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RLST 172 PO - The Bible Goes to Hollywood: Ideological Afterlives of Scripture
CrsNo RLST172 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
Course examines how popular film both takes up and modifies biblical content and symbolism, and to what end. In learning to interpret biblical allusions, subtexts and narrative in film, we will consider how the Bible is used to uphold as well as to critique, power relations within U.S. American society. (HRT II, CWS)
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RLST 174 CM - Religion and the American Presidency
CrsNo RLST174 CM
When Offered: Every other year.
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 177 PO - Gender and Religion
CrsNo RLST177 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
This course will look at the ways in which gender and religion interact within various historical and cultural contexts to reinforce, contradict and also resist traditional notions of gender and religious experience. Attention will be paid to how religion affects experiences of gender and how gender affects experiences of religion. (CWS)
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RLST 178 PO - The Modern Jewish Experience
CrsNo RLST178 PO
When Offered: Every third year; last offered fall 2011.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Focusing on the relationship of Judaism to contemporary culture, the course takes up such issues as anti-Semitism, assimilation, Zionism, Jewish self-hatred, feminist Judaism, queer Judaism and Judaism in postmodern philosophy. Texts read will be drawn from a wide range of genres. (CWS, HRT II, MES)
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RLST 179 HM - Special Topics in Religious Study
CrsNo RLST179 HM
When Offered: Every other year.
Instructor(s): E. Dyson
Please see the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 179S HM - Special Topics in Religious Study
See the Harvey Mudd College catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 180 PO - Interpreting Religious Worlds
CrsNo RLST180 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Required for all majors and minors. Examines some current approaches to the study of religion as a legitimate field of academic discourse.
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RLST 183 HM - Ghosts and Machines
CrsNo RLST183 HM
When Offered: Every other year.
Instructor(s): E. Dyson
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
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RLST 184 PO - Queer Theory and the Bible
CrsNo RLST184 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): E. Runions
Course looks at biblical passages that are central to prohibitions on homosexuality, as well as passages that can be read as queer-friendly. Texts will be examined through biblical scholarship and queer theory. (CWS, HRT II)
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RLST 190 PO - Senior Seminar in Religious Studies
CrsNo RLST190 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): O. Eisenstadt
Required for all senior majors. Advanced readings, discussion and seminar presentations on selected areas and topics in the study of religion.
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RLST 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo RLST191 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Required of all senior majors in religious studies.
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RLIT 191 PO - Senior Thesis in Romance Literature
CrsNo RLIT191 PO
When Offered: As needed.
Instructor(s): Staff
Senior Thesis in Romance Literature.
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Russian |
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RLST 199DRPO - Religious Studies: Directed Readings
CrsNo RLST199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
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.
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RUSS 001 PO - Elementary Russian
CrsNo RUSS001 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Acquisition of basic oral and written communication. Introduction to the structure of the language. Intensive oral practice.
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RUSS 002 PO - Elementary Russian
CrsNo RUSS002 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Continues the acquisition of basic oral and written communication with a focus on Russian grammar in social and cultural contexts. Intensive oral and written practice. Prerequisite: RUSS 001 PO .
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RUSS 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Russian Language and Culture
CrsNo RUSS011 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): R. Bashaw
Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Cumulative, one-fourth course credit; graded P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 001 PO .
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RUSS 013 PO - Advanced Conversation
CrsNo RUSS013 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): R. Bashaw
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/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign language requirement. Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative total of one course credit. Each semester. Prerequisite: RUSS 033 PO .
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RUSS 033 PO - Intermediate Russian
CrsNo RUSS033 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Further study in the Russian language, including reading, conversation, grammar and composition. Prerequisite: RUSS 002 PO .
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RUSS 044 PO - Advanced Russian
CrsNo RUSS044 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Continues the study of the Russian grammatical system. Focus on oral communicative strategies, advanced syntax, study of short poems, prose and film. Prerequisite: RUSS 033 PO .
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RUSS 180 PO - Readings in 19th-century Russian Literature
CrsNo RUSS180 PO
When Offered: Fall 2014.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Masterworks of Russian prose and poetry in the context of cultural, social and political trends in 19th-century history. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 181 PO - Readings in Modern Russian Literature
CrsNo RUSS181 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
A survey of Russian and Soviet poetry, prose and film of the 20th century, covering major cultural movements including symbolism, suturism, ornamental prose, socialist realism, literature of the thaw, dissident and underground culture, and the post-Soviet scene. Class discussion in both Russian and English. Focus on composition in Russian. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 182 PO - Post-Soviet Russian Culture and Society
CrsNo RUSS182 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2014.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Main changes in Russian society since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. through fiction, popular media and film. Topics include post-Soviet identity and nostalgia, nationalism, wars in Chechnya, terrorism, control of the media, ecological issues, new religiosity and popular culture. Readings from the Russian media and contemporary fiction. Films. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO . Letter grade only.
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RUSS 183 PO - Russian Comedy in Film and Fiction
CrsNo RUSS183 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Introduction to comic works of film and fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries. Textual analysis, class discussion, oral reports, composition, advanced work on grammar and stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 184 PO - Russian Cinema: From Stalin to Present
CrsNo RUSS184 PO
When Offered: Fall 2015.
Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 186 PO - Animated Russia: Cartoons and the Language of Culture
CrsNo RUSS186 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
In a country with a strong tradition of animation, cartoons define the ways in which Russians make sense of their experience. The course surveys Russian cartoons from the Soviet era to the present, focusing on how they disseminate cultural assumptions while lampooning them at the same time. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 187 PO - Everyday Life in the USSR
CrsNo RUSS187 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Explores aspects of Soviet everyday life and the cultural mythologies surrounding them: housing (especially the communal apartment), youth culture, habits of work and leisure. Emphasis on developing listening and reading skills across speech genres. Continued work on Russian grammar and syntax. Prerequisite: RUSS 044 PO .
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RUSS 189 PO - Russian Across the Curriculum
CrsNo RUSS189 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
This course combines advanced work on Russian material with instruction in research methodologies across disciplines. Emphasis on Russian primary sources. Sophomores and Juniors complete a research paper in preparation for thesis. Seniors present their thesis progress. Tailored to student research interests. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: RUSS 033 PO . May be repeated for credit.
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RUSS 190 PO - Research Seminar
CrsNo RUSS190 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): Staff
Topics in Russian and East European Studies: Research Seminar. This course combines advanced work on Russian material with instruction in research methodologies across disciplines. Emphasis on Russian primary sources. Sophomores and juniors complete a research paper in preparation for thesis. Seniors present their thesis progress. Tailored to student research interests. Prerequisites: RUSS 033 PO . May be repeated twice for credit. Letter grade only.
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RUSS 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo RUSS191 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Course or half-course.
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RUSS 193 PO - Comprehensive Examinations
CrsNo RUSS193 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Five-hour written and one-hour oral examinations in the field of Russian language and literature, testing the student’s general competence in the discipline. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
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RUSS 199DRPO - Russian: Directed Readings
CrsNo RUSS199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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RUSS 199IRPO - Russian: Independent Research
CrsNo RUSS199IRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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RUSS 199RAPO - Russian: Research Assistantship
CrsNo RUSS199RAPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
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RUST 070 PO - Alienation & Lit in Russia
CrsNo RUST070 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 071 PO - Natnl Ident/Geog in 19C Russ Lit
CrsNo RUST071 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 079 PO - Short Fiction by Russian Masters
CrsNo RUST079 PO
When Offered: Spring 2015.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Russian culture of the 19th century in the European context. Focus on short stories and novellas by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov. Painting, photography, opera and ballet examined along with literary works.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 080 PO - Russian Literature and Culture from 1900 to the Present
CrsNo RUST080 PO
When Offered: Fall 2014.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Major movements and trends in Russian literature and culture with critical readings and cultural theory. Topics include Russian figurations of the utopia, avant-garde literature and art, social engineering, Stalinist terror, environmental issues, family and gender politics, post-Soviet popular culture.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 081 PO - Envir/Soc Collapse Russ Lit/Poli
CrsNo RUST081 PO
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RUST 100 PO - Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
CrsNo RUST100 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky captured the human experience in the context of modernity, in which we continue to live today. The modern age emerged with the development of the media in the nineteenth century, when relations between people, previously based on personal contact, came to be mediated by the press, as today they are mediated by film, television and the internet. Tolstoy and Dostoevsky were fascinated by modernity and articulated salient insights into the human experience in media society. We read a selection of their major works addressing the problems of personal identity, social involvement, as well as relations between men and women, in a rapidly changing world. (Russian in Translation)
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RUST 103 PO - Dostoevsky and Popular Culture
CrsNo RUST103 PO
When Offered: Spring 2015.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Media culture, youth movement, burgeoning city life, technological progress and acute political developments, such as nihilism, anarchism and terrorism–these circumstances brought to life Dostoevsky’s masterpieces. Popular culture fashioned the rich context for Dostoevsky’s existential questions about love, life and death. By placing Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Possessed in the context of their time, remarkably similar to our own, the course highlights the links between Dostoevsky’s novels and our experience today. (Russian in Translation)
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RUST 105 PO - Russian Literature 1861-1917
CrsNo RUST105 PO
When Offered: Fall 2014.
Instructor(s): K. Klioutchkine
Crime, Passion, Politics: Russian Literature, 1861-1917. The course explores canonical literary representations of the human condition in the modern age. The focus is on the logic of everyday experience of people much like ourselves who maintain passionate commitments while living in the ambivalent present and facing uncertain future, in an era marked by terrorism, political upheaval and economic change. Texts include Dostoevsky’s The Possessed, Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata, Chekhov’s Lady with Lapdog and The Story of an Unknown Man and Bely’s Petersburg. (Russian in Translation)
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RUST 110 PO - Modernism in Russia and Europe: The Shock of the New
CrsNo RUST110 PO
Examines ideas and ideals developed by Russian “Silver Age” culture and innovations of the young Soviet state in the arts, design, music and literature. Concepts of modernism and the avant-garde and their specific manifestations in the Russian context. Using cultural-historical and theoretical approaches, evaluates the influence of turn-of-the-century technology, psychiatry and philosophy on the representation of reality in literature and the visual arts.
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RUST 111 PO - Russian Cinema
CrsNo RUST111 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
The history of Russian cinema from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution to the present. Topics include cultural politics under the Soviets; censorship; confrontation between the real Soviet world and the fictional reality created by the Soviets; masterpieces of Soviet and post-Soviet cinema; sex and violence of new Russian cinema. Readings on film theory, film criticism and history of Russia.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 112 PO - Politicizing Magic: Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales
CrsNo RUST112 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): L. Rudova
Explores the evolution of the fairy tale genre from folklore to Soviet culture. Special focus is on the role of the genre in the creation of Soviet mythology. Study of different critical approaches and structure of the genre.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 166 PO - Love and Adultery in Russian Lit
CrsNo RUST166 PO
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RUST 170 PO - Stalinist Culture:Film,Fact,Fic
CrsNo RUST170 PO
Explores official and dissident cultures of the Stalin era as articulated in fiction, film, memoirs, and in graphic, visual and performing arts; architecture and urban design. Emphasis on the relationship betweenpublic culture and private life, between official discourse and dissident critique. Also considers reactions against Stalinism after 1953.
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RUST 175 PO - Empire and Ethnicity: The Case of Modern Russia
CrsNo RUST175 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Empire and Ethnicity: The Case of Modern Russia. Examines cultural production in Russia through the lenses of empire and ethnicity. Emphasis on the formation of national and imperial identities from the Petrine era to today. Topics include Russian Orientalism in the Caucasus; Jews, Ukrainians and Poles as actors in Russian culture; Russia’s eastern frontier. Recommended: one course in Russian history or literature.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 176 PO - Moscow-Berlin
CrsNo RUST176 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Moscow-Berlin/Berlin-Moscow: Art and Politics in the Twentieth Century. The German-Russian encounter produced great, often utopian, artistic innovations. Yet Hitler and Stalin also knew how to aestheticize their regimes and have artists do their bidding. This course explores the relationship of art, politics and society in one of the most vibrant and violent transnational encounters of the twentieth century. Prerequisites: One previous course in German or Russian studies recommended.
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RUST 185 PO - The Novels of Vladimir Nabokov
CrsNo RUST185 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): A. Dwyer
Emphasis on Nabokov’s cultivation of his reader, metafiction and the role of cross-cultural experience in literary creativity. Equal time spent on Russian and American periods. Texts include The Defense; Lolita; Pale Fire.
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 191 PO - Senior Thesis in Russian
CrsNo RUST191 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
(Russian in Translation)
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RUST 199DRPO - Russian Studies: Directed Readings
CrsNo RUST199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Directed Readings. Syllabus reflects workload of a standard course in the department or program. Examinations or papers equivalent to a standard course. Regular interaction with the faculty supervisor. Weekly meetings are the norm. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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RUST 199IRPO - Russian Studies: Independent Research
CrsNo RUST199IRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Independent Research or Creative Project. A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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RUST 199RAPO - Russian Studies: Research Assistantship
CrsNo RUST199RAPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Research Assistantship. Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
(Russian in Translation)
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STS 001 PO - Introduction to Science, Technology and Society
CrsNo STS 001 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): Staff
General introduction to the interactions among science, technology and society, and approaches to studying these interaction in STS. Examines different concepts of rationality and the values that underlie scientific and technological endeavors. Evaluates the role of value conflict in technology controversies, such as the design of babies through genetic engineering.
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STS 010 HM - Introduction to Science, Technology and Society
CrsNo STS 001 HM
When Offered: Spring 2013
Instructor(s): M. de Laet
Please see the Harvey Mudd catalog for the description to this course.
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STS 080 PO - Science and Technology in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
CrsNo STS 080 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): R. McKirahan
Conceptual and institutional development of the scientific enterprise. The changing content of scientific thought in its intellectual context provides the major focus, but substantial attention is also directed to the relation between scientific developments and social and economic conditions. STS 80, Science and Technology in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds; STS 081 PO, Science and Technology in the Early Modern World; STS 082 PO, Science and Technology in the Modern World.
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STS 081 PO - Science and Technology in the Early Modern World
CrsNo STS 081 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): V. Hamilton
Conceptual and institutional development of the scientific enterprise. The changing content of scientific thought in its intellectual context provides the major focus, but substantial attention is also directed to the relation between scientific developments and social and economic conditions. STS 080 PO, Science and Technology in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds; STS 81, Science and Technology in the Early Modern World; STS 082 PO, Science and Technology in the Modern World.
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STS 082 PO - Science and Technology in the Modern World
CrsNo STS 082 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): V. Hamilton
Conceptual and institutional development of the scientific enterprise. The changing content of scientific thought in its intellectual context provides the major focus, but substantial attention is also directed to the relation between scientific developments and social and economic conditions. STS 080 PO, Science and Technology in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds; STS 081 PO, Science and Technology in the Early Modern World; STS 82, Science and Technology in the Modern World.
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STS 114 HM - Social and Political Issues in Clinic
CrsNo STS 114 HM
A seminar offered to students taking clinic. Preparation of a major paper analyzing the ethical and/or social issues of the student’s clinic project or the product or application for which the project is a part. Reading assignments on the interaction between society and technology and case studies of specific examples. 3 credit hours.
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STS 124S HM - U.S. Science and Technology Policy
See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.
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STS 179 HM - Spec Topics: Sci, Tech, Society
See the Harvey Mudd College catalog for a description of this course.
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STS 187 HM - HIV/AIDS: Science, Society and Service
CrsNo STS 187 HM
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): K. Haushalter
Biochemical basis for antiretroviral therapy and HIV prevention strategies. The causes and impact of the global HIV-AIDS pandemic, including the interrelationships among HIV-AIDS, prejudice, race, and stigma. Students will complete a community service project in partnership with a local AIDS organization. Cross-listed with BIOL187 HM. Cross-listed with STS 187 HM. Integrative Experience. Prerequisite: BIOL 113 HM or equivalent. Written permission.
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STS 190 PO - Senior Integrative Seminar
CrsNo STS 190 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): Staff
Students read and discuss seminal and provocative works on STS. Each student conducts an independent project in an area of interest and competence. Discussions of research in progress, oral presentations of final product, written paper.
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STS 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo STS 191 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): Staff
Exercise in thought, research and effective prose writing in which senior students are expected to demonstrate competency in working with select data, ideas, techniques and sources that characterize and inform their major area of study within STS.
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STS 199DRPO - Science, Technology and Society: Directed Readings
CrsNo STS 199DRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
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.
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STS 199IRPO - Science, Technology and Society: Independent Research
CrsNo STS 199IRPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
A substantial and significant piece of original research or creative product produced. Pre-requisite course work required. Available for full- or half-course credit.
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SOC 030 CH - Chicanos/as and Latinos/as in Contemporary Society (CP)
CrsNo SOC 030 CH
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): G. Ochoa
Sociological analysis of theoretical and methodological approaches used to study Chicano/a and Latino/a communities. Race, class, gender, (im) migration, work, education, health and politics are examined. Course includes a community partnership.
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SOC 051 PO - Introduction to Sociology
CrsNo SOC 051 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Characteristics of groups, institutions, society and culture. Social interaction, self-image, status. Brief consideration of social change, ethnicity, the urban environment and demography.
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SOC 051 PZ - Class, Caste & Colonialism: Film
CrsNo SOC 051 PZ
This class will explore a range of films and documentaries that represent issues of class, caste and colonialism around the world. We will evaluate and critique their contributions to our historical and contemporary understandings of social inequalities and stratifications in countries that include the U.S., UK, India, Northern Ireland, South Africa and Diego Garcia, amongst others.
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SOC 055 PO - Population and Environment
CrsNo SOC 055 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): J. Grigsby
Introduction to demographic issues related to health and environment using U.S. data and case studies from other countries. Topics include human population growth and natural resources, urbanization, migration, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and reproductive health.
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SOC 059 PZ - Sociology of Gender
CrsNo SOC 059 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SOC 075 PO - Social and Politicial Movements
CrsNo SOC 075 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): C.Beck
The study of social movements is one of the largest areas of focus in sociology. The course covers major movements of the field beginnings in the 1960s, developments through the late 20th century, and concerns of the contemporary era, with a special emphasis on the parallels between right-wing and left-wing activism, and global-transnational social movements. The course covers major research traditions, theories, and methods of study.
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SOC 080 PZ - Secularism: Local/Global
CrsNo SOC 080 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SOC 082 PZ - Racial Politics of Teaching
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SOC 084 AA - Nonviolent Social Change
CrsNo SOC 084 AA
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SOC 089F PO - Sociology of Globalization
CrsNo SOC 089F PO
When Offered: One-time only; spring 2013.
Instructor(s): N. Cole
This course examines how globalized structures of economy and politics shape our lives, and the new forms of cultural connection and community that globalization offers us. Topics include relations of production and consumption, transnational and national governance, civil society, the colonial legacy, wealth stratification, digital technology, and the global flow of people and culture. Letter grade only.
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SOC 093 PZ - From the 60’s to the Obama Era
CrsNo SOC 093 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SOC 095 PZ - Contemporary Central Asia
CrsNo SOC 095 PZ
Fermented mare’s milk, the oil curse, bride kidnapping, dictators, atheists, Islamic radicalism, pipeline routes, U.S. strategic interests and democracy promotion. This course will introduce students to societies and cultures of Central Asia—a vast and highly volatile part of the world currently at the center of the renewed geopolitical struggle between the United States and Russia.
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SOC 102 PO - Qualitative Research Methods
CrsNo SOC 102 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): N. Cole; H. Thai;
Methods and techniques employed in the collection, analysis and presentation of qualitative data. Focus on ethnographic observation, interviewing and the use of focus groups. Attention to issues of validity, reliability and the researcher’s role in analysis of social action across a variety of contexts. Includes speaking intensive and presentation requirements. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO . Letter grade only.
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SOC 104 PO - Survey and Quantitative Research Methods
CrsNo SOC 104 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): C. Beck; J. Grigsby
Techniques of collecting and analyzing quantitative data from social surveys. Attention to research design, questionnaire construction, sampling, coding and statistical analysis. Presentation of survey data in tables and graphs, use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Includes speaking intensive and presentation requirements. Satisfies Area 5 of the Breadth of Study Requirements. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO ; Letter grade only.
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SOC 109 PZ - African American Social Theory
CrsNo SOC 109 PZ
How have African Americans contributed to sociology? This course seeks to provide an overview of early 20th century to more contemporary African American contributors to the discipline such as St. Clair Drake, Dorothy Roberts, bell hooks, and Robert Staples. Moreover, students will become familiar with how race, sex, and class shaped these theoretical writings and expanded socio-cultural understanding of African Americans in the U.S. Prereq: SOC 1.
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SOC 114 CH - Los Angeles Communities: Transformations, Inequality and Activism
CrsNo SOC 114 CH
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered 2014-15.
Instructor(s): G. Ochoa
Use of case study approach to explore the interplay between economic and demographic transformations and community dynamics. Review of most recent scholarship in Los Angeles; consideration of economic transformations, (im)migration, class divisions, race and ethnic relations, community organizing, women and activism, strategies for change. Prerequisites: SOC 030 CH and SOC 051 PO .
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SOC 114 PZ - Sociology of Religion
CrsNo SOC 114 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SOC 118 PO - Japanese Families in a Globalizing World
CrsNo SOC 118 PO
When Offered: Fall 2013.
Instructor(s): J. Grigsby
Examination of the “traditional ideal family” in Japan; comparisons with ideal family forms in other societies; changes in Japanese family patterns over time as attitudes and behaviors are influenced by traditional values and challenged by modern and postmodern changes in Japan and other parts of the world. Readings compare family patterns in modern Japan with those in Asia, Europe and North America. Japanese films depicting aspects of family life compare media images with the realities of contemporary Japanese society.
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SOC 120 PZ - Sexual Politics and Sexuality Movements
CrsNo SOC 120 PZ
This course will critique heteronormativity and highlight the social construction and regulation of sexuality. It will examine a range of political issues and movements, such as: sexuality education; gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer movements and the interactions of race, gender, class and sexuality.
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SOC 121 PO - Radicals, Revolutionaries and Terrorists
CrsNo SOC 121 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2013.
Instructor(s): C. Beck
What can be learned about radicalism and political violence by examining movement and individuals? Events discussed range from historical to contemporary, from the 1960s to the ‘Arab Spring’. Focus on causes and dynamics of terrorism, radical movements and revolution across comparative cases with international scope. Letter grade only.
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SOC 122 PZ - Sociology of Health and Medicine
CrsNo SOC 122 PZ
Students in this course will better understand and become familiar with how social characteristics (age, race, class, gender, sexual orientation) influence an individual’s experience of health, illness, medical institutions and more in healthcare professions. Our main focus is to examine social epidemiology and health and illness definitions. Prerequisite: SOC 1; at least junior standing and with special permission otherwise.
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SOC 124 AA - Global Asia/Asian America
CrsNo SOC 124 AA
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): H. Thai
Course examines the challenges that globalization poses to people of Asian descent living outside of their country of birth. Case studies, especially those involving education, sexuality, citizenship, gender, family and work, are used to question new concepts, such as “flexible citizenship,” “cultural hybridity,” and “transmigrant,” that have emerged to describe new forms of belonging in this global age. Letter grade only.
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SOC 124 PZ - Race, Place and Space
CrsNo SOC 124 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SOC 126 AA - Immigration and the Second Generation
CrsNo SOC 126 AA
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): H. Thai
Examination of diverse childhood experiences, including “brain drain” children, “parachute” and transnational children and refugee children. Emphasis on gender, class, ethnicity, intergenerational relations, education, sexuality, popular culture and globalization. Leter grade only.
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SOC 130 PO - Sociology of Violence
CrsNo SOC 130 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): L. Rapaport
Sociological perspectives on the nature, causes and consequences of violence. Topics include gang violence, hate crimes, violence against women, war, genocide and violence in intimate relations, schools, sports and other institutions. Letter grade only.
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SOC 136 PZ - Framing ‘Urban’ Life
CrsNo SOC 136 PZ
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SOC 141 CH - Chicanas and Latinas in the U.S.
CrsNo SOC 141 CH
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered 2014-15.
Instructor(s): G. Ochoa
Focuses on ways that race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality intersect and impact the lives of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os in the U.S. As a way of linking theory to experiences, the course examines in detail several key areas: health, migration, work and family. Examples of resistance and strategies for building alliances are discussed. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO .
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SOC 142 AF - Black and So. Asian Diaspora in Great Britain
CrsNo SOC 142 AF
This course examines the experience of Black and Asian diasporas in Great Britain using film, documentary, novels and ethnographic studies. How do these texts enable us to examine the socio-historical, cultural and social ideas of nation and nationhood, belonging and exclusion, gender and sexuality, identity and the politics of resistance in these communities?
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SOC 142 PO - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
CrsNo SOC 142 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered 2013-14.
Instructor(s): G. Ochoa
Analysis of the history and contemporary patterns of race and ethnicity in the U.S. in the context of social, political and economic changes. Structural theories, prejudice and discrimination, assimilation, gender, political mobilization and possibilities for change are considered. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO .
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SOC 146 PO - Women’s Roles in Society
CrsNo SOC 146 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2013.
Instructor(s): L. Rapaport
Critique of women’s roles proposed by sociobiology, psychology, anthropology and Marxism. Socialization and the role of the media in encouraging gender differentiation; how gender roles relate to social inequality; and the consequences of gender-role differentiation for the workplace and the family. Strategies for reducing gender inequality.Letter grade only.
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SOC 147 PO - Sociology of Poverty
CrsNo SOC 147 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): H. Thai
Examines theories of poverty, solutions to poverty, and the excessive inequality of contemporary life; focuses on empirical trends and determinants of poverty, everyday life of the poor, the interactive impact of racial and gender inequality, and the experiences of those groups that have a history of persistent poverty. Letter grade only.
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SOC 148 PO - Sociology of Emotions
CrsNo SOC 148 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): L. Rapaport
Examines how emotions like pain, anger, love, envy, jealousy, shame, joy, anxiety and happiness motivate human behavior. Emphasis on social aspects of emotions that are shaped by interactions and institutions. Social construction of emotions, emotional management, feeling rules, ethnic and gender socialization of emotions and emotional division of labor in the family and workforce. Letter grade only.
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