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CLAS 130 SC - Roman Decadence
For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.
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CLAS 141 PZ - Egyptian Art & Archaeology
An introductory survey to the art, architecture, and archaeology of ancient Egypt, from the prehistoric cultures of the Nile Valley to the Greco-Roman period.
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CLAS 145 PZ - Archaeology Seminar
Explores the archaeology of the early Mediterranean, including evidence for prehistoric societies, ancient trade networks, and early complex societies.
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CLAS 150 PZ - Special Topics in Ancient Studies
A research seminar that focuses on specific historical periods, societies, problems, or themes. In 2014, the seminar will focus on archaeology and urbanism in the ancient Mediterranean
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CLAS 161 PZ - Greek Art and Archaeology
An introduction to the art, architecture, and other material culture of the ancient Greek world, from the Bronze Age through the rise of Alexander the Great.
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CLAS 162 PZ - Roman Art and Archaeology
An introduction to the art and architecture of the ancient Roman world, from the late Republic through the High Empire and up until the reign of Constantine. The course will include discussion of material both from the city of Rome and around the empire.
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CLAS 164 PZ - Pompeii and the Cities of Vesuvius
Explores the archaeology, history, and art and architecture of the ancient Roman towns of the Bay of Naples buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79CE, including Pompeii and Herculaneium, as well as the villas and estates in the area. Examines the evidence for daily life in an ancient Roman city through the unusually well preserved remains of these sites and considers them in the context of the wider Roman world.
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CLAS 175 PZ - International Cultural Heritage
Cultural heritage can be defined as physical signs of the human past that exist in the present. This course focuses on cultural heritage as part of the built environment and its role in the effort to create a sustainable future. Students will be introduced to key concepts and examine theories and methods In the field today, particularly how these intersect with scholarship, international law, and policy.
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CLAS 190 PO - Senior Seminar in Classics
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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CLAS 191 SC - Senior Thesis
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Creative Studies |
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CREA 018 PZ - A History of the Creative Process
The course examines the history of the creative process from an interdisciplinary perspective. As a consequence, the history creative process will be theorized from the vantage point of the combination of intellectual history and performance studies. The knowledge area that will be looked at will stretch from natural history (Big Bang Theory) to human history (abstract art). The coordinates of time and space will be the parameters in this study of the human imagination.
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CREA 025 PZ - World in a Nutshell: The Short Story
authors as Hawthorne, James, Hemingway, Joyce, Porter, Faulkner, O’Connor, Elkin, Roth, Olsen, Malamud, and Updike. In addition to reading and writing about the stories of others, students will be writing and revising stories of their own. Recommended for first-year students and sophomores.
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CREA 031 PZ - Creative Writing and Creative Thought
We shall be studying and writing short stories and poems with an eye to their relation to other disciplines that generate ideas and are in return enriched by creative writing. Students will share what they have learned from their readings of assigned authors in return for the favor of workshop responses and suggestions to their own efforts during class.
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CREA 105 PZ - Pictures in Text-Texts in Pictures
This course will focus on a selected number of representations (from Shakespeare to our time) distinguished by a specific combination or mixture of text and image. The texts include such fascinating poems as Blake’s “The Tyger”, Shelley’s Ozymandias, Melville’s Moby Dick, Cormac McCarthy’s The Crossing; and the pictures include paintings from the 18th through the early 20th centuries.
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CREA 110 PZ - Science and Creativity
This course examines the nature of creativity in the context of traditional Western science. Topics include the uniqueness of science, does it uncover “universal truths” in ways other disciplines do not? How is science influenced by culture and gender? Does scientific creativity always yield progress and benefit human kind, or does science need to be subject to ethical constraints?
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CREA 120 PZ - Greek Tragedy in Translation
Concentrating on the Greeks, we shall attempt to understand the characteristics of the “tragic,” that unique vision of the human condition which seems to cross cultural and temporal boundaries to unite a vast range of “serious” dramatic literature. May be repeated with different content for credit.
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CREA 124 PZ - The Bible and Homer
A literary study of the twin fountainhead of Western literature: Homer and the Hebrew bible. Prereq: a college-level course in literature, religion, or classics or permission of the instructor.
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CREA 159B PZ - Shakespeare: Tragedy and Beyond
This course is devoted to the evolution of Shakespearean tragedy from the last years of his period of high romantic comedy to the end of his tragic period. We will be concerned also with Shakespeare’s reception and interpretation in Germany.
Prerequisite(s): One of the following or the equivalent-ENGL 010A PZ or ENGL 010B PZ or ENLG 011A PZ or ENGL 011B PZ, or some lower or upper division literature course.
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CREA 159C PZ - Shakespeare and Film
At best a director’s work is a form of literary analysis. We shall be using texts of Shakespeare plays as the sticking point from which to proceed to comparative analyses of film productions of the plays.
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CREA 193A PZ - Fictions of James Joyce
We shall be studying the evolution of form and content in Joyce’s works from his first major efforts at the turn of the century through the completion of Ulysses. Our guiding questions will be why Joyce presents his material as he does and how his work relates to the literary and extraliterary intellectual concerns of our time.
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CREA 199 PZ - Senior Thesis or Exhibition
Exceptional students may apply to the field group to write a thesis or participate in a senior exhibition. Applications are due before the end of the previous semester. This course will be taken in addition to the other requirements for the major. (This course will be offered as needed on an independent study basis).
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DANC 010 PO - Beginning Modern Dance
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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DANC 012 PO/PPO - Beginning Ballet I
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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DANC 050 PO/PPO - Intermediate Modern Dance
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DANC 051 PO/PPO - Intermediate Ballet Technique
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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DANC 073 CH - Pre-Columbian Dance
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DANC 076A SC - Modern Dance I
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DANC 076B SC - Modern Dance I
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DANC 078A SC - Ballet I
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DANC 078B SC - Ballet I
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DANC 101 SC - History of Dance Western Culture
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DANC 102 SC - Dynamics of Human Movement
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DANC 103 SC - Laban Movement Analysis
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DANC 119 PO - Modern Dance Technique and Theory III
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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DANC 120 PO/PPO - Modern Dance III: Visiting Artists
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DANC 121 PO - Modern Technique and Theory IV
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DANC 122 PO/PPO - Modern Dance IV: Visiting Artists
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DANC 123 PO - Advanced Ballet Technique and Theory
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DANC 124 PO/PPO - Advanced Ballet Technique
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DANC 130 PO - Language of the Body
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DANC 135 PO - Traditions of World Dance
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DANC 136 PO - A History of Social Dance
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DANC 137 PO - Performing Art: Issues of Sexuality and Gender in Music, Theatre, and Dance
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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DANC 140 PO - Composition I. Beginning Creative Movement Exploration
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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DANC 150C PO - Music and Dance of Bali
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DANC 150D PO - Indian Classical Dance
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DANC 150E PPO - Cultural Styels: Middle East
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DANC 151 PO/PPO - Exploration of Cultural Styles: African Aesthetics
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DANC 152 PO/PPO - Hip-Hop Dance
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DANC 153 PO/PPO - Beginning/Intermediate Jazz Technique
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DANC 159 SC - Dance Composition I
For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.
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DANC 160 PO - Anatomy and Kinesiology
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DANC 160 SC - Dance Composition II
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DANC 165 PO - Somatic Movement Techniques
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DANC 166 PO - Somatic Movement Techniques
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DANC 170 PO - The Mind in Motion
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DANC 175 PO - Alexander Technique in Motion
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DANC 176 PO/PPO - Alexander Technique in Motion
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DANC 180 PO/PPO - Repertory- 2 Pieces
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DANC 181 PO/PPO - Repertory- 1 Piece
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DANC 192 PO - Senior Project
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Economics |
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ECON 051 PZ - Principles of Macroeconomics
Introduction to the determination of national income and output including an examination of fiscal policy and monetary policy. Within this framework, such problems as budget deficits, inflation and unemployment will be studied, as well as international economic issues such as trade deficits and exchange rates. Basic economic principles will be applied to current policy questions.
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ECON 052 PZ - Principles of Microeconomics
A study of the operation of the market system (wherein relative prices and quantities are determined by supply and demand); application of analytical tools (including algebraic and geometric) to current economic policy problems; and an examination of the conditions under which the market system will, or will not, optimally allocate resources. The determination of wages, profit and allocation of resources will be discussed as well as the problems arising from various forms of monopoly. The course includes a demonstration of the interdependence of all forms of economic activity.
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ECON 091 PZ - Statistics
An introduction to the statistical tools used in the quantitative analysis of economic and political relationships. Topics include probability theory, statistical estimation, hypothesis testing and regression analysis.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 020 PZ or equivalent.
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ECON 104 PZ - Macroeconomic Theory
Advanced analysis of the determination of national income, employment and prices in an open economy. Theories of consumption, investment, business cycles and the effectiveness of government stabilization policy are examined. Various schools of thought are considered.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 105 PZ - Microeconomic Theory
Theories of consumer behavior, demand, production, costs, the firm, market organization, resource use, general equilibrium and income distribution in a modern market economy.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 052 PZ ; MATH 030 PZ or equivalent
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ECON 115 PZ - Labor Economics
This course will use economic analysis to study the behavior of and relationship between employers and employees. Provides an introduction to the characteristics of the labor market and analysis of wage and employment problems, with a strong emphasis on policy issues. Among topics studied are job-seeking and employment practices, the determination of wages and benefits, worker mobility and immigration, discrimination, unionization, inequality, and unemployment.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 124 PO - Water Resource Economics and Management
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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ECON 125 PZ - Econometrics
Introduction to techniques and pitfalls in the statistical analysis of economic data. The classical linear regression model, method of least squares and simultaneous-equation models are developed. The computer is used, but prior programming experience is not required.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 091 PZ or equivalent
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ECON 127 PO - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
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ECON 128 PO - Energy, Economics and Policy
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ECON 132 PZ - Macroeconomic Policy: Case Studies
An exploration of case studies and issues in macroeconomics from the perspective of the policy maker. Topics will include the U.K. gold standard, 1930 depression, Kennedy tax cuts, Nixon flexible exchange rates, Volcker interest rates, Mexican debt crisis, Thatcher monetary policies, Reaganomics, Japanese financial liberalization, Europe 1992.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 135 PZ - Money, Banking and Financial Markets
Discussion of various financial markets such as money, bond and stock markets and various financial institutions, banking and non-banking. Introduction to the relevant basic monetary and financial theories. The course will also cover the banking system and the money supply process of the Federal Reserve, as well as the conduct of monetary policy such as its tools, goals and transmission mechanisms.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 140 PZ - Development Economics
This course will cover topics that analyze the process of economic development from many perspectives, including economic growth, inequality, characteristics of rural economies, market frictions in low-income countries and some of the international aspects of development. The course aims to offer an overview of economic development themes and debates.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 141 PZ - The Chinese Economy
The course examines the development experience and current issues of the Chinese economy. It will review the historical legacies of the central planning from 1949 to 1978, and analyze the economic reform and transition to a market economy from 1978 to the present time. The course will also discuss the current problems and future challenges facing the Chinese economy and its relationship with the rest of the world in the context of globalization.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 145 PZ - International Economics
A study of the fundamental principles of international economic relations. Subjects covered include the economic basis for international specialization and trade, economic gains from trade, commercial policy and its effects, foreign exchange markets, the balance of international payments and international monetary problems.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 147 PZ - International Money and Finance
Intermediate level course study for the study of the monetary and financial aspects of international economics. Subjects covered include balance of payments, international finance markets, theories of exchange rate determination, fundamental international parity conditions, history and current issues of the international monetary system, and macroeconomic policies in the open economy under different exchange rate arrangements.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 163 PZ - Economics of Poverty and Discrimination
This course examines the phenomenon of poverty and the role of discrimination as a potential contributing cause. The course has a strong policy focus including examination of recent policy debates on welfare reform and affirmative action. The course begins with a discussion of the definition and measurement of the poor in the US and in developing economies. This discussion is followed by an examination of differing views of the causes of poverty. Next, the role of racial, class, and sex discrimination in both education and the labor market is considered. The remainder of the class focuses on policy options including welfare programs, employment policies, and equal opportunity policies.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 172 PZ - Environmental Economics
The theory and practice of environmental economic policy. This course applies tools of economic theory including externalities, public goods and cost-benefit analysis to the study of environmental issues, with a strong emphasis on policy issues. Topics include pollution control, water policy, global warming and biological diversity. We consider alternative public policy instruments for environmental improvement, including the use of direct controls versus market controls.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 176 PZ - Economics of the Public Sector
This course focuses on the role of government in the market economy, including consideration of the rationale for government intervention and interactions across levels of government. Current policies issues examined include budgeting, taxation, income redistribution, social insurance, education, and health care.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 180 PZ - Finance
This is an introductory course in finance. It gives students an overview of the entire discipline and discusses its general principles and main concepts, including: the time value of money; asset pricing; risk management; capital budgeting; market efficiency; options; and derivatives. Particular attention will be given to some of the esoteric instruments relevant to the 2008 Financial Meltdown, such as collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 181 PZ - Agricultural Economics
This course explores the supply and demand side of markets for agricultural goods both in the United States and internationally. Topics include farm production decisions, demand for agricultural goods, price dynamics, international trade in agricultural goods and the interactions between agricultural production and the environment, public health and economic development.
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ECON 182 PZ - Economic History of Globalization
This course will analyze dynamic movements in global output and factor markets that have led to today’s highly integrated and still evolving, global economy. We will examine various market integration periods since the 19th century, to provide insight into our contemporary global system and the future of “globalization.”
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 183 PZ - Industrial Organization
Industrial Organization studies the behavior of firms in industries that are neither perfectly competitive nor monopolistic - that is, how firms behave in the real world. Yet, Industrial Organization is rooted in basic economic theory: both price theory and game theory. We will apply these theories to analyze how different markets perform. A key part of the course involves applying what we learn to public policy. Particular focus will be given to U.S. antitrust laws and we will look at several of the most important recent antitrust court decisions. Topics to be covered include: collusion and cartel theory; oligopoly models; structural and unilateral effects of mergers; price discrimination; entry-limit pricing; predatory pricing; Nash equilibrium; the prisoner’s dilemma; and network effects.
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ECON 184 PZ - Behavioral Economics
This course provides an overview of research In “behavioral economics” which integrates Insights from psychology into economic models of behavior. This class surveys a range of topics which comprise the standard behavioral economic canon–focusing on ways in which individuals may systematically depart from assumptions such as perfect rationality, self-interest, time consistency, etc.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 051 PZ & ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 185 PZ - Behavioral Finance
This course provides an overview of research In “behavioral finance” which integrates insights from psychology into financial markets and investor behavior. This class surveys a range of topics which comprise both traditional finance a well as investor biases, systematic errors, and corrective behavior within markets.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 052 PZ
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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ECON 187 PZ - Sports Economics
This course applies microeconomic principles and theory to the world of professional and amateur sport. Market structures, revenue sharing agreements, competitive balance, labor issues, discrimination, and the public financing of private venues will be explored utilizing supply and demand models and Indifference curve analysis. In addition, the strategic behavior of various leagues and associations like the NCAA will be examined using game theoretic approaches and models of imperfect information. A combination of current applied and empirical work in the area of sport will be reviewed and discussed.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 052 PZ
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ECON 198 PZ - Senior Seminar
The senior capstone experience refines our economic analysis, critical thinking, research and writing skills. We will read about recent developments in economic literature and polish our professionalism. Requires a major research paper.
Prerequisite(s): ECON 104 PZ & ECON 105 PZ
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ECON 199 PZ - Senior Thesis
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Engineering |
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ENGR 004 HM - Introduction to Engineering Design/Manufacturing
For course info, please see Harvey Mudd College catalog.
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ENGR 201 HM - Economics of Technical Enterprise
For course info, please see Harvey Mudd College catalog.
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ENGR 202 HM - Engineering Managment
For course info, please see Harvey Mudd College catalog.
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English and World Literature |
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ENGL 001 PZ - Introduction to Literary Theory
This course offers an introduction to current approaches of and debates within literary scholarship. Through the lens of an academic field of inquiry commonly known as “literary theory,” this course examines such theories in connection with cultural documents from canonical novels to colloquial cultural narratives. Our emphasis is 20th C, Continental, North American, and Transnational fields of inquiry. Required for the major and minor. We strongly recommend students considering a major or minor in EWL take this course or an accepted equivalent no later than their second year.
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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ENGL 009 AF - Black Feminist Community Learning and Literature
This is a community-learning course that examines concepts of social responsibility and justice as conceived by Black feminist analysis and the expressive and community-building value of literature through reading, writing, multimedia and other interdisciplinary creative forms. Class meetings are organized around community reading and writing workshops culminating in a collaborative class production including a performance and reception event. Meets the Pitzer College social responsibility requirement; meets literature elective requirement (not a creative writing course); meets Africana Studies major requirement; may be repeated for credit or internship.
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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ENGL 010A PZ - Survey of British Literature Before 1780
A survey covering representative works of British literature from the early Middle Ages to the 18th century. Works will be studied according to traditional methods of literary analysis.
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ENGL 010B PZ - Survey of British Literature After 1780
A survey of the important texts and contexts of British literature from the 18th century to the present, with attention to representations of gender, class, race, sexuality, and other aspects of identity.
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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ENGL 011A PZ - Survey of American Literature Before 1865
A survey of the important texts and contexts of American literature from the Colonial period to 1865, with attention to the intellectual and cultural forces that influenced the literary tradition. Fulfills American Literature before 1865 requirement for EWL majors.
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ENGL 011B PZ - Survey of American Literature After 1865
A survey of the important texts and contexts of American literature from 1865 to the present, with attention to a variety of cultural and literary movements of the period.
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ENGL 012 AF - Introduction to African American Literature After 1865
This course is a survey of major periods, authors, and genres in the African American literary tradition post-1865 to a contemporary period. Meets post-1865 American major requirement; meets Africana Studies major requirement; an introductory course open to majors and non-majors
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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