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Religious Studies
  

  • RLST129 CM - Ancient Jewish Experience

    A survey of Jewish history, literature, thought, and practice from the Second Temple period to the early Middle Ages. Particular attention will be given to the formation of classical Jewish ideas and institutions, such as modes of biblical interpretation, the role and authority of rabbis, halakha (Jewish law), synagogue, philosophy, and mysticism.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST129 CM
  

  • RLST135 CM - Jerusalem, the Holy City

    Survey of the religious, political, and cultural history of Jerusalem over three millennia as a symbolic focus of three faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Focus on the transformation of sacred space as reflected by literary and archaeological evidence by examining the testimony of artifacts, architecture, and iconography in relation to the written word. Study of the creation of mythic Jerusalem through the event and experience, and discussion of the implications of this history on Jerusalem’s current political situation.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST135 CM
  

  • RLST136 CM - Religion in Contemporary America

    This course explores the religious, spiritual, and sociological trends and developments in American religions since the 1960s with particular attention to race, ethnicity, gender, church-state debates, moral issues, and politics.

    Offered: Every third year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST136 CM
  

  • RLST137 CM - Jewish-Christian Relations

    The course will examine the relations between Jews and Christians from antiquity to the present. It will trace the origins of Christian and anti-Judaism, and explore the ways in which Jews and Christians have thought about the other. We shall attempt to understand what issues divided the two communities, how theological, social, political, and racial concepts contributed to the development of anti-Semitism, how Jews have understood Christians and responded to Christian religious and social claims about Jews, and what attempts have been made throughout history, but particularly since the Holocaust, to establish more constructive relations.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST137 CM
  

  • RLST138 CM - American Religious History

    This seminar examines the role that religion has played in the history of the United States, and asks students to critically explore how peoples and communities in various places and times have drawn upon religion to give meaning to self, group, and nation. The course will cover a wide range of traditions, including Protestant Christianity, Roman Catholicism, and Judaism, was well as regional, denominational, and racial-ethnic dimensions within these groups. Readings will consist of history monographs, fiction, biography, and scholarly articles.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST138 CM
  

  • RLST139 PO - Benjamin, Blanchot, Levinas, Derrida: Contemporary Continental Jewish Philosophy

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST139 PO
  

  • RLST141 PO - The Experience of God: Contemporary Theologies of Transformation

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST141 PO
  

  • RLST142 AF - The Problem of Evil: African American Engagements with(in) Western Thought

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST142 AF
  

  • RLST143 CM - Philosophy of Religion

    An examination of questions such as: (1) Can God’s existence be proved? (2) Is religious faith ever rationally warranted? (3) Are religious propositions cognitively meaningful? (4) Can one believe in a good, omnipotent God in a world containing evil? Readings from historical and contemporary sources.

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST143 CM
  

  • RLST151 CM - Poverty, Religion, and Social Change

    This course examines the social welfare reforms that emerged in the early modern period (circa. 1450-1650) that addressed the increasing problem of poverty, including education, health care, refugee relief, and community development. This course is an upper-level seminar focusing on the role of religion in the history of poor relief by examining the impact of religion on social welfare policies and practices, particularly in the early modern period. In addition, this course includes a community service component as part of the course in order to consider the current relevance of studying poor relief reform in Europe and in its contemporary application later in the United States.

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST151 CM
  

  • RLST152 PO - Ritual and Magic in Children’s Literature

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST152 PO
  

  • RLST153 CM - Religion and American Politics

    This seminar will explore major debates and controversies in American religions and politics from the colonial period to the present. Special attention will be paid to debates about the impact of religion on the Constitution; the Bill of Rights; the Declaration of Independence; African American and Latino Civil Rights movements; the Christian Right; Church-State debates; Supreme Court decisions; presidential elections; religion and political party affiliation and voting patterns; women, religion, and politics; and Black, Latino, Jewish, and Muslim faith-based politics and activism.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST153 CM
  

  • RLST155 PO - Religion, Ethics, and Social Practice

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST155 PO
  

  • RLST156 CM - European Reformations

    This course examines the origin and development of various reform movements in early modern Europe, including Protestant (Lutheran, Calvinist, Swiss Reformed, Anglican) and Radical groups (Hussites, Swiss Anabaptist, Mennonite, Socinian, Anti-Trinitarian, Spiritualist), as well as Catholic (Capuchin, Carmelites, Jesuit, and Spanish vs. Italian movements) and Humanist groups (Italian Renaissance and northern European versions). It will analyze key religious figures, major political events, and social controversies in order to understand the ways in which the religious reform prompted, supported or resisted social change in early modern Europe.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST156 CM
  

  • RLST157 PO - Philosophical Response to the Holocaust

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST157 PO
  
  

  • RLST159 CM - History of Christianity in Asia

    This course analyzes the history of Christianity in Asia from the ancient to the modern periods in India, the Philippines, China, Japan, and Korea. It analyzes the religious and social factors that contributed to its growth along with its reception, rejection, and indigenization. It also explores Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Marxist, Post-Colonial, and Orientalist critiques of Christianity, interfaith-dialogue, and the challenges it faces today in Asia.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST159 CM
  

  • RLST161 CM - Gurus, Swamis, and Others: Hindu Wisdom Beyond South Asia

    Examination of variously understood Hindu teachers such as gurus, rishis, maharishis, babas, matas, swamis, and mahatmas, who have had profound influence in the West. We will explore indigenous categorization of these special personalities and modern historical developments and trends, as well as how their messages have been variously received and reshaped as their popularity spread throughout, and eventually beyond, South Asia.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST161 CM
  

  • RLST162 PO - Modern Jewish Philosophy

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST162 PO
  

  • RLST163 CM - Women and Gender in the Jewish Tradition

    Examination of the representation of women and gender in Jewish tradition and how women from the biblical period to the present have experienced Judaism. Special attention is given to the articulation of these issues in biblical and rabbinic texts, the influence these texts have had on shaping Jewish attitudes and practices, the particular religious activities practiced by women, and developments in contemporary Judaism, including liturgical revisions and Rabbinic ordination.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST163 CM
  

  • RLST164 PO - Engendering and Experience: Women in the Islamic Tradition

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST164 PO
  

  • RLST165 CM - Religion and Politics in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

    This course analyzes the relationship between religion and politics in Western Europe from the late medieval period to the early modern period. It explores key church-state conflicts, economic pressures and problems, gender roles, Catholic-Protestant controversies and religious reform movements that impacted the political and social situations in England, Scotland and continental Europe.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST165 CM
  

  • RLST166A PO - The Divine Body: Religion and the Environment

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST166A PO
  

  • RLST166B CM - Religion, Politics and Global Violence

    Examines the critical intersection of religious ideology, politics, and violence. In particular, it will analyze how Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists have used religious ideology, rhetoric, and values to justify acts of violence and calls for peace and reconciliation in the name of God. The course will explore case studies that include attention to conflicts in Europe (Northern Ireland and Bosnia/Serbia), the Middle East (Israel-Palestine and Iraq), Southeast Asia (Indonesia), the Indian Subcontinent (India-Pakistan), Africa (the Sudan and Rwanda).

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST166B CM
  

  • RLST169 CM - Christianity and Politics in East Asia

    This course analyzes the religious, political, and economic impact of Western Christian missions, colonialism and imperialism in Japan, China and Korea in the modern period. It examines the nationalist revolts for and against Christianity in Japan (Shimabara Rebellion, Unchurch Movement), China (Taiping Rebellion, Boxer Rebellion, Kuomintang-KMT and Maoism) and Korea (Buddhist collaboration, Japanese imperialism, Independence Movement, Minjung Thought), by comparing the continuity and discontinuity between religion and culture.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST169 CM
  

  • RLST170 SC - Women and Religion in Greco-Roman Antiquity

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST170 SC
  

  • RLST171 CM - Religion and Film

    This course employs critical social, race, gender, and post-colonial theories to analyze the role of religious symbols, rhetoric, values, and world-views in American film. After briefly examining film genre, structure, and screenwriting, the course will explore religious sensibilities in six genres such as: Historical Epic, Action/Adventure, Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama, and Politics.

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST171 CM
  

  • RLST174 CM - Religion and the American Presidency

    This advanced reading and writing seminar explores how religious symbols, sensibilities, values, and world-views shaped the Founding Fathers and the domestic and/or foreign policies of presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, JFK, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, and Bush Jr. Special attention will be paid to civil religion, religious pluralism, and key interpretations of religion and the presidency.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST174 CM
  

  • RLST176 CM - Visionaries, Prophets, and Transformative Leadership

    This course examines the transformative leadership visions, methods, and practices of internationally recognized religious and secular founders, innovators, and societal prophets. It analyzes their leadership styles, communication strategies, marketing techniques, psychological appeals, and how they kept their leadership styles and religious or secular visions grounded in the hopes and dreams of the masses. Each week we analyze one but occasionally two (for contrast) leaders like Moses, Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, Joan of Arc, Martin Luther, Bartolomé de las Casas, Theodor Herzl, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Chairman Mao, Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Dorothy Day, M.L.King, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Billy Graham, Rosemary Radford Reuther, Indira Gandhi, Muhammad Yunus, Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST176 CM
  

  • RLST177 PO - Gender and Religion

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST177 PO
  

  • RLST178 PO - The Modern Jewish Experience

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST178 PO
  

  • RLST180 CM - Interpreting Religious Worlds

    Examines current theoretical and methodological approaches to the academic study of religion. This course is offered every year, alternating between Claremont McKenna, Pomona, and Scripps.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST180 CM
  
  

  • RLST184 PO - Queer Theory and the Bible

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST184 PO
  

  • RLST186 CM - Research Practicum in Archeology

    The course introduces students to archaeological method and theory, and the history and culture of the Levant region in the Middle East. The course can be taken for 0.25 or 0.5 credits. For 0.25 credit, students enroll in a spring semester component that will introduce them to the archaeological methods and materials common in Near Eastern Archaeology, and the history and culture of the region. For 0.5 credit, students will complete this course and participate in the summer archaeological field school of Tel Akko. Credit/No-Credit grading only. Offered as a second-half course.

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

    Offered: Every spring and summer

    Credit: 0.25 - 0.50

    Course Number: RLST186 CM
  

  • RLST190 PO - Senior Seminar in Religious Studies

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: RLST190 PO
  

  • RLST199 CM - Independent Study in Religious Studies

    Students who have the necessary qualifications and who wish to investigate an area of study not covered in regularly scheduled courses may arrange for independent study under the direction of a faculty reader.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 0.5 or 1

    Course Number: RLST199 CM

Silicon Valley
  

  • ECON098 CM - Organizing for Innovation

    This course guides the student through several topics related to organizing for innovation. The material considers how organizational structures, processes and practices impact an organization’s ability to generate innovations and appropriate returns. Links between the course content and the internship are developed. The focus is on innovation in firms, but many of the insights apply to all types of organizations. Silicon Valley Program students only. Letter grade only.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON098 CM
  

  • INT030 CM - Silicon Valley Program Internship

    Taken as part of the Silicon Valley Program, this course integrates a full-time internship with career coaching, class discussions, and other professional development activities. This course complements the other coursework in the program to enhance the student’s understanding of the strategies and practices of innovative organizations, firm-level innovation ecosystems, high-tech markets and the regional system of innovation in Silicon Valley and the surrounding area. The professional development activities enhance the students’ understanding of and expertise in a set of career readiness competencies. Internships are obtained in consultation with the program director, and host organizations should either be pursuing innovations themselves or supporting the innovative activities of others (e.g. venture capitalists, consultants, law firms, etc.). Silicon Valley Program students only. Letter grade only.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: INT 030 CM

Sociology
  

  • SOC030 CH - Chicanxs-Latinxs in Contemporary Society

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 030 CH
  

  • SOC109 PZ - African American Social Theory

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 109 PZ
  

  • SOC114 CH - Los Angeles Communities: Transformations, Inequality, and Activism

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 114 CH
  

  • SOC124 AF - Race, Place, and Space

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 124 AF
  

  • SOC136 AF - Framing Urban Life

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 136 AF
  

  • SOC145 CH - Restructuring Communities

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 145 CH
  

  • SOC150 AA - Contemporary Asian American Issues

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

     

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 150 AA
  

  • SOC150 CH - Chicanxs-Latinxs and Education

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 150 CH
  

  • SOC153 PZ - Sociology of Work & Occupations

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SOC 153 PZ

Spanish
  

  • SPAN001 CM - Introductory Spanish

    Acquisition of basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, with emphasis on aural comprehension and oral communication. This course includes laboratory work. Letter grade only.

    Offered: Every fall

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN001 CM
  

  • SPAN002 CM - Continuing Introductory Spanish

    A continuation of SPAN 001 CM . Acquisition of basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, with emphasis on aural comprehension and oral communication. Increased emphasis on oral expression and laboratory work each week. Not open to students who have completed SPAN 022 CM . Letter grade only.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 001 CM  or equivalent

    Offered: Every spring

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN002 CM
  

  • SPAN022 CM - Intensive Introductory Spanish

    Designed for beginning students with some basic knowledge of the language, who are too advanced for SPAN 001 CM , but do not yet qualify for SPAN 033 CM . Students will complete in one semester the equivalent of SPAN 001 CM  and SPAN 002 CM . Includes laboratory work. Letter grade only.

    Prerequisite: Placement.

    Offered: Every fall

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN022 CM
  

  • SPAN033 CM - Intermediate Spanish

    Review and reinforcement of basic skills. Emphasis on conversation, reading, and writing. Course includes a tutorial session each week (times arranged). Letter grade only.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 002 CM  or SPAN 022 CM  or equivalent

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN033 CM
  

  • SPAN044 CM - Advanced Spanish: Contemporary Hispanic Culture and Society

    Discussion of texts and films concerning literary and social aspects of Spain and Latin America. Development of correct personal style in students’ oral and written expression. Course includes a tutorial session each week (times arranged).

    Prerequisite: SPAN 033 CM  or equivalent

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN044 CM
  

  • SPAN065 CH - Spanish for Bilinguals

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN065 CH
  

  • SPAN101 CM - Introduction to Literary Analysis

    This class provides students with both the tools for and the practice of interpreting and analyzing texts in Spanish. Students will be given a general overview of pertinent, major literary currents and movements, and will study the major genres: poetry, narrative, theater, and essay. Readings are taken from both Peninsular and Latin American literary traditions.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 044 CM  or equivalent

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN101 CM
  

  • SPAN102 CM - Introduction to Latin American Cultural Studies

    The rubric of cultural studies has created stimulating approaches that go beyond canonical texts in literature or history in order to study society at large. The main area of inquiry of Latin American cultural studies is symbolic production and cultural and social phenomena in present-day Latin America, from art and literature, to sports and media, music, television, and cultural and social institutions. This course will introduce students to the main theoretical, methodological, and themes of contemporary Latin American cultural studies as well as its foremost practitioners (Néstor García Canclini, Jean Franco, Jesús Martin-Barbero, Carlos Monsiváis, Beatriz Sarlo, among others).

    Prerequisite: SPAN 044 CM  or equivalent

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN102 CM
  

  • SPAN120A SC - Survey of Spanish Literature I

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN120A SC
  

  • SPAN120B CM - Survey of Spanish Peninsular Literature

    This course introduces students to the literature, history, and visual culture of contemporary Spain from the 18th to the 21st centuries. All readings will be in Spanish, although we’ll look at texts originally written in Spanish, Catalan, Galician, and Basque. We will study representative novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and films by Galdós, Campoamor, Bécquer, Unamuno, Lorca, Machado, Laforet, Matute, Cercas, Martín Gaite, and others. We will pay particular attention to the Spanish Civil War and its lasting effects on Spanish culture today.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every third year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN120B CM
  

  • SPAN120B SC - Survey of Spanish Literature II

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN120B SC
  

  • SPAN122 CM - Images of Immigration in Spanish Literature and Cinema: Border-Crossings, Identities, and Cultural Translation

    From an interdisciplinary perspective, this course explores the significant role of culture (novels, films, songs, newspaper articles, photography, etc.) in the construction of the social imaginary of the immigrant in Europe, particularly in Spain. It focuses on narratives about immigrants from Africa (Morocco, Senegal), Latin America (Cuba, Dominican Republic), Eastern Europe (Romania, Poland), and Asia (China, Bangladesh), examining the complex identities of both Spaniards and immigrants. Major themes are: “Global” vs. “Local”; stages of migrants’ journeys (departure, border-crossing, arrival); conceptions of hybridity, otherness, border, “new Europeanness,” and neo-racism; role of history and religion in the acceptance/rejection of foreigners; feminization of immigration.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN122 CM
  

  • SPAN125A CM - Introduction to Latin American Literature and Civilization I

    A survey of the major events and texts of Latin American literature from the colonial period to the present. Readings in selected literary masterpieces coordinated with lectures, visual presentations, and discussions of the various periods. Offered alternately between CMC and Pomona.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN125A CM
  

  • SPAN125B CM - Introduction to Latin American Literature and Civilization II

    A survey of the major events and texts of Latin American literature from the colonial period to the present. Readings in selected literary masterpieces coordinated with lectures, visual presentations, and discussions of the various periods. Offered alternately between CMC and Pomona.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN125B CM
  

  • SPAN127 CH - Literature Chicana en Español

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN127 CH
  

  • SPAN129 CM - The Latin American City

    This course explores the evolution of cities in Latin America from the pre-Colombian cities in the Andes and Mesoamerica to present day megacities such as Mexico City, Sao Paolo, and Buenos Aires. What is a city? What does the city mean? In cinema, arts, literature, architecture, history, anthropology, and music, we discover Latin American cities as sites of creativity, production and circulation of contested meanings. This course aims to study the complexity, diversity, and richness of past and present urban experiences in Latin America from a cultural perspective.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN129 CM
  

  • SPAN131 SC - Queer Lives in Latin America

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN131 SC
  

  • SPAN140 PO - From Borges to “Literatura Lite”: Gender and Genre in Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN140 PO
  

  • SPAN142 PO - Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN142 PO
  

  • SPAN148 CM - Special Topics in Spanish

    Selected topics vary each offering.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN148 CM
  

  • SPAN150 CM - Nation and Identity in 19th-Century Spanish America

    After the Wars of Independence (1810-1824) in Spanish America, writers and intellectuals in the new Spanish American nations had to confront the problem of defining and articulating their national identities. In this course, we read some of the most important texts (novels, short stories, poetry, and essays) that treat the topic of national identity, with particular focus on gender, race and ethnicity, regionalism, and social class. We also put literary works in their cultural and historical contexts.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN150 CM
  

  • SPAN152 CM - Gender in 19th-Century Spanish America

    19th-century Spanish America experienced great upheaval after the Wars of Independence from Spain (1810-1824). Among the topics of contention as the newly-formed Spanish American nations struggled to formulate sustainable political agendas was the topic of gender. Men and women intellectuals alike responded to dominant discourses from Europe and North America and constructed their own representations of viable gender roles. This course explores some of the ways in which authors dealt with the concepts of masculinity and femininity, sexuality and chastity, the family, and the public and private spheres.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN152 CM
  

  • SPAN153 CM - Political and Social Leadership in Latin America in the 21st Century

    This course will introduce students to central issues in political and social leadership in Latin America. Over the past decade Latin American nations have experienced often tumultuous change as political power has shifted from traditional white male elites to an increasingly diverse set of stakeholders. In today’s context, such phenomena include the presence of leaders of indigenous descent and female presidents as well as social movements spearheaded by the urban poor, peasants, and students. By examining several specific case studies, the course will seek to contextualize the appearance of these collective actors and the strategies employed to achieve their goals.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN153 CM
  

  • SPAN153 PO - Spanglish in Context: Bilingualism in the United States

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN153 PO
  

  • SPAN154 CM - Women in Spain: Making History from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century

    From the Middle Ages to the 21st century, women have played an essential part in Spanish society, politics, and culture. Through manuscripts, films, political speeches, novels, and visual art, we’ll study the voices and experiences of women in Spanish history. We consider women´s lives in the “Three Spains” (Al-Andalus, Hispania, and Sepharad); Medieval beguines and witches; Goya’s nineteenth-century depictions of women at war; and the Civil War anti-fascist group “Las trece rosas” - as well as individuals such as Queens Isabel and Sofía, the legendary lieutenant Catalina de Erauso, politician Clara Campoamor, painter Remedios Varo, and filmmaker Icíar Bollaín, among others. This course will be taught in Spanish.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or SPAN 102 CM  

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN154 CM
  

  • SPAN154 SC - Trans-Caribbean Formations: Translating Identity, Race, and Gender in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN154 SC
  

  • SPAN155 CM - Small Wonders: The Latin American Short Story

    This course will examine major literary and cultural trends demonstrated in Latin American short fiction. We focus on writings from the 19th and 20th centuries and follow the construction of nations in the post-independence era and the issues of national identities in present day Latin America. We study Realist and Regionalist trends, the role of experimentation and innovation in Fantastic and Existentialist texts, and the role of the past in recent short stories from a continent looking towards the future.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN155 CM
  

  • SPAN158 CM - Revolutions and Revolutionary Thought in Spanish America

    It could be said that the Latin American countries were created out of a violent revolution. Since then some nations have undergone dramatic revolutions that have radically altered the political, cultural, economic, and social scenes. This course focuses on the literature of (and against) revolutions and on revolutionary thinking throughout Latin America. The specific focus may vary from semester to semester but typically will include an examination of the revolutionary literature of Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua, as well as texts produced in countries such as El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, and Argentina, among others.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN158 CM
  

  • SPAN178 CM - The New Latin American Cinema: History, Politics, Gender, and Society

    Traces the development of Latin American cinema from the formative years of the 1960’s through the 1990’s. Examines both films and theoretical writings of pioneering filmmakers, paying special attention to the emergence of a new women’s cinema in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN178 CM
  

  • SPAN179 CM - Mexican Cinema in the New Millennium

    The popularity of Mexican cinema has grown recently, thanks to a number of films that have done very well at the box office and won recognition at international film festivals. This course explores the development of Mexican cinema in the 21st-century (2000-2010), focusing on the most innovative filmmakers. It examines thematic and stylistic variety in films dealing with history, politics, gender, democracy, and society. We also will consider Mexican filmmakers that are filming in Hollywood such as Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo Del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu as well as the impact of globalization in Mexican film production.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 044 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every third year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN179 CM
  

  • SPAN182 CM - Latin American Documentary Cinema

    This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the thematic and stylistic variety in documentary films from and about Latin America. We will examine a series of questions related to the content, form, and politics of documentary films. The course will include documentaries by Santiago Álvarez, Fernando Birri, Luis Buñuel, Patricio Guzmán, Luis Ospina, Fernando Pérez, Lourdes Portillo, Marta Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Rulfo, Fernando Solanas, Carmen Toscano, Win Wenders, among others.

    Prerequisite: SPAN 101 CM  or higher

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN182 CM
  

  • SPAN183 SC - Interculturality and Bilingualism in the Andes

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: SPAN183 SC
  

  • SPAN199 CM - Independent Study in Spanish

    Students who have the necessary qualifications and who wish to investigate an area of study not covered in regularly scheduled courses may arrange for an independent study under the direction of a faculty reader.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 0.5 or 1

    Course Number: SPAN199 CM

Speech
  

  • SPCH061A CM - Speech and Debate

    A study of reasoned discourses, including argumentation theory and practice, argument anticipation and opposition research, position briefing, evidence evaluation, fallacies, stratagems, and persuasion, applied to current political, social, and economic issues. Students participate in intercollegiate tournaments and campus and public speaking events, including debates and round-table discussions. May be repeated up to four times.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 0.5

    Course Number: SPCH061A CM
  

  • SPCH061B CM - Speech and Debate

    A study of reasoned discourses, including argumentation theory and practice, argument anticipation and opposition research, position briefing, evidence evaluation, fallacies, stratagems, and persuasion, applied to current political, social, and economic issues. Students participate in intercollegiate tournaments and campus and public speaking events, including debates and round-table discussions. May be repeated.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 0

    Course Number: SPCH061B CM

Theatre
  

  • THEA130 PO - Introduction to Directing

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: THEA130 PO
 

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