Selected page of Scripps College Academic Catalog 2004-2006
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SCRIPPS COLLEGE
The Mission,The College,The Founder,The Setting,The Curriculum, La Semeuse,
The Principles of Community
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THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES
Pomona College,The Claremont Graduate University, Claremont McKenna College,
Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Keck Graduate Institute, Cross-Registration
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COURSES OF STUDY
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COMBINED DEGREE PROGRAMS
Guidelines for Programs, Business Administration, Politics and Economics, Engineering,
Philosophy, Religious Studies
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Off-Campus Study,The Language Institute at Pitzer College, Physical Education, Military
Science, Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Certificate Program
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STUDENT LIFE
Residence Halls, Co-Curricular Opportunities, Rules and Guidelines, Services
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REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
General Requirements, Enrollment, Discussion of Requirements,The Core Curriculum
in Interdisciplinary Humanities,Writing: Critical Analysis, Breadth of Study, Intercultural
Requirement,Womens Stud
| Studio Art
A studio art major consists of eleven upper division studio art and art history courses.
Students are encouraged to explore a number of studio practices before choosing an area of
concentration.The areas of concentration reflect various traditional and contemporary studio
practices. Presented in a liberal arts setting, courses incorporate the latest scholarship and techniques
and are intended to enable students from across The Claremont Colleges to meet, debate, and
create, in order to determine for themselves how Art is to be defined in this century.
Requirements for the Major
1.Art 100A. Fundamentals of Art.
2.Art 100B. Combined Media Art (Art 100A and Art 100B should be completed by the end of
the sophomore year).
3. Five upper-division electives in studio art, three of which must be in one of the following
concentrations: Book Arts, Ceramics, Digital Art, Drawing, Mixed-Media, New Media, Painting,
Photography, Sculpture, Video.Appropriate courses will be de
| Course Descriptions
Only full-credit courses may be used to fulfill the fine arts requirement of Scripps. Courses marked
with an asterisk may not be counted in the major or minor.
*68. Beginning Dance. Recommended for those students with no previous dance experience.
Prepares the student for further study of particular dance styles such as modern, ballet, and jazz.
Readings and written assignments augment studio experiences. May be taken twice for credit.
Offered annually. G.Abrams, S. Branfman, R. Brosterman.
*76A,B. Modern Dance I. Fundamentals of modern dance for the beginning student, including
technique, improvisation, and composition. 76A. Readings and written assignments augment
studio experiences. Full course. Prerequisite: Dance 68 or permission of instructor. 76B. Half
course. Repeatable for credit. Prerequisite: Dance 76A or permission of instructor. 76A,B offered
annually. G.Abrams, S. Branfman, R. Brosterman.
*77A,B. Modern Dance II. Modern dance skills for the
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GENDER AND WOMENS STUDIES
SCRIPPS COLLEGE
164.Women in Latin America: Social Justice and Violence. (Scripps) C. Forster.
171. African American Womens History. (Scripps) For description, see History. R. Roberts.
172. History of Women in the United States. (Scripps) For description, see History. J. Liss.
175.Women and Politics in America. (CMC) D. Selig.
176. Public Women, Private Lives. (Pomona) P. Smith.
197k.The History of Politics of Birth Control. (Scripps) J. Koslow.
358.The History of Women in the U.S. J. Brodie.
Media Studies
76. Gender and Genre. (Pitzer) A. Juhasz.
110. (Mis)Representations of the Near and Far East. (Pitzer) J. Parker.
Modern Languages and Literatures
Asian Languages and Literature 178. Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography.
(Pomona) L. Miyake.
Chinese Literature 168. Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese Literature.
(Pomona) E. Cheng.
French 121. Politics of Love. (Scripps) N. Rachlin.
French 127. Masters, Servants and Slaves. (Po
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SCRIPPS COLLEGE
HUMANITIES MAJOR
Courses for Majors
123. Introduction to the Philosophy and History of Culture. This course will focus on some
of the major work in post-Enlightenment (19th and 20th centuries) thinking about culture: Kants
Third Critique, Schillers Aesthetic Education,Arnolds Culture and Anarchy.As well, it will examine
later works on the historical development of the relationship between culture and society paying
attention to the ways in which culture has shaped the social categories and experience of class, race,
nation, and gender. A.Aisenberg.
130. Schools of Cultural Criticism: Culture and Critique. This team-taught course will
examine the categories by which philosophers, social scientists, historians, and literary critics have
understood culture.Topics this year will include historicism (the role of history in defining
individual experience), the development of mass culture and new media, and post-colonialism.
A.Aisenberg, M. Katz, M. P rez de
| Psychology
Professor Hartley
Associate Professors LeMaster, Marcus-Newhall, S.Walker
Assistant Professor Baldo
A major in psychology provides training in the scientific analysis of human thought and
behavior, their expression and their development.The Scripps program emphasizes understanding
human actions and reactions mental or psychological processes through experiences such as
observation, participation, and experimental investigation. Students are afforded opportunities to
gain experience through field placement at nearby institutions and through collaboration with
ongoing faculty projects. Such projects include studies of human development over the life span
from childhood through adolescence to old age; the role of culture in psychological development;
and the influence of others on ones thoughts, feelings, and/or behaviors.
An undergraduate psychology major at Scripps provides a solid foundation for advanced
graduate training in clinical and research psychology. In
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THEATRE
SCRIPPS COLLEGE
The department presents several major productions each year. Student performers and
production personnel are drawn from majors and non-majors alike from all five colleges.
Requirements for the Major
Theatre majors may choose a general theatre emphasis, performance emphasis, design
emphasis, dramaturgy emphasis (history, criticism, theory, and dramatic literature), or directing
emphasis.
1. Core Courses:
TH 1. Introduction to Acting, or TH 3.Acting for (Non) Actors.
TH 2.Visual Arts of the Theatre.
TH 13. Corporeal Mime (half course), or TH 19.Fundamentals of Kabuki (half course), or
Dance 150. Exploration of Cultural Style (half course).
TH 20A or 20B.Theatre Crafts.
Dance 76. Modern Dance I or equivalent course.
Three of the Theatre History 115 series
TH 190. Senior Seminar, and TH 191.Senior Thesis (half course).
In addition, all majors must complete four crew assignments. Cumulative credit is available
as TH 52.Theatre Production.
2.
| Mathematics (1 course from among the following):
Math 23 (precalculus);
Biology 175, Economics 120, Mathematics 57, or Psychology 103 (Statistics);
Logic (in philosophy); or
An equivalent course.
All of the above General Requirements must be completed by the end of the first
semester of the senior year.
Major (9 or more courses {minimum of 8 courses plus senior thesis} as defined in this catalog).
Additional elective courses, to bring total to 32 minimum.
Double Counting Courses:
1.The Core may not double count to meet any other General Requirement.
2. No course may fulfill more than two requirements. Examples: Social Science plus Race and
Ethnic Studies; Social Science plus major.A course may meet only one of the four Breadth of
Study requirements (i.e., Fine Arts, Letters, Natural Sciences, or Social Sciences).
3. Courses used to meet the Mathematics requirement may be double counted toward the major or
the minor.
4. Up to two courses may double count towards each
| 14. Should your student account become delinquent and it is necessary for the College to assign it
to a collection agency, the responsible party agrees to pay all collection fees, court costs, and
attorney fees incurred by the College.
15. Student accounts that are not paid on or before the due date will be charged a late charge of
1% of the past due amount per month. NSF fee per check, $30.
The transcript fee for enrolled students is $1.00 per transcript.There is currently no
transcript fee for alumnae. By law, both students and alumnae must make a written request to
release their transcripts to third parties. Costs for delivery other than first-class mail must be prepaid
to the College.Transcripts will not be released if a student or alumna has a delinquent student
account or other outstanding financial obligation to the College and its offices.
Payment Schedules
Scripps College student bills are payable in advance and are due according to the schedules
that follow.All ch
| Robin W. Justice, 1 Associate Professor of Biology, Joint Science Program. B.A. University of
California, Santa Cruz. Ph.D. University of California, Riverside. Scripps College 1994.
Marc Katz,Associate Professor of German. B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Northwestern University. Scripps
College 1994.
Adam Landsberg,Associate Professor of Physics, Joint Science Program. B.A. Princeton
University. M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley. Scripps College 1998.
Judith LeMaster,Associate Professor of Psychology. B.A., M.A. California State University,
Fullerton. Ph.D. University of California, Riverside. Scripps College 1993.
Sydney Lemelle,Associate Professor of History and Black Studies. B.A., M.A. California State
University, Los Angeles. Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles. Pomona College 1986.
Julia E. Liss,Associate Professor of History. B.A.Wesleyan University. M.A., Ph.D. University of
California, Berkeley. Scripps College 1989.
C sar G. L pez ,Associate Professor of H
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