2021-22 Pomona College Catalog 
    
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Geology

  
  • GEOL185 PO - Structural Geology

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): L. Reinen
    Credit: 1

    A study of the formation of rock structures from microscopic to continental scale. Topics include stress, strain, deformation mechanisms and the large-scale forces responsible for crustal deformation. Field trip. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: One course from GEOL 121 PO  , GEOL 125 PO , GEOL 127 PO , GEOL 129 PO , and GEOL 131 PO . Corequisites: A second course from GEOL 121 PO  , GEOL 125 PO , GEOL 127 PO , GEOL 129 PO , and GEOL 131 PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  
  • GEOL189A PO - Geoarchaeology; Stone Age through Bronze Age

    When Offered: Fall 2021.
    Instructor(s): W. McLaughlin
    Credit: 1

    Geology provides an excellent tool to examine how landscapes, climates, and the organisms inhabiting them drove the rise (and fall) of civilizations. In this course we will concentrate on the Stone Age through the Bronze Age, looking at how we became a species, how our species spread across the globe, and how events like the domestication of plants and animals to climate change shaped ancient people’s lives. How can geology help us to trace the invention of tools, the development of complex trade routes, and even the invention of art? How did interactions with prehistoric beasts shape our world, inform our legends, and lead to the domestic plants and animals of today? And finally how have changing climates left their mark on both the rock record and archaeological record, driving the ascension and collapse of civilizations? Letter grade only. Prerequisites: GEOL 015 PO, or any version of a GEOL020 course, or EA 055L KS or EA 100L KS or permission of instructor.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  
  • GEOL189C PO - Oceans on a Habitable Planet: Past and Present

    When Offered: Spring 2022.
    Instructor(s): M. Prokopenko
    Credit: 1

    This course covers basic principles of physical, chemical and biological oceanography, with elements of paleoceanography and climate studies. Topics include: origins of oceans, origin of life, ocean circulation and biogeochemical cycling, global change on various timescales and chemical/isotopic traces of past ocean/climate history. Emphasis on specific topics is subject to change from year to year depending on student interests. A quantitative component introduces students to simple geochemical modeling (e.g. box models of element cycling). A blend of lectures, student-led seminar discussions, and hands-on modeling exercises will make up class meetings; course project work will make use of the Geology department geochemical and/or computational research facilities. Prerequisites: either GEOL 015 PO  or any version of a GEOL020 course or EA 100L KS ) or an introductory level chemistry course. The course is offered as an intermediate level elective. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  
  • GEOL189D PO - Meteorites and Solar System Evolution

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2021.
    Instructor(s): N. Moore
    Credit: 1

    A seminar style course that examines the origin and formation of meteorites and the clues they provide regarding the birth and evolution of our solar system and terrestrial planetary bodies. Learning will be achieved by a combination of lectures, hands-on lab activities looking at the textures and composition of meteorites, and student-led in class discussions based on readings of relevant peer-reviewed papers. Topics will include meteorite classification, the asteroid-meteorite connection, early solar system formation, the differentiation of meteorites and planetary bodies, and impacts to planetary bodies including Earth, Mars and the Moon. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: Any introductory geology course (GEOL 015 PO , or any version of a GEOL020 course, or EA 055L KS or EA 100L KS ), or permission of instructor.
  
  • GEOL189G PO - Introduction to GIS for Geologists

    When Offered: Fall 2021.
    Instructor(s): E. Grosfils
    GIS (Geographic Information System) is an analytical computational tool widely used within the social and natural sciences that enhances our ability to investigate geospatial and geotemporal problems at a wide variety of scales. In this class you will [1] obtain an introduction to the fundamentals of GIS analysis and [2] gain experience integrating these skills and using them to explore an array of geologically-relevant questions. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: Any introductory geology course (GEOL 015 PO, or any version of a GEOL020 course, or EA 055L KS or EA 100L KS) or permission of instructor. Course is equivalent to EA 010 PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  
  • GEOL189I PO - Isotopes in Earth Sciences

    When Offered: Spring 2022
    Instructor(s): M. Prokopenko
    Credit: 1

    How old is the Solar system? How old are the mountains around us? How cold were the Ice Ages? What do whales eat? These are the types of questions you can answer using natural isotopes of elements found all around and even within us. The course gives students in-depth understanding of the fundamental principles underlying the application of stable and radiogenic isotopes in the studies of wide range of natural systems, including our Solar system, mantle and lithosphere (rocks), oceans, atmosphere and biosphere. Prerequisites: Intro Geology (any GEOL020 or GEOL015, and Instr Chemistry course).

     


  
  • GEOL189J PO - Communicating Geology

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2020.
    Instructor(s): J. Lackey
    Credit: 1

    This course is planned as an introspective examination of how Geologist help people can understand Earth’s hazards; distribution of resources; and its sensitivity to their actions (e.g. burning fossil fuels). The class will analyze portrayals and stories of geologists in various media (popular books, movies, essays, cartoons, blogs) to evaluate best ways to communicate geology to others. Prerequisites: Any introductory geology course (GEOL 015 PO  , or any version of a GEOL020 course, or EA 055L KS or EA 100L KS ).
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4; Speaking Intensive
  
  • GEOL192 PO - Senior Project in Geology

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Field-, laboratory- or library-based geological research to address an original question undertaken by arrangement with a faculty supervisor during the senior year. Students conducting field or laboratory research generally start their work in the summer prior to their senior year. Half-course each semester. Grade and credit awarded at the end of the second semester. (Students may complete the thesis in one semester by permission.) Letter grade only.
  
  • GEOL199DRPO - Geology: Directed Readings

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  
  • GEOL199IRPO - Geology: Independent Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.

German

  
  • GERM001 PO - Elementary German 1

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): M. Katz; H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    Acquisition of basic oral communication, survey of German grammar, practice in reading and writing. Meets four days a week with instructor. Fifth hour with native speaker.
  
  • GERM002 PO - Elementary German 2

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): M. Katz; staff
    Credit: 1

    Acquisition of basic oral communication, survey of German grammar, practice in reading and writing. Meets four days a week with instructor. Fifth hour with native speaker. Prerequisite: GERM 001 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
  
  • GERM010 PO - Intensive Introduction to German Language and Culture

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    GERM 010 offers an intensive introduction to spoken German, to listening comprehension and to German literature, culture and society. For an additional half credit students may participate in an intensive grammar lab (GRMT 014 PO ). Depending on the individual level of enrollment and participation; the course prepares students for a variety of follow-up courses (GERM 011 PO , GERM 002 PO , GERM 013 PO ) as well as for internship and study programs in Germany that are conducted primarily in English. Meets four hours a week with instructor. Fifth hour with native speaker.
  
  • GERM011 PO - German Conversation, Intermediate

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): P. Cahill
    Credit: 0.25

    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 or equivalent. Cumulative, one-quarter course credit; graded P/NP . Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit. Prerequisite: GERM 002 PO  or equivalent. 
  
  • GERM013 PO - German Conversation, Advanced

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): P. Cahill
    Credit: 0.25

    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/NP . Does not satisfy the foreign- language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  or equivalent.
  
  • GERM033 PO - Intermediate German

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High; K. Vennemann
    Credit: 1

    Emphasis on developing reading ability. Extensive review of grammar; continuing acquisition of new vocabulary and conversational skills. Meets three days a week. Fourth hour with native speaker once a week. Prerequisite: GERM 002 PO  or equivalent.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Language Requirement
  
  • GERM044 PO - Advanced German

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): M. Katz
    Credit: 1

    Emphasis on correct, idiomatic writing. Essays every other week, oral work and grammar review. Meets two days a week. Small conversation groups with native speaker once a week. Prerequisite: GERM 033 PO  or equivalent.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Language Requirement
  
  • GERM101 PO - Introduction to German Culture

    When Offered: Fall 2021.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High; K. Vennemann
    Credit: 1

    This course will introduce students to some of the most compelling issues and debates in German culture through fiction, criticism and philosophy, as well as film, the visual arts and music. The presentation of materials is exemplary rather than comprehensive and is based on thematic, historical, generic and other units. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Language Requirement; Speaking Intensive
  
  • GERM102 PO - Intro to German Literature

    When Offered: Spring 2022.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 1

    In tracing the figure of the artist from Romanticism to the Postmodern, attention will be given to the ideal of creative genius, in both its heroic and decadent modes or forms. Readings will include theoretical texts, reflections on art and the self and literary texts. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Language Requirement
  
  • GERM103 PO - Intro to German Media and Film

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2021.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 1

    Introduces students to some of the most compelling issues and debates in German culture through various forms of media, including films and television, music, advertising and the visual arts. The presentation of materials is exemplary rather than comprehensive; based on thematic, historical, generic and other units. Prerequisite: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Language Requirement
  
  • GERM104 PO - Composition and Creative Writing

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2018.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    This course provides students with intensive practice in academic as well as critical creative writing, introducing them to German stylistics, the varieties of essay construction, and general principles of short scholarly and fiction writing.  Students analyze, discuss, write about, and produce a range of short scholarly and literary texts, thereby enhancing their writing skills as well as their reading abilities and familiarity with scholarly and creative writing conventions. Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO   or equivalent.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6; Language Requirement; Writing Intensive
  
  • GERM105 SC - Berlin Stories


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Language Requirement
  
  • GERM151 PO - Language at its Limits: German Poetry in Cultural Context

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2020.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher; F. v. Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    Radically critiquing historical developments and envisioning alternatives, German lyric poetry has used formal and semantic experimentation to explore the limits of truth, beauty, meaning and the human experience. This course offers a survey of representative German lyric poetry with a particular emphasis on poetological innovations and their historical contexts in the twentieth century. Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO  or Scripps equivalent.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Language Requirement; Speaking Intensive
  
  • GERM152 PO - Drama in German Film, Theater and Radio

    When Offered: Spring 2023
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    This course examines representative German plays, films, and radio plays that dramatically enact wide-ranging critiques of existing power structures in society and recent history. In addition to formal analyses of performance techniques, the course uses considerations of gender, class, race, and their intersectionality as analytical tools. Performance pieces and film dramas to be discussed may include, among others, Nowhere in Africa, Head On, Life of Others, Fear Eats the Soul, Good Woman of Szechuan, Good God of Manhattan, The Visit, Metropolis, Dalliance, Mary Magdalene, Mary Queen of Scotts, Faust, and Emilia Galotti. Course is taught in German.  Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO . Previously offered as GERM152H  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Language Requirement; Speaking Intensive
  
  • GERM154F PO - Contemporary German Fiction

    When Offered: Fall 2022
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    Germany is the world’s most popular country (BBC), the German government is holding up the West singlehandedly (various sources) - and German literary authors are doing just fine, thank you (Frankfurter Buchmesse). The only sad thing: they rarely get translated into English - you have to read them in German. This course introduces students to some of the best contemporary German prose fiction and contextualizes it. Close reading and interpretation; some secondary literature and criticism; discussion; written and oral student contributions. Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO  or equivalent. Previously offered as GERM154  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Language Requirement; Writing Intensive
  
  • GERM154H PO - Contemporary German Fiction

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2019.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Germany is the world’s most popular country (BBC), the German government is holding up the West singlehandedly (various sources) – and German literary authors are doing just fine, thank you (Frankfurter Buchmesse). The only sad thing: they rarely get translated into English – you have to read them in German. This course introduces students to some of the best contemporary German prose fiction and contextualizes it. Close reading and interpretation; some secondary literature and criticism; discussion; written and oral student contributions. Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO  or equivalent. Previously offered as GERM154  PO. Course must be taken twice to fulfill the foreign language requirement.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Language Requirement; Writing Intensive
  
  • GERM164H PO - Vom Beruf zum Gig: Arbeitswelt im Wandel

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2020.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 0.5

    This is a half-credit German-language section that accompanies GRMT-164 for those students who have advanced German language capabilities (German-44 or higher) and want to cover the topic of GRMT-164 through analogous materials in German. The focus will be on shorter texts and the German imaginary of work, from the soldier to the craftsman, the merchant, the bureaucrat and on to the modern gig worker. May also be taken without being enrolled in GRMT-164. Discussion in German. Prerequisites: GERM 044 PO  or equivalent. May be repeated once for credit.
  
  • GERM180 PO - Deutschland in Schwarz und Weiss: Rassismus, Xenophobie, und deutsche Geschichte/Germany Black and White: Race, Xenophobia, and Germany History

    When Offered: Fall 2021.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Based on a blend of texts, this cultural-studies course provides a survey of the current state of race relations and racial discourse in the German-speaking countries. It draws on input from literary sources, discussions in media, presentations in film and other visuals, and experiences in daily life. The course will also facilitate conversations on (colonial) history, comparison of racial issues and racism between the Germanic countries and the USA, and provide broader context for aspects of (labor) migration, refugee policies, and the persistence of xenophobia and right-wing ideologies. The course will also present national and transnational efforts (for instance via the EU) to address the social ills of racism and discrimination. Prerequisites: GERM044 PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  
  • GERM191 PO - Senior Thesis in German

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Prerequisite: permission of the student’s advisor and the coordinator. Course or half-course.
  
  • GERM193 PO - German Comprehensive Exams

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Preparation for six-hour written and one-hour oral examinations for the major, testing the student’s general competence in the discipline. Half-course. Graded P/NP .
  
  • GERM199DRPO - German: Directed Readings

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  
  • GERM199IRPO - German: Independent Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  
  • GERM199RAPO - German: Research Assistantship

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.

German Literature in Translation

  
  • GRMT014 PO - Adventures in German Syntax for Reading and Translation

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 0.5

    Starting with simplified newspaper texts but building up to texts of increasing sophistication and specialization, this course introduces students to German syntax and grammar in context. Recognizing syntactical markers, students learn how to make sense of a variety of German texts with just the help of a dictionary. No prior knowledge of German required but appropriate for all levels of German proficiency. Taught in English.
  
  • GRMT114 SC - Plotting Crime


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  
  • GRMT116 SC - The Decadents


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  
  • GRMT130 SC - Schools of Cultural Criticism


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  
  • GRMT131 PO - Germany Today

    When Offered: Fall 2022
    Instructor(s): F. von Schwerin-High
    Credit: 1

    Explores current and emerging topics regarding Germany in the European and transatlantic context. Topics range from media and communication to literature, commemoration and education to ecology and current events. Course provides an up-to-date and comprehensive yet focused inquiry into specific developments relevant for contemporary society. May be repeated once for credit.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Speaking Intensive
  
  • GRMT162 PO - Rich, Pretty, Orderly - Swiss?

    When Offered: Spring 2022.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    What Makes Switzerland Tick. The doughnut hole of Europe - in the middle but largely unfamiliar. This cultural studies course fills the knowledge gap about Switzerland through a comprehensive account of the country’s role in the European and global cultural and political frameworks via (literary) texts, films, historical and economic sources and in-depth analysis of this successful multicultural country’s political system, its neutrality and significant international presence. (German in Translation)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Writing Intensive
  
  • GRMT162H PO - Rich, Pretty, Orderly - Swiss?

    When Offered: Spring 2022.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 0.5

    GRMT162H  PO integrates a German language lecture and discussion component into GRMT162  PO. Previously offered as GRMT189 PO.
  
  • GRMT164 PO - Profession? Job? Gig?: Changing Worlds of Work

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2020.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    Based on a blend of texts from history, the social sciences, literature, and the arts, this cultural-studies course provides students with a survey of how humans have depicted, thought of, and written about work. Why do we work? How do we work? Where and when do we work? Who works? and who has leisure? The course privileges somewhat European and German ideas (Marx, Weber, socialist class and gender concepts of work) but is open to broader comparative and global contributions. It addresses issues of labor, the large-scale social and economic organization of work for an industry or a nation, as well as the psychological, emotional, individual dimension of identity, self-worth, and one’s social standing.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  
  • GRMT170 PO - Culture of Nature: Green Movements

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2023.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    Credit: 1

    This concept-and theory-focused course analyzes forms of discourses on nature and the environment in their historical emergence, development, and contemporary usages. It investigates representations of nature, from anonymous observations to the rise of scientific and scholarly debate, followed by political and commercial utilization. It unfolds broader frameworks of how culture has always shaped scientific and environmental debates, supported political views, and provided social values. The course is comparative and links European and American cultural-historical contexts. Specific recent topics include emergence of Green thinking, anti-nuclear and peace movements, advertisement and environmental esthetics, degrowth, climate change, and others.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Speaking Intensive
  
  • GRMT180H PO - Germany Black and White: Race, Xenophobia, and Germany History

    When Offered: Fall 2021.
    Instructor(s): H. Rindisbacher
    This is a half-credit English-language version of the German-language GERM180 PO offered for all students who do not have advanced German language capabilities (German-44 or higher to enroll in the full credit GERM180 PO) but are interested in the thematics. Based on a blend of sources, this cultural-studies course provides a survey of the current state of race relations and racial discourse in the German-speaking countries. It draws on input from literary texts, discussions in media, presentations in film and other visuals, and experiences in daily life. A key goal of the course is, beyond the broad content focus on questions of race, migration, xenophobia, class, and DEI, to offer an alternative view of these topics beyond the US-American debate. Many students are doubtlessly already acquainted with the latter, and the course provides a new lens on these questions through the cultural historical parameters of a different country/culture. Lastly, the course also presents national and transnational efforts (for instance via the EU) to address the social ills of racism and discrimination.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  
  • GRMT199DRPO - German St: Directed Readings

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    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.
  
  • GRMT199IRPO - German St: Indep Research

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5-1

    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.
  
  • GRMT199RAPO - German St:Research Assistantship

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.

History

  
  • HIST008 PO - Heroes and Heroines in the Ancient Mediterranean

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2019.
    Instructor(s): B. Keim
    Credit: 1

    From the blood-drenched battlefields of Troy to the rhetorical schools of imperial Rome, from Gilgamesh’s early quest for immortality to Perpetua’s willing embrace of martyrdom, famous stories of heroic individuals not merely edified and entertained audiences across the ancient Mediterranean but fundamentally shaped their own values and experiences. In this course we will explore how common narratives of heroism and of the well-lived life shaped the political and cultural histories of the Mediterranean world from 3000 B.C.E. to 400 C.E., from the rise of the earliest Ancient Near Eastern empires through the decline of the Roman Empire. There will be a strong emphasis on engaging with the ancient sources in translation, with readings drawn especially from the genres of epic (Homer’s Iliad, Epic of Gilgamesh, Hesiod’s Works & Days), historiography (Herodotus, Thucydides, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus), and biography (Law Code of Hammurabi, Xenophon’s Agesilaus, Plutarch’s Lives, and the Passion of Perpetua).
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST010 PO - Ancient Mediterranean

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Instructor(s): B. Keim
    Credit: 1

    This course surveys the political and cultural histories of the Mediterranean world from 3000 B.C.E. to 400 C.E., from the rise of the earliest Ancient Near Eastern empires through the decline of the Roman Empire. There will be a strong emphasis on critical engagement with ancient sources in translation, from the Epic of Gilgamesh and Code of Hammurabi through Homer’s Iliad, the Histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, and Augustus’ Res Gestae. Special attention will be paid to ancient imperialism, the development of Greco-Roman historiography and the many enduring legacies of these ancient Mediterranean cultures. (Core course, Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST011 PO - Medieval Mediterranean

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): K. Wolf
    Credit: 1

    This course offers a broad history of the greater Mediterranean world from the first to the fourteenth centuries with particular attention to 1) the competition between its Greek, Latin, and Arabic sectors for hegemony in the region, and 2) the interplay between the Abrahamic and Socratic legacies that shaped the writings of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims who inhabited the region. The primary sources that make up the readings for this course have been selected with these two overarching themes in mind. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST012 PO - Saints and Society

    When Offered: Fall 2021.
    Instructor(s): K. Wolf
    Credit: 1

    A history of Christian sanctity from the first to the thirteenth centuries, predicated on the notion that you can tell a lot about a past culture by the way it conceived of its heroes. The bulk of the readings are saints’ lives written by Christian hagiographers whose collective task it was to construct a timeless sense of Christian perfection out of a seemingly infinite variety of individual cases. Learning how to read these curious texts for the information they contain about the late antique/medieval mind-set is the principal challenge of the course. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  
  • HIST014 PO - Medieval Europe and the World Outside

    When Offered: Fall 2020.
    Instructor(s): K.Wolf
    Credit: 1

    The crusades and the Spanish reconquista opened the door to a deeper Medieval European experience of Asia and Africa and laid the groundwork for the European expansion of the Americas. This course will focus on firsthand accounts of those medieval European soldiers, sailors, chaplains, missionaries and merchants who found themselves in such uncharted territory. We will use these primary sources to reconstruct medieval European perceptions of non-Europeans in an effort to appreciate the formative role that such “imagining” of the other played in the construction of European identity. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST016 PZ - Environmental History


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST017 CH - Introduction to Chicanx Latinx History

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
    Credit: 1

    An introductory survey to the historical experiences of Chicanx/Latinx peoples in the United States, including Mexican and Puerto Rican diasporas, as well as South and Central American migrations.  Exposes students to historical methods and analysis through topics like migration and settlement; community and identity formation; and the roles of races, gender, class and sexuality in social and political histories. Culminates in a public research project. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  
  • HIST020 PO - The United States from the Colonial Era to the Gilded Age

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): H. Wall
    Credit: 1

    Development of the United States from colonial times to the late 19th century, emphasizing the social, political and socioeconomic conflicts that shaped its development. (Core course, United States)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST020 PZ - Greece and Rome


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST021 PO - Dynamics of Power in the US

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    This introductory-level course will survey the history of the United States, from the Civil War to the present. The course will explore transformations in politics, culture, technology, and foreign policy, and trace the changing ways that race, class, and gender intersect with one another. Students will develop skills analyzing a wide range of primary sources, including written documents as well as film, music, and images. This course will examine in detail the Black freedom struggle, the rise and fall of the New Deal order, and the domestic consequences of American foreign policy. (Core Course: United States
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  
  • HIST024 PO - Race and American Religion in Global Perspective

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): S. Reidy
    Credit: 1

    In this course we will examine the connections between religion in America and transnational diasporas, empires, and missionary networks. We will learn how faith communities construct racial identity, and how spirituality can be used to harden or challenge racial hierarchies. This course examines six religious traditions, three that began overseas and spread to North America, and three that began in the United States and then spread globally. We begin by considering how Spanish Catholicism, English Puritanism, and contemporary Islam encountered the American context, and then analyze the American roots and transnational spread of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mormonism, and Pentecostalism. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST025 CH - All Power to the People! Social Movements for Justice

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): T. Summers Sandoval
    Credit: 1

    All Power to the People! Social Movements for Justice. A survey of 20th-century movements for change, with a focus on those created by and for communities of color. Examines issues of race, gender and class in U.S. society while investigating modern debates surrounding equity, equality and social justice. Letter grade only. (United States)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  
  • HIST025 PZ - U.S. History before 1877


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST029 PO - US Immigarion History

    When Offered: Fall 2021.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 1

    This introductory seminar examines the history of immigration to the United States, the self-described ‘nation of immigrants.’ Students explore the dynamic field of U.S. immigration history through scholarly readings investigating migrant experiences and the evolution of immigration policies and practices. With focused attention on the 20th century, and a concentration on Latinx migration, the class analyzes histories of race and racial formation, labor, and the rise of carceral systems.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST031 CH - Colonial Latin America

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): A. Mayes
    Credit: 1

    Examines the rise of the Aztec and Incan empires; the Spanish conquest and settlement of the Americas; the evolution and consolidation of colonial institutions; the significance of race, gender and sexuality in shaping the culture of the colonial society from the perspectives of Indigenous, European and African peoples; and the settlement of Brazil and the impact of the Age of Revolution, especially the Haitian Revolution, on the process of independence. (Core course, Latin America and the Caribbean)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST032 CH - Latin America Since Independence

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas
    Credit: 1

    The history of Latin America from 1820s to the present, including the complex process of national consolidation, the character of new societies, the integration of Latin American nations into the world market, the dilemma of mono-export economies, political alternatives to the traditional order and relations with the United States. (Core course, Latin America and the Caribbean)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST034 CH - History of Mexico

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): M.Tinker Salas
    Credit: 1

    The course traces Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present. It explores the character of Indigenous societies, the nature of the encounter, the colonial legacy, the tumultuous nineteenth century, the Mexican Revolution, United States-Mexican relations, politics during the 20th century, immigration, the rise of social movements and the current drug war.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST035 PZ - Hist of Middle East, 600-1500 AD


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST036 PO - Women of Honor, Women of Shame: Women’s Lives in Latin America and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean, 1300-1900

    When Offered: Spring 2022.
    Instructor(s): A. Mayes
    Credit: 1

    Overview of the life chances, economic opportunities and social expectations for women of European, Indigenous and African descent during and after colonial rule in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. (Latin America and the Caribbean)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST036 PZ - History of Modern Middle East


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST040 AF - History of Africa to 1800

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): M.O. Traoré
    Credit: 1

    History of Africa from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19th century. Attention given to the methodology and theoretical framework used by the Africanist, the development of early African civilizations and current debates and trends in the historiography of Africa. (Core course, Africa, African Diaspora and Middle East)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST041 AF - Africa in World Politics, 1884 to 2000.

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): O. Traore.
    Credit: 1

    Attention given to developing a broad understanding of the political, economic, and social changes in Africa after the arrival of Europeans on the continent. The course analyzes the long-lasting socio-political impacts of the Berlin Conference in present-day Africa in terms of governance and ethnic conflicts. We will also bring into sharper focus the Cold War, the rise of strongmen, development issues, new forms of civil society, and democratization processes in Africa. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST042 PO - Worlds of Islam

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
    Credit: 1

    A global history of Islamic societies since the fourteenth century, examining the period when Islam became a world religion. Approaches the integrated histories of the Asian, African and Indian Ocean worlds. (Africa/African Diaspora, South Asia, and the Middle East)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST043 PO - The Middle East in Modern Times

    When Offered: Spring 2020.
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
    Credit: 1

    Survey of the social, political and cultural history of the Middle East and North Africa since 1500, examining the transition from the age of empires to the emergence of nation-building projects in the region. Subjects include state and society under early modern Islamic empires; Western colonialism and imperialism; the integration of the region into the world economy; and the emergence of the nation-state system in the Middle East and North Africa. (Africa/African Diaspora, South Asia, and the Middle East)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST047 PO - Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2018.
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
    Credit: 1

    The history of the interregional Islamic “gunpowder empires” of the early modern period: the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals. Examines the ways in which Muslim empires ruled heterogeneous populations and expansive frontiers and became involved in global patterns of trade and cross-cultural exchange between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. Letter grade only. Previously offered as HIST110AKPO. (Africa/African Diaspora, South Asia, and the Middle East)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST048 PO - Afghanistan: Crossroads of Asia

    When Offered: Offered alternate years
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
    Credit: 1

    Afghanistan often appears in the Western imagination as a barren land, a forbidding wilderness of tribes and ‘graveyard of empires’.  This perception overlooks its cosmopolitan history as a crossroads between South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, its rich traditions of Buddhism and Islam, and place in the development of Persianate literary culture.  The land of Afghanistan was once an entrepot on the ‘Silk Roads’ and home to the lost city of Turquoise Mountain before it was destroyed by the Mongols.  Its cities were trading and artistic centers in the early modern Timurid age and places in between Mughal India and Safavid Persia before the emergence of the Afghan Durrani Empire.  During the nineteenth century, it became a colonial borderland in the ‘Great Game’, resisting the intrusions of European empires.  The course traces the global history of Afghanistan through its archives, literature, and arts.

     


  
  • HIST048 SC - Gndr/Tstmny in LatAm & Caribbean


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST049 PO - Iran and the World

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Khazeni
    Credit: 1

    An exploration of the history of Iran and its global interactions from the times of the Persian empires and the Silk Roads to the age of empires and the coming of the 1979 Revolution. The course considers the land, language and literature of the peoples of Iran, tracing the adoption of Islam, the establishment of early modern Persianate empires, encounters with European imperialism, integration into the modern world economy and the radical political movements that culminated in the Islamic Revolution. Letter grade only. (Africa/African Diaspora, South Asia, and the Middle East). Previously offered as HIST149  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST050A AF - African Diaspora in U.S. to 1877


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  
  • HIST050B AF - African Diaspora in U.S. since 1877


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  
  • HIST051 CM - Modern South Asian History through its Literature, 1700 to the Present


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST052 CM - South Asian History: An Introduction


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST053 CM - Everyday Life in South Asia


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST054 CM - Bread and Circuses: The Politics of Roman Private Life


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST055 CM - Middle East: Muhammad-Mongols


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST056 CM - Middle East: Ottomans to Present


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST059 CM - Civilizations of East Asia


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST060 PO - Asian Traditions

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): S. Yamashita
    Credit: 1

    Historical introduction to the civilizations of China, India, Korea and Japan. Examines major institutional, social and cultural developments from pre-history to 1500: the advent of sedentary agriculture, urbanization, the emergence of the first states, class relations, important religious and philosophical changes and the formation of distinctive cultural identities. (Core course, Asia)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Speaking Intensive
  
  • HIST061 CM - The New Asia: China, Japan, India and Indonesia in the Modern Era


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST062 PO - Modern East Asia: China, Japan and Korea in 20th Century

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Chin
    Credit: 1

    History of China, Japan and Korea from the late 19th century to the late 20th century. Focuses on transnational themes, such as revolution, colonialism and modernity that have shaped the politics and identities of East Asians in recent times. (Core course, Asia)
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  
  • HIST068 CM - Disasters in the Ancient Mediterranean


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST070A SC - United States History to 1865


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST070B SC - Introduction to Modern U.S. History


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST071 PO - Modern Europe Since 1789

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): P. Chu
    Credit: 1

    This course offers an introduction to the political and social history of Europe since the French Revolution, focusing on the themes of revolution, modernity, totalitarianism, and globalization. We examine liberal and nationalist challenges to absolutism; industrialization and imperialism; great power competition and World War I; fascism and communism; World War II and the Cold War; and decolonization and European integration. While tracing pan-European developments, we pay attention to the diversity of experiences within Europe as well as Europe’s relationship with the wider world..
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST072 SC - History of Women in the U.S.


    See the Scripps College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST073 CM - Rise of Mod Europe 1750-Present


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST073 PZ - The Problem with Profit


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST074 PZ - Holiness, Heresy and the Body


    See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST080 CM - Early America: Invasion to the Civil War


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST080 PO - Revolutions, Uprisings, Coups, and Interventions in the Americas since 1910

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): M. Tinker Salas; V. Silverman
    Credit: 1

    Revolutions shook the world repeatedly over the course of the twentieth century. The ways that the great powers, particularly the United States, reacted to these momentous events have been central to making the modern world. Efforts to create new societies and power structures or reimpose elite rule have been met with wildly different from reactions from the United States and are key to understanding how our world came to be. From the Mexican Revolution in 1910 to the Honduran Coup 100 years later, this course traces political, social and economic upheavals and interventions that have determined the course of history. Previously offered as HIST028  CH.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST081 CM - Modern America: 1865 to the present


    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  
  • HIST081 HM - Science and Technology in the Early Modern World


    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
 

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