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a liberal education aims for freedom of mind, it has a moral dimension as well ... . Scripps expects flexibility of approach, tolerance for the diversity ... of ideas to which open inquiry exposes one ... a thorough professional knowledge of some subject within the major.The ... major. 32 courses, or an average of four each semester, are needed for ... though students are encouraged to, and often do, exceed the minimum. The Core ... from its founding a commitment to the kind of interdisciplinary education that is ... emerging at the forefront of contemporary intellectual thought. ... in the broadly based interrogation of the past and present that now ... life. Scripps believes that the core of a solid undergraduate education cuts ... that generate insights into issues of both historical and contemporary ...

Greek moral thinking:What is the best kind of life for a human? Should I be good? ... gods and humans? Are we at the mercy of Fate? Readings from Greek literature ... examination and contrasting of pagan and Christian modes of self- ... Roman world as represented in a variety of primary sources such as medical and ... documents, ancient novels, accounts of the martyrs, and dream literature. 103 ... 8b (or equivalent) and permission of instructor. Offered annually. Staff. ... explore the legal and social position of women in ancient Greece; male attitudes ... toward women and the idea of the Female; sexuality; and the contrast ... between the myths of powerful women and the apparent reality ... ) The structure and interpretation of Greek and Roman myth. Readings from ... mythologists. Lectures and discussions. Offered in 2004-2005.Also listed as Religious ...

age? Is there a universal definition of humor that is not determined by these ... we were social scientists, what sorts of questions would we ask about humor? We ... comics, comic strips, and other modes of humor in light of theoretical work by ... . The Multiple Self. We tend to think of conflict as an interpersonal affair a ... matter of one persons will being thwarted by or ... in conflict with that of another.We tend, as well, to regard the ... self as unified and coherent, as a kind of inner citadel. This conception may ... myself. It is clear, however, that too often our own wills are divided and that, if ... with ourselves. Drawing on the work of psychologists, philosophers, novelists ... to investigate various accounts of the structure, nature, and genesis of ... accounts express competing conceptions of the self and its relation to the social ...

examines the cultural construction of gendered bodies and forms of spiritual ... ) body has been read as a particular kind of text: Racialized Bodies and Queer ... a third section we will consider forms of spiritual resistance to the ... objectification and denigration of womens bodies.Though helpful, it is not ... one another during the last three weeks of the class. Offered in 2004-2005.C. ... Hollywood Films. In the context of Los Angeles as a cinematic city, this ... the ways in which the visual aspects of film making such as cinematography and ... life and leads to the creation of cyberspace with its own unique culture. ... This course will examine the topics of hypertext, the virtual classroom, ... and virtual communities, rethinking of identity, and gender issues in ... cyberspace.The hands-on component of the course will deal with the use and ...

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 ... to maintain that self-image in the face of a rapidly changing society and economy ... answer these questions using the modes of inquiry typical in history, political ... placed on the very different patterns of agriculture seen in California. K. ... in the Renaissance. It is a commonplace of Renaissance studies that cultural life ... in Italy and then throughout the rest of the continent, celebrated the ... rediscovery of antiquity which was itself part of that ... cultures reevaluation of selfhood.Although Renaissance humanists ... came to relish the imperative of Socrates maxim, Know Thyself, they ... it to construct the self as a work of art, and to extend that ...

in Culture (HMSC) major is designed to offer students a strong and common foundation ... in theories of culture, which will serve as a basis ... for pursuing areas of specialization ranging from media ... national area studies to the study of philosophy and theory of culture.The ... major will give students the kind of breadth of training and reference in ... reasonably comprehensive understanding of the history of the concept of culture ... and of the ways in which that concept has ... philosophical and theoretical points of view. 2.As students continue through ... at cultural phenomena from a variety of intellectual perspectives which entails ... thesis in their fourth year.The breadth of the previous years work is designed to ... a considered decision on the topic of the thesis as well as a wide scope ...

authenticity: are the kinds of understanding critical to authentic ... style accessible only to members of the community from which it originates ... training is desirable but not required. Offered in spring, 2005-2006.H. Huang 123. ... Music and the Performance of Identity. This course will explore the ... acts.We will discuss several issues of musical identity including: musical ... musical representations and expressions of ethnic identity, the creation and ... expression of gender in music, and the representation ... of the self through music. Offered in fall 2005. Y. Kang. 126. Music in ... introduces the traditional music of China, Korea, and Japan, and explores ... and East Asian diasporic communities of the United States.A survey of these ... will be followed by a closer study of pungmul, kabuki, taiko, Chinese opera, ...

124. Schools of Cultural Criticism: Culture and ... Theory. (HMC) Readings in a selection of works from Marx to Marcuse, focusing on ... the criticism of Western political and social ... institutions. Staff. 130. Philosophy of Mind. What is the nature of mind? In ... , and the philosophical significance of recent work in the cognitive sciences. ... . 131. Hegel and Marx. (CMC) A study of the thought of Karl Marx in relation to ... the philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel. C. Kucheman. 132.The ... Substance of the Soul. This course will survey a ... peculiar branch of modern philosophy, Rational Psychology ... psychology postulated the existence of a simple, immaterial substance ... Social and Political Philosophy. Survey of conceptual and normative problems in ... , Mill, Rawls, Nozick, and others. Offered in 2004-2005.P. Hurley. 137. Skepticism ...

COLLEGE 175. Life, Death, and Survival of Death. (CMC) A study of philosophical ... questions about death and the meaning of life.Also listed as Religious Studies ... 179. Greek Moral Philosophy. Discussion of the moral philosophies of Socrates, ... . Metaphysics. (CMC) An investigation of some traditional problems in Western ... metaphysical, e.g. the existence of God, the relationship between mind and ... -free will debate, and the nature of space and time.This year the topics ... course in philosophy or permission of instructor. A. Kind. 191. Senior Thesis ... . Offered annually. Staff. 197.Topics in Early ... devoted to the intensive investigation of a particular figure or to specific ... themes of Early Modern philosophy. P. Easton. 199 ... in Philosophy: Reading and Research. Offered annually. Staff. Physics Please refer ...

browsing rooms. Included in the cost of a room are a direct dial telephone ... students. Each residence is a microcosm of the College population, drawing as it ... the housing process to live in one of these corridors. (See International ... -governing. Residents elect their own officers and uphold their own policies. The ... not stand in loco parentis in the place of the parent but is confident in the ... maturity of its students, delegating the right of ... understanding that the dual principles of individual responsibility and ... well as individual behavior. This way of life is both a privilege and a ... should be prepared to live in this kind of community and strive to foster its ... all Scripps College policies and codes of conduct, as delineated in this Scripps ... College Catalog, the Guide to Student Life, and ...