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electives as necessary for a total of 11. 8. Senior Thesis:All students are ... required to write a senior thesis by enrolling in a year-long senior ... thesis seminar for one credit total (one-half ... once every three weeks. In addition to the thesis seminar, each student will sign ... up with two individual thesis readers/advisers, at least one of whom ... must be from the students home campus. Dual or double ... majors should consult with the American Studies coordinator, Professor ... Liss, to discuss arrangements for thesis registration. The following courses are ... a sample of the range offered in American studies at Scripps and the ... a student should consult her adviser or the American studies coordinator, Professor ... Liss, for current course offerings. In selecting courses in the major, ...

research methods used in a variety of disciplines within Chicano studies. ... covered include research design (e.g., the experiment, survey, field study), ... theoretical concerns, ethical issues, and data ... will also be covered.Throughout the semester, students will spend time ... quantitative and qualitative methods. Offered annually. J. Calder n. 191CH. Senior ... Thesis. Required for Chicano studies majors. ... Offered annually. Staff. Fine Arts 67CH. ... . Chicano art as an autonomous offspring of Mexican art.The influence of Mexican ... and other Mexican artists depicting the dramatic changes brought by the ... revolution. Offered in 2004-2005.P. Botello. 70CHa. ... Regional Dances of Mexico. An introduction to Mexican folk ... traditional manner.A practical study of choreography for the Sones, Jarabes, ...

in French language courses must take the Language Placement Test. Only those ... who have had no more than one semester of high school French are exempt from ... taking this examination; they may enroll in French 1 (Introductory ... French). The lower-division program in French ... studies is part of The Claremont Colleges Modern Language ... . Courses marked with an asterisk meet the pre-19thcentury requirement. All of the ... assistant required. Enrollment limited. Offered annually. Staff. 2. Continued ... Introductory French. Study of more advanced grammatical structures ... 1 or equivalent. Enrollment limited. Offered annually. Staff. 22. Intensive ... with some previous experience in the language who are too advanced for ... . Students will fulfill in one semester the equivalent of two semesters (1, 2) and ...

COLLEGE HISPANIC STUDIES 130. Schools of Cultural Criticism: Culture and ... 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 ...

Esperanza,Amor y Muerte: Women Writers of the Hispanic World. An exploration of ... the contribution of women from Spain and Latin America to ... the world in the areas of spirituality, government, politics, ... sciences, and art, through the analysis of literary discourse.The scope of the ... course ranges from the Renaissance to the present time. Prerequisite: Spanish ... 120a or b, or permission of the instructor. C. L pez, M. P rez de ... Mendiola. 184.The Image and the Word/La imagen y la palabra. The ... as a simple and familiar combination of visual and verbal art as felicitous ... . However, it also generates numerous theoretical speculations with far-reaching ... implications for the theorization of art and literature.The potentially ...

96 SCRIPPS COLLEGE HISTORY History Professor Geerken Associate Professors ... Aisenberg, Forster, Liss, Roberts History, in its broadest sense, is that study of ... experience which explores and analyzes the process of change, seeks to provide ... perspective on the course of human activity over time, and attempts ... to discover the impact of former events upon the present. In ... students for graduate study in history, the major is designed for those who ... , analysis, and writing to prepare themselves for careers in fields such as public ... , and teaching. Scripps Colleges offerings cover a wide range of periods, areas, ... and methodological approaches. History is a cooperative program with Claremont ... McKenna College. In addition, history students can draw on the extraordinary ...

97 HISTORY SCRIPPS COLLEGE 110b. Europe from the ... Seventeenth Century to the Present. This course will examine the ... that made Europe a dominant force in the modern world. It will give particular ... attention to the development of the individual as a source of value and ... emerged as a critical response to the limitations and contradictions of ... European liberal individualism. Offered annually. A.Aisenberg. 111aBK. African ... Diaspora in the United States to 1877. Grounded in a ... approach, this course connects the diverse and complex experiences, belief ... systems, and institutions of blacks in the United States with those of others in ... the Diaspora. Beginning with pre-European ... and central Africa, we will examine the multifaceted nature of distinct ...

99 HISTORY SCRIPPS COLLEGE course explores ... and Violence. This course focuses on the history of women in Latin America, and ... in particular, on issues of poverty and violence.The readings range ... emphasis on Brazil and Central America. Offered annually. C. Forster. United States 115 ... 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 ... Americans.An in-depth examination of relationships between slaveholders and ... women and slave men is a critical part of the course. Readings include diaries, ...

liberalism, prosperity, the Vietnam War, civil rights movements, womens ... liberation, the sexual revolution, the counter culture, and the conservative ... backlash. J. Liss. 175.War and Society:The U.S., 1898-Present.This course will ... investigate the roots and impact of war on American society since the Spanish- ... American War, with emphasis on social, ideological, ... and cultural issues.Topics include the relationship between ideals and ... ideology, national security and civil liberties, reform and dissent, ... and national identity. J. Liss. 176BK. Civil Rights Movement in the Modern Era. ... guest lecturers, this course explores the origins, development, and impact of the ... modern African American struggle for civil rights in the United States. Particular ...

Italian: Readings in Literature and Civilization. Literary analysis and cultural ... points a well-known prose work and the writings of an outstanding modern poet ... selfdesigned major or minor in Italian. Offered annually. Staff. 131. Early Twentieth- ... 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 ... Literature. Literary perspectives of 20th-century Italy with a particular ... focus on World War II and its aftermath.Authors to be read ... Italian Literature. An exploration of recent trends in Italian literature. ... 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 ...

115. Asian Politics. An analysis of the domestic political systems of East Asia ... China, and/or Korea).Topics may include the legacies of historical structures, the ... effects of imperialism, state formation, rural ... development, and finance, as well as the transformations that have taken place ... in the post-WWII system of international relations in Asia. Staff ... . Comparative African Politics. Survey of African politics, including three ... widely-discussed answers to the question, Who rules? (e.g., ethnic ... and others fail ? Some argue that the answer is to be found in the political ... culture of the society; others look to the political institutions of the state.To ... consider these questions, we first examine two famous ...