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Key to Course Listings
The College runs on a semester calendar on a course-based credit system, with one course equivalent to four semester hours or six quarter hours. The number of hours spent in class and laboratory may vary according to the subject and level of the work. Some courses meet four or five hours per week; science courses include whatever laboratory work is required and do not offer additional credit for the laboratory. Unless otherwise noted, all courses listed in this catalog are valued at one full course credit. Unless specifically noted, a course may not be repeated for credit. A maximum of eight cumulative (quarter-credit) courses (the equivalent of two courses) will count toward the 32 courses required for graduation; after the two-course equivalent limit has been reached, students may continue to enroll for cumulative courses but will not receive credit. (In such cases the courses appear with zero credit on the academic record.)
“A, B” after a course number (e.g. CHEM 001A PO , CHEM 001B PO ) denotes a course of study that is comprised of two semester-long courses where A is prerequisite to B. Otherwise, where a single letter is used, each course stands independently, but shares a common number for thematic or organizational reasons.
Two letter suffixes after a course number indicate that the course is offered by the joint Claremont Colleges intercollegiate departments of Africana Studies (AF), Asian American Studies (AA) or Chicana/o - Latina/o Studies (CH).
Selected courses offered by the other Claremont Colleges are included in this catalog. They are identified by the following abbreviations preceding the course number: “CG”– Claremont Graduate University; CM–Claremont McKenna College; HM–Harvey Mudd College; PZ–Pitzer College; and SC–Scripps College.
Discipline Codes
The College uses the following codes in numbering its courses, and these codes are also referenced throughout this catalog. Course codes in use at the other Claremont Colleges are represented when relevant in the academic sections of this catalog.
AFRI |
Africana Studies |
AMST |
American Studies |
ANTH |
Anthropology |
ARBC |
Arabic |
ARHI |
Art History |
ART |
Art, Studio |
ASAM |
Asian American Studies |
ASIA |
Asian Studies |
ASTR |
Astronomy |
BIOL |
Biology |
CHEM |
Chemistry |
CHIN |
Chinese |
CHNT |
Chinese Literature, English Translation |
CHST |
Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies |
CLAS |
Classics |
CSCI |
Computer Science |
DANC |
Dance |
EA |
Environmental Analysis |
ECON |
Economics |
ENGL |
English |
FREN |
French |
GEOL |
Geology |
GERM |
German |
GREK |
Greek |
GRMT |
German Literature, English Translation |
GWS |
Gender & Women’s Studies |
HIST |
History |
ID |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
IR |
International Relations |
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ITAL |
Italian |
JAPN |
Japanese |
JPNT |
Japanese Literature, English Translation |
LAMS |
Late Antique-Medieval Studies |
LAST |
Latin American Studies |
LATN |
Latin |
LGCS |
Linguistics and Cognitive Science |
MATH |
Mathematics |
MES |
Middle Eastern Studies |
MOBI |
Molecular Biology |
MS |
Media Studies |
MUS |
Music |
NEUR |
Neuroscience |
PE |
Physical Education |
PHIL |
Philosophy |
PHYS |
Physics |
PPA |
Public Policy Analysis |
PPE |
Philosophy, Politics and Economics |
PSYC |
Psychology |
REES |
Russian and Eastern European Studies |
RLIT |
Romance Languages and Literatures |
RLST |
Religious Studies |
RUSS |
Russian |
RUST |
Russian Literature, English Translation |
SOC |
Sociology |
SPAN |
Spanish |
SPNT |
Spanish Literature, English Translation |
STS |
Science, Technology and Society |
THEA |
Theatre |
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