Catalog: Scripps College Academic Catalog 2004-2006
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103. Museums: Behind the Glass (half-course).The focus of this ... course is on the museum as a cultural institution. In ... the class we will consider why our society ... deemed of cultural value and exhibit these for the education of the public.A ... part of each students experience in the course will consist of a working ... of various methods used in the study of culture, e.g., participant ... materials and will be introduced to the historical debates surrounding these ... in sociocultural anthropology (e.g., the complementary values of outsider and ... out a range of research projects during the course of the semester. Offered ... (half course).An introduction to the analysis of data in anthropology. ... semester, Fall annually. L. Munroe. 107.The Social Life of Statistics (half-course ...
, architecture, and vase painting from their beginnings to 350 B.C. Considerable ... attention is given to the major archaeological sites and their ... 163. Hellenistic and Roman Art. Art in the ancient Mediterranean from the 4th ... century B.C. through the 2nd century A.D. (from Alexander the ... . Holy Men, Relics, and Icons. Art of the Late Roman Empire from Constantine (313 ... -337) to Justinian (532-565), of the Barbarian Germanic world at the Empires ... down to Iconoclasm (565-730), of the Irish- Northumbrian monasteries (17th- ... ), and of Charlemagne (768-814).Treats the classical world in its Christian phase ... , and its slow transformation from the pressures of Arabs and Germans. J. ... . Early Medieval art in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-12th centuries ...
Ethnicity in America. (HMC) A study of the experiences of different ethnic groups ... in the U.S. from the colonial period to the present that addresses the meanings of ... , Chinatown, World War II internment, the Yellow Power Movement, and the model ... Literature. This course will introduce the emerging field of postcolonial studies ... through the study of American literary texts. ... studies is generally understood to be the examination of the legacies of ... colonialism and the challenges of decolonization in ... contemporary Third World societies.Yet the United States is itself both a former ... cultures to America, even as it extends the reach of American cultural, political, ... literary texts and postcolonial theory into conversation with each other, with ...
major mobilizations beginning with the Revolution of 1910. Focuses on labor, ... Will look at how todays Zapatistas draw on a tradition of legal and clandestine ... Science 107CH. Latino Politics. The role of Latinos in the American ... movements will be analyzed with a focus on political culture/voter ... ; organizational development in the different Latino subgroups; leadership ... and tactics; and other issues impacting the Latino community. Offered in 2004-2005. ... Staff. Psychology 84CH. Psychology of the Chicano. (Pomona) Selected topics in ... psychology dealing with the affective and intellectual aspects of ... Chicano behavior.The psychological development of Chicanos ... against traditional psychological theories and variations in the Chicanos ...
pursue honors in Classics should notify the department by the end of her junior ... year. In order to qualify for honors, the student must fulfill the following: 1. ... 10.5 GPA minimum in the major. 2.A two-semester thesis on which ... the student receives an A or A-. 3.At least ... courses in Classics in addition to the ten (plus senior seminar) required for ... the major. Course Descriptions Classical ... and Literature in Translation 10.The Epic Tradition. A survey of oral and ... and Roman literature.Topics include the role of the hero; oral vs. written ... traditions; discussion of the roles of myth; traditional narrative ... and ritual; and the Classical epic as basis for later ... materials (e.g., Beowulf and the Song of Roland). Readings from Homer, ...
our world as it finds representation in the works of American poets who came to ... /in Literature 170. Feminist Literary Theory. Since its beginning in the early 1970s ... literary studies, rereading the literary canon from a feminist ... and periodization. This course concerns the evolution of feminist theory, the split ... Anglo-American and Franco-feminism, and the relation of feminist theory to issues ... both psychological and actual. Often the conflict is played out in familial ... relationships, especially the relationship between mother and ... daughter.The course will focus on voice and narrativity as they reflect ... these struggles, especially in cultures ... American women poets in terms of the relationship between life and art. It ...
course is a follow-up to English 177.The Memoir. Emphasis will be on writing a ... . Readings to be selected from among the following: Russell Bakers Growing Up, ... After Long Silence, Geoffrey Wolff s The Duke of Deception, Rick Braggs All Over ... But the Shouting. G. Greene. 186. Poetry and ... the Bible. This course will explore poetry ... written in English over the course of four centuries that attempts ... to represent the sacred as understood in the Judeo- ... who are interested in learning about the Biblical base of English and American ... in poetry as an encounter with the divine will find this course useful.We ... , some critical literature, and the Bible. C.Walker. 187. Study of a Major ... Author. This is a seminar devoted to the comprehensive and intensive study of ...
from Spain and Latin America rethink the detective novel as a genre. We will ... analyze in particular how these authors, by drawing pictures of crime, ... , create new urban portraits. Each of these novels could be read as the monograph ... of a city, a neighborhood, a suburb.The mystery lies also in the blurred ... between geographical space, between the real urban violence and fiction, humor ... 156. From Macondo to McOndo: Revisiting the Latin American Short Story. This class ... will focus on rethinking one of the most cultivated genres in Latin ... American literature, the short story.We will take as a point of ... Julio Cortazar, Juan Rulfo and analyze the evolution of the genre throughout the ... 20th and 21st centuries.The new short story authored by writers ...
Justice and Violence. This course focuses on the history of women in Latin ... America, and in particular, on issues of poverty and violence.The ... Mexico to Chile, with special emphasis on Brazil and Central America. Offered ... This interdisciplinary course explores the way in which religion influenced ... and gender in American society in the period before the Civil War. Readings ... relevant monographs. R. Roberts. 116.The Old South and Modern Memory. This ... course explores the complexity and diversity of the Old ... South and the way in which this period and region ... and slave men is a critical part of the course. Readings include diaries, slave ... narratives, and monographs that reveal the character of Southern society. R. ...
102 SCRIPPS COLLEGE THE HUMANITIES The course begins with the 18th-century ... a modern understanding of knowledge and the self. However, Enlightenment premises ... it is to be a human subject.Throughout the course we will examine the ways in ... women, minorities, and people outside the West have all questioned the sense of ... that many ideas derived from the Enlightenment hold. If we are far less ... sure about many things than we once were and far more aware of the ways ... part to this tradition of critique.The second part of the course will look at ... some key components of the contemporary challenges to ... Knowledge, and Representation Building on Core Is theme Culture, Knowledge, and ... Core II and Core III intensify the investigation of questions about ...
to represent ourselves as a nation of family farmers.What benefits do we gain from ... that image of ourselves? And what are the costs of trying to maintain that self- ... image in the face of a rapidly changing society and ... be a collaborative attempt to answer these questions using the modes of inquiry ... philosophy, and literature. Particular focus will be placed on the very different ... . K. Odell. Self and Society in the Renaissance. It is a commonplace of ... 1300 and 1600, first in Italy and then throughout the rest of the continent, ... celebrated the rediscovery of antiquity which was ... Renaissance humanists came to relish the imperative of Socrates maxim, Know ... Thyself, they went beyond it to construct the self as ...
points a well-known prose work and the writings of an outstanding modern poet ... Italian literary production from the early 20th century in the context of ... literary genres will be covered in the course materials.Authors to be examined ... of 20th-century Italy with a particular focus on World War II and its aftermath. ... and contextualizes works by some of the most well known authors of the 20th ... century.What do these authors have to say about issues of ... , and especially gender? How were these works received by various audiences? ... : Italian 44. M. Coburn. 135.The Legacy of the Past: Appreciating ... current trend in Italian literature is the memoir or the family saga. In this ... novels in which narrators recall their own past and revisit their parents and ...
among children and adolescents from the following populations:African Americans ... Asian Americans. Readings will include the major theoretical writings on identity ... development, memory, and developing theories of mind. Prerequisites: Psychology 52. ... Neuroscience. Cognitive neuroscience is the multidisciplinary study of brain and ... covers brain structures and systems, theories of cognition, and the implication of ... and class-designed experiments on cognitive function and its neural ... . Abnormal Psychology. This course will focus on the description of abnormal behavior ... in human beings and the various theoretically based explanations for it, both past ... . Intervention strategies relevant to the prevention or reduction of ...
The Slocum Awards are given each year to ... the seniors who have assembled the best personal libraries during their ... four years at Scripps College. The Sybil Smith Memorial Latin Prize is a ... preparing for a professional career in the classics. The Lucia Suffel Crafts Award ... in memory of Lucia Suffel, a member of the Class of 60, by her family and friends. ... annually to a student whose work is focused particularly in ceramics and/or fabrics ... .The selection is made by the art faculty. The Edward A.White Award ... senior who has done outstanding work in the study of the United States and its ... and Womens Studies Award recognizes the accomplishments of a graduating senior ... is given to questions related to women: the relationship between gender and society ...
