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Courses

Descriptions are provided for courses offered at Scripps College and offered 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 Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies.

Please refer to the Schedule of Courses on the Scripps Portal published each semester by the Office of the Registrar for up-to-date information on course offerings.

All courses are 1.0 credit unless otherwise stated.
 

Biology
  

  • BIOL 188L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Biology

    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 BIOL 190L .

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


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

  • BIOL 189L KS - Senior Thesis Summer Research Project in Biology

    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 BIOL 190L . This course will be graded Pass/Fail. There is no lab fee for this course.

    Course Credit: 0 credit
    Offered: Every fall


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

  • BIOL 190L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Biology, 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
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


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

  • BIOL 191 KS - One-Semester Thesis in Biology

    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.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every semester


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

  • BIOL 199 KS - Independent Study in Biology, Chemistry, Physics

    Students who have the necessary qualifications, and who wish to investigate in depth an area of study not covered in regularly scheduled courses, may arrange with a faculty member for independent study under his or her direction. A limited opportunity open to all students with permission of instructor. Full or half course. Offered annually.

    The faculty and the areas in which they are particularly willing to direct independent study are as follows:

    • J. Armstrong: Genetics, cell and molecular biology; chromatin dynamics and gene regulation in the fruit fly.
    • K. Black: Organic chemistry; reaction mechanisms studied by computational techniques.
    • M. Coleman: Neurobiology, neurophysiology, neural basis of behavior, neural control of auditoryvocal learning in songbirds.
    • G. Edwalds-Gilbert: Cell and molecular biology; pre-mRNA splicing in yeast.
    • P. Ferree: Genetics, molecular biology, and early development of Drosophila (fruit flies) and Nasonia (jewel wasps); chromosome structure and evolution; host-pathogen interactions.
    • A. Fucaloro: Physical chemistry, especially emission and absorption; molecular spectroscopy; electron impact.
    • S. Gilman: Marine ecology; invertebrate biology; climate change ecology; biophysical ecology; population biology.
    • S. Gould: Scanning probe microscopy; physics of sports.
    • D. Hansen: Bioorganic chemistry, design and synthesis of self-assembling organic nanostructures.
    • M. Hatcher-Skeers: Applications of nuclear resonance spectroscopy in determining the structure of DNA and other biological macromolecules.
    • J. Higdon: Astrophysics; fluid dynamics; biophysics.
    • A. Landsberg: Non-linear systems: pattern formation, bifurcation theory, chaos, Josephson Junctions.
    • A. Leconte: Biochemical investigation of evolutionary intermediates.
    • D. McFarlane: Evolutionary ecology; biogeography; late Quaternary paleoecology and extinctions.
    • E. Morhardt: Vertebrate ecology and physiology; environmental management.
    • S. Naftilan: Binary stars; stellar atmospheres; cool stars.
    • T. Poon: Synthesis and characterization of natural products.
    • M. Preest: Physiology and ecology of animal energetics; thermal biology of terrestrial ectotherms; osmoregulatory physiology; herpetology; muscle physiology.
    • K. Purvis-Roberts: Chemistry of urban air pollution, primarily aerosol; public policy aspects of air pollution.
    • C. Robins: Applications of soil science research to challenges in geomorphology, plant ecology, and environmental science.
    • B. Sanii: Experimental physical chemistry; self-assembly and bio-inspired folding of soft materials.
    • L. Schmitz: Functional and evolutionary vertebrate morphology; paleobiology; evolution of vertebrate vision.
    • Z. Tang: Cell and molecular biology, biochemistry; cell cycle control in yeast.
    • B. Thines: Molecular biology; functional genomics; circadian rhythms and environmental responses in plants.
    • D. Thomson: Conservation biology, population modeling, ecology of biological invasions, plant ecology and plant/pollinator interactions.
    • A. Wenzel: Catalysis, asymmetric synthetic methodology.
    • E. Wiley: Molecular biology; genetics; chromatin structure in the ciliate Tetrahymena.
    • B. Williams: Paleoceanographic reconstructions on recent timescales from marine climate archives.
    • N. Williams: Fundamental late-metal organometallic chemistry, mechanisms of basic organometallic reactions.



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

Chemistry
  

  • CHEM 014L KS - Basic Principles of Chemistry

    The first semester of a year-long study of the structure of matter and the principles of chemical reactions. Topics covered include stoichiometry, periodicity, atomic and molecular structure, bonding theory, enthalpy, and phases of matter.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


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

  • CHEM 015L KS - Basic Principles of Chemistry

    The second semester of a year-long study of the structure of matter and the principles of chemical reactions. Topics covered include free energy, equilibrium, kinetics, electrochemistry, acid-base chemistry, and descriptive chemistry.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 014L .
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


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

  • CHEM 029L KS - Accelerated General Chemistry with Lab

    A one-semester accelerated general chemistry course as an alternative to the year-long CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L  sequence for students with a strong chemistry background. This course will cover atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, equilibria, transition metals, nuclear chemistry and descriptive inorganic chemistry. Three lectures and one four-hour laboratory per week.

    Prerequisite(s): 4 or 5 on the Chemistry Advanced Placement test (or completion of comparable honors chemistry course in high school), MATH 030  (or concurrent), and permission of instructor. Students must sign up with instructor during fall semester pre-registration to be eligible.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


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

  • CHEM 040L KS - Introduction to Biological Chemistry

    This course is designed for first-year students and must be taken concurrently with BIOL 040L . The two courses together provide an alternative to General Chemistry (CHEM 014L ) and Introductory Biology (BIOL 043L ) and highlight areas of overlap between the two disciplines. Chemistry topics covered include stoichiometry, periodicity, atomic and molecular structure, bonding theory, enthalpy, and phases of matter. Biology topics include introductory material in the fields of cell biology, biochemistry and genetics, including cell structure, metabolism, gene expression, and inheritance. In total, BIOL 040L  and Chemistry 40L will include 6 hours of lecture and 8 hours of lab per week. Enrollment is by permission of the instructors.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: M. Hatcher-Skeers, B. Thines
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


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

  • CHEM 051L KS - Topics in Forensic Science

    This course will explore chemical and physical methods used in modern crime detection. Topics as diverse as microscopy, toxicology, serology, fingerprinting, document examination, DNA analysis, and arson investigation will be examined. Students will use case studies, collaborative work, and online resources extensively throughout the course. Enrollment limited to 36.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 052L KS - From Ancient to Modern Science

    This course traces the development of science from Ancient Greek traditions through the birth of modern science to the present. It will explore the methods and findings of the Ancients and of modern science, including the Newtonian Synthesis, relativity, and quantum mechanics. Students will participate in laboratory exercises and demonstrations. Enrollment limited to 45.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Instructor: A. Fucaloro
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 070L KS - Land, Air, and Ocean Science

    This course is an introduction to basic principles of environmental science with application to air and water pollution. Topics including global warming, the ozone hole, acid rain, energy production, sustainable development, etc., will be discussed. We will concentrate on both the scientific explorations and the political implications of such issues. Enrollment limited to 45.

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 081L JT - The Science and Business of Medicinal Chemistry

    An introduction to the basic concepts of medicinal chemistry and the methods of biochemical analysis such as: drug discovery, development and commercialization; a discussion of chemical bonding and the organic functional groups found in drug molecules; and an examination of the physiochemical properties related to drug action (e.g., acid-based properties, equilibria, and stereochemistry).

    Fee: Laboratory fee $30.
    Instructor: A. Wenzel and S. Casper
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 116L KS - Organic Chemistry

    The chemistry of organic compounds developed from considerations of bonding, structure, synthesis, and mechanisms of reaction. Selected application of those principles to biological systems. Enrollment limited to 50. Offered annually.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 015L  , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L  or equivalent; or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ). Chemistry 116 is the prerequisite for CHEM 117L .
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50 per semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every fall


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

  • CHEM 117L KS - Organic Chemistry

    The chemistry of organic compounds developed from considerations of bonding, structure, synthesis, and mechanisms of reaction. Selected application of those principles to biological systems. Enrollment limited to 50.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 116L 
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50 per semester.
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every spring


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

  • CHEM 119 KS - Natural Products Chemistry

    This course covers the field known as natural products chemistry. It will explore the main biological sources of natural products, methods for finding, classifying, and identifying potential pharmaceuticals, and the biochemical basis for the production of these compounds through the use of lectures, case studies, and hands-on experience in the laboratory. One-half course credit. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 117L .
    Instructor: T. Poon
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 121 KS - Principles of Physical Chemistry

    A course designed to investigate physio-chemical systems through classical thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and spectroscopy. Enrollment limited to 20.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 015L , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L  , PHYS 031L  (or PHYS 034L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), and MATH 031 . CHEM 121 is not the prerequisite to CHEM 122 .
    Instructor: A. Fucaloro
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


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

  • CHEM 122 KS - Principles of Physical Chemistry

    A course designed to investigate physio-chemical systems through classical thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and spectroscopy. Enrollment limited to 20.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 014L , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L ;  PHYS 031L  (or PHYS 034L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), and MATH 031 . CHEM 121  is not the prerequisite to 122.
    Instructor: M. Hatcher-Skeers
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year.


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

  • CHEM 123 KS - Advanced Organic Chemistry

    Organic chemistry is the study of carbon-containing compounds, which are ubiquitous to everyday life. From pharmaceuticals to plastics, the structure of an organic module determines its function. This course is designed to introduce students to advanced topics in the field of organic chemistry. Topics covered will expand upon material on stereoelectronic effects in organic reaction mechanisms.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 117L , 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.
  

  • CHEM 124 KS - Bioanalytical Chemistry

    This course will examine modern analytical and instrumental techniques as applied to biological systems. Particular focus will be placed on methods that elucidate protein structure and function as well as characterization of nucleic acids. The scope of the course will include fundamental theory and practical applications of spectroscopic methods, electrophoresis, biosensors, centrifugation, immunochemical methods, chromatography, mass spectrometry, and calorimetry. Enrollment limited to 24.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  or BIOL 040L  and CHEM 116L .
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 126L KS - Advanced Laboratory in Chemistry

    A survey of advanced laboratory techniques including physical chemistry methods, analytical chemistry (especially instrumental methods), and synthesis and characterization of compounds. Enrollment limited to 18. Offered annually.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 015L , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L  ;  CHEM 117L ;  PHYS 034L  (or PHYS 031L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), and MATH 031 . 126L is not the prerequisite for CHEM 127L  except with permission of instructor. Science CHEM 121 , CHEM 122  recommended as co-requisite.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: B. Sanii
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Every year


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

  • CHEM 127L KS - Advanced Laboratory in Chemistry

    A survey of advanced laboratory techniques including physical chemistry methods, analytical chemistry (especially instrumental methods), and synthesis and characterization of compounds. Enrollment limited to 18. Offered annually.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 015L , CHEM 117L ,  PHYS 034L  (or PHYS 031L ), or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ), and MATH 031 . CHEM 126L  is not the prerequisite for 127L except with permission of instructor.  CHEM 121 , CHEM 122  recommended as co-requisite.
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: A. Leconte, B. Ngo
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHEM 128 KS - Inorganic Chemistry

    A survey of the bonding, structure, reactions, mechanisms, and properties of inorganic compounds. Special emphasis will be placed upon transition metal chemistry. Topics will include elementary group theory, atomic structure, ionic and covalent bonding, spectroscopy, molecular orbital theory, periodic trends, bioinorganic chemistry, and organometallic chemistry. Enrollment limited to 20.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 117L , CHEM 121  (or concurrent).
    Instructor: N. Williams
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 130L KS - Inorganic Synthesis

    This laboratory course will include a variety of synthetic techniques for inorganic compounds. Emphasis will be on transition metal complexes, including organometallic compounds, and some main group compounds will also be prepared. Students will use appropriate spectroscopic methods and chromatography to characterize products. Use of original journal references will be stressed. Meets for entire semester. Enrollment limited to 12.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 117L  and CHEM 121  (or concurrent). 
    Fee: Lab fee $50.
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 134 KS - Introduction to Molecular Modeling

     This course provides an introduction to both the theory and practice of current molecular modeling methods. Students use molecular mechanics, molecular orbital theory, and molecular dynamics to study chemical systems ranging from small organic structures to large biomolecules. The computational work is carried out using Spartan, MacroModel, and Gaussian software. Meets for entire semester. Enrollment limited to 12.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 117L , CHEM 121 .
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 139 KS - Environmental Chemistry

    The course is designed to apply the fundamental ideas of chemistry to environmental concepts. Major topics include water, air, and land pollution, industrial ecology, and chemical techniques for environmental analysis and remediation.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 014L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 040L  and CHEM 015L , or CHEM 029L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ).
    Instructor: K. Purvis-Roberts
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 172 KS - NMR Spectroscopy

    Examines fundamental concepts in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy including the physical basis of magnetic resonance and one- and two-dimensional techniques for the elucidation of structure and dynamics. The course includes hands-on experience with data collection and analysis. Meets for entire semester. Lecture.

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 117L  and CHEM 122 .
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 174L KS - Solution Thermodynamics

    This course applies the laws of chemical thermodynamics to liquid solutions with particular emphasis on volumetric and refractometric studies. It includes both lecture and laboratory. For the latter, the students will work in groups on research projects devised by the instructor using an Anton Paar density meter and refractometer. Students will be required to present their findings in written form.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 121 .
    Fee: Laboratory fee $50.
    Instructor: A. Fucaloro
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 175 KS - Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

    This course will emphasize the chemistry and biochemistry vital to drug design and drug action. Clinically important compounds will be used as examples throughout the course, with special emphasis on neurochemical aspects. Structural activity and rational drug design concepts will also be discussed.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 117L .
    Course Credit: .50
    Offered: Occasionally


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

  • CHEM 177 KS - Biochemistry

    A study of structure and function in living systems at the molecular level. Discussion centers on intermediary metabolism, cellular control mechanisms, and energy flow, with particular emphasis on how this information is developed. Enrollment limited to 24.Cross-listed as BIOL177 KS.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 043L  or BIOL 040L , or both semesters of the AISS course (AISS 001AL , AISS 001BL , AISS 002AL , AISS 002BL ); CHEM 116L , CHEM 117L , or permission of instructor.
    Instructor: A. Leconte
    Offered: Every semester


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

  • CHEM 180 KS - Applied Molecular Evolution

    This half-course discusses the application of evolutionary principles to the development of new biological medicines and materials. It will be a literature-focused survey providing an overview of the theories, methodologies, and applications of molecular evolution in the laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): One of the following: BIOL  /CHEM177 KS , or CHEM115  PO, or CHEM182  HM, or permission of the instructor.
    Instructor: A. Leconte
    Course Credit: 0.5
    Offered: Every other year


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

  • CHEM 188L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Chemistry

    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 CHEM 190L .

    Fee: $50


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

  • CHEM 189L KS - Senior Thesis Summer Research Project in Chemistry

    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 CHEM190L KS . 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.
  

  • CHEM 190L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in Chemistry, 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.
  

  • CHEM 191 KS - One Semester Senior Thesis in Chemistry

    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.

Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies
  

  • CHLT 009 CH - Food, Culture, and Power

    Food is more than nutrition. It lives at the intersections of human cultures and political economic systems. In this course we examine the global and local modes of food production, distribution, and consumption and its intersections with culture, identity, memory, nationhood and capital. The course is multidisciplinary and brings together several fields including African Studies, Sociology, Cultural Geography, Asian Studies and Chicano Studies. The course is primarily informed by feminism/post colonialism.


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

  • CHLT 061 CH - Contemporary Issues of Chicanas

    In this interdisciplinary course we will look at the contemporary experiences of Chicanas and Latinas in the Unites States, addressing issues of culture, identity, gender, race, and social class. Readings and lectures provide historical background for our in-depth exploration of the latest exemplary works in Chicana studies. Attention is given to diverse manifestations of cultural production in Chicana/Latina communities.


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

  • CHLT 068 CH - Rock in the Americas

    In this course we will explore the history, political economy, and cultural production of Latino/a rock and roll in Las Americas. We will investigate the attitudes, dress, hairstyles, dance, and music of Latino/a rockers in Latin America and the United States. Rock and roll is a transnational phenomenon whose different manifestations point to race, class, sexuality, and gender divisions in different nations and contexts. In this course, we will look closely at the changes In rock and how these changes were interpreted in Latin America and Latinos/as in the U.S., as well as the reaction of governments and social groups.


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

  • CHLT 072 CH - Central Americans in the United States

    This interdisciplinary survey of history and culture of Central Americans in the United States examines social, political and economic forces resulting in Central American migration. The class explores the intersectionality of race, class, gender and sexuality; transnational connections, identity formation, and the concept of ‘Mestizaje’, for indigenous and afrodescendant groups.


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

  • CHLT 079 CH - Gender, Sexuality, and Healthcare in the Americas

    Gender, Sexuality, and Healthcare in the Americas: This seminar examines historical and contemporary health and healthcare intersections of gender, sexuality, and class in the Americas in the 20th Century. Through a multidisciplinary set of readings, the class will cover various geographic areas and underserved, Indigenous and Afro-descendant populations in North, Central, South American and the Carribean.


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

  • CHST 067 CH - Contemporary Chicano Art and Its Antecedents

    Chicano art as an autonomous offspring of Mexican art. The influence of Mexican muralists and other Mexican artists depicting the dramatic changes brought by the revolution.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHST 070 CH - Regional Dances of Mexico

    For course descriptions, see Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies .

    Instructor: J. Galvez
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHST 073 CH - Pre-Columbian Dance

    Introduction to Mexican dances since pre-Columbian times: La Danza de la Pluma, Danza de los Quetzoles, Danza de los Negritos and Pasacolas from Tarahumdra Indians. Aztec/Conchero dance with Alavanzas (songs by Concheros) along with Matachines from different parts of Mexico and their historical roots to pre-Aztec times covered. Students will learn to make Aztec and Matachin costumes and headresses.


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

  • CHST 077 CH - Chicana/Latina, Gender, and Popular Culture

    In the digital media age popular culture saturates many aspects of everyday life. This course is a critical examination of the ways popular culture generates and shapes images of Chicanas and Latinas and how gender, race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality all intersect to shape Chicana/Latina popular understandings in the U.S and beyond.

     

    Instructor: M. Gonzalez
    Offered: Every year


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

  • CHST 120 CH - Chicana/Latina Research Methods

    This course critically examines the research methods and “movidas,” or maneuvers, of the interdisciplinary field of Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies. We will interrogate the ways in which scholars in Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies have worked both within and outside the confines of their respective academic disciplines to forge new forms of knowledge, research approaches, methods, and models.

     

    Instructor: M. Gonzalez
    Offered: Every year


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

  • CHST 185A CH - Decolonial Love in U.S. Latina/o Literature

    This course considers how narratives of love are shaped by colonial histories and decolonial practices within U.S. Latino/a literature. We will examine how colonial legacies influence notions of self and the other through categories of race, gender, and sexuality and how Latina/o writers enact decolonial imaginaries in response. We will further consider what relation such intimate practices have to our understanding of social justice. We will read works by Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Junot Diaz, Arturo Islas, and others.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Fall 2014


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

  • CHST 185B CH - Narratives of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

    This course explores diverse processes affecting US/Mexico border culture and the way cultural products - in particular, fiction - critically respond to these processes. Twentieth-Century border narratives allow us to explore and examine issues of race, immigration, gender, community formation, economic deprivation, and the urban experience through the critical lens of geographical theories on space and place, cultural studies, critical race studies, and from a human rights perspective.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Spring 2015


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

  • CHST 191 CH - Senior Thesis

    Required for Chicana/o-Latina/o studies majors. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • ENGL 175 PZ - Contemporary Chicano/a Literature

    This course will examine Chicana/o literature in the post-Movimiento decades. In reading each work, we will consider its literary aspects, such as genre and style; its historical, social, political, and cultural contexts; and its relationship to other forms of cultural production and expression, such as film and theater.


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

  • GFS 061 CH - Contemporary Issues of Chicanas and Latinas

    In this interdisciplinary course we will look at the contemporary experiences of Chicanas and Latinas in the Unites States, addressing issues of culture, identity, gender, race, and social class. Readings and lectures provide historical background for our in-depth exploration of the latest exemplary works in Chicana studies. Attention is given to diverse manifestations of cultural production in Chicana/Latina communities.

    Instructor: M. Soldatenko
    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

    This course examines the role of religion in shaping Latino socio-political incorporation. Historically, religious organizations have been critical institutions serving immigrant communities and assisting their integration into the United States. Do contemporary religious organizations play this role in Latino communities? Are certain churches more actively promoting civic engagement among Latinos?


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

Chicana/o Literature in English Translation
  

  • CHLT 060 CH - Women in the Third World

    This class explores the lives of women in Africa, Asia and Latin America and their feminist writing based on their own experiences in conversation with feminists of color in the global North. It addresses such questions as these: How are women’s lives affected by neoliberal policies? What types of feminisms and mobilizations women have developed and in which ways do they assert their agency and resist empire? What are the conceptualizations, alternative feminisms, activisms, and praxis women of color in the global North and the global South use in order to survive?

    Instructor: M. Soldatenko
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 064 CH - Chicano/a Music from Genre to Experience

    A critical examination of Chicano/a Latino/a music circa 1930s into the present, this course focuses on music as an experience. Rather than approaching music from the categories of genre, the goal is to redirect our understanding of music, in general, as we study the material reality of Chicanos/as and Latinos/as in the U.S.

    Instructor: M. Gonzalez


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

  • CHLT 066 CH - Fandango as a De-Colonial Tool

    Through readings, discussion, and lessons in fandango (a music/dance tradition from Veracruz, Mexico), this interdisciplinary course aims to progressively deconstruct how we understand music and the role that social institutions have played in our conceptions of music and dance in society. Students must be Spanish literate.

    Prerequisite(s): SPAN044 SC 
    Instructor: M. Gonzalez


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

  • CHLT 085 PZ - Central American Women

    Central American Women: Gender, Radicalism and Revolution. Introduction to the history and contemporary reality of women in Central American and the U.S. examining gender as a component of social movements and the historical and political contexts in which multiple and distinct feminisms develop (e.g., in Marxist movements, among working, middle-class, first and developing world women, and LGBTI community).


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

  • CHLT 115 CH - Gender, Race and Class: Women of Color in the U.S

    We will explore the contemporary experiences of African American, American Indian, Asian American/Asian immigrant, Chicano/Latina and White women, focusing on the social construction of gender and race. We will place the experiences of women of color at the center of analysis, looking at the socioeconomic and political conditions which affect their lives. The power relations in the construction of women’s discourses will be presented as an integral part of the struggle of “minority” groups in the U.S.

    Instructor: M. Soldatenko
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 120 PZ - Immigration from the ‘Tropics’ to the Borderlands: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

    This class will focus on the immigration movement and the effects of the immigration reform debate on the
    Americas. Students will engage in critical issues around immigration history, policies and social movements.
    Students will explore issues often not considered in the immigration reform debates, such as U.S. foreign
    policy, race and ethnicity and issues facing LGBTI/Queer immigrants.

    Instructor: S. Portillo
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 126A CH - Chicano/a Movement Literature

    Readings in Chicano literature from the 1940s to the 1970s. Special emphasis will be placed on the historical context within which texts are written, i.e., post-World War II and the civil rights era. Recently discovered novels by Americo Paredes and Jovita Gonzalez and the poetry, narrative, and theatre produced during the Chicano/a Movement will be our subjects of inquiry. Cross listed as ENGL 184A  CH. Taught in English.

    Instructor: R. Cano Alcalá
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 126B CH - Contemporary Chicana/o Literature

    Beginning with the groundbreaking anthology This Bridge Called My Back (1981), this survey examines how contemporary Chicana/o literature focuses on questions of identity, specifically gender and sexuality. Theoretical readings in feminism and gay studies will inform our interpretation of texts by Anzaldua, Castillo, Cisneros, Cuadros, Gaspar de Alba, Islas, Moraga, and Viramontes, among others. Cross listed as ENGL 184B  CH. Taught in English.

    Instructor: R. Cano Alcalá
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 154 CH - Latinas in the Garment Industry

    This research seminar will study the lives and work of Latinas in the garment industry in southern California, using a historical and comparative approach. The course will consider the origins of this industry in the United States, including unionization efforts, and the impact of globalization on women in plants abroad. The emphasis, however, is on contemporary Latinas working in the Los Angeles area.

    Instructor: M. Soldatenko
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 155 CH - Chicana Feminist Epistemology

    This course examines Chicanas’ ways of knowing and the origins, development and current debates on Chicana feminism in the United States. The study of Chicana writings informs a search for the different epistemologies and contributions to feminism and research methods.

    Instructor: M. Soldatenko
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 157 CH - Latinas Activism Work and Protest

    This course will examine the experiences of working class Latinas in the United States by looking at different aspects of working class culture, history, labor organizing, work sites in different contexts. We will learn about the rich and diverse experiences that connect U.S. born and immigrant Latinas in terms of resistance.

    Instructor: M. Soldatenko
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 184D CH - Chicana/o Short Fiction

    A wide compendium of short stories written by Mexican Americans or Chicanos will be analyzed, dating from the 1930s to the present day. Diverse approaches—historic, thematic, or regional—will be employed, as well as a focus on subgenres such as adolescent literature or detective fiction. Authors include Daniel Cano, Sandra Cisneros, Jovita Gonzales, Américo Paredes, Albert A. Rios, Gary Soto, and others. Cross listed as ENGL 184D  CH. Taught in English.

    Instructor: R. Cano Alcalá
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHLT 186 CH - Contemporary Chicana Literature Seminar

    This seminar analyzes how Chicana writers have negotiated with and against the symbolic inheritance (and the material social consequences) of four Mexican cultural icons of womanhood: La Malinche, La Virgen de Guadalupe, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and La Llorona. Furthermore, the process of icon construction in Mexicano-Chicano culture will be explored by studying post-mortem representations of Selena Quintanilla. Cross listed as ENGL 184C  CH. Taught in English.

    Instructor: R. Cano Alcalá
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHST 101 CH - Community Partnerships

    This class investigates historic and present-day examples of everyday people mobilizing for meaningful change, with a particular emphasis on Chicana/o communities. Students engage readings and perform a minimum of 30 hours of community service as they implement a self-reflective, culturally-aware, and ethical practice toward building mutually-beneficial community partnerships. Letter grade only.


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

Chinese
  

  • CHIN 001A PO - Elementary Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.


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

  • CHIN 001B PO - Elementary Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 002 PO - Advanced Elementary Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: C. Liu
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 011 PO - Conversation: Contemporary Chinese Language and Culture

    .25 course. Pass/fail only. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHIN 011A PO - Elementary Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 013 PO - Advanced Conversation

    .25 course. Pass/fail only. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHIN 051A PO - Intermediate Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: S. Hou, H. Yao
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 051B PO - Intermediate Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: S. Hou, H. Yao
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 051H PO - Intermediate Chinese for Bilinguals

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: C. Liu
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 111A PO - Advanced Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: A. Barr, H. Yao
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 111B PO - Advanced Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: A. Barr, H. Yao
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 124 PO - Readings in Current Japanese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHIN 125 PO - Modern Chinese Literature

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: S. Hou
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 127 PO - Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese Literature

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: E. Cheng
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 131 PO - Introduction to Classical Chinese

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: S. Hou
    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 145 PO - Survey of Classical Chinese Literature

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: A. Barr
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHIN 192A PO - Senior Project

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 192B PO - Senior Project

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

  • CHIN 199 PO - Reading and Research

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Course Credit: 1.0
    Offered: Annually


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

Chinese Literature in English Translation
  

  • CHNT 164 PO - Chinese Literature in English: Poetry and Poetics

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: S. Hou
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHNT 166 PO - Chinese Fiction, Old and New

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: A. Barr
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHNT 167 PO - Urban Imaginations: The City in Chinese Literature and Film

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: E. Cheng
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CHNT 168 PO - Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese Literature

    See Pomona College catalog for details.

    Instructor: E. Cheng
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

Classics
  

  • CLAS 001 PO - Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans

    Who were the Greeks? What was life like in ancient Rome? This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the ancient world that draws upon literary and historical texts as well as material culture and archaeology.

    Instructor: C. Chinn
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 008A PO - Introductory Latin

    Comprehensive study of Latin grammar and syntax with oral drills. Students who have completed 008a and CLAS 008B  or the equivalent and any 100 course will have met the language requirement. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 008B PO - Introductory Latin

    Comprehensive study of Latin grammar and syntax with oral drills. Students who have completed CLAS 008A  and 008b or the equivalent and any 100 course will have met the language requirement. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 010 SC - The Epic Tradition

    A survey of oral and written epic in Greek and Roman literature. Topics include the role of the hero; oral vs. written traditions; discussion of the roles of myth; traditional narrative and ritual; and the Classical epic as basis for later literature. Some attention to comparative materials (e.g., Beowulf and the Song of Roland). Readings from Homer, Vergil, Apollonius of Rhodes, Ovid, and others. Lecture and discussion.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 012 SC - Greek Tragedy

    This course explores selected Greek tragedies with attention to the literary, social, and performance contexts of the ancient theater. Topics include the origin of drama, dramatic festivals, theater architecture, acting styles, music, politics, and the idea of the tragic in ancient and modern times.

    Instructor: D. Roselli
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 014 SC - Ancient Comedy

    A survey of Greek and Roman comedy, this course explores the origins, architecture, staging techniques, and rituals of the ancient theatre in terms of its changing social, political, and historical contexts. Special attention is paid to the function(s) of comedy and the role(s) of humor in the ancient world.

    Instructor: D. Roselli
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 018 SC - The Ancient Novel and Romance

    The dominant modern literary genre, the novel, finds its origins in ancient popular romances of wanderings and happy endings. Students will read the novels and romances of Longus, Heliodorus, Chariton, Lucian, Apuleius, and others, with attention to historical context, the nature of the genre, readership, and narratology. Special emphasis will be placed on the origins and nature of the novel, with a look at Homer’s Odyssey and Euripides’ romances as well as theorists including Bakhtin.

    Instructor: E. Finkelpearl
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 019 SC - The Ancient World in Film

    This course examines the reception of classical antiquity in cinema through a close reading of ancient texts and their transformation into film. Emphasis will be placed on how cinema has (mis)represented Roman history and Greek drama, and the ideological uses of the past in the 20th century.

    Instructor: D. Roselli
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 020 PZ - Fantastic Archaeology: Modern Myths, Pseudo-Science, and the Study of the Past

    An exploration of popular and fantastic interpretations of archaeological sites and finds. This course investigates pseudoscientific explanations of archaeological questions and the biases that underlie them.

    Instructor: M. Berenfeld
    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 032 PO - Advanced Introductory Latin

    Intensive course for students with some previous Latin who are too advanced for Latin 8a and not ready for CLAS 100 . Designed to place students in second semester Intermediate Latin (CLAS 100  or CLAS 112 ) to meet the language requirement. Focus on review and mastery of basic grammar and vocabulary. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 051A PO - Introductory Classical Greek

    Greek grammar and syntax for beginning students. Selected readings from such works as Plato’s Dialogues. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

  • CLAS 051B PO - Introductory Classical Greek

    Greek grammar and syntax for beginning students. Selected readings from such works as Plato’s Dialogues. Offered annually.

    Course Credit: 1.0


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

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