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Environmental Analysis
  
  
  

  • EA100L KS - Global Climate Change

    Introduction to the Earth Sciences with a focus on past and present global climate change. Topics include earth system science, climate change on geologic timescales, and recent climate change. Lectures will include a discussion of primary journal literature about climate change and relevant topics in the media. Lab will include an introduction to proxy methods used to reconstruct past climate variability. This course has a laboratory fee.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 043L KS  and BIOL 044L KS , or BIOL 040L KS  and BIOL 044L KS , or CHEM 014L KS  and CHEM 015L KS , or CHEM 040L KS  and CHEM 015L KS , or CHEM 029L KS , or PHYS 030L KS  and PHYS 031L KS , or PHYS 033L KS  and PHYS 034L KS .

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 100L KS
  

  • EA103 KS - Soils and Society

    Soils are dynamic biological, chemical and physical environments that have profoundly influenced human health and society. This course provides an overview of soils and the ways in which they define habitats, cycle water and carbon, support infrastructure, sustain agriculture, record paleoclimate, and exemplify the challenges of sustainable environmental management.

    Prerequisites:  BIOL 043L KS  and BIOL 044L KS , or CHEM 014L KS  and CHEM 015L KS , or one laboratory course in environmental science or geology and one additional EA course, or instructor permission.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 103 KS
  

  • EA104 KS - Oceanography

    Oceanography is a multidisciplinary science that applies physics, geology, chemistry, and biology to the study of oceans. Topics covered will include the formation of the oceans, the interaction of the ocean with the atmosphere, the influx and distribution of chemical compounds, the carbonate system, and nutrient content.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 043L KS  and BIOL 044L KS , or BIOL 040L KS  and BIOL 044L KS ; CHEM 014L KS  and CHEM 015L KS , or CHEM 040L KS  and CHEM 015L KS , or CHEM 029L KS .

    Offered: Every Year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 104 KS
  

  • EA120 PZ - Global Environmental Politics and Policy

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 120 PZ
  

  • EA124 PZ - Protecting Nature: Parks, Conservation Areas & People

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 124 PZ
  

  • EA150 PZ - Critical Environmental Analysis

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 150 PZ
  

  • EA188L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in EA Science

    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 discussion held with faculty members 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 EA 190L KS . This course has a laboratory fee.

    Offered: Every fall

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 188L KS
  

  • EA189L KS - Senior Thesis Summer Research Project in EA Science

    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. Registration in this course will be followed by registration in EA 190L KS .

    Offered: Every fall

    Credit: 0

    Course Number: EA 189L KS
  

  • EA190 PO - Environmental Seminar

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 190 PO
  

  • EA190L KS - Senior Thesis Research Project in EA Science, 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. This course has a laboratory fee.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 190L KS
  

  • EA191 KS - One-Semester Thesis in EA Science

    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.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: EA 191 KS
  

  • EA196 KS - Natural Science Research I

    In this 0.25-credit course, students will gain experience working independently on a natural science research experience, whether it involves field, laboratory, or data investigation and must be taken in collaboration with a Keck Science faculty member. The format and expectations of the research will be mutually agreed upon at the start of the semester. At the end of the semester, students will complete a product which could include things such as a reflection paper, an oral or poster presentation, a lab notebook, a dataset, a protocol, a figure, etc. This course is a ¼ credit course with a minimum of a 3-hour commitment each week. The course is taken pass/fail and can be repeated up to the maximum allowed by the student’s home college, with the same research mentor or with different research mentors. May not be applied toward major requirements. In any semester, students may take only one Natural Science Research course at Keck Science.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 0.25

    Course Number: EA 196 KS
  

  • EA197 KS - Natural Science Research II

    In this 0.5-credit course, students will gain experience working independently on a natural science research experience, whether it involves field, laboratory, or data investigation and must be taken in collaboration with a Keck Science faculty member. The format and expectations of the research will be mutually agreed upon at the start of the semester. At the end of the semester, students will complete a product which could include things such as a reflection paper, an oral or poster presentation, a lab notebook, a dataset, a protocol, a figure, etc. This course is a 1/2 credit course with a minimum of a 6-hour commitment each week. The course is taken pass/fail and can be repeated up to the maximum allowed by the student’s home college, with the same research mentor or with different research mentors. May not be applied toward major requirements. In any semester, students may take only one Natural Science Research course at Keck Science.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 0.5

    Course Number: EA 197 KS

Economics
  

  • ECON050 CM - Principles of Economic Analysis

    An introduction to modern economic analysis with emphasis on resource allocation and national income. Stresses the fundamental interdependence of all forms of economic activity in terms of specialization, exchange, and competition. This course fulfills the general education requirement in economics.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON050 CM
  

  • ECON065 CM - Innovation Management

    Taken as part of the Silicon Valley internship program. This course provides several insights for prospective innovators in firms and other organizations. We will discuss the main sources of competitive advantage, describe several stylized facts about innovation, consider how innovations are generated and diffuse and describe how high-tech firms and industries evolve. We will also discuss the role of public policy and the key elements of regional and national innovation systems. Throughout the course our focus is on how appropriate management combined with an understanding of surrounding circumstances can help firms generate innovations and appropriate returns.

    Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM  

    Offered: Every Semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON065 CM
  

  • ECON070 CM - Principles of Financial Economics

    This course is designed for non-Econ majors with the goal of providing the students with an understanding of the principles of financial economics. The course addresses such topics as the structure of financial markets, interpreting financial statements, and the principles of valuation, investments, options, and capital structure. The course will provide the analytical framework used in making financial decisions. The lectures will comprise of instructor presentations, analysis of cases, discussions of articles, assignments, and exams.

    Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM 

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON070 CM
  

  • ECON086 CM - Accounting for Decision Making

    Principles of financial accounting. Analysis of business transactions and their effect on the three principal financial statements: the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow statement of changes. Students are strongly encouraged to complete this course by the end of the first semester of their sophomore year. Course can be taken concurrently with ECON 050 CM .

    Prerequisite or concurrent requisite: ECON 050 CM  

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON086 CM
  

  • ECON090 CM - Modeling Climate Change

    A deep understanding of climate change requires exploring the topic through an interdisciplinary lens. The course will explore how economists and natural scientists model the process of climate change and its implications for society, using the most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as a primary text. Topics include energy use, greenhouse effect, and earth’s radiative balance, global climate models, discounting, social cost of carbon, instrument choice, and adaptation and mitigation.

    Prerequisites:  ECON 050 CM  

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON090 CM
  

  • ECON097 CM - Public Policy Analysis

    This course provides an introduction to public policy analysis. Drawing on the principles and tools of political science and economics, students will hone their ability to analyze complex public problems. The course uses the case method, immersing students in real-world scenarios and placing them in the role of decision maker. Students will learn to write professional policy memos and to use Excel for basic data analysis. Also listed as GOVT 097 CM .

    Prerequisites: ECON 050 CM  and GOVT 020 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON097 CM
  

  • ECON100 CM - Policy Lab

    This course will explore the politics and process of domestic policymaking in the United States, the analytical tools for policy creation, and client-based experiential approach to policy research and formation. Through a case study approach, students will gain the knowledge and skills required to produce professional policy studies. In addition to instruction and class projects, students will work in a policy laboratory with a Washington, DC-based client to conduct research and analysis on a real world policy question. Also listed as GOVT 100 CM .

    Prerequisites: GOVT 020 CM , ECON 050 CM ; and ECON 120 CM , ECON 125 CM , GOVT 055 CM , or equivalent

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON100 CM
  

  • ECON101 CM - Intermediate Microeconomics

    An analysis of the determination of price and output under various market conditions, from competition to monopoly. Theories of economic choice are applied to consumers, producers, and resource owners. Techniques of partial equilibrium analysis are stressed.

    Prerequisites: ECON 050 CM  and some calculus

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON101 CM
  

  • ECON102 CM - Intermediate Macroeconomics

    The theoretical background for understanding macroeconomic problems and policy options. Topics include evolution of macro thought; the IS-LM system and some alternatives; theories of consumption, investment, and money; unemployment; inflation; interest; monetarism; rational expectations; and supply side policies.

    Prerequisites: ECON 050 CM  and some calculus

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON102 CM
  

  • ECON103 CM - History of Economic Thought

    The development of economic thought from Smith to Keynes. Emphasis is placed upon the development of analysis, its influence on economic policy, and the historial and philosophical climate in which such developments occurred.

    Prerequisites: ECON 050 CM  and ECON 101 CM 

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON103 CM
  

  • ECON104 CM - Foundations of Political Economy

    Most of economics takes politics for granted. More attention is paid to deriving ideal policy than to explaining how actual policy is made. Governments and political institutions are composed of people and groups who respond to incentives and whose behavior can be studied using the tools of economics. We will use game theory to model political competition and political actors including voters, parties, lobbyists, and the media. We will consider related empirical evidence and discuss proper methods of empirical design and statistical inference.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  , ECON 120 CM  or GOVT 055 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON104 CM
  

  • ECON107 CM - Neuroeconomics

    The emerging discipline of neuroeconomics combines approaches from psychology, economics, and neuroscience in order to better understand how decision-making is implemented in the brain. In this course, we will discuss basic concepts and seminal findings in this nascent research area, including the neural representation of value, decision-making under risk and uncertainty, and strategic interaction and social reward. Also listed as PSYC 107 CM .

    Prerequisites: One lower-division psychology course and ECON 050 CM .

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON107 CM
  

  • ECON109 CM - Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy

    A study of moral and economic theories as they relate to public policy. Topics may include the moral and economic implications of governmentally sponsored universal health care, welfare reform, progressive taxation and the redistribution of wealth and/or income, and equality of opportunity.

    Prerequisites: ECON 050 CM  and ECON 101 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON109 CM
  

  • ECON118 CM - The Processes of Environmental Policymaking

    This course focuses on how environmental, conservation, and natural-resource policies are developed and chosen in the policy processes of the United States and other countries. This focus permits examination of the methodologies of evaluating environmental policy options, the processes of policy-making, and the institutions involved in conservation, environmental improvement, and other policies that affect the environment. The analytic approaches include the policy sciences framework for understanding the process itself, the methodologies of ecosystem valuation, and the issues involved with different types of policy instruments for environmental and conservation management. Also listed as GOVT 118 CM .

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON118 CM
  

  • ECON120 CM - Statistics

    Introduction to probability theory and the logic of statistical inference with applications to economics and business. Topics include measures of central tendency and dispersion, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, decision theory, and regression analysis. Not open to students who have completed ECON 125 CM  or any other introductory coure in statistics.

    Prerequisites: MATH 030 CM  and ECON 050 CM  

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON120 CM
  

  • ECON122 CM - Data Science and Statistical Learning

    This course will cover methods to collect, clean, and transform data from traditional and non-traditional sources. In order to analyze this data, we will cover supervised statistical learning (decision tree, neural networks) as well as unsupervised learning (clustering) methods. Not open to students who have completed CSCI 036 CM , CSCI036  PZ, or ECON 160 CM .

    Prerequisites: ECON 120 CM  or equivalent; CSCI 040 CM  or equivalent

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON122 CM
  

  • ECON125 CM - Econometrics

    An introduction to the application of multiple regression techniques for testing and evaluating economic theory. Topics include hypothesis testing, model specification, heteroskedasticity, and serial correlation. Extensive use is made of computers for data handling and estimation. Students who complete this course may not subsequently enroll in lower-level statistics courses.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  or ECON 102 CM , and a statistics course chosen from ECON 120 CM , GOVT 055 CM , MATH 052 CM , or PSYC 109 CM ; or permission of instructor

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON125 CM
  

  • ECON126 CM - Applied Microeconometrics

    An advanced course in the application of econometric techniques for analyzing micro-level data (entities such as individuals, firms, states, countries, etc.). The course will focus on identification and estimation of causal relationships between economic variables using applications of these techniques in economics and finance. Topics include matching, instrumental variable estimation, regression discontinuity design, difference-in-differences, event studies.

    Prerequisite: ECON 125 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON126 CM
  

  • ECON128 CM - Data Science

    Students in the Silicon Valley Program can elect to take this course to satisfy their structured independent study requirement. The course is at the intersection of computer science and econometrics; data science includes the handling and statistical modeling of various data sizes, types, and structures. The course is a project based class and will provide students with a solid foundation of programming and computing concepts. Silicon Valley Program students only. Letter grade only.

    Prerequisites: CSCI 040 CM  or equivalent, ECON 125 CM  

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON128 CM
  

  • ECON129 CM - Game Theory

    Introduction to economics decision-making in strategic interdependent settings where the outcome of your actions depends also on the actions of others. This course will introduce and develop various concepts, including: Strategies, Payoffs, Players, Rationality, and various concepts of Equilibrium which will help us analyze strategic behavior by individuals and firms. These concepts will be illustrated using a variety of economic models from industrial organization such as: oligopoly, bankruptcy law, takeover deterrents, collusion in the stock market, patent races, auctions, bargaining, and models of asymmetric information such as principal-agent and the “lemon” problem. We will analyze famous games like the prisoner’s dilemma, the battle of the sexes, and the voting decision.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  and ECON 120 CM  or equivalent

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON129 CM
  
  

  • ECON134 CM - Corporate Finance

    This course will serve as an introduction to various topics in financial economics. Some of the topics introduced will include the time value of money, valuation and yield determinations for various financial assets, risk and return, basic portfolio theory, financial options, and efficient markets theory. Students will be introduced to several computer based statistical packages and will be required to use these packages to analyze financial data.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  and ECON 120 CM 

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON134 CM
  

  • ECON134B CM - Advanced Corporate Finance

    Intended as a second course in corporate finance, this course provides an in-depth analysis of how financial managers can create value through financial, strategic, and operating decisions. Topics include: advanced discounted valuation methods, valuation of risky debt, option pricing related to firm debt and equity, real options, corporate risk management, information and market efficiency, and equity-based compensation.

    Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON134B CM
  

  • ECON135 CM - Money and Banking

    An analysis of the role of commercial banks, the Federal Reserve, and financial intermediaries in the creation and control of money. The effect of monetary policy upon national aggregates is considered in the short- and the long-run.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  and ECON 102 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON135 CM
  

  • ECON136 CM - Derivatives

    This course enables students to evaluate derivative securities. Topics covered include pricing of futures, swaps, and options; risk management using derivative securities; value at risk (VAR); numerical options pricing techniques; and simulation methods.

    Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM  or permission of instructor

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON136 CM
  

  • ECON137 CM - Special Topics in Corporate Finance

    An advanced treatment and analysis of financial decisions made by corporations. Topics covered include an introduction to capital budgeting, asset pricing models, determination of the cost of capital, capital budgeting under uncertainty, capital structure, dividend policy, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management.

    Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM  and ECON 134 CM 

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON137 CM
  

  • ECON138 CM - Debt Markets

    This course is for students who are interested in using various debt market instruments for investment and financing. Examples of debt market instruments and their derivatives include Treasury, corporate, and municipal bonds, mortgage-backed securities, repurchase agreements, interest rate swaps and options, credit default swaps, and collateralized debt obligations, among others. Fundamental economic principles and analytical tools for pricing and hedging debt market securities, such as basic bond mathematics, bootstrapping, yield curve fitting, interest rate tree models, and structural and reduced-form credit risk models will be introduced. Several fixed-income arbitrage strategies popular on Wall Street will be analyzed.

    Prerequisites:  ECON 134 CM  

     

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON138 CM
  

  • ECON139 CM - Topics in Investments and Valuation

    An advanced treatment and analysis of capital markets, financial instruments and portfolio theory. Topics covered include asset valuation, risk measurement and control, and portfolio design for large institutions. Portfolio simulations are used to test theories. Computer background recommended.

    Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON139 CM
  

  • ECON140 CM - The World Economy

    A survey of international trade, financial markets, and monetary relations, including their analytical foundations, empirical and institutional manifestations, and policy implications.

    Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM 

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON140 CM
  

  • ECON141 CM - International Economics

    This course examines the costs and benefits of international trade and immigration. The topics covered will include the following: the determinants of international trade patterns, the influence of trade on incomes within a country, the effects of immigration on wages and innovation, international remittances from immigrants, disease and international exchange, trade and the environment, the political economy of globalization, outsourcing, and international institutions such as the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON141 CM
  

  • ECON142 CM - Politics and Economics of Natural Resource Policy in Developing Countries

    This seminar course addresses the question of how countries dependent on natural resources ought to husband these resources and invest the proceeds productively. It employs the policy sciences framework to explore the political and economic-policy challenges of minimizing the abuse of resource endowments due to mis-pricing, corruption, intra-governmental conflicts, and perverse governance arrangements. It examines why governments seem to abuse natural resources willfully, what forms of privatization hold promise for better resource use, what fiscal and governance arrangements are optimal for the relationship between government and state natural-resource agencies, and whether resource abundance is actually a “curse” rather than an advantage for a country’s economic and political development. The cases will be drawn predominantly from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Also listed as GOVT 132E CM .

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  and GOVT 020 CM 

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON142 CM
  

  • ECON145 CM - International Money and Finance

    Presents basic elements of balance of payments and exchange rate theory and policy, open economy macroeconomics, international financial management, and the evolution of the international monetary system.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  and ECON 102 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON145 CM
  

  • ECON149 CM - International Accounting, Taxation, and Transfer Prices

    An introduction to global accounting, cross-listing on national exchanges, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the cost of capital and international accounting standards, U.S. taxation of international transactions, and the allocation of international income among members of a controlled group.

    Prerequisite:  ECON 150 CM   

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON149 CM
  

  • ECON150 CM - Asset and Income Measurement (Intermediate Accounting I)

    This course examines both conceptual foundations and practical measurement of assets and income. The course mainly takes the financial statements preparer’s perspective using generally accepted accounting principles. However, a second theme in the course emphasizes interpretation and analysis of accounting information from a user’s perspective.

    Prerequisite:  ECON 086 CM   

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON150 CM
  

  • ECON150 PO - Industrial Organization

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON150 PO
  

  • ECON151 CM - Strategic Cost Management

    Explores different systems for measuring organizational costs. Topics include traditional cost measurement systems, such as Job-Order, Process, and Standard Costing Systems, and newer cost measurement systems such as Activity Based Costing and Target Costing Systems. Emphasis is placed upon the use of cost data for managerial decisions.

    Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM  and ECON 101 CM   

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON151 CM
  

  • ECON152 CM - Tax Planning

    Surveys the consequences of a variety of tax plans based on discretionary principles of tax recognition and treatment. Basic planning concepts are introduced for addressing the tax interests of business units and individual investors.

    Prerequisite: ECON 086 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON152 CM
  

  • ECON154 CM - Financial Statement Analysis

    Combines finance and accounting in a user-oriented, financial statement analysis approach. The goal is to expose students to the usefulness of accounting information for valuation and bankruptcy prediction. Part I introduces ratio analysis and discusses accounting information strengths and limitations. Part II is decision model oriented. It deals with the uses of accounting information for valuation of common stocks and corporate bonds in an efficient market.

    Prerequisites: ECON 086 CM  and ECON 150 CM  or permission of instructor

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON154 CM
  

  • ECON155 CM - Valuation and Reporting of Financial Liabilities and Equity (Intermediate Accounting II)

    This course examines both conceptual foundations and practical measurements of liabilities and equity. The course emphasizes the effects of alternative valuation and measurement techniques on the financial statements and the related impact on financial markets. An important theme of the course is the preparation and use of financial information for interpretation and analysis.

    Prerequisite:  ECON 150 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON155 CM
  

  • ECON156 CM - Accounting Ethics

    A case-method survey of ethical problems confronted by individuals making accounting decisions. Course emphasizes cognitive processes and ethical decision making in accounting, corporate governance, financial statement fraud and auditor responsibility, and the legal, regulatory, and professional obligations of auditors and accounting professionals.

    Prerequisite:  ECON 155 CM  or permission of instructor

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON156 CM
  

  • ECON158 CM - Auditing

    A study of standards and independent verification procedures for business, government, and tax-exempt organizations; methods for surveying adequacy and effectiveness of accounting systems and internal controls; practice in applying auditing procedures and preparing working papers.

    Prerequisite: ECON 150 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON158 CM
  

  • ECON159 CM - Accounting Theory and Research

    An intensive study of the evolution and development of accounting standards, with emphasis on the normative rather than the descriptive model as well as enhancing the student’s research capabilities.

    Prerequisite: ECON 150 CM  or permission of instructor 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON159 CM
  

  • ECON160 CM - Accounting Data Analytics

    This course will introduce students to the use of analytics tools for deriving insights from accounting data and for more effectively performing audits. Companies produce a wealth of data on customers and company performance, and the next generation of accountants needs to be equipped with tools for organizing and analyzing the data to improve company performance and audit its financial accounts. We will explore the topics of data retrieval, cleanup, preprocessing, and validation, before getting into data visualization, internal and external audit analytics, and predictive modeling/machine learning. Not open to students who have completed CSCI 036 CM , CSCI036  PZ, or ECON 122 CM .

    Prerequisites: ECON 120 CM  or equivalent, ECON 086 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON160 CM
  

  • ECON165 CM - Industrial Organization

    Covers the latest theories and empirical evidence concerning the organization of firms and industries. It compares the traditional structure-conduct-performance paradigm with recent advances based on microeconomic theory including transactions cost economics, game theory, strategic behavior, contestability, and information theory. The focus is on applying theories of industrial organization to common business practices and on evaluating U.S. antitrust policy toward these practices.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON165 CM
  

  • ECON167 CM - Law and Economics

    An analysis of the importance of law in the allocation of economic resources and of economics in the operation of the legal system. Topics include property and externalities, contracts, torts, criminal law, civil procedure, and the rationing of justice.

    Prerequisite: ECON 101 CM 

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON167 CM
  

  • ECON168 CM - Economics of Crime and Criminal Justice

    The goal of this course is to acquaint students with some of the economics literature on crime and criminal justice. The focus of the course will be to help students develop an understanding for how data can be used to identify causal relationships in the area of criminal participation, policing, and criminal justice.

    Prerequisites: ECON 125 CM  

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON168 CM
  

  • ECON171 CM - Environmental Economics

    The course explores the economic foundations for public decision-making regarding environmental quality utilizing tools from intermediate microeconomic theory. The course examines the role of the environment within the theory of market failure with particular focus on public goods, externalities, and asymmetric information. Economic incentive-based approaches to correcting environment-related market failures including pollution taxes, cap and trade programs, liability, and information disclosure requirements are emphasized. The course also examines the process of benefit-cost analysis and related methods for valuing improvements in environmental quality.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  and ECON 120 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON171 CM
  

  • ECON172 CM - Health Economics

    In this course we will explore health economics from many different angles, with a focus on the economics of health behaviors, the association between health and socioeconomic status, health insurance, and the role of government in our health and healthcare. We will study models of individual health and use them to understand individual choices about health investments, risky behaviors, and insurance coverage. We will learn about how economic incentives can affect health choices, and about the factors that lead to disparities in health across individuals and communities. We will explore the connections between health and labor supply-how working affects health, and how health affects our ability to work and our economic stability. We will discuss differences across industrialized nations in health systems and delve into the economic justifications and role (if any) for government involvement in health and healthcare.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON172 CM
  

  • ECON172 PZ - Environmental Economics

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON172 PZ
  

  • ECON173 CM - Economic Development

    This course explores contemporary economic thought and practice in the field of international development. It examines causes, consequences, and possible solutions of central problems of underdevelopment. In the first part of the course, we explore the meaning of “development”, analyze global patterns in economic indicators, consider causes of disparities across countries, and examine simple macroeconomic models. We then shift our focus to a microeconomic perspective for the remaining parts of the course, to investigate issues such as health, education, gender, informal financial tools, microfinance, and the environment. Emphasis is placed on assessing empirical evidence in the context of appropriate conceptual frameworks, and on understanding practical approaches to eradicating poverty – successes, failures, and the complexities involved.

    Prerequisites: ECON 120 CM  or equivalent, and either ECON 101 CM  or ECON 102 CM 

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON173 CM
  

  • ECON174 CM - Economics of Entrepreneurship

    This course will provide students with a deeper understanding of different aspects of entrepreneurship, from a research economist’s perspective. We will study topics such as returns to entrepreneurship and behavioral aspects, networks and peer effects, the role of gender and family in entrepreneurship, innovation and intellectual property rights, productivity and job growth.

    Prerequisites:   and  

    Offered: Every Year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON174 CM
  

  • ECON175 CM - Labor Economics

    This is an introductory survey of modern labor economics. The first part of this course develops simple models of labor demand and supply. These analytical tools are then used to analyze the determinants of earnings inequality, including issues such as human capital accumulation, labor market discrimination, unionization, and worker-firm contractual arrangements.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM  and ECON 120 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON175 CM
  

  • ECON176 CM - Principles of FinTech

    FinTech is a contraction of “Financial Technology” and deals with the application of new technologies and innovative processes to financial services. While many times FinTech is associated with start-ups, the incumbents in financial services are actively searching for ways to remain relevant in this environment of fast and aggressive innovation. In this class we will begin with a high-level examination of the entire FinTech ecosystem and then will conduct deep dives into the different functional areas including payments and money transfer, digital banking, lending markets (P2P lending, online lending), wealth management and robo-advisors, InsurTech (insurance technology), etc.

    Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM  

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON176 CM
  

  • ECON180 CM - Seminar in Research Methods

    This one-half credit course is a complement to preparation of a senior thesis in economics. The department strongly recommends this course for all majors who are preparing a senior thesis in economics, and the course is required for all students seeking to qualify for honors in economics, all students in the BA/MA program, and all students pursuing a sequence in finance. Students must take the course during the semester they submit the thesis. Topics include identifying research questions, developing and testing hypotheses, analyzing and critiquing literature, empirical and theoretical methodology, and oral presentation. Students may earn a maximum of 2 credits for a senior thesis project including this course. High-Pass/Pass/No-Pass grading only.

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 0.5

    Course Number: ECON180 CM
  

  • ECON181 CM - Fintech Practicum

    This course is a team-based, project-based course providing an opportunity for the students to collaborate with industry clients (banks, investment firms, startups, other financial institutions, other non-financial businesses, non-profit agencies, and public agencies) to solve real-world financial problems using technology (such as data analytics, machine learning, software prototypes, market studies for data collection, etc.) Teams of three to five students, under the direction of a Faculty Advisor and the Practicum Director, will be working on client’s project. This course will count towards the Financial Economics Sequence requirements and the BAMA degree requirements.

    Prerequisites: ECON 125 CM , CSCI 040 CM   (or equivalent), and instructor permission.

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON181 CM
  

  • ECON186 CM - Public Economics and Welfare

    When making decisions for the collective welfare of the public there are many potential pitfalls and the free market may not be optimal. Thus we assess the rationale for government intervention in the economy by analyzing the benefits of possible government policies and the response of economic agents to the government’s actions. Topics covered include tax policy and inequality, social insurance programs, public goods, environmental protection, and the functions of nonprofits.

    Prerequisite: ECON 101 CM  

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON186 CM
  

  • ECON187 CM - The Economics of Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination

    This class will explore issues of poverty and discrimination from an economist point of view. The first part of the class will focus on understanding the causes and consequences of poverty, along with the different policies that have been used to address these issues. We will then consider issues of inequality such as measurement, trends, and consequences. The final part of the course will focus on racial inequality and discrimination. Several theoretical models of discrimination will be developed and then evaluated within the context of the current empirical work. Finally, we will consider the various connections between the discrimination literature and the broader issues of poverty and inequality discussed at the outset of class.

    Prerequisite: ECON 101 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON187 CM
  

  • ECON191 CM - Business Law

    An introduction to the American legal system emphasizing commercial transactions. Topics include: torts, property, contracts, sales, commercial paper, secured transactions, securities regulations, and bankruptcy.

    Prerequisite: ECON 050 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON191 CM
  

  • ECON193 CM - Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital

    The course provides students an understanding of the economics of entrepreneurial finance and private equity, especially venture capital. We will address financing and strategic issues faced by entrepreneurs in the early stage of a firm. Financial modeling will be used to determine how much money can and should be raised and from what source, and how the funding should be structured. Specific topics include: methods of valuing private firms, simulation to make better strategic choices, business plans, economics of contracts that underlie new venture finance venture capital partnerships (agreements, term sheets, etc.), financing sources, creating value through financing contracting, and exit strategies (initial public offerings, merger, other).

    Prerequisites: ECON 134 CM  and ECON 086 CM 

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON193 CM
  

  • ECON194A CM - Seminar in Investment Management

    This year-long course is designed to add an academic component to the CMC student investment fund. The course is designed to be a blend of theory and practice. We will extend the basic principles of security analysis, asset pricing theory, portfolio construction, and performance evaluation necessary to manage a mutual fund. Half credit each semester. High-Pass/Pass/No-Pass grading only.

    Prerequisite: ECON 134 CM  and one prior year of participation in the student investment fund.

    Offered: Every fall

    Credit: 0.5

    Course Number: ECON194A CM
  

  • ECON194B CM - Seminar in Investment Management

    This year-long course is designed to add an academic component to the CMC student investment fund. The course is designed to be a blend of theory and practice. We will extend the basic principles of security analysis, asset pricing theory, portfolio construction, and performance evaluation necessary to manage a mutual fund. Half credit each semester. High-Pass/Pass/No-Pass grading only.

    Prerequisites: ECON 134 CM  and one prior year of participation in the student investment fund.

    Offered: Every spring

    Credit: 0.5

    Course Number: ECON194B CM
  

  • ECON196 CM - Advanced Macroeconomics

    An introduction to modern micro-founded theories of macroeconomic phenomena. Topics include equilibrium and wait unemployment theory, foundations of aggregate supply and demand, inflation and monetary policy, budget deficits and fiscal policy, business cycle fluctuations, and long-run growth. Concepts are illustrated with textbook mathematical models, complemented by discussion of academic papers reviewing empirical evidence. Students will complete a term paper exploring a topics of interest in depth.

    Prerequisites: ECON 101 CM , ECON 102 CM , and ECON 125 CM 

    Offered: Every year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON196 CM
  

  • ECON197S CM - Special Topics in Economics

    These courses explore topics of current interest to faculty and students. Topics vary from year to year. The course is repeatable for different topics.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON197S CM
  

  • ECON198 CM - Economics of Innovation

    This course guides the student through several topics and economic models that focus on innovation. The material considers the impacts of firm decisions, public policies and the surrounding environment on the nature and amount of the innovations generated and the impacts those innovations have on subsequent firm behavior and market outcomes. Links between the course content and the internship experience 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.

    Prerequisite: ECON 101 CM  

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ECON198 CM
  

  • ECON199 CM - Independent Study and Research

    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: ECON199 CM

Engineering
  

English
  

  • ENGL012 AF - Introduction to African American Literature

    See Pitzer College Catalog for course description.

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ENGL012 AF
  

  • ENGL125C AF - Introduction to African American Literature: In the African-Atlantic Tradition

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ENGL125C AF
  

  • ENGL140 PO - Literature of Incarceration

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: ENGL140 PO

Freshman Humanities Seminar
  

  • FHS010 CM - Freshman Humanities Seminar

    The Freshman Humanities Seminar (FHS) program aims to give first-year students an introduction to some of the questions fundamental to individuals in their relationship to society and the world. Each section engages one or more critical themes such as the notion of the self, the community, individual and communal values, modes of understanding, and creative expression, and the relationships each one has with the others. In doing so, all FHS courses include historically significant texts: texts that have become objects of academic discourse in part because of their enormous impact in non-academic contexts. Letter grade only.

    Click here for more information and a sampling of topics.  

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FHS 010 CM

Freshman Writing Seminar
  

  • FWS010 CM - Freshman Writing Seminar

    The Freshman Writing Seminar, directed by the Department of Literature, aims to enhance the writing skills and literary acumen of first-year students through intensive composition and revision and the study of significant texts and models. Each seminar focuses on a literary theme chosen by the instructor, and each ranges across periods and genres. All of the seminars seek to instill rigor of argument, clarity of presentation, and stylistic grace. Students will be expected to write no fewer than seventy-five hundred words during the semester. Letter grade only.

    Click here for more information and a sampling of topics. 

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FWS 010 CM

French
  

  • FREN001 CM - Introductory French

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

    Offered: Every fall

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN001 CM
  

  • FREN002 CM - Continuing Introductory French

    A continuation of FREN 001 CM . Intensive practice in speaking, reading, and writing. Laboratory work and tutorial sessions each week. Letter grade only.

    Prerequisite: FREN 001 CM , or placement.

    Offered: Every spring

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN002 CM
  

  • FREN022 CM - Intensive Introductory French

    Designed for students with some previous experience in French, who are too advanced for FREN 001 CM . Students will complete in one semester the equivalent of FREN 001 CM  and FREN 002 CM , and then enroll in FREN 033 CM . The class includes laboratory work and tutorial sessions (times arranged). Letter grade only.

    Prerequisite: Placement

    Offered: Every fall

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN022 CM
  

  • FREN033 CM - Intermediate French

    Review and reinforcement of basic skills. Emphasis on conversation, reading, and writing. Laboratory and conversation groups arranged. Letter grade only.

    Prerequisite: FREN 002 CM , FREN 022 CM , or placement

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN033 CM
  

  • FREN044 CM - Advanced French: Reading in Literature and Civilization

    Readings in Literature and Civilization. Selected texts are read with emphasis on interpretation and comprehension. Development of correct personal style in students’ oral and written expression. Discussion groups with a native assistant arranged.

    Prerequisite: FREN 033 CM  or equivalent 

    Offered: Every semester

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN044 CM
  

  • FREN100 SC - Intro to French & Francophone Studies

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN100 SC
  

  • FREN104 SC - History, Memory, and Loss: Vichy (1940-45) in Contemporary France

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN104 SC
  

  • FREN108 PO - Notre-Dame de Paris, “Point Zero”

    See Pomona College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN108 PO
  

  • FREN110 SC - Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité? France and the Crises of Globalization

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN110 SC
  

  • FREN113 SC - Banned in France: Censorship Debates in Eighteenth-Century France

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN113 SC
  

  • FREN114 SC - Reality Matters: Exploring “Le Cinéma du Réel”

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN114 SC
  

  • FREN115 CM - The Francophone Caribbean

    A study of works of writers and artists from Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. Analysis of fiction, non-fiction, films, and popular cultural forms. The course will provide a comprehensive view of Caribbean creative expression. It will also introduce students to the historical and social contexts from which the works emerged. Attention to questions of community, identity, language, migration. Will include some discussion of post-colonial theories.

    Offered: Occasionally

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN115 CM
  

  • FREN116 SC - Display, Desire, and Domination

    See Scripps College Catalog for course description.

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN116 SC
  

  • FREN117 CM - African Novel and Film

    This course will introduce students to works by writers and filmmakers from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa. The course is designed to provide students with a specific and global view of African creative expression. It will also introduce students to the historical and cultural contexts from which the works emerged. Special emphasis will be placed on recurring topics and themes such as: the colonial experience, the conflict between tradition and modernity, language, identity, gender, migration.

    Prerequisite: FREN 044 CM  

    Offered: Every other year

    Credit: 1

    Course Number: FREN117 CM
 

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