SPRING 2008

(See the Five-College Catalogue for complete course information, prerequisites and permissions, and course listings from other colleges.)

Course # Title
Instructor Days Time

American Studies

HIST127 HM 01   Twentieth-Century US History
Barron   TTh   9:35 am-10:50 am

HIST179 HM 01   Food and American Culture
Barron T   2:45 pm-5:15 pm
An Interdisciplinary exploration of the importance of food in American society and culture. We will consider the causes and consequences of different forms of agriculture and food production as well as the changing dimensions and significance of its consumption. We will focus on the dynamics of ethnic food and regional cuisines in both minority and majority communities and look at how foodways are important components of cultural preservation as well as acculturation and integration into the mainstream. The course will feature a variety of sources and approaches ranging from traditional scholarly analyses to more hands-on experiences doing field research, cooking, and eating.

Anthropology

ANTH110 HM 01 Life: Knowledge, Belief and Cultural Practices
de Laet TTh 1:15 pm-2:30 pm

Art

ART 050 HM 01 Beg Black & White Photography
Marquez   F   12:30 pm- 2:30 pm
Fee: $100 (written permission required no personal equipment required)

ART 100 HM 01   Intro to Digital Photography
Schenck   F   1:15 pm- 3:15 pm
Fee: $50 (written permission required)

ART 150 HM 01   Intermediate Black & White Photography
Marquez   F   2:45-4:45p
Fee: $100 (written permission required)

ART 179 HM 01   Workshop in Hand Press Printing
Groves   Arranged
Students learn the basic vocabulary and practices of typesetting and typography, how to print on an iron hand press, and basic techniques for designing a printed pamphlet. Because of equipment limitations, this 1.5 unit course is restricted to four students. Permission of instructor required.    Meeting time to be arranged.

Black Studies

LIT 155 HM 01 Post-Apartheid Narratives
Balseiro F 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Economics

ECONO53 HM 01 Principles of Macroeconomics
Evans   TTh   1:15 pm-2:30 pm

ECON103 HM 01   Great Economists
Evans   MWF   10:00 am-10:50 am
A detailed survey course of the thinking and writing of a selection of individual economists who have contributed to modern economic theory. They might include Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall, John M Keynes, Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, and other economists of equivalent stature. Short essays will be assigned about the individual texts and you will be asked to write a research paper based upon economic writing from the classical period.

ECON104 HM 01 Financial Economics
Evans   TTh   4:15 pm-5:30 pm

ECON150HM 01       Political Economy of Higher Education
Sullivan   MW 11:00 am-12:15 pm

History

HIST082 HM 01 Science and Technology in the Modern World
Olson   MW   1:15 pm-2:30 pm

HIST127 HM 01   Twentieth-Century US History
Barron   TTh   9:35 am-10:50 am

HIST179 HM 01   Food and American Culture
Barron   T 2:45 pm-5:15 pm
An Interdisciplinary exploration of the importance of food in American society and culture. We will consider the causes and consequences of different forms of agriculture and food production as well as the changing dimensions and significance of its consumption. We will focus on the dynamics of ethnic food and regional cuisines in both minority and majority communities and look at how foodways are important components of cultural preservation as well as acculturation and integration into the mainstream. The course will feature a variety of sources and approaches ranging from traditional scholarly analysis to more hands-on experiences doing field research, cooking, and eating.

Integrative Experience (IE)

ANTH110 HM 01 Life Knowledge, Belief Cultural Practices
de Laet   TTh 1:15 pm-2:30 pm

ECON150HM 01   Political Economy of Higher Education
Sullivan   MW      11:00 am-12:15 pm

IE 150 HM 01   Public Speaking for Science and Citizenship
Steinberg MWF   9:00 am-9:50am

IE 179 HM 01 Topics in Sustainability (Half Course)
Steinberg T 12:10 pm-1:00 pm

STS 114 HUM 01 Social and Political Issues in Clinic
de Laet TTh 2:45pm-4:00 pm

STS 185 HM 01 Science and Engineering From an “Other” Prospective
Olson F 1:15 pm-4:00 pm
An exploration of how science and technology have been and are viewed by representatives of groups which have felt excluded from and/or exploited through scientific and technological practices, especially women, people of color, and underclasses both within the U.S. and globally. Part of this exploration will focus on why relatively few women, members of some ethnic groups, and persons in the developing world have participated in STEM disciplines and on questions of whether there are features of scientific and engineering institutions, practices, and attitudes that have encouraged and continue to encourage or amplify sexist, racist, and imperialist behaviors.

Literature

LIT 110 HM 01   Shakespeare
Groves   F   1:15 pm-4:00 pm

LIT 155 HM 01 Post-Apartheid Narratives
Balseiro F   9:00 am-12:00 pm

Media Studies

MS 127 HM 01   Harmony of Sound & Light
Alves   F   1:15 pm-4:15 pm

MS 170 HM 01   Digital Cinema
Mayeri   TTh   2:45 pm-4:00 pm
Digital Cinema is an intermediate/advanced video course, exploring the creative potential of digital video techniques, such as compositing, animation, and motion graphics. Students develop ditigal projects and participate in critiques. Lectures, discussions, and screenings enhance students’ exposure to art and cinema.
Fee: $75 (By written permission; prerequisite MS 182 or equivelent)

MS 173 HM 01   Exile in Cinema
Balseiro   W   6:00-8:00pm;   Th   9:35-10:50pm

MS 179 HM 01   Science and Visual Culture
Mayeri   T   6:00 pm-9:00 pm;   W   1:15 pm-2:30 pm
Scientific visualizations can be imaginative and artful, helpful for thinking through an idea or stimulating curiosity. Technical instruments make the invisible visible: diagnosing illness and surveying subterranean oil fields. Documentaries, museum exhibits, animation and advertising communicate scientific ideas to the public in spectacular and persuasive ways. But should we always believe what we see? In this course we will employ cultural theory to explore the various meanings of scientific imagery in society.

MS 182 HM 01   Introduction to Video Production
Mayeri   MW   4:15-5:45pm
Fee: $75 (Prereq/Coreq:MS 050 or MS 049 or by permission of instructor)

Music

MUS 048 HM 01   Electronic Ensemble
Alves   Th   4:15 pm-5:30 pm
Do you play keyboard or another instrument which could be amplified? See Prof. Alves about joining the HMC Electronic Music Ensemble.

MUS 049 HM 01 American Gamelan Ensemble
Alves   T   4:15 pm-5:30pm

MUS 063 HM 01 Music of the Peoples of the World
Alves   MW   1:15 pm-2:30pm

MUS 084 HM 01   Jazz Improvisation
Keller   W   8:30 pm-10:00pm

MUS 132 SC 01   Stravinsky: his milieu and his music
Kamm   TTh   2:45 pm-4:00 pm
In this seminar, we will study the life, works, and times of Igor Stravinsky. This course will examine his musical legacy, works from four different stylistic periods of Stravinsky’s life: early Russian romantic works, primitivistic pieces, neo-classicism, and late serial compositions. The course will also look at Stravinsky’s cultural surroundings, focusing most extensively on ballet in Russia and France before and during Stravinsky’s life, but also discussing literature and the other arts.

MUS 173B JM 01   Concert Choir
Kamm   MW   4:15 pm- 5:45 pm
The Concert Choir is open to all students by audition. Across each academic year, the Concert Choir learns and performs music from a variety of national traditions and historical periods. The Concert Choir performs with the Concert Orchestra at least once per year, and represents the Claremont Colleges at the Pacific Southwest Intercollegiate Choral Association Festival each Spring. Skills needed for a successful audition are: ability to sing on key; a pleasant tone (although voice training is not required); flexibility to learn either by singing at sight or picking up quickly by ear; willingness to work at learning and carrying a musical line in harmony with others; and a commitment to rehearse each week. Contact Professor Kamm at ckamm@scrippscollege.edu to schedule an audition for Concert Choir.

MUS 174B JM 01   Chamber Choir
Kamm   TWTh   12:00 pm-12:45 pm
One Concert Choir rehearsal per week (preferably Monday)
The Chamber Choir is a 20-voice group selected from the ranks of Concert Choir singers. The Chamber Choir focuses on repertoire appropriate to more intimate ensembles and settings in addition to singing with the Concert Choir.   The Chamber Choir is often invited to sing at events both on and off campus, including concerts with Occidental College Glee Club and Cal Tech Chamber Choir. Chamber Choir members are expected to have well-developed skills of music reading and musicianship as well as good vocal habits and techniques.   For audition information, contact Professor Kamm at ckamm@scrippscollege.edu.

MUS 175B JM 01   The Claremont Concert Orchestra
Staff   M   7:30 pm- 10:00 pm
The study, through lecture, discussion, rehearsal, and performance, of styles and techniques appropriate for the historically accurate performance of instrumental works intended for the orchestra. Repertoire will include works from mid-18th century to the present with special emphasis on the Classical and Romantic periods. Class enrollments permitted only after successful audition. Half course per semester. Offered annually.

Philosophy

PHIL125 HM 01   Ethical Issues in Science & Engineering
Wright   TTh   9:35 am-10:50 am

PHIL130 HM 01   Political Philosophy
Wright   TTh   1:15 pm-2:30 pm

Political Science

POST114 HM 01   Comparative Environmental Politics
Steinberg   MW   1:15pm-2:30 pm

POST179 HM 01   Political Arabic Language and The Middle East
Daoud   MW   11:00 am-12:15 pm

POST179 HM 02 The Israeli-Arab Conflict
Daoud W 2:45 pm-5:30 pm

Psychology

PSYC108 HM 01   Intro to Social Psychology
Mashek   MW   11:00am-2:15 pm

PSYC150 HM 01   Psychology of Close Relationships
Mashek   MW   2:45-4:00pm

SOSC179 HM 01   Social Control and Surveillance
Marx   TTh 9:35 am-10:50 am

Science, Technology, Society

ANTH110 HM 01 Life: Knowledge, Belief and Cultural Practices
de Laet TTh 1:15 pm-2:30 pm

HIST082 HM 01   Science and Technology in the Modern World
Olson   MW   1:15 pm-2:30 pm

PHIL125 HM 01   Ethical Issues in Science & Engineering
Wright   TTh   9:35 am-10:50 am

SOSC179 HM 01   Social Control and Surveillance
Marx   TTh   9:35 am-10:50 am

STS 114 HM 01   Social/Political Issues in Clinic
de Laet   TTh   2:45 pm-4:00pm

STS 185 HM 01   Science and Engineering From an “Other” Prospective
Olson   F   1:15 pm-4:00 pm
An exploration of how science and technology have been and are viewed by representatives of groups which have felt excluded from and/or exploited through scientific and technological practices, especially women, people of color, and underclasses both within the U.S. and globally. Part of this exploration will focus on why relatively few women, members of some ethnic groups, and persons in the developing world have participated in STEM disciplines and on questions of whether there are features of scientific and engineering institutions, practices, and attitudes that have encouraged and continue to encourage or amplify sexist, racist, and imperialist behaviors.