May 27, 2024

2020-2021 Scripps Catalog

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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.

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Psychology
	PSYC 081 CM - Developmental Psychology 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.
	PSYC 084 CH - Psychology of the Chicanx Latinx Experience 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.
	PSYC 095 JT - Foundations of Neuroscience For description, see NEUR 95L Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 102 SC - Psychology of Women A critical examination of current psychological approaches to the study of women’s behavior and experience. The course will emphasize empirical ways of knowing and will address psychological questions of central concern to women. The nature and development of gender differences also will be explored. Students will conduct group and individual projects. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 103 SC - Psychological Statistics Introduction to the logic of hypothesis testing. Emphasis will be on basic statistical terms, gaining familiarity with computational procedures of both parametric and nonparametric techniques, and utilizing available computer programs for the analysis of data in the behavioral sciences. Prerequisite(s): PSYC052 SC or equivalent. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 103 PZ - Social Psychology 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.
	PSYC 104 SC - Research Design in Psychology Design and analysis of scientific research in psychology including both experimental and nonexperimental methods. The student will gain experience at generating and testing hypotheses about human behavior and preparing scientific reports of findings. Recommended in the sophomore or junior year as preparation for the senior thesis and further research participation. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 , PSYC 103 . Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 104L SC - Research Design in Psychology Laboratory Must be taken concurrently with PSYC 104 . Course Credit: 0.5 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 105 SC - Personality A comprehensive summary of the major contemporary theories of personality and their application to research, assessment, and treatment. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 107 CM - Neuroeconomics 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.
	PSYC 109 SC - Psychology of Work and Family The most common family type in the United States today is dual-earner (mother and father). However, there have been relatively few adjustments to the way work and family life are aligned to promote strong families and a strong economy. Whether the metaphor is one of work-family conflict, balance, collaboration, or integration, the dynamics at the intersection of work and family are in need of examination. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 110 SC - Child Development A description and analysis of human development during infancy and childhood, including such topics as the development of motor behaviors, the acquisition of language, and cognitive development. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 111 SC - Adolescent Development A description and analysis of human development during the second decade of life. Discussion topics include pubertal development, identity processes, and sexuality. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 ; PSYC 110 or equivalent. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 111 PZ - Physiological Psychology 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.
	PSYC 112 SC - Clinical Geropsychology Geropsychology is the field within psychology that applies the knowledge and methods of psychology to understanding and helping older persons and their families maintain well-being, overcome problems, and achieve maximum potential during later life. As with younger adult, a varitey of treatable mental health disorders affect older adults. In addition, stressors common in late life such as loss of loved ones, relocation, health conditions, caregiving demands, change in employment status, and poverty significantly affect the health and independence of older adults. Geropsychologists address these and other issues such a discrimination, sexuality, capacity assessment, health promotion and substance abuse. This course will cover the historical and foundational issues of adult development and aging and the core areas of geropsychology of assessment, consultation, and therapy. This course will require a 4 hour/week practicum placement with older adults. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 or equivalent. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every fall Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 116 SC - Identity Development in Minority Children and Adolescent This course will examine identity development among children and adolescents from the following populations: African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. Readings will include the major theoretical writings on identity development in general, papers presenting models for identity development specifically in minority populations, and various empirical studies. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 117 PZ - Children and Families in South Asia 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.
	PSYC 118 PZ - Health Psychology 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.
	PSYC 120 SC - Cognitive Development An examination of cognitive development from infancy to adolescence. Topics include conceptual development, memory, and developing theories of mind. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 and junior or senior standing. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 122 SC - Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Psychology provides insight into how the mind works. The major topics include perception, attention, memory, learning, imagery, language, knowledge and categorization, and decision-making. The course will give you the ability to 1) think about the human mind in terms of mental processes; and 2) understand how science can build models of these mental processes using simple behaviors in highly creative ways. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 or instructor permission. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 122L SC - Cognitive Psychology Laboratory Gives opportunities to see how key experiments in cognitive psychology are designed by actually doing those experiments, and by engaging in simple data analysis and reports of experimental findings. Students will discover counterintuitive facts about how the human mind works by actually looking at what the mind does via behavior. Corequisite(s): PSYC 122 Course Credit: 0.5 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 123 SC - Cognitive Neuroscience A thorough introduction to the concepts and findings of the field. Cognitive neuroscience seeks to understand mental processes in terms of brain mechanisms linking behavior and cognitive models to neural signals and models of neural processing. Areas of inquiry include perception, imagery, attention, learning, prominent computational models of brain/mind, decision-making, valuations, braid adaptation in evolution, and brain-machine interfaces for neural enhancement. Course also listed under NEUR123 SC; optional lab offered under PSYC123L SC/NEUR123L SC. Prerequisite(s): PSYC103 SC or equivalent; NEUR095L JT or equivalent. 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.
	PSYC 123L SC - Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory Provides introduction to computer programming in Matlab and R for computational cognitive modeling using Bayesian approaches, and for the analysis of neural signals, including EEG and fMRI, along with the theoretical framework, justification, and limitations of these analyses. Also offered under NEUR123L SC. Prerequisite(s): PSYC123 SC Corequisite(s): PSYC123 SC (if not yet taken) Course Credit: 0.5 Offered: Annually, or every other year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 124 SC - Basic Helping Skills Basic Helping Skills is a practical course intended to introduce students to active listening. In the class, we will explore the fundamental listening and responding skills that distill into clinical practice. This will involve in-class and peer-to-peer practice of listening and responding. Students will also be exposed to basic tenants of psychotherapy and the critical microskills used to facilitate therapeutic interactions. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Occasionally Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 125 AF - Culture & Human Development: The African Diaspora 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.
	PSYC 126 SC - Language Acquisition One of the most remarkable feats of childhood is learning a first language. This course will examine how children accomplish this task. We will focus on a wide range of evidence and theories examining typical and atypical language development. Topics include infant speech perception, word meaning, grammar, communication, second-language learning, language disorders, and language and thought. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: One-time offering SP20 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 127 SC - Neuroscience of Decision-Making This seminar will examine decision-making behavior from a neuroscience perspective. Topics will include intuitive judgments, analytical reasoning, emotion and decision-making, heuristics and biases, neuroeconomics, and estimates of risk. The course will cover basic research as well as practical applications of decision theory. Prerequisite(s): Any neuroscience or cognitive psychology course. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 128 SC - Psychological Disorders This course will focus on the description of abnormal behavior in human beings and the various theoretically based explanations for it, both past and present. Intervention strategies relevant to the prevention or reduction of psychological suffering due to different disorders will also be explored. Former title: Abnormal Psychology Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 129 SC - Social Neuroscience Social neuroscience investigates how the brain helps make decisions about other people. We will learn how the human brain is involved in social gaze: drawing social inferences from bodily cues; empathy, attachment, and cooperation; imitation; social reward and punishment; stereotyping and prejudice; economic and political decision-making; moral decision-making; and autism. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 and PSYC 103 or instructor permission. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 130 SC - Emotion A seminar on the dominant psychological models, methods, and findings relating to emotion. Covers the following topics: 1) emotion and its relation to cognition; 2) basic theories of emotion; 3) research methods for investigating human emotion; 4) emotion in relation to the self; 5) emotion in relation to social understanding; 6) emotion and memory; 7) the social emotions, such as embarrassment, guilt, and shame; 8) disorders of emotion and mood, such as anxiety disorders, depression, anger disorders, self-harm and eating disorders; 9) direct intervention into the brain and central nervous system for emotional disorders; 10) emotion and creativity; 11) emotion and music; and 12) emotion and forensic psychology. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 and PSYC 103 . Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 131 SC - Clinical Neuropsychology This course will study human clinical neuropsychology with an emphasis on clinical disorders, including learning disorders, dementias, and traumatic brain injuries. There will be an emphasis on integrating theory and research related to brain functioning and applying this knowledge to clinical populations. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 . Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 131L SC - Clinical Neuropsychology Lab This lab complements the content of PSYC 131 . Corequisite(s): PSYC 131 Course Credit: 0.5 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 132 SC - Autism Spectrum: Neuroscience, Psychology, Disabilities Studies Autism spectrum affects the lives of about 1 child in 70, along with the lives of family members. Formally named in English in 1943 by Leo Kanner, autism spectrum is a neuroatypical range of perspectives, experiences, and neural and behavioral patterns. This course will explore the historical antecedents of autism and its formal description under a wave of psychiatric support for eugenics in the United States. We will explore current understandings of autism spectrum, and the neuroscientific and psychological methods used to research autism spectrum. In our work together, we will be guided by the voices of people with autism. Prerequisite(s): PSYC052 SC or NEUR095L JT or equivalent; and PSYC103 SC or equivalent; and PSYC104 SC /PSYC104L SC Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every other year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 133 PO - Fieldwork in Clinical Psychology 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.
	PSYC 133 SC - Science of Emotions and Positive Psychology This course explores key topics in the areas of emotions and positive psychology including the measurement of emotions and well-being, the behavioral determinants of well-being, the genetics of well-being, interventions to increase positive emotions and well-being, and positive individual differences (e.g. resilience, self-compassion). Prerequisite(s): PSYC052 SC Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 143 SC - Advanced Statistics I: Analysis of Variance and Regression A second course in applied statistics emphasizing analysis of variance and covariance for analyzing complex experiments as well as correlational methods such as multiple regression, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. Students will develop an intuition for the logic of each statistic and will become skilled at selecting the appropriate tests, using the computer to carry out the calculations, and interpreting the results. Recommended for students planning graduate work in the social and natural sciences or for those involved in research projects that go beyond topics covered in the first course in statistics. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 103 or an equivalent course. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 144 SC - Advanced Statistics II: Structural Equation Modeling Intensive experience in techniques for fitting complex quantitative models to behavioral and social data. Principal focus on structural equation modeling. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 143 or ECON 125 . Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 145 SC - Mixed Methods Research This course is an overview of mixed methods research designs within social science. Readings and activities throughout the semester will emphasize the epistemology of mixed methods research and the implementation of these designs. Students will learn prominent mixed methods designs. Further, students will have the opportunity to develop mixed methods writing skills be learning to balance and integrate different types of data within a single study. Developing competence with mixed methods will also require students to engage with the history of empirical approaches in psychological research with attention to the modern landscape of empirical work in the field. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Occasionally Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 150 AF - Psychology of the Black Experience 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.
	PSYC 152 SC - Cultural Psychology An examination of the dialectical relationship between human behavior and its social, historical, and cultural contexts. Topics of discussion include language socialization, cultural construals of the self, and cognitive and moral development. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 . Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 153 AA - Asian American Psychology 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.
	PSYC 153 PZ - The Socialization of Gender: A Developmental Perspective 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.
	PSYC 155 CM - Seminar in Ethnic Minority Psychology and Mental Health 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.
	PSYC 156 SC - Native American Psychology This course examines the psychological research conducted with indigenous peoples of North America. Course topics include identity, mental health, and family issues. These topics and others will be discussed within the context of the particular historical conditions that have given rise to the behavioral patterns under discussion (e.g., genocide, displacement, cultural loss). Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 157 SC - Psychology of the Black Woman in America This course explores black women’s lives by examining various psychological phenomena from a black feminist perspective. Emphasis will be placed on the multiplicity of experience and how it is shaped by oppression and struggle. Discussion topics will include identity; mental health; sexuality; academic achievement and work. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 . Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 162 SC - Psychology and the Law This course will survey issues in psychology and law including an introduction to the legal system, eyewitness identification, confessions, competence and insanity, jury decision making, victims, and sentencing issues. Basic psychological theory, relevant case law, and methodological issues associated with conducting research in psychology and law will be covered. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 . Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 162L SC - Psychology and Law Lab Psychology and Law Lab covers advanced methods in psychological research involving behavior and decision making in the legal system. Students will be introduced to various methods of conducting psycholegal research including observation, surveys, field research, and experimental methods. There will be opportunities for designing and conducting studies in psychology and law and analyzing the data collected. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 Corequisite(s): PSYC 162 Course Credit: 0.5 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 163 SC - Social Psychology and the Legal System Judge, jury, and executioner—what are the ways in which these and other legal players are influenced by their social environment? Are their decisions influenced in the same way ours are? In this course, we will investigate how social psychology can help us better understand the legal system. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 162 recommended. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 166 SC - Psychology, Sustainability, and Environmental Decision-Making The 21st Century poses complex challenges to concepts, decisions, and policies involving human and nonhuman nature. Climate change, sustainability, species extinctions, equitable access to clean air, water, and land, along with pollution, environmental injustice, and zero-sum thinking all depend in large part on human emotions, concepts, attitudes, actions, and especially decision-making. In this course, we will study the psychological processes on which decisions about sustainability, climate change, and our environmental futures depend. This seminar course will explore and analyze how changes in human psychology influence environmental decision-making, creating understanding that will facilitate new visions for future decisions. Prerequisite(s): Introductory Statistics (e.g. PSYC103 SC , ECON120 SC , or equivalent), or instructor’s permission Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every 2-3 years Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 167A JT - Applied Social Psychological Research This class will bring together students and faculty members at various stages of academic and professional development, as well as community collaborators, to pursue theoretically and practically relevant research in applied settings. The class is divided into three phases (Project Development, Implementation, and Dissemination) and is intended as a full-year (2-semester) class. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 ; PSYC167A is prerequisite to PSYC168B. Instructor permission required. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 167B JT - Applied Social Psychological Research This class will bring together students and faculty members at various stages of academic and professional development, as well as community collaborators, to pursue theoretically and practically relevant research in applied settings. The class is divided into three phases (Project Development, Implementation, and Dissemination) and is intended as a full-year (2-semester) class. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 ; PSYC 167A JT. Instructor permission required. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 168 SC - Social Psychology An examination of major topics in social psychology including social cognition, social influence (conformity and persuasion), aggression, prejudice, attraction, and interpersonal and intergroup conflict. Some topics in applied psychology (e.g., psychology and the law) will be discussed. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 . Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 168L SC - Social Psychology Laboratory Advanced methods in social psychological research involving the observation and categorization of behavior. Students will be introduced to unobtrusive measures, survey results, field research, and some applied social psychological methods. In addition, students will be introduced to a variety of advanced statistical tools for evaluating psychological research. There will be opportunities for designing and conducting studies and analyzing the data collected using advanced statistical tools. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 , PSYC 103 , PSYC 168 . Satisfies the laboratory course requirement for the psychology major. Course Credit: 0.5 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 169 SC - Topics: Stereotyping and Prejudice Repeatable for credit with different topics. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 , PSYC168 SC , or permission of instructor Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 169L SC - Stereotyping and Prejudice Lab This lab course covers advanced methods used in social psychological research to explore topics related to stereotyping and prejudice as seen in everyday society. Students will be introduced to various research methods including observational research, survey methods, implicit measurement, online research, experimental methods, and applied research. Students also will be given opportunities for firsthand experience designing and conducting social psychological research studies and analyzing resulting data.&nbsp. Prerequisite(s): PSYC052 SC , PSYC103 SC Corequisite(s): PSYC169 SC must be taken simultaneously with or before this lab course. Course Credit: 0.5 Offered: Occasionally Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 170 SC - Close Relationships Across the Lifespan Close relationships from infancy through adulthood will be examined from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. Topics include: attachment, attraction, gender roles, hook-up culture, sex in relationships, relationships and the internet, break-ups, cohabitation, changes in the institution of marriage, marital conflict, divorce, and gay and lesbian relationships. Credit disallowed for students who have completed PSYC150 HM. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 174 SC - Is Freud Really Dead? This course provides an introductory discussion of psychoanalysis. Beginning with classic theories of Freud and his immediate followers and continuing with modern object relations and self-psychology, this course seeks to place contemporary psychoanalytic thought in a historical context. Contribution of psychoanalysis to psychology as well as the humanities will be addressed. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 for psychology majors. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 176 PO - The Psychology of Health and Medicine 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.
	PSYC 180B PO - Seminar in Clinical Psychology 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.
	PSYC 180N CH - Latinx Mental Health See the Pomona College Catalog for a description of this course. Prerequisite(s): PSYC131 PO or PSYC084 CH Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 181 SC - Topics in Clinical Psychology Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 , PSYC 128 , or permission of instructor. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 182 SC - Machine Learning Using Neural Signals This course teaches students the theory and practice of computational analyses of machine learning applied to neural signals for cognitive and neural classification. We will use real neural signals (e.g., spikes, EEG data, fMRI data, diffusion MRI data) in Python, Matlab, and R, so some computer programming experience is required (e.g., BIOL133L, PHYS108, PSYC123L, or equivalent). In this course, students will receive an overview of machine learning theory, an introduction to the concepts and practices of primary machine learning algorithms, and how to apply machine learning to information resulting from signal processing of neural signals. Each class meeting will involve theory and practical applications using active learning, giving students conceptual and computational capabilities that they can use for their own scholarly inquiry and computational applications. Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: Introduction to Computer Programming (preferably python or Matlab); Introduction to Probability and Statistics OR Calculus 2; Linear Algebra Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 183 SC - Data Science Ethics & Justice Data science is a set of interdisciplinary approaches that seeks to construct or extract knowledge from large collections of information, and then to communicate that knowledge for the purposes of implementing scientific, economic, environmental, educational, or political policies. This course will give students insight into ethical challenges to and approaches in doing data science. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every spring Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 184 SC - Computational Psychiatry This course in Computational Psychiatry will help students learn, understand, and use cognitive models in clinically relevant contexts, such as addiction, attention differences, depression, and post-traumatic stress. Students will also encounter and learn from peer-reviewed research papers and from disabilities studies perspectives. The course is ideal for students interested in computational approaches and in data science approaches to understanding clinical conditions. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Occasionally Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 185 CM - Health Psychology 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.
	PSYC 188 AF - Seminar in African American Psychology 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.
	PSYC 190 PZ - History and Systems in Psychology 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.
	PSYC 191 SC - Senior Thesis Prerequisite(s): PSYC 103 , PSYC 104 , PSYC 104L . Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every fall Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 193 PZ - Health Disparities Seminar 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.
	PSYC 193 SC - Senior Thesis: Spring Open to students who are approved by the faculty to complete a thesis project requiring 2 semesters. Generally reserved for students whose projects require independent data collection and/or quantitative analysis. Students must successfully complete PSYC 191 SC - Senior Thesis in the fall term to be eligible for PSYC193 SC. Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 194 PZ - Seminar in Social Psychology 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.
	PSYC 195 SC - Internship in Psychology This course will provide the student with supervised experience in psychology via placement in clinical or educational settings in the community. Enrollment by application only. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 052 . Course Credit: 1.0 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 197C SC - Developmental Psychology Practicum The study of human development has become increasingly central to a wide range of important issues affecting infants, young children and adolescents, as well as the changing structure of the American family and public policy on children and education. This combined lecture and laboratory course will examine the role of language, culture, technology, and education in development. Students will participate in a supervised afterschool setting at a field site involving children in the local community. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 199 SC - Independent Study in Psychology: Reading and Research Course Credit: 1.0 or 0.5 Offered: Every year Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	PSYC 199 PZ - Seminar in Developmental Psychology 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.
Public Policy Analysis
	PPA 001 PO - Introduction to Public Policy Analysis 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.
Religion
	REL 310 CG - Introduction to the History of Judaism and Jewish Thought See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 321 CG - Old Testament Theology See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 410 CG - The Qur’an and Its Interpreters See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 436 CG - Islamic Law and Legal Theory Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 444IS CG - Environmental Ethics and Mystical Traditions in Islam See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 448 CG - Archaeology of the Bible See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 450IS CG - Introduction to Islamic Studies See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 453 CG - Women in Genesis See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 458IS CG - Feminism and Qur’anic Studies See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
	REL 465IS CG - Classical Arabic Literature and the Quar’an See Claremont Graduate University catalog for details. Course Credit: 1.0 Please refer to the course schedule on the Scripps Portal for current course offerings and details.
Religious Studies
	RLST 002 PO - Ideas of Love 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.
	RLST 010 CM - Introduction to South Asian Religious Traditions 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.
	RLST 012 CM - Devotional Worlds of South Asia 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.
	RLST 015 CM - Myth and Religion 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.
	RLST 016 PO - The Life Story of the Buddha 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.
	RLST 020 PO - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Text and Interpretation 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.
	RLST 021 CM - Jewish Civilization 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.
	RLST 022 CM - Introduction to Western Religious Traditions 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.
	RLST 025 PO - Religion, Punishment, and Restoration in the U.S. 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.
	RLST 037 CM - History of World Christianity 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.
	RLST 040 PO - Religious Ethics 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.
	RLST 043 CM - Introduction to Religious Thought 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.
	RLST 045 CM - Sikhism 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.
	RLST 048 PO - Nourishing Life: Techniques for Bodily, Mental, and Environmental Health in East Asian Writings 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.

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PSYC 081 CM - Developmental Psychology

PSYC 084 CH - Psychology of the Chicanx Latinx Experience

PSYC 095 JT - Foundations of Neuroscience

PSYC 102 SC - Psychology of Women

PSYC 103 SC - Psychological Statistics

PSYC 103 PZ - Social Psychology

PSYC 104 SC - Research Design in Psychology

PSYC 104L SC - Research Design in Psychology Laboratory

PSYC 105 SC - Personality

PSYC 107 CM - Neuroeconomics

PSYC 109 SC - Psychology of Work and Family

PSYC 110 SC - Child Development

PSYC 111 SC - Adolescent Development

PSYC 111 PZ - Physiological Psychology

PSYC 112 SC - Clinical Geropsychology

PSYC 116 SC - Identity Development in Minority Children and Adolescent

PSYC 117 PZ - Children and Families in South Asia

PSYC 118 PZ - Health Psychology

PSYC 120 SC - Cognitive Development

PSYC 122 SC - Cognitive Psychology

PSYC 122L SC - Cognitive Psychology Laboratory

PSYC 123 SC - Cognitive Neuroscience

PSYC 123L SC - Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

PSYC 124 SC - Basic Helping Skills

PSYC 125 AF - Culture & Human Development: The African Diaspora

PSYC 126 SC - Language Acquisition

PSYC 127 SC - Neuroscience of Decision-Making

PSYC 128 SC - Psychological Disorders

PSYC 129 SC - Social Neuroscience

PSYC 130 SC - Emotion

PSYC 131 SC - Clinical Neuropsychology

PSYC 131L SC - Clinical Neuropsychology Lab

PSYC 132 SC - Autism Spectrum: Neuroscience, Psychology, Disabilities Studies

PSYC 133 PO - Fieldwork in Clinical Psychology

PSYC 133 SC - Science of Emotions and Positive Psychology

PSYC 143 SC - Advanced Statistics I: Analysis of Variance and Regression

PSYC 144 SC - Advanced Statistics II: Structural Equation Modeling

PSYC 145 SC - Mixed Methods Research

PSYC 150 AF - Psychology of the Black Experience

PSYC 152 SC - Cultural Psychology

PSYC 153 AA - Asian American Psychology

PSYC 153 PZ - The Socialization of Gender: A Developmental Perspective

PSYC 155 CM - Seminar in Ethnic Minority Psychology and Mental Health

PSYC 156 SC - Native American Psychology

PSYC 157 SC - Psychology of the Black Woman in America

PSYC 162 SC - Psychology and the Law

PSYC 162L SC - Psychology and Law Lab

PSYC 163 SC - Social Psychology and the Legal System

PSYC 166 SC - Psychology, Sustainability, and Environmental Decision-Making

PSYC 167A JT - Applied Social Psychological Research

PSYC 167B JT - Applied Social Psychological Research

PSYC 168 SC - Social Psychology

PSYC 168L SC - Social Psychology Laboratory

PSYC 169 SC - Topics: Stereotyping and Prejudice

PSYC 169L SC - Stereotyping and Prejudice Lab

PSYC 170 SC - Close Relationships Across the Lifespan

PSYC 174 SC - Is Freud Really Dead?

PSYC 176 PO - The Psychology of Health and Medicine

PSYC 180B PO - Seminar in Clinical Psychology

PSYC 180N CH - Latinx Mental Health

PSYC 181 SC - Topics in Clinical Psychology

PSYC 182 SC - Machine Learning Using Neural Signals

PSYC 183 SC - Data Science Ethics & Justice

PSYC 184 SC - Computational Psychiatry

PSYC 185 CM - Health Psychology

PSYC 188 AF - Seminar in African American Psychology

PSYC 190 PZ - History and Systems in Psychology

PSYC 191 SC - Senior Thesis

PSYC 193 PZ - Health Disparities Seminar

PSYC 193 SC - Senior Thesis: Spring

PSYC 194 PZ - Seminar in Social Psychology

PSYC 195 SC - Internship in Psychology

PSYC 197C SC - Developmental Psychology Practicum

PSYC 199 SC - Independent Study in Psychology: Reading and Research

PSYC 199 PZ - Seminar in Developmental Psychology

PPA 001 PO - Introduction to Public Policy Analysis

REL 310 CG - Introduction to the History of Judaism and Jewish Thought

REL 321 CG - Old Testament Theology

REL 410 CG - The Qur’an and Its Interpreters