2022-23 Pomona College Catalog 
    
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Check major and minor requirement sections in the Departments, Programs and Areas of Study section to determine if specific courses will satisfy requirements. Inclusion on this list does not imply that the course will necessarily satisfy a requirement.

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Music
  

  • MUS077 PO - Jamaican Musical Aesthetics

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2020.
    Instructor(s): G. Schreffler
    Credit: 1

    Covers the music of Jamaica with particular attention to the development of its distinctive aesthetic practices, including reuse, recycling, and remix.  Emphasizes the creative use of technology and Jamaicans’ use of musical forms to express key cultural values.  Includes extensive listening to recorded examples as well as in-class performance of Jamaican genres as a means to experiential learning.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Speaking Intensive
  

  • MUS080 PO - Music Theory I

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; T. Flaherty; J. Rockwell; Staff
    Credit: 1

    Two-part counterpoint, four-part writing, using root-position and inverted triads, dominant seventh chords. Small forms.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  

  • MUS080 LPO - Lab, Theory I

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Jung; U. Kleinecke; R. Li; Staff
    Credit: 0

    Prerequisite: MUS 080 PO .
  

  • MUS081 PO - Music Theory II

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; T. Flaherty; J. Rockwell; Staff
    Credit: 1

    Diatonic and chromatic harmony, in four parts and freer styles. Sonata and related forms. Prerequisite: MUS 080 PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  

  • MUS081 LPO - Lab, Theory II

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): G. Blankenburg; Staff
    Credit: 0

    Prerequisite: MUS 081 PO .
  

  • MUS082 PO - Music Theory III

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; J. Rockwell
    Credit: 1

    Devoted to advanced topics involving music theory and analysis. Chromatic harmony, late 19th-century techniques, contrapuntal styles, jazz theory. Prerequisite: MUS 081 PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Speaking Intensive
  

  • MUS082 LPO - Lab, Theory III

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): G. Blankenburg; Staff
    Credit: 0

    Prerequisite: MUS 082 PO .
  

  • MUS 089C PO - Music in Punjabi Culture

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2020.
    Instructor(s): G. Schreffler
    Overview of musical life in Punjab (India-Pakistan cross-border region) and the Punjabi Diaspora, with emphasis on the changing role of music and dance in new social contexts. Examines how music is mapped upon such social dimensions as gender, class, and ethnicity, and the impact of modern media, emigration, and globalization.
  

  • MUS091 PO - Perception, Cognition, and the History of Sound

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered 2021-22.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer
    Credit: 1

    This multi-disciplinary course examines sound as a cultural and technological artifact. Surveying recent scholarship in cognitive science, history, musicology, media studies and psychoacoustics, we study film, music, historical recording devices and other technologies, architectural and urban spaces and other sites of sound in the world from roughly 1500 to the present.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Speaking Intensive; Analyzing Difference
  

  • MUS095 PO - Musical Mathematics, Mathematical Music

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

    This course examines mathematical approaches to understanding music as well as musical repertoire that has a basis in mathematical principles. Considers the philosophical foundations for the study of musical proportion, and explores topics including musical set theory, group theory, graph theory, and geometries of music. Analyzes examples of Baroque counterpoint, 19th-century chromatic music, 20th-century concert music, world music, and American popular music. Some prior knowledge of either music or mathematics is helpful but not necessary. Letter grade only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Speaking Intensive
  

  • MUS096A PO - Electronic Music Studio

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

    Introductory laboratory course designed to develop electronic compositions using techniques of analog and digital synthesis. Permission of instructor required.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS096B PO - Electronic Music Studio

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

    Laboratory course designed to continue developing electronic compositions using techniques of analog and digital synthesis. Permission of instructor required. Prerequisite: MUS 096A PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II (60 Minutes)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a Qualifying Examination. Hour-long lesson weekly. Students in MUS 100 have the opportunity to perform in recitals sponsored by the Department. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. May be repeated for credit (subject to demonstrated consistent progress and clear evidence of substantial individual practice time).
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100BAPO - Bass Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100BNPO - Bassoon Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100CLPO - Clarinet Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100EUPO - Euphonium Level II (Indiv Inst)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100FLPO - Flute Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100GUPO - Guitar Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Sanders; J. Yoshida
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100HNPO - French Horn Level II (Indiv Ins)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100HPPO - Harp Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100OBPO - Oboe Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100PCPO - Percussion Level II (Indiv Ins)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100PFPO - Piano Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lee; G. Blankenburg; J. Jung; A. Kallay; P. Young
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100SAPO - Saxophone Level II (Indiv Inst)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100TBPO - Trombone Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100TPPO - Trumpet Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100TUPO - Tuba Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100VAPO - Viola Level II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100VCPO - Violoncello Lev II (Indiv Instr)

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

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100VNPO - Violin Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): T. Pelev; S. Thornblade
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS100VOPO - Voice Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): M. Givens; T. Bevard; G. Geiger; S. Graff; U. Kleinecke; S. Lehmkuhl
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS 110A SC - Music in Western Civilization


    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
  

  • MUS113 PO - Orchestration and Instrumentation

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered 2022-23.
    Instructor(s): E. Lindholm
    Credit: 1

    Instruments of the orchestra, their historical development, and current capabilities. Notation and performance practice. Analysis of selected works since 1750 and exercises in scoring and arranging for orchestra and chamber ensembles to develop historical understanding, imagination, and practical skill. Prerequisite: MUS 082 PO , or permission of instructor. Letter grade only. 
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS117 PO - Conducting

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): D. M. Di Grazia; E. Lindholm
    Credit: 0.5

    Introduction to the skills and responsibilities of conducting a musical ensemble. Emphasis on score knowledge, aural skills, and clarity of musical intent. A familiarity with the classical canon and fundamentals of Western music theory is assumed. Instructor permission required. Prerequisites: MUS 051 PO  and MUS 080 PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS118 SC - Music in the United States


    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
  

  • MUS119 SC - Women in Music


    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
  

  • MUS120 SC - Music in Christian Practice


    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
  

  • MUS121 PO - Seminar in Music History (Before 1750)

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 1.0

    Seminar in music history and literature geared to giving intermediate and advanced students an in-depth experience with a particular topic or corpus of music, and exposure to established methodologies in historical musicology as appropriate to that topic. Courses in the MUS 121 PO series will focus on music and the society in which it was produced from before 1750, or will include substantial engagement with some aspect of repertoire, style and culture of that time. Emphasis on deeper investigations of topics through selected readings, listening, discussions, oral presentations, analytical projects or class performance, and writing. Historical engagement with issues related to religion, politics, culture, literature, class, gender, race and/or other matters through the lens of music as appropriate to the seminar’s focus will also be included. Fulfills one history and literature requirement for Music majors and minors. Prerequisites: MUS 051 PO  and MUS 080 PO  or permission of instructor. Repeatable twice for credit when being offered under a different topic; check with instructor or department chair.    

     
      
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Writing Intensive
  

  • MUS121 SC - Music of the Spirits


    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
  

  • MUS122 PO - Seminar in Music History (1750-c.1920)

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): D. M. Di Grazia
    Credit: 1.0

    Seminar in music history and literature geared to giving intermediate and advanced students an in-depth experience with a particular topic or corpus of music, and exposure to established methodologies in historical musicology as appropriate to that topic. Courses in the MUS 122 PO series will focus on music and the society in which it was produced from 1750 to c. 1920, or will include substantial engagement with some aspect of repertoire, style and culture of that time. Emphasis on deeper investigations of topics through selected readings, listening, discussions, oral presentations, analytical projects or class performance, and writing. Historical engagement with issues related to religion, politics, culture, literature, class, gender, race and/or other matters through the lens of music as appropriate to the seminar’s focus will also be included. Fulfills one history and literature requirement for Music majors and minors. Prerequisites: MUS 051 PO  and MUS 080 PO  or permission of instructor. MUS 081 PO  strongly recommended.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Writing Intensive
  

  • MUS123 SC - Music and the Performance of Identities: Intersections of Race, Class and Gender


    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
  

  • MUS126 SC - Music in East Asia and Diaspora


    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
  

  • MUS130 SC - Rhythm and the Latina Body Politic


    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
  

  • MUS132 SC - Stravinsky: His Milieu and His Music.


    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
  

  • MUS140 PO - Chamber Music

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

    Program for vocal and instrumental students who participate in small ensembles under the direction of a faculty coach. Restricted to music majors or, with permission of instructor, other very accomplished student musicians who are prepared to make a substantial time commitment, both in and outside of group rehearsals; other students should take MUS 040 PO . Students should form ensembles before enrolling. The department will ensure than an appropriate coach is assigned. Weekly rehearsals and at least one performance required. (May not be taken more than once per semester, regardless of participation.) P/NP grading only.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 6
  

  • MUS147 PO - Linguistic Approaches to the Analysis of Music

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

    The question of music’s relationship with the language faculty has not yet been well answered and continues to be vigorously studied. In exploring relationships between music and language, this course proceeds by comparing the various analytical areas of music theory and linguistics. Students will evaluate a number of claims of relationships between music and language, understand some of the musical, linguistic, psychological and cultural phenomena that have prompted those claims, consider some proposed alternative explanations and develop some promising comparisons further. Students will build their sense about how both music and language work and they will consider the kinds of phenomena that may or may not be classifiable as linguistic, paralinguistic and/or musical. They will get to know more music and develop their abilities as discerning listeners and/or performers of music and language. Prerequisites: MUS 080 PO  and LGCS 010 PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1; Speaking Intensive
  

  • MUS 184 PO - 20th C Music History & Theory

    When Offered: Each fall
    Instructor(s): J. Rockwell
    Credit: 1

    20th-century musical techniques and their historical contexts. Prerequisites: MUS 082 PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    PO Area 1 Requirement;Do Not Display - PAC 5
  

  • MUS184 PO - 20th-Century Music History and Theory

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

    20th-century musical techniques and their historical contexts. Prerequisites: MUS 082 PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 1
  

  • MUS184 LPO - Lab, 20th-Century Music History and Theory

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): G. Lee; J. Rockwell; Staff
    Credit: 0
  

  • MUS190 PO - Senior Colloquium

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): J. Rockwell
    Credit: 0.5

    Directed study for majors who are completing the senior exercise. Features regular meetings of students and their advisors for review and discussion of major topics and methods in music composition, theory, history, performance, ethnomusicology, and other specializations as relevant. Required of senior majors.
  

  • MUS192 PO - Senior Project

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

    Half course for students without concentrations; half course for performance concentration; full course for all other concentrations. Prepared under faculty guidance. Proposals must be submitted by April 10 of the junior year in order to be approved by the Music Department faculty. The senior project for a music major without a concentration involves a research paper (normally at least 20 pages), a lecture-recital or work in another format subject to approval. Each concentration has its own specific requirements for senior projects; see the descriptions of the concentrations .
  

  • MUS199DRPO - Music: 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.
  

  • MUS199IRPO - Music: 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.

Neuroscience
  

  • NEUR101A PO - Introduction to Neuroscience with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): J. King; E. Glater
    Credit: 1

    An introduction to the field of neuroscience. Basic principles of neuroscience are covered including how the cells in the nervous system process signals and transmit information, basic brain anatomy and an introduction to human and comparative systems neuroscience. Prerequisites: BIOL 040 PO  and  BIOL 041C PO . Letter grade only. Previously offered as NEUR101  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  

  • NEUR101B PO - The Human Brain with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): R. Lewis: N. Weekes
    Credit: 1

    An introduction to the human nervous system. We will critically analyze methods of exploring the human nervous system including lesion, electrophysiological, neurochemical and neuroimaging approaches. Topics will include sensation and perception, cognition, movement, regulatory systems, social behavior and psychological and neurological disorders. Prerequisites: NEUR 101A PO . PSYC 051 PO  recommended. Previously offered as NEUR143  PO.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  

  • NEUR102 PO - Neuroethology: Mechanisms of Behavior with Laboratory

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

    A comparative approach to examining how the nervous system supports behavior. Topics include the evolution and organization of the nervous system, neural-endocrine interactions and mechanisms underlying the detection and recognition of behavioral signals and the generation of a behavioral response to them. Prerequisite: NEUR 101A PO  or permission from instructor.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  

  • NEUR103 PO - Neuropharmacology

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

    Overview of the major neurotransmitter systems, drug-receptor interactions and synaptic transmission. Emphasis on the mechanisms of action of psychoactive drugs, including drugs of abuse, the biology of addiction and the neurobiology of psychiatric illness and neurodegenerative disease. Prerequisite: NEUR 101A PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  

  • NEUR123 PO - The Stressed Brain

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): J. King
    Credit: 1

    This seminar course will explore the neural mechanisms of the stress response. Current research that focuses on the molecular and cellular basis of the stress response will be examined. Topics will include the HPA axis, acute stress, chronic stress, and stress related diseases. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: NEUR 101A PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4; Speaking Intensive
  

  • NEUR130 PO - Vertebrate Sensory Systems with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): K. Johnson
    Credit: 1

    Vertebrates possess remarkable adaptations for exploring their external environment. We will examine the senses of smell, taste, touch, vision and hearing at molecular, cellular and systems levels, with particular focus on the development of these systems. Topics will also include comparative anatomy, physiology, neural coding and exotic sensory systems. Prerequisite: NEUR 101A PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4
  

  • NEUR168 PO - Genes and Behavior with Laboratory

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): E. Glater
    Credit: 1

    This course will focus on genetic approaches used to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying various behaviors. We will examine several behaviors including aggression, anxiety, sleep and mating. In the laboratory students will learn current, genetic methods for studying behavior in the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: NEUR 101A PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4; Writing Intensive
  

  • NEUR178 PO - Neurobiology with Laboratory

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

    This course will focus on the biology of the nervous systems of vertebrates and invertebrates with a cellular, molecular and electrophysiological approach. We will examine the ionic basis of electrical signaling in excitable cells, the physiology and biochemistry of synaptic transmission, the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory and selected hot topics in the field. Prerequisites: NEUR 101A PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 4; Speaking Intensive
  

  • NEUR189S PO - The Neuroscience of Pain

    When Offered: One-time only; fall 2022
    Instructor(s): S. Sutherland
    Credit: 1

    Pain is a symptom of many diseases, but chronic pain can be a disease in itself. Chronic daily pain affects over 50 million Americans at an estimated cost of over $600 billion annually, and it affects one in five people globally, including children. Despite intense research efforts, the basic biological mechanisms behind chronic pain - and how to effectively treat it - remain mysterious. The course will focus on the neurobiological basis of chronic pain, ranging from genetic risks to the ion channels that convey painful signals to the brain networks that underlie our experience of pain. However, chronic pain is best viewed through the lens of a biopsychosocial model, considering the biological, psychological and sociological factors that shape each individual’s experience of chronic pain. In this seminar, we will examine these factors through peer-reviewed primary research papers, articles in the popular press, and guest appearances by pain researchers.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    PO Area 4 Requirement;PO Writing Intensive Req
  

  • NEUR190 PO - Senior Seminar

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): J. King
    Credit: 0.5

    Critical analysis and discussion of the current research literature in neuroscience. Discussion of senior thesis exercise. Preparation of a critical literature review and an oral presentation describing thesis background. Topics vary each year. Senior majors only.
  

  • NEUR191 PO - Senior Library Thesis

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

    A non-empirical thesis in which students design a research protocol to answer an original question. Written in the form of a grant proposal. Half-course. May be taken in either semester of the senior year. Prerequisite: permission of instructor required.
  

  • NEUR192 PO - Neuroscience Senior Project

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): J. King
    Credit: 0.5

    Critical analysis and discussion of the current research literature in neuroscience. Discussion of senior thesis exercise. Topics vary each year. Senior majors only.
  

  • NEUR194A PO - Senior Experimental Thesis

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

    An empirical thesis in which students undertake an experimental project that addresses an original question. Half-course each semester. NEUR 194A PO, each fall; NEUR 194B PO , each spring.
  

  • NEUR194B PO - Senior Experimental Thesis

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

    An empirical thesis in which students undertake an experimental project that addresses an original question.
  

  • NEUR199DRPO - Neuroscience: 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.
  

  • NEUR199IRPO - Neuroscience: 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. Prerequisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
  

  • NEUR199RAPO - Neuroscience: 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.

Ontario Program
  
  

  • ONT105 PZ - Research Methods for Community Change


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

Philosophy
  

  • PHIL001 PO - Problems of Philosophy

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): M. Green; Staff; P. Thielke
    Credit: 1

    A study of selected problems in philosophy, from such areas as ethics, philosophy of religion, theory of knowledge and metaphysics. Classical and contemporary readings.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • PHIL002 PO - Introduction to Ethics

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

    The course surveys the major questions about ethics. How do we reason about specific moral problems, such as capital punishment, distribution of scarce resources and the value of life? Are ethical beliefs objective or are they relative to a person or culture? What is the motivation for moral theorizing?
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Speaking Intensive
  

  • PHIL004 PO - Philosophy in Literature

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): S. Erickson
    Credit: 1

    Discussion of various aspects of the human condition, personal and social, as presented in various works of literature.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL005 PO - Gods, Humans and Justice in Ancient Greece

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2013.
    Instructor(s): R. McKirahan
    Credit: 1

    Focus on the fundamental questions in ancient Greek moral thinking, such as the following: What is the best kind of life for a human? Should I be good? Can I be good? Is morality objective, subjective or relative to one’s society? What is the relation between gods and humans? Are we at the mercy of fate? Letter grade only. Course is equivalent to CLAS 064 PO .
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL007 PO - Discovery, Invention and Progress

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2020.
    Instructor(s): L. Perini
    Credit: 1

    Discovery, Invention and Progress: Philosophy of Science and Technology. Introduction to the philosophy of science and technology. Addresses issues such as the difference between science and pseudoscience, how to facilitate objectivity and rationality in science and technology and evaluation of the neutrality thesis, the view that technology is a neutral instrument that can be used for good or ill.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL030 PO - Social Philosophy

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2022.
    Credit: 1

    This course examines philosophical questions that arise with respect to social institutions and societal norms, policies, and behaviors. Specific topics will vary, but may include disability, housing policy and segregation, felon disenfranchisement, and food policy. 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
  
  

  • PHIL031 PO - Ethical Theory: Ancient to Early Modern

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): J. Tannenbaum
    Credit: 1

    Introduction to ethical theory through the major writings of several leading historical figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Hume and Kant. Among the topics we will discuss are: is acting virtuously necessary for living a good life; are a person’s motives relevant to whether an action is praiseworthy or blameworthy; can reason alone move us to act; and are moral judgments the result of reasoning or instead products of emotion? There are no pre-requisites for this class.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Speaking Intensive
  

  • PHIL032 PO - Ethical Theory: Contemporary

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2019.
    Instructor(s): M. Green
    Credit: 1

    Introduction to contemporary (20th and 21st century) ethical theories, such as Consequentialism, Deontology and Virtue Theory as well as metaethical theories, such as subjectivism, relativism and nihilism. Among the topics we will discuss are: is there one true morality; how much good we must do for others, and at what costs to our own personal projects; does morality require that we be impartial, treating others equally, and if so, will this prevent us from being partial towards our friends and family; and can we really use ethical theory to guide our everyday decisions? There are no pre-requisites for this class.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL033 PO - Political Philosophy

    When Offered: Spring 2021.
    Instructor(s): M. Green
    Credit: 1

    Classical and modern sources on the nature of the state, justice and rights. Addresses questions such as these: Should we have a state at all? What is a just society? What powers does the state have? Must individuals obey the state?
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference; Writing Intensive
  

  • PHIL034 PO - Philosophy of Law

    When Offered: Spring 2021.
    Instructor(s): A. Davis; M. Green
    Credit: 1

    Concerns the nature and substance of law. Addresses questions such as these: What is law? How should judges interpret the Constitution? When, if ever, is punishment justified? When does one private party commit a tort against another?
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • PHIL035 PO - Well-being and Autonomy

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Davis; M. Green
    Credit: 1

    This course focuses on two important ethical values, well-being and autonomy and what to do when pursuit of one conflicts with the other. What makes someone’s life go better or worse? What if someone’s life can be made to go better or at least prevented from going worse but only at the cost of undermining that person’s autonomy, that is, by interfering with how the person has chosen to live her or his life? What if the greater good of a community requires limitations on personal freedoms or the infringement of the right not to be harmed? Possible contexts of conflict include sports, medicine, national security and war. There are no pre-requisites for this class.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Speaking Intensive
  

  • PHIL037 PO - Values and the Environment

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2017.
    Credit: 1

    Values & the Environment has a wider scope than an environmental ethics course. Specific topics to be discussed will vary, but will usually include examining the implications of choices in housing policies;  food and dietary decisions and practices, and the question of who (and what) has moral standing (only humans?  Humans and nonhuman animals?  Trees?  Mountains?  Ecosystems?). 
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  

  • PHIL038 PO - Bioethics

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

    Focuses on issues and themes in the conduct of scientific research and the application of its results and about the nature and practice of medicine. One year we may explore the conceptual underpinnings that help us understand and assess the efficacy and morality of medical treatment. Another year, the orientation of the course may be more policy-centered.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL039 PO - Gender, Crime and Punishment (CP)

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2022.
    Instructor(s): S. Castagnetto
    Credit: 1

    Addresses issues of crime and punishment focusing on gender, race and class. Topics include gender and crime; gendered aspects of punishment; women’s rights violations in prison; impact of the war on drugs, harsh sentencing and prison growth on women and their families; issues post-release; alternatives to incarceration. Community partnership with local state women’s prison.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL040 PO - Ancient Philosophy

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2019.
    Instructor(s): R. McKirahan
    Credit: 1

    Origins of Western philosophy through reading and discussion of its classical sources, including the Presocratics, Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics, Plato and Aristotle.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Writing Intensive
  

  • PHIL042 PO - History of Modern Philosophy

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

    Major philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries (e.g., Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Leibniz, Hume), emphasizing their views on metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of mind.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL043 PO - Continental Thought

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): E. Anderson
    Credit: 1

    Beginning with a review of Kant, German idealism (Fichte through Hegel), Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Derrida will be considered.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL045 PO - Philosophy of Gender

    When Offered: Last offered fall 2020.
    Instructor(s): E. Anderson
    Credit: 1

    This course investigates the features and everyday impacts of gender from a philosophical perspective. Topics considered include: the relation of sex to gender; the nature of gendered oppression and its intersections with other forms of oppression; feminist and queer approaches to values and knowledge; and whether gender is a necessary or contingent feature of social relations.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL046 PO - Feminism and Science (CP)

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

    This course examines feminist perspectives on and critiques of science and technology, traditional scientific world views, and how gendered and other values inform scientific theory and practice.  Topics include the current and historical participation of women in science, with attention to race, class, and nationality; scientific theories of sex differences; the scientific construction of sex; issues in women’s health; and environmental issues.  This is a Napier course and will include participation of about 6 elders from the Pilgrim Place retirement community, offering an opportunity for intergenerational discussion and mentoring. 
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3; Analyzing Difference
  

  • PHIL047 PO - Socrates

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

    Socrates wrote nothing but is one of the most famous philosophers of all time. We will explore this and other Socratic paradoxes - for example his claims that he did not know anything but was wiser than anyone he had ever met; that knowledge and virtue are the same thing; that no one knowingly or willingly does wrong; that it is better to be the victim of injustice than to be unjust; that a worse person cannot harm a better one. We will also investigate his claim to be the first genuine philosopher, his importance in the subsequent history of philosophy and his iconic place in human culture.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL052 PZ - Philosophy of Religion


    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
  

  • PHIL054 PO - Existentialism

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): E. Anderson
    Credit: 1

    How does one find meaning in a seemingly meaningless world? This course approaches this question by means of a survey of existentialist thought from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including works by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Beauvoir. Topics include anxiety, freedom, subjectivity, and relations with others.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3;
  

  • PHIL057 JT - Philosophy of Technology: Our Technologies, Ourselves

    When Offered: Last offered spring 2020.
    Instructor(s): L. Perini
    Credit: 1

    The course investigates broad issues such as the nature of technology and our relationship to it, how technology affects the sense of self and community, its relationship to changing values and how technology is involved in how we think about the future and about the past. An additional goal of the course is to raise awareness of the invisible and ubiquitous technologies around us. Specific areas of focus may include social media, the quantified self-movement, surveillance and design.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 3
  

  • PHIL060 PO - Logic

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): Staff; L. Perini
    Credit: 1

    Introduction to mathematical logic through the development of proof techniques (natural deduction and semantic tableaux) and model theory for sentential logic and quantification theory. Properties of logical systems, such as consistency, completeness and decidability.
    Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
    Area 5
  

  • PHIL062 PZ - Chance and Scientific Reasoning


    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
  

  • PHIL070 PO - Art and Aesthetics

    When Offered: Fall 2018.
    Instructor(s): L. Perini
    Credit: 1

    The course will focus on issues concerning the nature of art and its value. Issues include the role of interpretation in determining the meaning of artworks; the question of whether forgery that is visually identical to an original work has less aesthetic—value and if so, why; and problems arising from certain kinds of artworks, like why we have emotional responses to fictional characters and whether it is rational to do so.
    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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