Page 112 of Scripps College Academic Catalog 2004-2006 by Scripps College - The Women's College - Claremont

110 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 Mendiola. 185. Humanities Major Junior Seminar. Provides intensive instruction to majors in the study of culture, using both theoretical and archival materials in the investigation of a specific assigned topic. Students will develop skills in critical thinking and in archival and bibliographical research. In the second half of the semester, they will apply these skills by choosing and researching their own topic in the area of culture. Prerequisite: two of the following: HMSC 123, HMSC 130, or one introductory course related to discipline. Permission of instructor required. Staff. 190. Senior Seminar. This course will focus on the varieties of writing and the various techniques of writing that characterize contemporary scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.Through the reading of classic texts, students will investigate the purpose, construction and deployment of narrative, interpretation, analysis, evidence and reference/textual allusion. In doing so, students will become familiar with the work involved in writing as a prelude to the writing of their own thesis. Required of senior in the Humanities Major. A.Aisenberg, Staff. 191. Senior Thesis. A.Aisenberg, Staff. Humanities Institute The Humanities Institute was founded in 1986 to promote interdisciplinary research and public discussion of important issues in culture and society. Each semester the Institute sponsors a series of events on a significant theme in the humanities.The programs of the Institute include conferences, lectures, readings, exhibitions, and film series and bring to Scripps College scholars, scientists, and artists who are of special interest to the community. Students can apply to participate in the work of the Institute. Fellows, who are appointed for one term, take a research seminar (Humanities 195J) in addition to attending all the events of the Institute and creating a final project. HUM 195J. Junior Fellowship in the Humanities Institute. Junior Fellows in the Scripps College Humanities Institute will work closely with the director on a project related to the theme of the Institute in a given semester.The one-credit Junior Fellowship in the Humanities Institute does not satisfy any requirement. For information on applying, see the director. Offered each semester. Interdisciplinary Courses ID 191D. Senior Thesis for Dual Majors. Offered annually. ID 191S. Senior Thesis for Self-Designed Majors. Offered annually. International Relations Please refer to the Politics and International Relations section of this catalog.

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