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SOC 150 AA - Contemporary Asian-American Issues
CrsNo SOC 150 AA
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): J. Nazareno; H. Thai
Survey of contemporary sociological theories and empirical studies focusing on Asian American experiences in the U.S. and globally; major themes in the sociological imagination including race, class, gender, sexuality, marriage/family, education, consumption, childhoods, aging, demography and the rise of transmigration. Readings and other course materials will primarily focus on the period since 1965.
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SOC 150 CH - Chicanos/Latinos and Education (CP)
CrsNo SOC 150 CH
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): G. Ochoa
Examines the historical and institutional processes related to the educational experiences of Chicanas/os and Latinas/os. As well as exploring the relationship between school factors (curriculum, tracking, teacher expectations and educational resources) and educational performance, attention is given to the politics of language, higher education, and forms of resistance. A community partnership option is part of the course. Prerequisite: SOC 030 CH or SOC 051 PO .
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SOC 154 PO - History and Development of Sociological Theory I: The Classical Tradition
CrsNo SOC 154 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): L. Rapaport; C. Beck
Models of societies, groups and social interaction through the early 20th century, including theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Simmel; analyzed with reference to human nature, social order and social change. Ways in which early theorists laid the groundwork for contemporary theories. For juniors and seniors only. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO . Letter grade only.
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SOC 155 CH - Rural and Urban Social Movements
CrsNo SOC 155 CH
When Offered: Sping 2013.
Instructor(s): J. Calderon
Examines the emergence of social movements, the process of their formation and the varied strategies for their mobilization. Particular attention is paid to the Chicana/o civil rights, farm labor and union movements. Students organize a memorial and alternative spring break with the United Farmworkers Union.
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SOC 157 PO - History and Development of Sociological Theory II: Contemporary Theories
CrsNo SOC 157 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): L. Rapaport
Critique of problems, methods and theories characteristic of 20th-century sociological inquiry. The relationship of sociology to the humanities, natural sciences and other social sciences. Contemporary trends, including critical approaches to the study of society. For juniors and seniors only. Prerequisite: SOC 051 PO . Letter grade only.
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SOC 157 PZ - Men and Women in American Society
CrsNo SOC 157 PZ
This course addresses what it means to think critically about gender and how social constructs such as occupational segregation, racial bias and sexist bias have an impact on the experiences of “gendered” individuals. This course heavily relies on the intersectionality paradigm to guide discussion and further our understanding of gender socialization patterns. Prerequisite: SOC 1.
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SOC 189N PO - Ethical Consumption/Global Age
CrsNo SOC 189N PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): N. Cole
Critically examines contemporary values, practices, and identities as they intersect consumption in American society, featuring a special analytic focus on the rise of “ethical consumption.” Topics include the intersection between consumer goods and identity; critiques of capitalism and consumer society; boycotts and other forms of consumer activism; and the social, environmental, and economic implications of consumption in a global age. Letter grade only.
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SOC 189R PO - Life in Modern Cities
CrsNo SOC 189R PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Kramer
Explores the formation of modern cities and how they have affected social life. Topics include industrialization and urbanization during the 19th century; post WWII suburbs in the United States; deindustrialization, gentrification, policing urban environments; political and public life in the metropolis; peripheral nations and urbanization. Letter grade only.
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SOC 189S PO - Art & Popular Culture
CrsNo SOC 189S PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): R. Kramer
Focuses on sociological theories concerning the production and consumption of art and popular culture. Considers the relationship between culture, status and reproducing social inequalities; why some objects come to be regarded as art but not others. Students will use sociological theory to analyze how cultural objects engage significant social problems. Letter grade only.
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SOC 190 PO - Senior Seminar
CrsNo SOC 190 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): G. Ochoa
An advanced seminar on a selected topic in sociology. Students write a critical synthesis of sociological research on a topic of their choice after reading recent monographs and articles on the seminar theme. Required of all sociology seniors except sociology/PPA and sociology/ gender and women’s studies majors. Prerequisites: SOC 102 PO , SOC 104 PO , SOC 154 PO and SOC 157 PO . Letter grade only.
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SOC 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo SOC 191 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Tutorial discussion and independent empirical research and writing on an original project. Students select one or two sociology faculty advisors. Not required for graduation but counts as a sociology elective. Students must take SOC 191 in both fall and spring semesters; credit and grade are given at the end of the spring semester . Pre- or co-requisite: SOC 190 PO . Letter grade only.
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SOC 199DRPO - Sociology: Directed Readings
CrsNo SOC 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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SOC 199IRPO - Sociology: Independent Research
CrsNo SOC 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 199RAPO - Sociology: Research Assistantship
CrsNo SOC 199RAPO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Lab notebook, research summary or other product appropriate to the discipline is required. Half-course credit only.
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SOSC 147 HM - Enterprise and Entrepreneurs
CrsNo SOSC147 HM
Concepts and practices applicable to working as or with the manager of an enterprise. Some emphasis on enterprise formation and on management in high-technology firms.
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SPAN 001 PO - Elementary Spanish
CrsNo SPAN001 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): C. Ivey; M. Coffey
Acquisition of four basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, with emphasis on the spoken language. SPAN 1, each fall; SPAN 002 PO, each spring.
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SPAN 002 PO - Elementary Spanish
CrsNo SPAN002 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): M. Coffey; W. Kim
Acquisition of four basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, with emphasis on the spoken language. SPAN 001 PO, each fall; SPAN 2, each spring. Prerequisite: SPAN 001 PO .
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SPAN 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Spanish Language and Culture
CrsNo SPAN011 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Prerequisite: one year of college-level language study. 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: SPAN 002 PO .
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SPAN 013 PO - Advanced Conversation
CrsNo SPAN013 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): Staff
Open to all students except native speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg Center activities and two conversation classes weekly. Prerequisite: SPAN 033 PO or two years of college-level language study. 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.
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SPAN 022 PO - Intensive Introductory Spanish
CrsNo SPAN022 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): W. Kim
Designed for beginning students with some basic knowledge of the language who are too advanced for SPAN 001 PO but do not yet qualify for SPAN 033 PO. Emphasis on the spoken language and acquisition of basic grammar. Students will complete the equivalent of SPAN 001 PO and SPAN 002 PO in one semester. Prerequisite: placement examination.
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SPAN 031 PZ - Community-Based Spanish Practicum
CrsNo SPAN031 PZ
This conversation course offers students the opportunity to develop fluency in the language while promoting intercultural understanding. Students are received into the homes of host families once a week for discussion, exploration of the community and participation in family activities. Faculty assist the student in debriefing sessions to support the language and intercultural learning goals. Half-credit course. Prerequisite: 2 semesters of Spanish or equivalent, brief interview and written permission required.
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SPAN 033 PO - Intermediate Spanish
CrsNo SPAN033 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez; W. Kim; D. Divita; Staff
Review and reinforcement of four basic skills. Emphasis on conversation, reading ability and writing. Prerequisite: SPAN 002 PO or SPAN 022 PO .
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SPAN 044 PO - Advanced Grammar and Composition
CrsNo SPAN044 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill; M. Coffey; G. Davila-Lopez; D. Divita; W. Kim; N. Montenegro; Staff
Development of correct personal style and vocabulary in oral and written Spanish. Reading and discussion of literary and non-literary texts to improve written expression and review and refine advanced grammar. Prerequisite: SPAN 033 PO .
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SPAN 051 PZ - Spanish in the Community
CrsNo SPAN051 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SPAN 065 CH - Spanish for Bilinguals
CrsNo SPAN065 CH
The first semester of a year course designed especially for students with oral proficiency in Spanish. Fundamentals of grammar with emphasis on critical analysis and effective expression. Reading of essays and short stories related to Chicano/Mexican culture.
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SPAN 100 PO - Orale: Language, Culture and Writing for Heritage Speakers
CrsNo SPAN100 PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon; S. Chavez-Silverman
Designed for students with advanced oral and written language skills who wish to further develop their Spanish for academic and/or professional purposes. Heritage learners will develop skills for preparing and presenting information through discussions and written essays aimed at an academic or professional audience. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 100A PO - Chévere: Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers
CrsNo SPAN100A PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon
Chere: Advanced Spanish for Heritage Speakers. Designed for students whose greater exposure to Spanish has been at home rather than the classroom. Students will produce writing in various formats, while continuing to develop skills in the correct use of spelling, the written accent and other grammatical aspects. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 100B PO - Orale! Language Culture & Writing
CrsNo SPAN100B PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): S. Chávez-Silverman
Orale: Language, Culture and Writing for Heritage Speakers. Designed for students with advanced oral and written language skills who wish to further develop their Spanish for academic and/or professional purposes. Heritage learners will develop skills for preparing and presenting information through discussions and written essays aimed at an academic or professional audience. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 101 PO - Introduction to Literary Analysis
CrsNo SPAN101 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill; S. Chavez-Silverman; M. Coffey; G. Davila-Lopez; W. Kim; N. Montenegro; Staff
Analysis of literary genres and styles. Introduction to methods of literary criticism; practice in interpretation of texts. Required of majors. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 101 SC - Introduction Literary Analysis
CrsNo SPAN101 SC
Analysis of literary genres and styles. Introduction to methods of analysis, and practice in the interpretation of texts. Recommended for all majors and minors. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO.
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SPAN 102 PO - The New Spain: Introduction to Spanish Cultural Studies
CrsNo SPAN102 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): M. Coffey
Explores cultural production in contemporary Spain (post-1975). Issues of national and regional identity; elite and popular expressions of culture. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 103 SC - Advanced Conversation and Composition
CrsNo SPAN103 SC
This course is designed to develop oral and written skills in Spanish at the advanced level, and is organized around a series of cultural and controversial topics of current interest concerning the Hispanic world. Students will read literary, cultural and social science texts, supplemented with films and other audio-visual material. This course prepares the student for advanced courses in literature and civilization. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO.
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SPAN 105 PO - Spanish Film: Tradition and Transgression
CrsNo SPAN105 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill
Explores a selection of representative Spanish cinematic production and highlights the tension between tradition and transgression. Class discussions situate these films within their socio-historical context as well as within the context of the development of Spanish film and the Spanish film industry. Emphasis on gender, aesthetics and politics. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO . Letter grade only.
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SPAN 106 PO - Images of Latin America in Fiction and Film
CrsNo SPAN106 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): N. Montenegro
Explores the construction and dissemination of predominant images of Latin America through topics such as women, family, sexuality, religion and violence. A close examination of both narrative and film. Emphasis on the development of oral and writing skills, including oral presentations. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 107 PO - Identity Matters in Latin American Literature and Culture
CrsNo SPAN107 PO
When Offered: Last offered fall 2010.
Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez
A writing course that explores the topic of identity in the context of national cultural productions. Emphasis on oral discussion of texts and techniques that challenge models of self-representation. Includes works by María Luisa Bombal, Ernesto Sábato, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Luisa Valenzuela, Arístides Vargas, Carmen Boullosa, Magali García Ramis and others. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 108 PO - Actos Autobiográficos: Latin(o) American Life Writing
CrsNo SPAN108 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): S. Chávez-Silverman
Focuses on canonical and contemporary life writing in the Latin American and U.S Latino contexts. Explores and complicates the notion of “the autobiographical” through reading/discussion of life writing theory and practice. Readings include: autobiography, diaries, letters, creative nonfiction and poetry. Students will produce their own creative life writing portfolio as well as papers on topics covered in class. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 100A PO .
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SPAN 109 PO - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
CrsNo SPAN109 PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): D. Divita
Examines the phonological, morphological and syntactic aspects of modern Spanish to understand how it functions as a linguistic system. Includes a detailed unit on sociolinguistics, examining synchronic variation according to speaker (considering such variables as gender, age and class) and according to situations of use. Students will assemble a corpus of data collected from various media (audio, visual and textual) and use it to investigate a specific aspect of the structure of modern Spanish. Prerequisites: SPAN 044 PO or SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 110 SC - Introduction to Spanish Civilization
CrsNo SPAN110 SC
A historical survey of Spanish civilization from the Middle Ages to present day Spain through discussion of history and social science texts, films, visual presentations, music, art and popular tradition. Special attention will be paid to the multicultural situation of Spain (Christians, Moslems and Jews) and its contributions to European civilization. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO or permission of instructor.
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SPAN 114 SC - Gender and Identity Formation in Contemporary Mexican Literature
CrsNo SPAN114 SC
Building on a broad range of theoretical discourses (gender studies, cultural and postcolonial studies), this course is designed to study different forms of narrativization of sexual and historical identity formation in contemporary Mexican fiction. The novels included raise questions about (hetero)sexist hegemony in the construction of subject identities, and students will look at the epistemic and ontological choices these novels entail and their ideological and political implications at the time these fictional discourses were produced. We will also analyze the various textual strategies these authors use to debunk the precognitive literary and social foundations laid by a more traditional literature. We will read texts by Sara Sefchovich, Brianda Domecq, José Joaquin Blanco, Miguel Barbachano Ponce, Rosamaria Roffiel, Oscar de la Borbolla. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO.
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SPAN 115 SC - Contemporary Spanish Women Writers: Gender, Politics, and the Self
CrsNo SPAN115 SC
This course studies how women writers have defined their own subjecthood and questioned dominant formations of gender identity in Spain from the beginning of “modernity” (1898-1931) to nowadays. Other themes include the contruction of collective memory, the representation of violence and the negotiation of a multi-ethnic national identity. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO.
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SPAN 120A PO - Survey of Spanish Literature
CrsNo SPAN120A PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2012.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon
Selected readings in Spanish literature from earliest examples to modern times. Emphasizes historical and cultural background. Fall: the jarchas through the Siglo de Oro; development of the novel and theatre; Spring: the 18th-century to the contemporary period; examples of neoclassicism, rationalism, romanticism and the Generation of ’98. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 120B PO - Survey of Spanish Literature
CrsNo SPAN120B PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): M. Coffey
Selected readings in Spanish literature from earliest examples to modern times. Emphasizes historical and cultural background. Fall: the jarchas through the Siglo de Oro; development of the novel and theatre; Spring: the 18th-century to the contemporary period; examples of neoclassicism, rationalism, romanticism and the Generation of ’98. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 124 CM - Visions of Democracy: New Spanish Voices after the Fall of the Dictatorship
CrsNo SPAN124 CM
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SPAN 124 PO - Language in Spain: Power, Ideology, Identity
CrsNo SPAN124 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): D. Divita
Explores sociolinguistic questions about language and identity through an investigation of multilingual Spain. Traces the development of three main regional languages—Catalan, Basque, Galician—from the Middle Ages to the present. Compares the processes of linguistic normalization that have occurred in each region since 1978, as well as the relationship between each language and Castilian today. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 125A CM - Introduction to Latin-American Literature and Civilization I
CrsNo SPAN125A CM
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SPAN 125A PO - Survey of Spanish American Literature
CrsNo SPAN125A PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered fall 2011.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon
Introduction to the principal authors, works and movements of Spanish American literature from its origins to modern times. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 125B CM - Introduction to Latin-American Literature and Civilization II
CrsNo SPAN125B CM
See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SPAN 125B PO - Survey of Spanish American Literature
CrsNo SPAN125B PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez
Introduction to the principal authors, works and movements of Spanish American literature from its origins to modern times. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 126 PO - In Short: Latin American Story Telling
CrsNo SPAN126 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): N. Montenegro
Explores major fictional trends characterizing the contemporary Latin American short story. Emphasis on the fantastic, the magical, the surreal, the feminist and the realist. Authors include Horacio Quiroga, Lydia Cabrera, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Clarice Lispector, Julio Cortázar and Angeles Mastretta. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 127 CH - Literatura Chicana en Espanol
CrsNo SPAN127 CH
When Offered: Fall 2011.
Instructor(s): R. Alcala
Analyzes 20th-century texts written in the U.S. in Spanish. Focusing primarily on the Mexican American experience, surveys a wide array of genres dating from distinct historical periods, from cronicas published in Spanish-language newspapers to political treatises, poetry, drama and narrative. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 127 PO - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
CrsNo SPAN127 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): D. Divita
Spanish Phonetics and Phonology. A detailed investigation of the Spanish sound system; the production and transmission of speed sounds (articulatory and acoustic phonetics), as well as their organization and the rules that govern them (phonology). We will also explore how pronunciation varies across the Spanish-speaking world, taking into account regional, social and stylistic differences. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO .
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SPAN 128 PO - Poverty, Literature and Social Justice.
CrsNo SPAN128 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2009.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon
A study of picaresque fictions as tales that explore the relationship between literature, society and its poor, including a growing number of vagabonds, beggars, delinquents, prostitutes and other disenfranchised groups that inhabited the emerging urban centers in Spain and Colonial Latin America during the 16th- and 17th-centuries. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 129 PO - Early Modern Women Writers
CrsNo SPAN129 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon
How women writers in Early Modern Spain and Colonial Latin America asserted authority to write when discouraged from doing so; how they defined and negotiated their relationship to Imperial Spain; the representation of gender and sexual dissidence; and the development of a proto-feminist consciousness advocating social justice. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 130 PO - Reading Bodies in Contemporary Latino/a American Literature and Culture
CrsNo SPAN130 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): N. Montenegro
Explores how sexual and textual bodies become grounds for racial, gendered and historical inscriptions. Analyze writing and performance from theoretical and cultural perspectives. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO . and one more 100-level Spanish course. Letter grade only.
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SPAN 135 PO - Latin American Narrative Boom of the 1960s
CrsNo SPAN135 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): N. Montenegro
Analyzes the coming of age of Latin American fiction and its debut on the international stage, addressing theoretical, political and cultural issues. Including Borges, Cortazar, Cabrera Infante, Garcia Marquez, Fuentes, Donoso and Puig, among others. Prerequisites: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 140 PO - From the “Boom” to “Literatura Lite”: Gender and Genre in Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture
CrsNo SPAN140 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): S. Chavez-Silverman
Describes and interrogates two moments in Latin American literary and cultural history: the “Boom” and the as-yet under-theorized “present.” Issues explored will include: difficult versus easy (“lite”) forms of writing and their relationship to representations of the writer and reader, to literary history and the canon, the market, popular culture, national and ethnic identity, gender and genre. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 140 SC - The Spanish Transition Through the Lens of Pedro Almodovar
CrsNo SPAN140 SC
Pedro Almodovar is one of the most recognizable auteur directors in Europe today. This course studies Pedro Almodovar’s development from his directorial debut to the present, from the “shocking” value of the early films to the award-winning mastery of the later ones.
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SPAN 142 PO - Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad
CrsNo SPAN142 PO
When Offered: Spring 2013.
Instructor(s): S. Chavez-Silverman
Problematizes self/other binary among Latin Americans, Anglo Americans and U.S. Chicano/Latinos. Includes primary texts in Spanish and English and readings in literary, cultural and gender/sexuality studies. A prior course in women’s/ethnic studies highly recommended. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 145 PO - Staging the Political: Contemporary Latin American Theatre
CrsNo SPAN145 PO
When Offered: Spring 2014.
Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez
Introduction to selected Latin American authors, plays and theatrical movements from mid twentieth century to the present. Special attention to theatre as an aesthetic and sociocultural practice influenced by the region’s political history. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 146 PO - El Deseo de la Palabra: Poetry or Death
CrsNo SPAN146 PO
When Offered: Last offered fall 2011.
Instructor(s): S. Chavez-Silverman
Explores Latin American (sometimes U.S. Chicano/Latino) poetry from modernismo through the present, including canonical as well as extra- or post-canonical poets. Special attention to presentation of gendered subjectivity and sexuality. Readings in literary, cultural and gender theory. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 150 PZ - In Quest of God in Latin America
CrsNo SPAN150 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog or a description of this course.
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SPAN 153 PO - Spanglish in Context: Bilingualism in the United States
CrsNo SPAN153 PO
When Offered: Fall 2012.
Instructor(s): D. Divita
What, exactly is Spanglish, and who has the right to use it? How does this designation serve individuals as both a means of suppression and a practice of resistance? In this course we will investigate Spanish-English bilingualism in the U.S. focusing on empirical data from multiple theoretical perspectives: (socio) linguistic, anthropological, political, and literary. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 154 CH - Latinas in the Garment Industry
CrsNo SPAN154 CH
This research seminar will study the lives and work of Latinas in the garment industry in southern California, using a historical and comparative approach. The course will consider the origins of this industry in the United States, including unionization efforts, and the impact of globalization on women in plants abroad. The emphasis, however, is on contemporary Latinas working in the Los Angeles area. Students will need to be available to participate in several afternoon-long field trips to the garment district. Prerequisite: WS/GFS26, 30CC, or equivalent.
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SPAN 155 SC - Short Fiction by Hispanic Women Writers
CrsNo SPAN155 SC
This course will analyze the narrative techniques peculiar to the genre of the modern short story, while also studying the works in their historical, cultural, and literary contexts. Women writers from Spain and Latin America will include, among others, Ana Maria Matute, Emilia Pardo Bazan, Isabel Allende, and Angeles Mastretta. Prerequisite: SPAN 044 PO.
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SPAN 156 PZ - Ella y El: Gender in Latin America
CrsNo SPAN156 PZ
This course examines the social construction of ideas about masculinity and feminity in Latin America. The importance of race, ethnicity and class in the behaviors expected from both men and women is a particular focus. Topics covered include machismo/feminism, role of family and honor and male and female homosexuality. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO or higher.
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SPAN 158 PZ - Banana Republics
CrsNo SPAN158 PZ
This course will introduce students to the countries of Central America, the original Banana Republics—a term apparently coined by O. Henry in the early 1900s in reference to Honduras. While we will spend the beginning of the class on the general history of the area, most of the semester we will focus on contemporary events from the early-1900s to the mid-1970s to the present. We will cover in-depth the roots, development and unfolding of the political turmoil of the second half of the 20th-century, the region’s transition to democracy and market economies and its relations with the United States. Readings are in Spanish and the course is taught completely in Spanish. Pre-requisite: SPAN 101 PO or higher OR instructor’s permission.
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SPAN 160 PO - Spain at a Crossroads: Discourses of Gender and Empire
CrsNo SPAN160 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.
Instructor(s): M. Coffey
With the loss of empire in 1898, Spanish writers embarked on an examination of Spain as modern nation. Male writers tended to explore Spain’s national identity through innovative fictional works. Women writers produced largely popular literature dealing with domestic issues. Both discourses are equally revealing as to the state of a country that found itself at a historical crossroad with modernity. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 162 PO - Space, Power, and Privilege in Contemporary Spanish Literature
CrsNo SPAN162 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2014.
Instructor(s): P.Cahill
A look at the complex interaction of space, power, and privilege in Contemporary Spanish Literature and film. Examines how prose, poetry, and drama produced by Spanish writers represent and deal with issues of disparate power dynamics, social privilege, class, politics, and the spaces in which people and cultural artifacts circulate. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: SPAN 101 PO or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Spanish literature exam.
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SPAN 170 PO - Don Quixote and Cultural Identity
CrsNo SPAN170 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon
Situates Don Quixote in its historical and cultural moment while examining the intersections of literary representation and highly charged cultural issues such as gender, sexual practices, unorthodox forms of desire, power, “race,” class, ethnicity, marginality, crime, social justice, imperialism, nation-building and colonialism (Don Quixote as “conquistador” and the conquistadores as “quixotic”). Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO . Letter grade only.
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SPAN 172 PO - Transvestite Drama of the Early Modern Period
CrsNo SPAN172 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.
Instructor(s): J. Cartagena-Calderon
Examines how transvestite plays in 17th-century Spain challenged the prevailing gender ideology; how cross-dressing in the Spanish stage was often accompanied by more complex crossing of national religions and racial boundaries and how such crossings negotiate, disturb, complicate and question established categories of identity and difference. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Spanish exam. Letter grade only.
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SPAN 175 PO - Romantics and Realists: 19th-Century Spanish Literature
CrsNo SPAN175 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): M. Coffey
Poetry, short stories, novels and essays addressing the conflict between individual and society, between visions of male and female behavior; the rise of popular historical consciousness and desire to render the realities of daily life into literature. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO .
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SPAN 179 SC - Fe Esperanza, Amor y Muerte: Women Writers of the Hispanic World
CrsNo SPAN179 SC
An exploration of the contribution of women from Spain and Latin America to the world in the areas of spirituality, government, politics, sciences and art, through the analysis of literary discourse. The scope of the course ranges from the Renaissance to the present time. Prerequisite: SPAN 120A PO or SPAN 120B PO, or permission of the instructor.
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SPAN 180 PO - Spanish Literature 1898-1936
CrsNo SPAN180 PO
When Offered: Last offered fall 2011.
Instructor(s): M. Coffey
A Time of Crisis: Spanish Literature from 1898 to 1936. Fueled by the loss of empire in 1898, Spanish society began an anguished process of national introspection, one that led eventually to the Spanish Civil War in 1936. For writers this process led to notable innovations in fiction. Works by male writers often focused on effects of the past on the present and attempted to illustrate philosophical problems in narrative. For women writers, on the other hand, used popular literary forms to reexamine domestic issues and women’s place within the country’s new political reality. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO , or equivalent.
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SPAN 182 PO - Contemporary Spanish Poetry: Poetics, Identity, Difference
CrsNo SPAN182 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2013.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill
Explores the complex representation of identity, difference, and sameness in Contemporary Spanish Poetry. Examines expressions of political, gender, ethnic, linguistic, national, and geographic identity through the work of contemporary Spanish poets like Luis Cernuda, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Jenaro Talens, and Ana Rossetti. Letter grade only. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Spanish Literature exam.
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SPAN 183 PZ - Pre-Hispanic Oral Traditions of Mexico
CrsNo SPAN183 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SPAN 184 SC - The Image and the Word/La imagen y la palabra
CrsNo SPAN184 SC
The relation between writing, painting, photography and cinema might at first be viewed as a simple and familiar combination of visual and verbal art as felicitous interplay based on affinity and compatability. However, it also generates numerous theoretical speculations with far-reaching implications for the theorization of art and literature. The potentially frictional relations between the visual image and the written text are especially pertinent for a discussion of the artworks of many Latin American and Spanish artists and writers. Prerequisite SPAN 044 PO.
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SPAN 185 PO - The Avant Garde in Spain
CrsNo SPAN185 PO
When Offered: Last offered fall 2010.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill
Explores the unusual nature of the Spanish avant garde. Includes the poetry of Lorca, Salinas, Guillén and Cernuda and the plays of Lorca and Buero Vallejo. Studies the tension between dictatorship and society in the work of Laforet and other authors. Will include poetry, narrative and drama. Prerequisite: SPAN 101 PO or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Spanish Literature exam. Letter grade only.
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SPAN 187 PZ - Latin American Popular Cultures
CrsNo SPAN187 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SPAN 189 PZ - Contemporary Issues in the Spanish-speaking World
CrsNo SPAN189 PZ
See the Pitzer College Catalog for a description of this course.
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SPAN 191 PO - Senior Thesis
CrsNo SPAN191 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill; J. Cartagena-Calderón; S. Chávez-Silverman; M. Coffey; G. Dávila-López; N. Montenegro
An independent research project culminating in a thesis at least 30 pages in length written in the Spanish under the guidance of a department faculty member and read by one additional reader. Year-long course, half-credit per semester; grade and credit awarded upon completion at the end of the second semester.
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SPAN 192 PO - Senior Paper
CrsNo SPAN192 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): P. Cahill; J. Cartagena-Calderón; S. Chávez-Silverman; M. Coffey; G. Dávila-López; N. Montenegro
An independent research project culminating in a paper at least 12-15 pages in length written in the foreign language under the guidance of a department faculty member and read by one additional reader. Half-course.
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SPAN 193 PO - Senior Oral Presentation
CrsNo SPAN193 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): G. Davila-Lopez
A 15-30 minute public oral presentation in the foreign language on the topic of the senior thesis or paper. No credit; Pass/No credit grading.
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SPAN 199DRPO - Spanish: Directed Readings
CrsNo SPAN199DRPO
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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SPAN 199IRPO - Spanish: Independent Research
CrsNo SPAN199IRPO
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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THEA 001A PO - Basic Acting: Tools and Fundamentals
CrsNo THEA001A PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): B. Bernhard; A. Blumenfeld; T. Leabhart; J. Lu; A. Martinez
This introductory course explores the fundamentals of voice, movement, relaxation, text analysis and elements of characterization. Course material includes detailed analysis, preparation and performance of scenes and monolgues.
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THEA 001C PO - Basic Acting: Chicano Theatre and Performance
CrsNo THEA001C PO
When Offered: Each spring.
Instructor(s): A. Martinez & Staff
This introductory course explores the fundamentals of acting using Chicano Theatre as the historical, aesthetic and theoretical source. Taught in a workshop-style seminar format, the course examines the “realistic” acting methodology of Konstantin Stanislavski and relates its influences on and application to Chicano dramatic texts and performance.
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THEA 001E PO - Basic Acting: Acting for Social Change
CrsNo THEA001E PO
When Offered: Each fall.
Instructor(s): B. Bernhard; J. Lu
An introduction to the fundamentals of acting, drawing on different techniques such as psychological realism and physical theatre, these techniques will then be applied in forms such as Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed and / or Playback Theatre. Students will write and perform original material, a two-person scene and a final work based on documentary theatre, Playback Theate and/or Forum Theatre.
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THEA 001F PO - Basic Acting: (Performing) Asia America
CrsNo THEA001F PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2011.
Instructor(s): J. Lu
An introduction to the fundamentals of acting, drawing on different techniques, i.e. psychological realism and physical theater. These will then be applied using Asian and Asian American historical, aesthetic, and theoretical source material. Students will be required to write and perform a self-written monologue, and monologue and two-person scene from published scripts. Prerequisite: THEA 001A PO , THEA 001C PO , THEA 001E PO or THEA 001F PO .
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THEA 002 PO - The Dramatic Imagination
CrsNo THEA002 PO
When Offered: Each semester.
Instructor(s): S. Linnell and J. Taylor
The visual principles underlying design for live performance: theatre, dance, opera and related fields. The course explores theatre architecture, staging conventions, and styles of historic and contemporary design. Readings, discussions, and writing are supplemented by creative projects, video showings and attendance at live performances, both on-campus and at professional venues in the Los Angeles area.
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THEA 006 PO - Languages of the Stage
CrsNo THEA006 PO
When Offered: Last offered spring 2008.
Instructor(s): J. Taylor
Examination of theatre vocabulary in all of its manifestations: the text-based language of the playwright, the verbal and physical language of the actor and director, the visual language of the designers, the aural language of the theatrical composer, the kinetic language of the dancer and choreographer, the analytical language of the critic and the experiential language of the audience. Attendance at live performances.
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THEA 007 PO - Devising Performance
CrsNo THEA007 PO
When Offered: Each year; last offered spring 2012.
Instructor(s): T. Leabhart
This course provides participants with an interdisciplinary approach to devising performance appropriate to student actors, dancers, visual artists, writers, musicians and social activists. Solo or group performances may be inspired by newspaper articles, interviews, visual and sculptural elements, music (pre-existing or created for the occasion), and other verbal or movement texts. Students meet to discuss readings, look at video of performance work, show work evolved outside of class, and receive suggestions. Participants will attend performances in Los Angeles. Work created in class will be given public performance on campus late in the semester.
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THEA 008 PO - Collective Creation
CrsNo THEA008 PO
When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2013.
Instructor(s): T. Leabhart
Participants will create a collaborative performance scheduled for presentation at the end of the semester in Seaver Theatre as well as other locations on the five college campuses. Collaborators from all backgrounds and with all levels of previous experience (or none at all) are encouraged to join the project, which will call upon students’ abilities and interests in vocal and instrumental music, writing, movement, mask-making, painting, and sculpture. This class encourages participants to give voice and form to their own stories; their political activism; their dreams and visions; and their aspirations for themselves and their communities. In fall 2013, students will work with Professor Leabhart and with guest artist and director Karen Christopher (PO’85) to create a new performance entitled “Free as Air,” as part of the Mellon elemental Arts Initiative. The performance will deal with contemporary issues of air quality/air pollution generally and in Southern California specifically, using perspectives derived from chemistry, aerodynamics (engineering), and sound production. Actors, movers, musicians, and all others, experienced or just interested, encouraged to participate. Performances in late November. Letter grade only. Previously offered as THEA050 PO.
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