2016-2017 Pitzer Catalog 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
2016-2017 Pitzer Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Art History

  
  • ARHI 150 SC -The Arts of China


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 151 SC -The Arts of Japan


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 154 SC -Seminar: Japanese Prints


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 155 SC -The History of Gardens, East and West


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 158 HM -Visualizing China


    Institution: Harvey Mudd

    Description: For course info, please see Harvey Mudd College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 159 PO -History of Art History


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 163 PO -Hellenistic and Roman Art


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 166 PO -Pilgrimage and Crusade


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 167 PO -Town, Castle and Cathedral in France


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 170 PO -The Early Renaissance of Italy


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 171 PO -High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 172 PO -Northern Renaissance Art


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 173 PO -The Medieval and Renaissance City


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 175 PO -Baroque Art of Northern Europe


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 177 SC -Eighteenth-Century European Arts


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 178 PO -Africana Aesthetics and the Politics of (Re)presentation


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 179 PO -Modern Architecture, City, Landscape, Sustainability


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 180R SC -Russian and Soviet Avant-Gardes


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 181 PZ -Modern into Contemporary: Art from 1945-1989


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: An overview of significant issues and movements in art from 1945-1989. Mainstream and alternative art movements are discussed in relation to the cultural politics of the post-World War Two era. Topics include Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, Performance and Conceptual Art, Process Art, Land Art, Site-Specificity, Institutional Critique, Feminist Art, and the Culture Wars of the 1980s. Emphasis is on North American and Western Europe, with comparisons to emerging global art centers.

    Prerequisite(s): Arhi 51C or another Arhi course. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 181 SC -Art from 1945-1989


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 183 PZ -The Art World Since 1989


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: An examination of contemporary art in the context of economic and cultural globalization. Topics include the impact of the end of the Cold War and the rise of economic neoliberalism on the arts; the emergence of new global art centers in the wake of major political transformations, such as the fall of South African Apartheid; contemporary Native American and Australian Aboriginal artists in the global marketplace; and artists’ response to issues of nationalism, ethnic violence, terrorism, and war.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 184 PO -Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism: A Social History of North American Art


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 185 SC -History of Photography


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 185K PO -Seminar: Topics in History of Photography


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186A PZ -Seminar: Theories of Contemporary Art


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Based on close readings of key writings by artists, critics, curators and scholars, this discussion-based seminar focuses on the evolving aesthetic, social-political and theoretical discourses that have informed the art world since World War II.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186B PZ -Seminar: Topics in Contemporary Art


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Examines in-depth one or more themes or critical issues in contemporary art history or artworks from a local collection.

    Prerequisite(s): Arhi 51C or another Arhi course. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186C SC -Seminar: Topics in Asian Art


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186E PO -Art and Activism


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186F PO -Seminar: Topics in North American Art


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186G PO -Gendering the Renaissance


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186K SC -Seminar in Modern Art


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186L PO -Critical Race Theory, Representation & the Rule of Law


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186M SC -Seminar in 20th-Century Art


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186P PO -Seminar: Women, Art, and Ideology


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186Q PO -Reading the Art Museum


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186T PO -Art and Time


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186W PO -Whiteness: Race, Sex and Representation


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 186Y PO -WMDs: Cinema Against War, Imperialism and Corporate Power


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 187 SC -Old New Media


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 188 SC -Representing the Metropolis


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 189 SC -European Modernism 1840-1940


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 190 PO -Senior Seminar


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 190 PZ -Senior Seminar in Art History


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course will examine methodological and theoretical issues in art history through readings and student-led discussions. Guidance on research and writing the thesis. Students meet with their first readers throughout the semester and turn in one chapter at the end of the semester. Offered fall.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

     

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.

  
  • ARHI 191 PZ -Senior Thesis in Art History


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Students work independently, but in constant contact with their advisors. Letter grade only (no thesis accepted graded less than “C”).

    Prerequisite(s): ARHI 190. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ARHI 198 SC -Independent Internship


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.

Studio Art

  
  • ART 011 PZ -Drawing


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This class will focus on realism as a basis for accurately perceiving shape, form, value and texture. The course will begin with measuring techniques and perspective, address light and surface quality and end with portraiture. Students will experience a range of drawing media and practice multiple techniques for applying value.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 012 PZ -Painting


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This is a beginning oil painting course with a focus on realistic painting. An understanding of painting realistically will be developed through work on accurate color matching and attending to common drawing problems. This course will introduce all basic oil techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 011 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 015 PZ -Beginning Wheel Throwing


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: An introductory studio course oriented toward exploring the possibilities of the utilitarian and ceremonial vessel. Students will utilize a variety of techniques, including the potter’s wheel and hand-building, along with basic glaze formulation and application and kiln firing to create unique, well thought-out pottery.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 016 PZ -Beginning Ceramic Sculpture


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: An introductory studio course utilizing clay (and its related materials) as a sculptural medium. Hand-building techniques including pinching, coiling and slab work will be utilized. Creation of individual and group projects will focus on problem solving, acquiring technical skills and the development of ideas which express personal and provocative themes.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 017 PZ -Ceramic Tile


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course will revolve around the conception, fabrication and installation of ceramic tile. Students will learn hand-building and moldmaking techniques in the creation of flat, low-relief and three dimensional tile, which will be glazed and fired. A variety of presentation formats, including mounted tile and public art will be explored.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 020 PO -Black and White Photography


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 021 PO -Foundations of 2D Design


    Institution: Pomona

    Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 037 PZ -Environments and Art


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A seminar and practicum dealing with diverse aspects of the natural and human environments from the perspectives of the arts, architecture and environmental activism. “Environment” is defined here in the holistic framework as being an organism. Visionary and vernacular built forms will also be studied as these apply to human/environmental relationships. Readings and projects serve to integrate theoretical, spiritual, historical and practical viewpoints.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 057 PZ -Mixed Media/Sculpture


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A studio course in the use of mixed media techniques and materials including but not limited to assemblage, sculpture, photography and 3-D structures. Emphasis on exploring the unique properties of materials and incorporating diverse mediums to express personal and innovative development.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 075 PZ -Watercolor


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course will introduce the basic language of watercolor painting. An understanding of realistic painting will be developed through accurate color matching and painting from life. Students will learn to recognize the characteristics of watercolor as a medium and when to best utilize various techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 101 PZ -Further Work in Mixed Media


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A studio course in mixed media/sculpture for the student with some experience in three-dimensional art studio work. Projects are designed to develop ideas, personal expression and expertise using a variety of materials and techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 057 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 103 PZ -Environments Workshop


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A studio course concerned with art forms that either use aspects of the environment itself as a medium and/or deal with environmental issues in a primary manner. Diverse mediums will be employed to explore a broad spectrum of possibilities existing under the rubric of environmental art. Students should be prepared for a high degree of innovation and the possibility of collaborative projects.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 109 PZ -Adobe & Brick Oven Construction


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Students will learn about material properties, design implications and theoretical heat management while collaborating on the design, construction and permitting of an adobe and/or brick oven. Students will create unique designs that respond to a specific site. All tools and surface embellishments will be designed and fabricated by the students.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 111 PZ -Intermediate Painting


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Using realism as a foundation, we will push toward abstraction and explore the idea of unlimited space and mark making in painting. In particular, it seeks to maintain a balance between the orchestration of visual and syncopated energy in the exploration of mood, color and texture in crafting images.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 112 PZ -Anatomy/Figure Painting


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course will focus on drawing as it applies to the human form. Students will gain a comprehensive knowledge of surface anatomy and render it correctly. Exercises will include gesture drawing, anatomical studies and longer poses for value studies.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 011 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 113 PZ -Drawing Workshop


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This advanced course emphasizes contemporary drawing techniques and concepts. The aim of the class is two-fold: to encourage experimentation and broaden your range of media and ideas and to help you define your own body of work.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 011 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 115 PZ -Food and Painting


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course will examine the correlation between food and painting in three parts: the history of food painting, cooking technique as it parallels painting and adapting renaissance techniques for modern use. This is an advanced level studio class that will introduce unusual techniques. A thorough knowledge of painting methods is required.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 012 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 116 PZ -Moldmaking


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A studio course introducing the intricacies of mold-making for ceramics. Students will learn how to make single and multi-part plaster molds from clay prototypes and everyday objects. Projects will rely upon press molding and slip casting multiples to create increasingly complex technical and conceptual resolutions to project outlines.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 117 PZ -Further Work in Ceramics


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A class for students who have had two semesters in ceramics (ART 015 PZ and ART 016 PZ) and are ready for a more in-depth involvement. There will be class and collaborative projects and more time for the student and instructor to discuss ideas and advanced techniques on an individual basis.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 016 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 118 PZ -Intermediate Wheelthrowing


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A continued exploration of the wheel as a tool for the manifestation of sculptural and utilitarian ceramic forms. Students will be challenged to create increasingly complex thrown, altered and hand-built forms, formulate and mix their own glazes and expand their ability to use ceramics to communicate in mature and compelling ways.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 120 PZ -Intro to Black & White Photography


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Black and white and color photography will be explored through studio and fieldwork with the camera, darkroom exercises and critiques. Field trips and gallery visits. Equipment needed: 35 mm camera with light meter.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    Formerly: Photography Studio, Photography Multi-Level

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 125 PZ -Intermediate B&W Photography


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This is an intensive intermediate level studio-based course that will continue to build an analog darkroom skills while introducing variety of new printing processes, techniques, and equipment which may include: large and medium format cameras, studio lighting, alternative processes, and hybrid analog/digital methods of large format printing. The course will also include readings, a final self-directed project, and group critiques. Although the acquisition of technical skills is essential to this course- projects will be idea-driven and content will be emphasized throughout the course.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 120 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    Formerly: Photography Digital

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 126 PZ -Special Topics: Photography


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: In this class we will create a strong body of work through theme-based assignments, as well as self-guided projects. By looking at art from present-day artists, we will be working to better understand decision-making and process in regards to our own photography. Each course will be exploring specific themes over the length of the semester. We will primarily be using digital photography as our main tool, so it is recommended that you have a digital SLR.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    Formerly: Topics in Intermediate Photography

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 130 PZ -Design/Build Studio


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A hands-on design/build course that will culminate in a collaboratively designed building that will serve as a temporary emergency structure to house two people in case of a major environmental disaster in our area. Students will work together to design and build an aesthetic and sustainable structure that can be used as easily deployable prototype in the future should such an occasion arise.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 037 PZ or ART 057 PZ or ART 135 PZ. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 132 PZ -Practicum in Exhibiting Nature


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: The course focuses on designing and implementing an exhibition plan for the Pitzer Outback. Students will assess the Outback as a resource and develop an exhibit strategy and management plan. Walking paths and interpretive signage will be constructed, and students will work in teams to design and develop the appropriate infrastructure.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    Cross-listing: EA 132 PZ

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 133 PZ -Mural Painting


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course will introduce students to the history of local murals and the technical practice of mural painting. The second half of this course will be conducted off-campus, working with a local community group to develop a site-specific mural.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 135 PZ -Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA)


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: A hands-on intermediate and advanced sculpture course that deals with the hybridization of art, sculpture and furniture. Students will explore the design ramifications of various styles that emerged during the 20th century including the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism, Pop and Post-Modernism. Taking a sculptural approach to furniture making, students will fabricate well-crafted pieces of their own design, testing the technical possibilities and limits of new, eccentric and/or recycled materials.

    Prerequisite(s): ART 057 PZ or equivalent. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 138 PZ -The Multi-Dimensional Figure


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course focuses on drawing and sculpting as it applies to the human form. The objective of this course is to realize a comprehensive knowledge and appreciation of the human form and to develop the practical and theoretical tools for using it as compelling subject matter.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 141 SC -Introduction to Digital Imaging


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 143 SC -Digital Color Photography


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 145 SC -Beginning Photography


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 148 SC -Introduction to Video


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 181 SC -Topics in Art Theory


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 181G SC -From Beauty to the Abject


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 183 SC -Feminist Concepts & Strategies


    Institution: Scripps

    Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 189 PZ -Art Innovation and Exhibition


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: An upper level art studio course that explores the visual language of contemporary artists, including performance-based work, installations, exhibitions and conceptual approaches to art making. An experimental in-depth individual or collaborative student project and exhibition will be required during the semester. Recommended for students with some previous courses in studio art who are motivated and self-directed.

     

    Prerequisite(s): Jr/Sr Art majors only, others by permission. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.

  
  • ART 195 PZ -Seminar: Humor in Contemporary Art


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This seminar will explore the theoretical frame work for curating an international exhibition of contemporary ceramic art on the topic of humor. Students will discuss the role of humor in art history and contemporary ceramic practice through readings, critical thinking exercises, and visiting artist lectures.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 196 PZ -Artist Apprenticeship


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: An independent study which provides students with unique opportunity to shadow and work directly with a contemporary artist in living and working in Los Angeles, one of the major art capitols of the world.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 197 PZ -Art in Los Angeles Now


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Providing insight and understanding of current issues and trends in contemporary art practice, Art in Los Angeles Now will immerse students in the thriving art scene of Los Angeles through visits to artist studios, selected museums and gallery exhibitions, and art schools- L.A.’s thriving incubators of world class art.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ART 199 PZ -Senior Projects in Art


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Course is intended as a capstone for seniors majoring in Art and will involve the development and exhibition of each student’s final thesis project.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.

Asian American Studies

  
  • ASAM 022 PZ -Asian American Wellness


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This interdisciplinary and participatory half-course will explore how historical, sociopolitical, and cultural factors impact Asian American mental health. It will also explore useful tools for healing and wellness through artistic expression.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 030 PZ -A Taste of Asian American Food Politics: An Exploration of Asian American Identity, Culture and Community Through Food


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This seminar course will investigate Asian American Identity, culture and community through the exploration of food. Notions of culture, politics, taste, authenticity, emotions, and memory will be invoked through readings and eatings. This course will explore the origins of Iconic “Asian” food such as Chop Suey and fortune cookies, as well as investigate the relationship of Asian Americans to the labor of production of food and the use of food in Asian American literature.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 077 PZ -Tattoos in American Popular Culture


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course examines how tattoos are depicted in U.S. popular culture and the meanings and significations that accompany these representations. Through close readings of texts and other visual materials, we will investigate how corporeal difference is constructed with regard to race, class, gender, sexuality, and belonging in the United States.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 082 PZ -Racial Politics of Teaching


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This class examines how race and ethnicity are constructed in schooling from sociological, linguistic, and ethnic studies standpoints. Specifically, we will discuss how race and ethnicity are constructed in schooling and ways teachers/educators may refine their pedagogies in relation to race and ethnicity. Students will do a research project.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    Cross-listing: LGCS 082 PZ

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 085 PZ -Health Inequities: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Health Inequities: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.This interdisciplinary course explores select issues in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community health from a socio-ecological perspective. Through participatory teaching strategies, we will explore contemporary issues affecting the health of underserved Southern California AAPIs through presentations from local physicians, policy makers, and community activists. Community project.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

     

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.

  
  • ASAM 086 PZ -Social Documentation and Asian Americans


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Viewing of films and other documentary forms by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) for critique and discussion. Basic instruction in use of digital video technology to document social issues relevant to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Community-project.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 090 PZ -Asian American and Multiracial Communities


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Introduces students to studying and working beside Asian American and Pacific Islander communities through the exploration of the politics of place. Issues to be addressed in the course include ethical considerations of community projects and social topography as it changes in the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander diasporas. Course will be project-based and working with community-based organizations.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 094 PZ -Community Health


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course explores the struggle for social justice and health equality for and with undeserved Asian American communities and Pacific Islander communities. Through participatory teaching strategies, the class will examine health care as a basic human ri

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.

    Please check course schedule for requirements.

  
  • ASAM 102 PZ -Fieldwork in Asian American Communities


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: (1/2 credit) The goals of this class are for students to understand the difference between service-learning and social justice education and to understand roles of power, privilege, and positionalities in working in partnership with community members. The college students will provide English conversation support or provide coaching one-on-one with adult immigrants who have naturalization exam dates. Bi-weekly Monday evenings.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 103 PZ -Asian American Voices


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description:
    This course explores the implications of Western science and technology on the Asian American experience. By interrogating how science has been defined in the “West” in relation to “non-Western” peoples, we will explore questions related to epistemology, 


    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 105 PZ -Zines, Creativity, Community


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course examines do-it-yourself (DIY) politics through independently produced zines. We will focus on Asian American and queer zine subcultures to understand various aspects of contemporary media, including production and consumption, representation and self-expression, identity-construction and place-making, creativity and resistance, and the relevance of print in an increasingly digital world.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    Formerly: ASAM075 PZ

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 111 PZ -Pacific Islanders and Education


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: The broader social processes of racialization and contestation are explored using the educational experiences of Asian Americans. We will analyze access to education and curricular marginalization. Issues like bilingual education, Asian American feminist and critical pedagogies, education as a workplace, and racialized glass ceilings will be investigated.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 115 PZ -Methodoligies


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: Asian/American and Pacific Islander Studies is a distinct field of study that documents the experiences of
    Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders AND provides an approach to theorize, analyze, and
    research. Using decolonizing and indigenous frameworks, we approach methodology by examining the ethical
    and political aspects of research methods. Through proposing and implementing components of a participatory
    action research (PAR) project, we will explore questions such as 1) What are methods that make Asian/
    American and Pacific Islander studies a distinct field of study and 2) What are the ethical considerations in
    research.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 125 PZ -Introduction to Asian American History


    Institution: Pitzer College

    Description: Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-Present. Survey course examines journeys of Asian immigrant groups (and subsequent American-born generations) as they have settled and adjusted to life in the United States since 1850. Address issues such as the formation of ethnic communities, labor, role of the state, race relations, and American culture and identity.

    Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
  
  • ASAM 128 PZ -Tattoos, Piercing, and Body Adornment


    Institution: Pitzer

    Description: This course Introduces students to various body modification practices, with particular focus on regional developments in Asia, Pacific, and America. Key issues include: identity and community formation, agency, power, and social control; colonialism and post-colonialism; cultural property and appropriation; global circulations of bodies, aesthetics, and labor.

    Prerequisite(s): At least one ASAM class or one Gender/Sexuality class. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.

    For up-to-date information on current course offerings and details, please refer to the Pitzer class schedule on MyCampus2 Portal.
 

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