerns available to us, including a range of literary and theatrical paradigms. The play will also serve as an index to a history of the early modern period, its central questions and its tentative answers. Letter grade only.

  
  • ENGL 170H PO - Collaborations


    CrsNo ENGL170H PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2010.

    Instructor(s): H. Gravendyk

    Examines collaborative works in the 20th- and 21st-centuries, attempting to theorize hybridity, experimentalism and genre. Texts will include the shared work of poets, visual artists, graphic novelists, musicians and screenwriters, alongside projects that interact with pre-existing texts, collaborate with anonymous sources or systems, or come out of editorial relationships. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170I PO - Tragedy and Philosophy


    CrsNo ENGL170I PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.

    Instructor(s): P. Mann

    Advanced analysis and research. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170J PO - Special Topics in American Literature


    CrsNo ENGL170J PO


    When Offered: Fall 2012.

    Instructor(s): V. Thomas

    This senior seminar explores the complexities of Morrison’s fiction and criticism in the contexts of Black feminist theory, African Diaspora literacies and American literary and social history. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170L PO - Genre Theory


    CrsNo ENGL170L PO


    Instructor(s): D. Regaignon

    Exploration of genre as a category of analysis that provides not only a means to define, describe and catalogue kinds of texts, but also to define, organize and generate rhetorical and social action in a textually-mediated world. Focus is on both literary and rhetorical theories of genre; students will select the particular written genres and texts. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170M PO - Irony in the Public Sphere


    CrsNo ENGL170M PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.

    Instructor(s): K. Dettmar

    Since the 1830s, two parallel developments in irony have combined to create the kinds of large-scale public misreading of irony seen in countless contemporary examples. We’ll survey the state of irony theory, as well as the current and past states of ironic practice, striving to complicate the traditional understanding of irony. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170N PO - Gender and the Literature of US


    CrsNo ENGL170N PO


    Gender and the Literature of U.S. Empire. This course examines the literature of the United States through the lens of feminist, postcolonial and transnational literary theory. How did 19th-century writers - both canonical and marginal - re-think the nation and its boundaries? And in doing so, how did they rethink the contour of literature? We read Melville, twain, Delany, DuBois, Sa, Ruiz de Burton among others. Includes poetry, fiction, and drama. Prerequisite:67. Letter grade only.

  
  • ENGL 170Q PO - Wordsworth and Proust


    CrsNo ENGL170Q PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): A. Reed

    Advanced analysis and research. Prerequisites: ENGL 067 PO .

  
  • ENGL 170S PO - Austen and the Reader


    CrsNo ENGL170S PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2009.

    Instructor(s): S. Raff

  
  • ENGL 170T PO - Pre-Modern Psychology in Lit


    CrsNo ENGL170T PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.

    Instructor(s): A. Kunin

  
  • ENGL 170U PO - Spec Topic Early Mod Lit/Culture


    CrsNo ENGL170U PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2007.

    Instructor(s): Staff

  
  • ENGL 170V PO - Spec Topic in Long 18th Century


    CrsNo ENGL170V PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.

    Instructor(s): Staff

  
  • ENGL 170W PO - Old English Literature


    CrsNo ENGL170W PO


    When Offered: Last offered fall 2010.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    England was the first European country to have a vernacular literary tradition, one that even pre-dates the arrival of Christianity. We will be reading a variety of genres of Anglo-Saxon literature in translation, with occasional comparison with the original text. We will also be reading secondary scholarship alongside the literary texts.

  
  • ENGL 170X PO - Victorian Novel


    CrsNo ENGL170X PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.

    Instructor(s): D. Regaignon

    This seminar focuses on the dominant literary genre of the nineteenth-century British empire: the novel. Readings will include novels by the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, Trollope, Wood, and Yonge, as well as readings in novel theory and cultural and literary criticism.

  
  • ENGL 170Z PO - Black Women Writing


    CrsNo ENGL170Z PO


    When Offered: To be announced.

    Instructor(s): V. Thomas

    This course investigates Black women’s constructions of political consciousness and resistance from the 19th century to the present. Students will explore Black women’s thought and critical methods across genres including poetry, fiction, memoir, essays, autobiography, music, sermons, speeches, drama, and film. Authors include Ida B. Wells Barnett, Lorene Cary, Davis, hooks, Collins.

  
  • ENGL 174 SC - Contemporary Women Writers


    CrsNo ENGL174 SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 176 SC - Southern Women Writers


    CrsNo ENGL176 SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 180 SC - Asian American Fiction


    CrsNo ENGL180 SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • ENGL 183 SC - Asian American Literature: Gender and Sexuality


    CrsNo ENGL183 SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 183A PO - Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction


    CrsNo ENGL183A PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): J. Lethem

    Student’s own work is principal content of the course; class meets weekly to read and discuss it. Occasionally other readings. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisite: permission of instructor; student must submit a writing sample to receive permission. ENGL 064A PO  strongly recommended. May be repeated for credit. ENGL183A PO: Fiction. ENGL 183B PO : Poetry. ENGL 183C PO : Screenwriting. ENGL 183D PO : The Literary Essay.

  
  • ENGL 183B PO - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry


    CrsNo ENGL183B PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): C. Rankine

    Student’s own work is principal content of the course; class meets weekly to read and discuss it. Occasionally other readings. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisite: permission of instructor; student must submit a writing sample to receive permission. ENGL 064B PO  strongly recommended. May be repeated for credit. ENGL 183A PO : Fiction. ENGL183B PO: Poetry. ENGL 183C PO : Screenwriting. ENGL 183D PO : The Literary Essay.

  
  • ENGL 183C PO - Advanced Creative Writing: Screenwriting


    CrsNo ENGL183C PO


    When Offered: Last offered spring 2010.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Student’s own work is principal content of the course; class meets weekly to read and discuss it. Occasionally other readings. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisite: permission of instructor; student must submit a writing sample to receive permission. ENGL 064C PO  strongly recommended. May be repeated for credit. ENGL 183A PO : Fiction. ENGL 183B PO : Poetry. ENGL183C PO: Screenwriting. ENGL 183D PO : The Literary Essay.

  
  • ENGL 183D PO - Literary Essay


    CrsNo ENGL183D PO


    When Offered: Spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): V. Klinkenborg

    Student’s own work is principal content of the course; class meets weekly to read and discuss it. Occasionally other readings. Enrollment limited to 15. Prerequisite: permission of instructor; student must submit a writing sample to receive permission. ENGL 064D PO  strongly recommended. May be repeated for credit. ENGL 183A PO : Fiction. ENGL 183B PO : Poetry. ENGL 183C PO : Screenwriting. ENGL183D PO: The Literary Essay.

  
  • ENGL 184 PO - New Poetics


    CrsNo ENGL184 PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): C. Rankine

  
  • ENGL 189A SC - American Film: Ford, Capra, Hitchcock


    CrsNo ENGL189A SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 189B SC - American Film: Welles, Sturges, Lang


    CrsNo ENGL189B SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 189C SC - Fifties Film: Pop Culture Society


    CrsNo ENGL189C SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 189D SC - Genre: The Art Film


    CrsNo ENGL189D SC


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • ENGL 189J PO - Topics in Asian American Literature


    CrsNo ENGL189J PO


    When Offered: Fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): J. Jeon

    Topics in Asian American Literature. To be announced.

  
  • ENGL 190 PO - Senior Exercise/Seminar Option


    CrsNo ENGL190 PO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): K. Dettmar

    Senior Exercise/Seminar Option. Students electing this option take a second 170-series Advanced Studies Seminar to satisfy the senior exercise requirement. A grade and credit are assigned for the 170 seminar; enrollment in 190 confers no credit but will receive one of the following designations: No credit, pass or distinction. Students must receive at least a C-minus in the Advanced Studies Seminar in order to receive a pass in ENGL 190.

  
  • ENGL 191 PO - Senior Thesis


    CrsNo ENGL191 PO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): K. Dettmar

    Senior Thesis. Students choosing this option enroll both semesters of the senior year. A grade will be assigned for the fall semester based upon the completion of a chapter of thesis (or approximately 20 to 25 pages of writing toward the thesis) and for the spring semester upon completion of the thesis. Eligibility based on grade point average and permission of the department

  
  • ENGL 199DRPO - English: Directed Readings


    CrsNo ENGL199DRPO


    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.

  
  • ENGL 199IRPO - English: Independent Research


    CrsNo ENGL199IRPO


    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.

  
  • ENGL 199RAPO - English: Research Assistantship


    CrsNo ENGL199RAPO


    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.


Environmental Analysis

  
  • EA 010 PO - Intro to Environmental Analysis


    CrsNo EA 010 PO


    When Offered: Each semester.

    Instructor(s): R. Hazlett; B. Cutter

    An EAP Introductory Core Course. Examines the history of environmental change over the past century, the environmental ramifications of economic and technological decisions, lifestyles and personal choice and the need to evaluate environmental arguments critically. (Taught at Pitzer and Pomona).

  
  • EA 020 PO - Nature, Culture and Society


    CrsNo EA 020 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): C. Miller

    An EAP Introductory Core Course. This required class for all EA majors and minors is especially designed for sophomores and juniors. It will employ case studies to help analyze some key contemporary environmental dilemmas. Topics will vary, but will draw on an interdisciplinary array of sources in the humanities and social sciences, including history, philosophy and literature; religion, art, politics and sociology.

  
  • EA 027 PO - Cities by Nature


    CrsNo EA 027 PO


    When Offered: Normally each fall; not fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): C. Miller

    A cross-cultural, multi-continental examination of urbanization from the ancient world to the present, exploring the changing nature of urban life and its rituals and the impact urban development has had upon environmental systems, and political, social and economic structures.

  
  • EA 030 PO - Science and the Environment


    CrsNo EA 030 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    This course is an introduction to the basic principles of environmental science with applications in chemistry, ecology, and geology, and is part of the core course requirements for the Environmental Analysis major. Topics covered include a discussion of ecosystems, climate change, energy and food production, land resources, pollution, and sustainable development. A full laboratory accompanies the course and will include an emphasis on introduction to Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping. Letter grade only.

  
  • EA 030L JS - Science and the Environment


    CrsNo EA 030L JS


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.




  
  • EA 068 PZ - Ethnoecology


    CrsNo EA 068 PO


    See the Pitzer Colle Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 085 PO - Food, Land and the Environment


    CrsNo EA 085 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): R. Hazlett

    An exploration of food production systems, including agriculture, pastoralism and fisheries, their biogeographical constraints, and their impact upon the natural environment. Field laboratory meets at the Pomona Organic Farm with hands-on training in horticulture, bee keeping, farm, improvements and agroecology as a local option for mainstream industrial food provision. Prerequisite: EA 010 PO .

  
  • EA 086 PZ - Environmental Justice


    CrsNo EA 086 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 090 PZ - Environmental Change in China and East Asia


    CrsNo EA 090 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of the course.

  
  • EA 091 PZ - Air Pollution: History and Policy


    CrsNo EA 091 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 095 PZ - U.S. Environmental Policy


    CrsNo EA 095 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 098 PZ - Urban Ecology


    CrsNo EA 098 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 100 PO - Urban Planning and Environment


    CrsNo EA 100 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): A. Kim

    An overview of planning issues that affect low-income and communities of color, focusing on how differences impact the construction and geographies of cities. The course will cover historical and social theory as framework for city planning; community/inequitable development and environmental justice; application of theories of culture, consumption and citizenship; analysis of various strategies for social change. Letter grade only.

  
  • EA 100L JS - Global Climate Change


    CrsNo EA 100L JS


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 101 PZ - Environmental Internships


    CrsNo EA 101 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 102 PO - Community Mapping CP


    CrsNo EA 102 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): A. Kim

    Community Mapping: Asian American Geographies (CP). This course is an introduction to Community Mapping, using Geographic Information Systems software (ArcGIS). The theme for this semester is “Asian American Geographies” and we will be using a limited set of available secondary data to analyze and visualize Asian and Pacific Islander (API) urban experiences in a tri-county area: Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County. Students will gain a basic understanding of the software as a tool for social mapping. By the end of the course each student will create maps illustrating a variety of aspects of API life, including but not limited to socio-economic status, immigration patterns, residential density, educational attainment, and poverty levels in different communities. Letter grade only.

  
  • EA 120 PZ - Global Environmental Politics and Policy


    CrsNo EA 120 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 125 PZ - Power and Social Change


    CrsNo EA 125 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 131 PZ - Restoring Nature: The Pitzer Outback


    CrsNo EA 131 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 132 PZ - Practicum in Exhibiting Nature: The Pitzer Outback


    CrsNo EA 132 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 140 PZ - The Desert as a Place


    CrsNo EA 140 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 141 PZ - Progress and Oppression: Ecology, Human Rights, and Development


    CrsNo EA 141 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 146 PZ - Theory and Practice in Environmental Education


    CrsNo EA 146 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 147 PZ - Community, Ecology, and Design


    CrsNo EA 147 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 149 PZ - Ecology and Culture Change


    CrsNo EA 149 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 150 PZ - Critical Environmental News


    CrsNo EA 150 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 152 PZ - Nature Through Film


    CrsNo EA 152 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 154 PZ - Commodifying Nature


    CrsNo EA 154 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 162 PZ - Gender, Environment & Development


    CrsNo EA 162 PZ


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.

  
  • EA 170 PO - U.S. Environmental History


    CrsNo EA 170 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.

    Instructor(s): C. Miller

    An examination of the idea of nature and wilderness in American history, from colonial visions to contemporary ideologies. It will draw from the work of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Mary Austin; Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson and Michael Pollan, as well as environmental documentaries and material culture.

  
  • EA 171 PO - Water in the West


    CrsNo EA 171 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2012.

    Instructor(s): C. Miller

    Explores how communities, states and the federal government developed the legal precedents, physical infrastructure, financial mechanisms, environmental engineering, political will and social desire for the construction of a hydraulic empire in the Trans-Mississippi West.

  
  • EA 172 PO - Crisis Management


    CrsNo EA 172 PO


    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2011.

    Instructor(s): C. Miller

    This seminar assesses the history of public lands in the U.S. since the late 19th century, and the environmental, legal, political and cultural forces that have shaped the federal land management agencies’ often controversial operations on the national forests, parks and grasslands. Topics will include, among others, these bureaus’ intellectual origins, political histories, fire-management practices, and the social pressures and environmental dilemmas that have shaped their actions.

  
  • EA 180 PO - Green Urbanism


    CrsNo EA 180 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): W. Well; T. Bardacke

    A discussion-based seminar restricted to senior EA majors. The incorporation of nature into urban design; a reassessment of traditional notions about the interrelationship of the built and natural environments with a look at environmental architecture exemplified by Green Corps, LEED and other radical initiatives.

  
  • EA 190 PO - Environmental Senior Seminar


    CrsNo EA 190 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): R. Hazlett; C. Miller

    A capstone, modular-based seminar in which senior majors focus their various curricular backgrounds on environmental issues and problems, including projects of practical nature developed by the College’s Sustainability Integration Office. Exchange of interdisciplinary perspectives is encouraged throughout, with participants learning intensively from one another in the process of undertaking research. Simulates “real world” team-based investigations.

  
  • EA 191 PO - Thesis in Environmental Analysis


    CrsNo EA 191 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): R. Hazlett; C. Miller

    Production of a senior research paper or project which culminates in a professional-quality public presentation. Open to senior EA majors only.

  
  • EA 191H PO - Thesis in Environmental Analysis


    CrsNo EA 191H PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): R. Hazlett; C. Miller

    Senior Thesis in Environmental Analysis. Same as EA 191 PO , but taken in both semesters of the senior year for half-credit each semester; grade and credit awarded at the conclusion of the second semester.

  
  • EA 199DRPO - Envir Analysis:Directed Readings


    CrsNo EA 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.

  
  • EA 199IRPO - Envir Analysis: Indep Research


    CrsNo EA 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.


French

  
  • FREN 001 PO - Introductory French


    CrsNo FREN001 PO


    When Offered: Each fall.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Intensive conversation and oral and written exercises. Pictures, videos, films, stories and realia from Francophone culture. Increased emphasis on reading and writing skills in second semester. FREN 1, each fall. FREN 002 PO , each spring.

  
  • FREN 002 PO - Introductory French


    CrsNo FREN002 PO


    When Offered: Each spring.

    Instructor(s): Staff

    Development of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Intensive conversation and oral and written exercises. Pictures, videos, films, stories and realia from Francophone culture. Increased emphasis on reading and writing skills in second semester. FREN 001 PO , each fall. FREN 2, each spring.

 

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