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Course Descriptions

Course descriptions are provided for course offerings at Scripps College and courses available as part of joint or cooperative programs in which Scripps participates. For those courses that may appear under more than one discipline or department, the full course description appears under the discipline or department sponsoring the course and cross-reference is made under the associated discipline or department. Numbers followed by, for example, “AA,” “AF,” or “CH,” indicate courses sponsored by The Claremont Colleges as part of joint programs, i.e., Asian American Studies, Africana Studies, and Chicanx-Latinx Studies.

Please refer to the Schedule of Courses on the Scripps Portal published each semester by the Registrar’s Office for real-time information on course offerings.

All courses are 1.0 credit unless otherwise stated.
 

Philosophy
  

  • PHIL 155 SC - Ethics of the Beginning and End of Life

    This course focuses on the unique moral issues that arise at the beginning and end of life: procreative responsibility, anti-natalism, prenatal genetic screening, disability, surrogacy, cloning, abortion, suicide, euthanasia, and end of life care. These topics will be discussed from both the individual and the social ethical perspectives.
     

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 155 PZ - Islam v. Islam

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

    Prerequisite(s):
     
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  
  

  • PHIL 160 SC - Ethical Theory

    This course will focus on classic Western ethical theory and on contemporary metaethical critiques of these theories. The objectivity, possibility, and meaning of morality will be among the issues addressed.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 162 SC - Political Philosophy

    What is the proper role of public social and political institutions? This course will survey the contemporary attempts to answer this question across the political spectrum. Readings will include libertarian, liberal, communitarian, Marxist, and feminist political theory.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 164 SC - Ethical Theory Seminar: The Moral Deal

    If we were to construct a society, which rules might we agree to follow? This fundamental contractualist question underlies much of modern moral/political theory. In this course, we will analyze various ways of posing and answering this question, including classic and contemporary contract theories, and discuss the value of grounding our moral/political principles on what people might agree to under various bargaining conditions.

    Prerequisite(s): Ethical Theory or permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 168 SC - The Rational and the Irrational

    The assumption of rationality plays a critical role both in our common sense understanding of ourselves and in the foundations of the behavioral and social sciences. This course is devoted to an examination of the nature and status of this assumption. Considerable attention will be paid to self-deception and to weakness of will. Readings drawn from contemporary philosophy and cognitive psychology.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 169 SC - Responsibility, Guilt, and the Person

    The course will examine concepts of responsibility and guilt and their relation to the notion of autonomous agency. Under what circumstance is a charge of responsibility justified? What sorts of considerations undermine such a charge? We will also investigate the following: the status of the insanity defense, competing theories of punishment, and the notion of desert. Readings will be drawn from contemporary sources.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 170 SC - Faith and Reason

    An examination of the relation between faith and reason as bases for belief and other attitudes. We will focus on religious and scientific world views, but may also consider other subjects, such as social and political stances and controversies. Faith and reason are often understood as diametrically opposed in some way, and we will read and discuss historical and contemporary sources both for and against this opposition. These readings address question such as: what is faith, what is reason, is faith ever reasonable, and is reason based on faith?

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every few years


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 171 CM - Health, Measurement, and Justice

    See the Claremont McKenna College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  
  
  

  • PHIL 185L PO - Topics in Epistemology, Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 185N JT - Topics in Neurophilosophy

    This course is an examination of selected issues at the intersection of contemporary philosophy and neuroscience. Topics may include the philosophical, theoretical, and empirical bases of social (cognitive) neuroscience; the neurobiology of belief attribution and “mind-reading”; the metaphysical relationship between the mind and the brain; the nature of sensory modalities; as well as the bearing of the neurosciences on issues in the theory of action.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 186H PO - Topics in History of Modern Philosophy

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 186K PO - Kant

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 187C PO - Tutorial in Ancient Philosophy

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 190 SC - Senior Seminar

    A seminar for students writing a thesis with a substantial component in philosophy. The seminar will introduce students to methods of philosophical research and analysis, focusing on using these methods in the development of their theses.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 191 SC - Senior Thesis

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHIL 199 SC - Independent Study in Philosophy: Reading and Research

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  

  • PPE 160 PO - Freedom, Markets, and Well-Being

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Physics
  

  • PHYS 017 PO - Physics in Society

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 030L KS - General Physics for the Life Sciences

    A yearlong, calculus-based introductory physics course sequence with lab introducing mechanics, sound, fluids, wave thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, atomic physics, relativity, and nuclear physics. This course is designed for life science majors and others interested in the health professions. Potential physics, engineering, and chemistry majors should normally take Physics 033L-034L. 

    Prerequisite(s):  Prerequisite(s): Calculus ( MATH030 SC  ), or prior high-school calculus experience with concurrent enrollment in Math 30.  Physics 030L is a prerequisite for PHYS 031L.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50 per semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall (Physics 030L and spring (Physics 031L) and summer session (Physics 030L-031L)


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 031L KS - General Physics for the Life Sciences

    A yearlong, calculus-based introductory physics course sequence with lab introducing mechanics, sound, fluids, wave thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, atomic physics, relativity, and nuclear physics. This course is designed for life science majors and others interested in the health professions. Potential physics, engineering, and chemistry majors should normally take Physics 033L-034L.

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Calculus ( MATH030 SC ), or prior high-school calculus experience with concurrent enrollment in Math 30 SC.
    Physics 030L KS is a prerequisite for PHYS 031L KS.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50 per semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Offered every fall (Physics 030L and spring (Physics 031L) and summer session (Physics 030L-031L).


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 033L KS - Principles of Physics

    A yearlong calculus-based introductory physics course sequence with lab - designed for potential physics, chemistry, and engineering majors. Topics include Newtonian mechanics, waves, fluids, electromagnetism (Maxwell’s equations), electrical circuits, and thermodynamics. Potential physics majors normally complete PHYS033L, PHYS034L in their first year.
     

    Prerequisite(s): Calculus MATH 030  or prior high school calculus experience with concurrent enrollment in MATH030.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50 per semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 034L KS - Principles of Physics

     A yearlong calculus-based introductory physics course sequence with lab - designed for potential physics, chemistry, and engineering majors. Topics include Newtonian mechanics, waves, fluids, electromagnetism (Maxwell’s equations), electrical circuits, and thermodynamics. Potential physics majors normally complete PHYS033L, PHYS034L in their first year.
     

    Prerequisite(s): MATH031 SC  or concurrent enrollment in MATH031. PHYS033L KS  is a prerequisite for PHYS034L KS.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50 per semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 035 KS - Modern Physics with Computational Applications

    An introductory modern physics course designed as a continuation of PHYS 033L , PHYS 034L .  Topics include introductory quantum mechanics, special relativity, statistical physics, and applications.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 033L , PHYS 034L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or PHYS030L KS , PHYS031L KS  and multivariable calculus (Calc III or MATH 032 ), which may be taken concurrently.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 080 HM - Topics in Physics

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 100 KS - Computational Physics and Engineering

    This course is a comprehensive introduction to the application of computational techniques to physics and engineering. It provides direct experience in using computers to model physical systems and it develops a minimum set of algorithms needed to create physics and engineering simulations on a computer. Such algorithms are employed to solve nontrivial, real world problems through the investigation of seven major projects. Students will use computer mathematical software such as Maple, Mathematica, or MatLab. No prior computer course is assumed.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS033L KS  , PHYS034L KS  , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ); or PHYS030L KS , PHYS031L KS ; and MATH 030 , MATH 031 .
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 101 KS - Classical Mechanics with Computational Applications

     An upper-division course in classical mechanics focused on Lagrangian mechanics, rigid-body motion, oscillator theory, accelerated reference frames, and related topics.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 033L , PHYS 034L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), and Differential Equations or Linear Algebra.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Normally every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 102 KS - Electromagnetism

    An upper division course in electromagnetism. Topics include Maxwell’s equations, electrostatic solutions using Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations, polarization, magnetostatics, magnetization, electromagnetic waves and electromagnetic radiation. Prerequisites: PHYS035, MATH032.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 035 , MATH 032 .
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Normally in spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 105 KS - Computational Partial Differential Equations

    A survey with examples of modern numerical techniques for investigating a range of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations central to a wide variety of applications in science, engineering, and other fields.

    Prerequisite(s): Entry-level programming, differential equations, scientific computing or equivalent courses, or permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 106L KS - Electronics Laboratory

    An introduction to modern electronic circuit theory and practice for the engineering or science student. Topics include electrical measurement devices, semiconductor properties, and circuits using diodes and transistors. Both analog and digital circuits will be covered. Operational and differential amplifiers will be built.

    Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: PHYS033L KS  and PHYS034L KS  or permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every other spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 108 KS - Programming for Science and Engineering

    A comprehensive introduction to programming using Matlab, the primary language of engineering computations. Topics include control constructs, internal and external procedures, array manipulations, user-defined data structures and recursions. These elements are used to develop some computational techniques needed in engineering. No prior computing experience required. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 114 KS - Quantum Mechanics with Computational Applications

    An upper-division course in quantum mechanics using both analytical and numerical methods to solve problems. Topics include Shroedinger’s wave mechanics, Heisenberg’s matrix formulations, Dirac formalism, hydrogen model, harmonic oscillators, spin and Pauli matrices, perturbation theory. 

    Prerequisite(s): Differential Equations and/or Linear Algebra, PHYS 035 , PHYS 100  or equivalent, or by permission of instructor. (Prior knowledge of some basic elements or linear algebra - matrices eigenvectors, eigenvalues - is assumed.)
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Normally in spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 115 KS - Statistical Physics with Computational Applications

    This upper-division course focuses on statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Topics include the laws of thermodynamics, kinetic and transport theory, quantum statistical mechanics (including microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles, Bose and Fermi statistics) and applications. Both analytical and numerical techniques will be emphasized. Prerequisites: PHYS035, MATH032, PHYS100 or equivalent.

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 035 , MATH 032 , PHYS 100  or equivalent.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Normally in fall


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 178L KS - Biophysics

    An examination of biological systems from the point of view of classical physics, including mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism. Topics may include molecular diffusion, low-Reynolds number hydrodynamics, cooperative transitions in biomolecules, the mechanism of nerve impulses, the physics of vision and hearing, and principles of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L , or BIOL 040L , CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L  or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or  CHEM 029L , and PHYS 030L , PHYS 031L  or PHYS 033L , PHYS 034L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), or permission of instructor.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every other spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 187 KS - Special Topics in Physics

    Selected topics in contemporary physics. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on instructor. Example areas could include solid-state physics, optics, material science, etc. Course may be repeated for credit (for different topics).

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS035 KS  
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually or Every other year


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 188L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Physics

    Seniors may apply to do laboratory or field investigation with a faculty member. The topic should be chosen by the end of the junior year. In this course, library and lab materials are developed, research begun, and seminar discussions held with faculty and students in the field of concentration. This is the first course for students doing a two-semester senior project. Registration in this course will be followed by registration in PHYS 190L .

    Fee: $50


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 189L KS - Senior Thesis Summer Research Project in Physics

    Students who intend to satisfy a two-semester senior thesis project by conducting a substantial research project during the summer after their junior year, should enroll in this course in the fall semester following their research. No credit towards graduation will be awarded for this course. Typically, registration in this course would be followed by registration in PHYS 190L . This course will be graded Pass/Fail. There is no lab fee for this course.


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 190L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Physics, Second Semester

    Senior laboratory or field investigation research is culminated and results are summarized in a written thesis and formal presentation. This is the second semester course for those doing a two-semester research thesis.

    Fee: $50


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • PHYS 191 KS - One Semester Senior Thesis in Physics

    All students who intend to complete a one-semester thesis should enroll in this course. Students are required both to submit a substantive written thesis–which may involve experimental work, analysis of datasets previously collected by other researchers, or a critical analysis of the literature–and to make a formal presentation. Students register for this course during the semester in which the one-semester thesis is written and due. There is no lab fee for this course.


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Political Studies
  

  • POST 106 PZ - Law and Politics

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 107 CH - Latino Politics

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 114 HM - Comparative Environmental Politics

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 140 HM - Global Environmental Politics

    See the Harvey Mudd College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 146 PZ - International Relations in the Middle East

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 156 PZ - Critical Race Theory

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 159 PZ - Crime and Punishment

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 174 CH - U.S. Immigration Policy and Transnational Politics

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 175 CH - Immigration and Race in America

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 176 PZ - Environmental Policy

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 184 PZ - Science, Technology and Politics

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 190 PZ - Science, Politics, and Alternative Medicine

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POST 198 CH - God in the Barrio

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


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.

Politics
  

  • EEP 191 SC - Senior Thesis in Environment, Economics, and Politics

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 001B PO - Modern Political Theory

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 005 PO - Comparative Politics

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 007 PO - United States Foreign Policy

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 008 PO - Introduction to International Relations

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 033A/B PO - American Constitutionalism I/II

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 060 PO - Global Politics of Food and Agriculture

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 082 PO - Seminar: The Vietnam War

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 086 PO - International Organization, Communication, and Power

    Please see the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 089A PO - Not Yet Post-Colonial? Secessionism in Contemporary Africa (1960s-present)

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

     

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 097 PO - Writing about Justice

    Please see the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 100 SC - Introduction to International Relations

    This course provides a broad survey of issues in and approaches to the study of relations between states. We will examine enduring topics, such as diplomacy and the balance of power, as well as more recent phenomena, including the rise of international organizations and humanitarian international law to prominence since the mid-20th century. Open to first-year students.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 101 SC - International Political Economy

    The central problematic in the international economy is “globalization”—pressures for integration and uniformity across national boundaries. This course examines the dynamics of the main forces for globalization—trade, finance, and investment, the major supporting institutions—WTO, IMF, IBRD, and a central consequence—concerns about national “competitiveness.”

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 102 SC - Cooperation and Rivalry in the European Union

    The European Union is a unique instance of extensive cooperation among sovereign states. This course provides an introduction to European politics by examining the historical development of the European Union, some of the distinctive characteristics of its member states, and the nature of their interactions.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 105 SC - NATO in the 21st Century: The Atlantic Alliance Under Stress

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is often referred to as history’s most successful alliance. But NATO suffered a severe identity crisis after the Cold War, with its members divided in their attitudes towards both the Alliance’s traditional leader (the United States) and its traditional adversary (Russia). This course examines the history and prospects of the Atlantic alliance, focusing on the policies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 108 SC - Political Europe and Monetary Europe

    Following World War II, most of the states of western Europe—including most prominently France and the Federal Republic of Germany— embarked on a process of political reconciliation and economic integration. Using both primary and secondary source materials, this course will examine why plans for monetary cooperation, and ultimately monetary union, came to play such a significant role in these efforts.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 110 SC - Introduction to Comparative Politics

    This survey course introduces students to the field of comparative politics by investigating cross-national similarities and differences in politics, economies and societies through several illuminating empirical case studies and examines the strengths and weaknesses of comparative analysis as a methodological tool. Topics may include: the formation of states and nations; the evolution of democratic and non-democratic political regimes; political development and culture; the role of culture and religion in modern politics; policymaking; and modes of political participation and protest.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 111 SC - Politics and Markets in Latin America

    This course is designed to introduce students to the political economy of Latin America. The course will be organized thematically with readings that draw on several country examples. Some of the central themes of the course include: democracy and growth, structural reform, trade, debt, and inequality.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 112 SC - Mobilizing Islam

    How have social and political actors mobilized Islam in the modern public sphere, and why? This course explores the intellectual origins of Islamic revivial movements through the writings of major thinkers, and considers how movements in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia, as well as transnational jihadi movements, have interpreted Islam for different political goals. Using the lenses of social movement theory, we will consider what drives Islamists to participate in elections, oppose established political regimes, promote conservative and activist interpretations of gender roles, give religious meaning to social activism, justify or oppose violence, expand their coalitions, and change their ideas.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 113 SC - People and Power in the Modern Middle East

    This course examines how different kinds of regimes - populist authoritarian, military, monarchical, and rentier - evolved in the 20th century Middle East, how they related to, controlled, and represented citizens, and what role political and religious ideologies versus economic relations played in these relationships. We study how participation and dissent evolved over time, ask why religion fueled opposition in the 1970s-1980s, and consider how regimes used repression and concessions to survive. We then consider how electoral authoritarianism gave way to the Arab Spring and why democratic transitions succeeded or stalled thereafter, and consider the prospects for conflict in the region today.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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  • POLI 114 SC - Islam and Politics in the Middle East: Rulers, Reformers and Radicals

    Why is Islam such a potent political force in the Middle East? This course will assess Islam’s relationship with democracy in the modern Middle East. We will study how it has informed political ideologies, justified diverse forms of government, motivated revolutionaries, and inspired conservatives and reformers.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every two years


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  • POLI 115 SC - Politics of Identity in South Asia: Religion, Caste and Ethnicity

    Why are religion, caste and ethnolinguistic identity still vital to contemporary South Asian politics? How does democracy weaken some identities and strengthen others? How do social and economic liberalization and new media erode or reinforce the bonds of caste and religion? When and why do identities produce political conflict and violence? We will examine how national and subnational identities have been reinforced in constitutions, mobilized in party politics and social movements, influenced by transnational relations, and sustained through conflict, from the period of independence to the present, in India and Pakistan.
     

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every two years


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  • POLI 116 SC - The Politics of God

    Why and how does religion continue to exercise political influence in a secular age? This course examines how religion is mobilized in democratic politics, by national and state elites, and by revolutionary and fundamentalist movements in global,comparative case contexts.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 117 SC - Nations and Nationalism

    This course examines the concepts of nations and nationalism and their relationships with modernity, the nation-state, and democracy. It investigates, from a comparative perspective, the production of politically salient identities around questions of national identity, language, religion, and ethnicity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the West and the non-West.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 118 SC - Korea and Korean Americans

    This course is an intensive introduction to North and South Korea, with their interlocking histories and greatly divergent economic, political, and social realities. The course pays special attention to the impact of U.S. foreign policy on Korean national formation and Korean American identity and community formation.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 119 SC - Public Policy in the European Union

    The members of the European Union have agreed to joint policies in some areas but not in others. This course examines EU policy in a number of different fields. Likely topics include: the Single Market; competition policy; trade policy; monetary union; and the Community budget.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 120 SC - Introduction to U.S. Politics

    This survey course introduces students to the major institutions and processes of American politics. Topics may include Congress, the Supreme Court, the Presidency, groups and movements, federalism, the role of the media, voter turnout, macroeconomic policy, and public discontent with government.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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  • POLI 122 SC - The Power Elite

    This course explores the relationship between business and government domestically and internationally. Topics include: business influence over public policy; relative power of financiers within the business community; role of financial structure in development and growth; and growing tension between capital mobility and national monetary sovereignty.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 124 SC - Race in American Politics

    This course examines the centrality of race in American politics. The course examines how racial and ethnic interest groups pursue political power and the relative success of their efforts. Thematically, the course will focus on how these groups interact with strategic political actors working within established political institutions.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 125 SC - Voting, Campaigning, and Elections

    This course is designed to provide a strong theoretical background in understanding voting behavior, elite campaign strategies, and electoral systems. It also connects theory to the “real world” of elections.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 126 SC - Black Americans and the Political System

    This course focuses on the relationship between black Americans and the US government, as well as the continuing struggle for black empowerment since Reconstruction. Careful consideration and analysis will be given to the current social and economical conditions of the black community.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


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  • POLI 127 SC - Politics and Public Policy of Asian Communities in the U.S

    This course examines the intersection between Asian Americans and the politics of race and ethnicity. Central to the course is the claim that understanding race is critical to understanding American politics and that any sophisticated analysis of race must include the role of Asians in America.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 128 SC - Race and American Capitalism

    This course engages in a grounded examination of the contemporary political struggle of communities of color negotiating capitalist ideologies and practices. Students directly engage with individuals and organizations involved in social justice work rooted in working-class communities of color. Foci include civil rights, environmental justice, public health, economic justice, and the criminal legal system.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 129 SC - Toward Economic Dignity in the Real World

    This seminar asks how individuals in the academy can contribute directly to sustained efforts for economic dignity and justice in Los Angeles and California more broadly. Students will study topics including but not limited to policy campaigns, strategy development, alliances between workers centers and organized labor, state politics, social media, and popular education. To the extent possible, students will have opportunities to directly engage ongoing policy campaigns and communications projects at the city and statewide level.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Intermittently


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  • POLI 130 SC - Introduction to Political Economy

    This course explores the ways in which the study of politics and economics are interrelated, and introduces students to several models that attempt to explain and analyze the ways in which politics and economics affect each other. These include public choice theory, game theory, new institutionalism, and neo-Marxism. Open to first-year students. Offered spring.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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  • POLI 134 SC - Infrastructures of Justice

    This research seminar focuses on the question, “Do markets result in just outcomes?” Most answers to this question seem to be virtually predetermined, but focus little attention on the question, “Under what conditions do markets result in just or unjust outcomes?” The premise here, to be explored through the students’ original case study research projects, is that markets as deeply embedded societal structures simply perpetuate underlying social conditions, be they just or unjust. Examples include white supremacy, patriarchy, land and asset distribution derived from colonial and slave plantation systems. However, markets can also reinforce social justice whether through, for example, community-based development projects or marketable permits for industrial pollution.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 135 PO - Policy Implementation and Evaluation

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


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  • POLI 135 SC - Political Economy of Food

    This course will focus on social, cultural, racial and gendered power relations around the production, distribution, consumption, and waste of food in the United States and globally. We will address these issues in an intergenerational partnership with elder co-learners from Pilgrim Place and other elders similarly committed to social justice. Students in this course will register for a ½-course credit (4-7 hours per week) co-requisite internship in which they will explore alternative food practices through community engagement projects.

    Corequisite(s): POLI 135L .
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every other year


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  • POLI 135L SC - Political Economy of Food Lab

    This is a required lab involving off-campus community engagement work that is directly connected to classroom discussion and reading for POLI 135 . Students will attend one or two established programs that meet weekly at regular times for a minimum 3 hours a week. The professor is on site for both of these programs during the entire required lab time.

    Corequisite(s): POLI 135 .
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Spring


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 136 PO - Environmental Justice and Policy

    See Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 138 PO - Organizational Theory

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 139 PO - Politics of Community Design

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

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 140 SC - Introduction to Political Theory

    This survey course examines the evolution of central political concepts in the western tradition through close readings of major texts in political theory. Students will be introduced to the political thought of authors such as Plato, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, and Mill, as well as contemporary writings. Special attention will be given to changing understandings of liberty and authority, equality and rights, legitimacy, and democracy.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 141 SC - Politics of Race and American Popular Film

    This seminar investigates the social, political, and ethical issues surrounding representations of race in American popular film. Premised upon the insight that “race” is a social rather than a biological category, it examines racial identities as products of political relationships as well as sources of powerful political claims. The seminar uses film texts to gain a sharper understanding of the role of race in American politics as well as exploring the significance of popular film in constructing and defining racialized public memory.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
  

  • POLI 142 SC - Marxist and Post-Marxist Political Thought

    In American public discourse, news media, and academic institutions, political discussion is almost always circumscribed by the limits of liberal ideology. The language of political liberalism is so ubiquitous that many students will be unaware of how their own moral sensibilities and political intuitions are products of liberal thought. In contrast, this course draws upon Marxist, post-modern, and post-colonial theory to explore radical perspectives on politics, economics, culture, and power. A basic familiarity with liberal political philosophy, while helpful, is not required.

    Course Credit: 1.0


    Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
 

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