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2022-2023 Pitzer Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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POST 141 PZ -International Political Economy
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Course examines the politics of international economic relations with a special focus on globalization. Covers the evolution and operations of the international political economy from the late-18th century to the 21st. Focuses on four areas: international trade, international monetary policy, capital flows, and the structure of global production.
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.
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POST 142 PZ -The Third World and the Global Economy
Institution: Pitzer
Description: An examination of the impact of international economic systems on the wealth and welfare of Third World countries. Early weeks treat the origins of the gap between rich and poor countries. Attention is then directed to problems raised by the contemporary global economic order and strategies to overcome the gap between rich and poor. The course addresses aid, trade, finance, foreign investment, and technology transfer.
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.
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POST 143 PZ -Global Governance
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course explores efforts to address global issues with institutions and organizations that transcend the nation-state. International Organizations, regional associations, nongovernmental organizations, regimes, collective action strategies, epistemic communities, and government networks are examined.
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.
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POST 144 PZ -Global Security
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course examines the debate over security in a global era. Is traditional national security obsolete, and should “human security” replace it? A partial list of topics covered includes: great power competition, terrorism, crime, cyber-warfare, economic instability, failed-states, and security of/for society’s vulnerable.
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.
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POST 150 PZ -History of Political Philosophy: Ancients
Institution: Pitzer
Description: From the beginnings of Western Civilization either in the Bible or Plato’s Republic, there has been a continual dialogue among political philosophers concerning the nature of justice. What is a just regime? What is the relationship between justice and compassion or between justice and utility? How do we know the nature of justice? The course will examine key philosophers in this dialogue from the ancients to present thinkers on this subject.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
Formerly: Political and Social Justice
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POST 151 PZ -History of Political Philosophy: Modern
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course takes a critical look at the sharp change in understanding of Nature and its relationship to the historical beginnings and development of the modern state that originates during the Renaissance. We will examine modern philosophical tests that argue for new forms of democratic governments that promote the securing of individual freedoms, happiness and progress as well as those that raise concerns about the success of the modern project.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
Formerly: Conquest of Nature & the Rise of the Modern State
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POST 152 PZ -Politics and Literature
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Would you like to know which variables are currently the most statistically reliable indicators of the winner of next year’s presidential election? Would you enjoy analyzing the responsiveness of members of Congress to their poorest constituents? Do you desire the knowledge to make incisive comments about European monetary policy? If so, great! Society needs more curious individuals like you.
Please be aware, however, that this is not really what we’ll be thinking about in this class. “Politics” is in the title. I see that. But we’ll be thinking about politics in its broadest possible sense, as when Aristotle says that justice is an ordering of the soul, or when Kant argues that freedom is a moral quality. Before we get to the debating and voting and legislating, there is a vast, subterranean world of values that we must evaluate and order. This is the level at which we struggle to understand the nature of freedom and how it is achieved. It is where we face the challenge of directing our own lives and of discerning our obligations towards others. This is a political process.
Why literature? Is there something that literary works can communicate that a more prosaic work of political theory cannot? Is there special political knowledge that eludes us when we remain on the level of newspapers, policy analysis, or journal articles?
And what is literature anyway? If Gertrude Stein wrote down and published the results of Congress’s last roll-call vote, what then?
Thus, defining “politics” broadly and lacking precise knowledge about where a mere aggregation of words end and literature begins, I have arranged this syllabus with the zeal of academic freedom (though not the license of tenure). I want to see what happens when we contemplate freedom, tyranny, obligation, inequality, oppression and war through literary mediums. Is the knowledge that results any different at all? If so, why? If not, why not?
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POST 154 PZ -Street Politics: Civil and Everyday Forms of Resistance in Comparative Perspective
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Since their emergence in 18th century England and France, social movements and street protests have been playing increasingly crucial roles in the political and social developments of almost every country. Examining the collective actions of students, women, youth, ethnic minorities, and poor people as vital forces towards change and democratization, this course investigates how various kinds of civil disobedience and everyday forms of resistance movements in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa utilized different tactics and strategies in their negotiations for their rights with authorities.
Along the way, we will ask questions such as these: what are the differences between traditional collective movements and everyday forms of resistance? What are the demographic and historical roots of these movements and how did they rise and fall? Why do the tactics of movements and actors differ across locations and times and why do some movements turn militant? And finally, how do the poor, as the most underprivileged crowd, mobilize in countries like Brazil, Egypt, Burma, and Iran against powerful states in their respective countries?
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.
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POST 155 PZ -Anarchist History and Thought
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course provides an introduction to the history and theory of anarchism. Major theorists covered include Godwin, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Goldman and others. The course will also add to materials available online at Anarchy Archives.
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.
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POST 156 PZ -Critical Race Theory
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This upper-level course approaches problems in critical race theory, broadly conceived, from the distinctive perspectives of legal theory, social theory, and political theory. Our readings will include Derrick Bell, Ian Haney Lopez, Howard Winart, Michael Omi, Lisa Lowe, Carole Pateman, and Charles Mills. A background in critical theory is helpful but not required.
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.
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POST 159 PZ -Crime and Punishment
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This class will explore the root causes of crime and the reasons for punishment.
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.
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POST 161 PZ -Religion and Liberalism
Institution: Pitzer
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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POST 163 PZ -Feminist Theory
Institution: Pitzer
Description: An overview of various traditional feminist philosophies serves as a background for a critical engagement with contemporary issues of intersectionality of race, gender, class and sexual orientation, generational history, transnational movements, and epistemological debates regarding new ways of thinking and defining fundamental concepts of power, authority, rights and the nation-state.
Prerequisite(s): A course in GFS or Political Philosophy. 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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POST 172 PZ -The Battle over Birth Control: The Politics of Contraception Policy
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course will examine contraception policy, and the debate surrounding it. In the interests of breadth I will situate this discussion in the context of other policies related to reproductive health policies including sex education, breastfeeding, abortion and pregnancy.
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.
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POST 174 CH -US Immigration and Transnational Politics
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Examines the factors shaping the size and composition of past and contemporary immigration flows to the U.S. Areas examined include the role of economics, social networks, policy and politics in shaping immigration flows and the process by which immigrants simultaneously participate in the politics of sending and receiving countries.
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.
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POST 174 PZ -U.S. Immigration Policy
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Examines the factors shaping the size and composition of past and contemporary immigration flows to the U.S. Areas examined include the role of economics, social networks, policy and politics in shaping immigration flows and the process by which immigrants simultaneously participate in the politics of sending and receiving countries.
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.
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POST 175 CH -Immigration and Race in America
Institution: Pitzer
Description: America has long prided itself in being a nation of immigrants and in its ability to assimilate persons with distinct religious cultures and national origins. Far from being color-blind, the United States has been and remains a color-conscious society. The purpose of this course is to examine immigration and the formation of racial ideologies, hierarchies, and identities in America.
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.
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POST 180 PZ -Secularism and Public Opinion
Institution: Pitzer
Description: The purpose of this course Is to analyze research and carry-out projects that examine the causes and consequences of secularism among individuals from different societies and ethnicities. The course lays the foundation for understanding the philosophical roots of secularism, debates over its meaning, and it’s application across different societies.
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.
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POST 181 PZ -Agriculture & Political Rebellion
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course explores agrarianism as a foundation of consequential political life. To do so, it focuses on thinking beyond “food politics,” the theory and practice of the farm, politically momentous large-scale agrarian movements across the world, and the rise of a new agrarian politics in southern California and beyond.
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.
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POST 185 PZ -Political Psychology
Institution: Pitzer
Description: The discipline of political psychology evolved as psychological theories were employed in the analysis of the political process. Today the discipline includes how political processes impact psychological functioning. This course surveys the foundations of political psychology including group dynamics and decision-making, gender differences in cognitive and political behavior, authoritarianism, Machiavellianism, violence and aggression, psychohistory, and the analysis of belief systems.
Prerequisite(s): POST 010A/B PZ or PSYC 010 PZ recommended, but not required. 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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POST 185B PZ -Empire and its Critics
Institution: Pitzer
Description: How do people cope with empire? Drawing contemporary and historical cases, this course asks and debates the following questions: How do empires form - and when and why do they fall apart? What is it like to live under empires? What are the most effective means of challenging empires? What do people mean when they (sometimes) claim that the United States is (or has become) an imperial project? In asking these questions, this course considers the challenges posed to empires by territorial states, corporations, tribal and other non-territorial forms of political organization, and tribute systems.
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.
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POST 186 PZ -Technology and Politics
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Technology is all around us. And we are constantly being told that we live in a particularly technological age where ever more rapid technological progress creates dramatic changes in human society. Yet meaningful contemplation of the role technology plays in politics is rarely undertaken in political science, never mind the culture as a whole. This class is an introduction to this small but vital field of study. We will study how political forces shape the development of new technologies - through government policy, social movements, and cultural values; and how technologies shape politics -in elections and campaigning, surveillance and privacy, political economy, and warfare.
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.
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POST 187 PZ -The Political Economy of Global Soccer
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Football is now the world’s most popular and lucrative sport, but how does it actually work? The course examines the contemporary political economy, business models and governance of football, starting with the English Premier League, before broadening out to look at a range of global football economies as well as the international politics and economics of sporting mega events.
There are three main components to the course. First a close examination of the political economy and cultural meanings of football in England and begins with the rise of the English Premier league - the richest and most watched football league I the world. This section of the course will cover the business models of English football, the modelling of its markets, its place within a wider popular culture and its relationship to urban identities; and the complex politics of its governance. Second, the course will be comparative, taking the English model as a starting point and comparing it to the often very different political economy of the major European football nations, Latin America and Africa, and the new and rising powers of world football - East Asia, the Gulf and North America. The course will also compare football to other leading global sports in terms of both economics and governance. Third, the course will examine the global governance of football and the peculiar cultural significance and political economy of global sporting mega events.
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.
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POST 190 PZ -Science, Politics and Alternative Medicine
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This seminar will study healing practices from around the world. It will include three aspects: 1) the philosophical, historical and political dimensions; 2) the local knowledge and theories of healing and illness in four traditions-Amerindian and Chinese and two from among the following: Mayan, African, Santeria, Curindera, Brazilian spiritualists, etc.; and 3) a review of the clinical efficacy of these complementary and alternative medicines provided by the Western biomedical sciences, as well as their political acceptance within the U.S.
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.
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POST 194 PZ -International Studies Workshop
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course is a workshop for students applying for fellowships to undertake international research or teaching. Focused primarily on the Fulbright, the workshop will guide students through the development of proposals, personal statements and other items required for a nomination. The course is designed to be an encompassing and flexible vehicle to manage the large number of students applying for international fellowships. The class will meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 pm during the first half of the semester. Students may take it for a half-course credit, pass/no credit.
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.
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POST 194B PZ -International Studies Teaching Workshop
Institution: Pitzer
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.
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POST 198 CH -God in the Barrio
Institution: Pitzer College
Description: This course examines the role of religion in shaping Latino socio-political incorporation. Historically, religious organizations have been critical institutions serving immigrant communities and assisting their integration into the United States. Do contemporary religious organizations play this role in Latino communities? Are certain churches more actively promoting civic engagement among Latinos?
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.
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POST 198 PZ -Senior Seminar in Political Studies
Institution: Pitzer
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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POST 198B PZ -Senior Seminar: Logics of Political Authority
Institution: Pitzer College
Description: How do people govern themselves: how did they; how might they? Hesitantly straddling the subfields of comparative and international politics, this course explores different logics of political authority through an examination of empires, territorial states, tribute systems, and tribal and other non-territorial forms of political organization. Questions include: What is the logic of state authroity; of imperial authority? Whither the state? How have empires spread historically - and how do they spread today? Are corporations soverign? Is Internet governance different (than what?). Is it easier not to be governed if you live on a hill? Under what logics of authority are we governed in oour everyday lives?
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POST 198C PZ -Senior Seminar: US Immigration Policy & Transnational Politics
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course starts by examining key concepts in debates about Palestine and Israel, notably bias, peoples, participation, and statehood. The course then examines both the history of the crisis and the uses of historical representations to prop up the the current political and social order of Israel and Palestine. In contrast with most received narratives, we find the making of the crisis primarily in the shaping of ethnic conflict and ethno-national state-making by partition under British colonial rule–not in timeless enmities. The course is also concerned to understand why the status quo of the present is at once so violently oppressive for Palestinians and yet something many Jewish Israelis and their state accept. We also look at the crucial role of the US in maintaining, funding, and arming the status quo - and how that may be changing. In the final section of the course, we identify plausible futures for Palestine-Israel, and consider how a globally dispersed social justice movement can support the Palestinian struggle for equality and freedom - and thereby foster a positive or just peace for all persons in Palestine and Israel.
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.
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POST 198D PZ -Senior Seminar: Civil Disobedience
Institution: Pitzer
Description: What is civic disobedience? What are its origins? How do we understand it in theory and in practice? What does it tell us about our political conditions? This course considers these questions in a capstone senior seminar for Political Studies majors. The course covers material from various sub-fields of political studies.
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.
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POST 199 PZ -Senior Thesis
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Students who choose to write a senior thesis must present a proposal or paper to the Political Studies/Economics Field Group at the end of the prior semester for approval. Students will work closely with their faculty thesis advisers.
Prerequisite(s): a senior seminar in Political Studies and field group approval. 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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POLI 060 PO -Global Politics of Food and Agriculture
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.
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POLI 061 PO -The Global Politics of Water
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.
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POLI 118 SC -The Politics of Korea
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.
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POLI 128 SC -Race and American Capitalism
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.
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POLI 135 PO -Policy Implementation and Evaluation
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.
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POLI 135 SC -Political Economy of Food
Institution: Scripps
Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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POLI 136 PO -Politics of Environmental Justice
Institution: Pomona
Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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POLI 138 PO -Organizational Theory
Institution: Pomona
Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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POLI 139 PO -Politics of Community Design
Institution: Pomona
Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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POLI 149 PO -Techno Politics and Policy
Institution: Pomona College
Description: For course info, please see the Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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POLI 178 PO -Political Economy of Development
Institution: Pomona
Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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COGS 011 PZ -Intro to Cognitive Science
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of the mind, traditionally drawing upon anthropology, biology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. In this introductory course, we survey historical and contemporary debates concerning the nature of perception, language, and consciousness, among other topics, at the intersection of these disciplines.
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.
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COGS 123 PZ -Minds and Machines
Institution: Pitzer College
Description: Recently, interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has rebounded, while the computational theory of mind has developed the thesis that all minds are machines. We will explore the history, philosophy, and psychology of mental machines by studying computational/ cognitive psychology and the bi-directional influences of society and computing. We will examine traditional symbolic AI, deep learning by artificial neural networks, statistical learning techniques, and robotics. Finally, we will ponder the possibility that creating machines with common sense might require insights from developmental psychology. Ultimately, we will contemplate how research on AI illuminates human cognition, and vice versa.
Prerequisite(s): At least two courses in Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Philosophy, or Psychology, or instructor approval.
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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COGS 191 PZ -Senior Thesis in Cognitive Science
Institution: Pitzer College
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PSYC 010 PZ -Introduction to Psychology
Institution: Pitzer
Description: The purpose of the course is to introduce the student to psychology as it developed from a nonscientific interest to a scientific approach to human behavior. Special attention will be given to some of the major systems, issues and methods involved in contemporary psychology. Students will be expected to participate in research studies in psychology or complete an approved alternative.
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.
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PSYC 012 AF -Introduction to African American Psychology
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course provides an introduction to African American Psychology. It includes perspectives, education, community, life span development, gender and related issues. The course emphasizes the critical examination of current research and theory. Students are expected to contribute orally and in writing.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: D, SOC
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PSYC 051 PO -Psych Approaches Study of People
Institution: Pomona
Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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PSYC 084 CH -Psychology of the Chicanx - Latinx Experience
Institution: Pomona
Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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PSYC 091 PZ -Psychological Statistics
Institution: Pitzer
Description: A pragmatic introduction to experimental design, collection and analysis of data in contemporary psychological research. Descriptive and inferential statistics will be covered. Use of computer programs for data analysis will be emphasized. Intended for psychology concentrators. Cross-registration by permission of instructor only.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ or permission of instructor. 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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PSYC 091P PZ -Psychological Statistics Practicum
Institution: Pitzer
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PSYC 092 PZ -Research Methods
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course provides an overview of issues related to the conduct of psychological inquiry. Topics to be covered include measurement, research design (observational, experimental and survey approaches) and research ethics. PSYC 092 PZ is designed to be taken after PSYC 091 PZ and is well-suited for sophomores. This course does not replace PSYC 112 PZ , which must be taken by seniors carrying out thesis projects.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ and PSYC 091 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.
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PSYC 092P PZ -Research Methods Practicum
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This lab course will provide students with hands-on experience in research design and methodology in the field of psychology. Students will get experience in all phases of the research process (i.e., conducting a literature search, designing a study, collecting and analyzing data, and writing up APA-style reports). Must be taken concurrently with PSYC 092 PZ -Research Methods
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ & PSYC 091 PZ. PSYC 092 PZ must be taken concurrently. 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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PSYC 096 PZ -Introduction to MATLAB
Institution: Pitzer
Description: MATLAB is a computational platform used throughout the world in math, science, and engineering both in academia and industry. In this course we will learn the core features of MATLAB including data structures, plotting, importing and exporting data, and programming. We’ll also cover more specialized tools that may be of interest to research psychologists such as graphical user interfaces and experimental control programs.
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.
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PSYC 101 PZ -Brain and Behavior
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course provides an introduction to the biological bases of cognition and behavior. Topics may include basic neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, visual and auditory perception, attention, language, hemispheric specialization, memory, emotion, motor control, and social neuroscience.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ (Introduction to Psychology) or permission of instructor.
Note(s): Satisfies: BIO.
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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PSYC 102 PZ -Memory
Institution: Pitzer
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PSYC 102P PZ -Memory Practicum
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This laboratory course will provide students with hands-on experience in research design and methodology in the domain of human memory. Students will get experience in all phases of the research process (i.e., conducting a literature search, designing a study, collecting and analyzing data, and writing APA-style reports). This practicum must be taken concurrently with Psychology 102 Memory.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 091 PZ and PSYC 092 PZ, or permission of instructor. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: PRA
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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PSYC 103 PZ -Social Psychology
Institution: Pitzer
Description: We will examine major areas in social psychology such as attitudes, aggression, conflict, person perception, small group processes, and interpersonal attraction.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: SOC
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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PSYC 103 SC -Psychological Statistics
Institution: Scripps College
Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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PSYC 104 PZ -Experimental Social Psychology
Institution: Pitzer
Description: An examination of experimentally-based approaches to social psychology and the conclusions derived from research related to a variety of major questions in this field. This class will present a critical review and evaluation of contemporary work and discuss the connection between experimental findings and other work within and outside the discipline.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ & PSYC 091 PZ. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: PRA, SOC.
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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PSYC 104 SC -Research Design in Psychology
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.
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PSYC 104L SC -Research Design in Psychology Laboratory
Institution: Scripps
Description: For course info, please see Scripps College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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PSYC 105 PZ -Child Development
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course covers a broad range of topics in developmental psychology. The course focuses largely on children, but will encompass some discussion of adolescence and early adulthood. Topics will be covered conceptually as well as chronologically, and will include biological, social, cognitive and societal/cross-cultural aspects of development. This course requires a 40-hour internship working with children, during the course of the semester.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: INT, DEV.
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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PSYC 107 PZ -Theories of Personality
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course will provide an introduction to the major theories of personality. We will trace the development of personality theories beginning with Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis and concluding with recent developments in the field of personality psychology.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: SOC.
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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PSYC 109 CM -Introduction to Statistics for Psychologists
Institution: Claremont McKenna
Description: For course info, please see Claremont McKenna 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.
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PSYC 109 PZ -Laboratory in Social Development
Institution: Pitzer
Description: The goal of this course is to expose students to recent works in social and emotional development and to teach students about the unique methodological and ethical issues involved in conducting research in this area. Students will be designing and carrying out independent research projects as part of the course requirements.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ and PSYC 010 PZ 5 PZ Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: PRA, DEV.
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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PSYC 109L PZ -Lab in Social Development
Institution: Pitzer
Description: The focus of this course is the familiarize students with the research methods, designs, & statistical procedures used in social develpment. Students will conduct two short studies at The Children’s School on CMC campus, and then design & conduct group projects on social develpment. Students will develop the skills of conducting a literature search, designing & carrying out a study, and writing up and framing 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.
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PSYC 110 CM -Research Methods
Institution: Claremont McKenna
Description: For course info, please see Claremont McKenna 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.
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PSYC 111 PZ -Physiological Psychology
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Physiological psychology (behavioral neuroscience) is the systematic study of how neural systems produce and regulate behavior. Through lectures, readings, and laboratory work this course exposes students to some of the main concepts and ideas that underlie research and theory in physiological psychology. The first part of the course deals with the structure, functions of the mammalian nervous system from a developmental, anatomical and neurochemical perspective. Following this, we will survey some of the main research techniques that neuroscientists use in their investigations of the physiology of behavior. We will then focus on the neurobehavioral basis of reward, stress and emotion, and learning. Finally, if time permits, we will conclude the course with an in-depth treatment of the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder and schizophrenia.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 101 PZ PZ or NEUR 095 JT or instructor’s permission Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: PRA, BIO.
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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PSYC 111L CM -Research Methods Practicum
Institution: Claremont McKenna
Description: For course info, please see Claremont McKenna 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.
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PSYC 112 PZ -Senior Research Methods
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course acquaints students with the principles and methods of scientific research in the field of psychology. Theoretical concerns underlying all research, specific designs used in laboratory and field settings and data analysis techniques will be discussed. This course is intended for seniors who are interested in furthering their knowledge concerning research methodologies; it is required of seniors working on an honors thesis.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ , PSYC 091 PZ and one prior laboratory 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.
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PSYC 113 PZ -Psychobiology of Emotion
Institution: Pitzer
Description: The scientific study of emotion has been subject to tremendous debate for over 100 years. In this course we will review the psychological science of emotion, particularly regarding the use of objective physiological and neural measurements. Topics will include historical and evolutionary perspectives, the latest findings in the neuroscience of emotion, the physiology of stress, how emotion affects decision making, disorders of emotion, and more. Weekly reading assignments will be assigned. Classes will begin with group discussions of the reading assignment, leading into lectures, exercises and multi-media presentations. Prior coursework in biology will be useful, but not necessary.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: BIO
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PSYC 116 PZ -Risk and Resilience
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Risk and Resilience is part of the Inside/Out Program; half of the students will be from the Claremont Colleges, and half will be students who are incarcerated at CRC-Norco. The class sessions will be held at CRC-Norco each week. This course will examine issues of developmental risk and resiliency in urban settings, both locally and in a more global context. Students will study numerous relevant literatures on the central topics of the class (effects of poverty, homelessness, mental health risk factors, protective/resiliency factors in development, racial/ethnic identity, AIDS/HIV, growing up in war-torn regions, child abuse, exposure to domestic violence, etc.). Students will examine how risk factors and protective factors impact child and familial trajectories, as well as examine evidence-based interventions that focus on such vulnerable populations.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ . Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: INT, DEV.
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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PSYC 117 PZ -Children and Families in South Asia
Institution: Pitzer
Description: The main focus of this course is on the nature of child development and familial relations in the South Asian context. Topics will include family structure, childrearing patterns and philosophies, sibling relationships and the development of gender roles. The impact of social, political and economic forces on children and families will also be discussed. The course is especially recommended for students going to or returning from study abroad in South Asia.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: DIV, SEM, DEV.
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PSYC 118 PZ -Health Psychology
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course will focus on psychological approaches to health and disease. Using theories in health psychology (biopsychosocial model and diathesis-stress model), behavioral components of major illnesses and cause of death and disability will be explored. The course will also cover psychological techniques used to prevent or manage health problems, including changing health habits, coping with stress, and pain management. Prerequisite: Psyc 10. Majors only; others by permission.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: CLI.
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PSYC 121 PZ -Cognitive Science
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Historical and contemporary views of the mind from a multidisciplinary perspective. How does the mind acquire, structure, and make use of knowledge? Topics Include consciousness, language meaning, thinking, decision-making, perception, remembering, and the self.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ and PSYC 091 PZ or permission of instructor. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: COG.
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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PSYC 123 PO -Language Development
Institution: Pomona
Description: For course info, please see Pomona College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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PSYC 124 PZ -Psychology of Fatherhood
Institution: Pitzer College
Description: The course offers a broad, interdisciplinary look at the Psychology of Fatherhood. We will look at the role of fathers in households, as well as the histories of fathering, cross-cultural variation, and the impact of social class/race/ethnicity on Fathering.
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PSYC 125 PZ -Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Institution: Pitzer
Description: Using evidence obtained in studies of humans and other animals, this course will examine brain development, behavioral development, and the relationship between the two. It will focus on the numerous factors that contribute to the cognitive, perceptual, and behavioral changes that characterize human development from conception through the acquisition of language. Among the specific psychological domains we will study are the development of object and face perception, memory, social interactions, and language. Attention will be given to genetic, cellular, epigenetic, and environmental contributors to normal development, and risk factors for some psychological disorders will also be considered.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 091 PZ , PSYC 010 PZ. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: BIO, COG, DEV.
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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PSYC 126 PZ -Music Cognition
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This intermediate-to-advanced undergraduate course explores music from the perspectives of experimental psychology and other disciplines in the cognitive sciences and humanities. Topics may include the cognition of musical elements such as melody, harmony, rhythm, and meter; the neural basis of music; musical development; musical performance and expertise; musical emotion and meaning; musical embodiment and extension; and historical and cross-cultural perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC092 PZ or permission of the instructor. MUS 003 SC or equivalent experience recommended.
Cross-listing: LGCS, MUSIC
Formerly: Psychology of Music
Note(s): Satisfies: COG
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PSYC 127 PZ -Language and Cognition
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course introduces psycholinguistics and principles of human cognition. Topics may include the origins of human language; language and the brain; language diversity; child language acquisition including phonology, lexicon, and grammar; and adult language processing including semantics, syntax, language production, and discourse.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10, LGCS 10, LGCS 11, or permission of instructor. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Cross-listing: LGCS
Formerly: Psychology of Language
Note(s): Satisfies: COG
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PSYC 128 PZ -Cognitive Film Studies
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This course examines the moving image from the perspectives of cognitive film theory and cognitive science. Topics may include: the viewer’s role in constructing the meaning of a film, the relationship between visual attention and editing, memory and the aesthetics of storytelling, and how sound and music convey meaning and emotion. Throughout, film will be used as a microcosm in which to explore principles of human cognition.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 10, LGCS 11, MS 49, or permission of instructor. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Cross-listing: LGCS, MS
Note(s): Satisfies: COG, SEM
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PSYC 130 PZ -Stereotyping and Prejudice
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This seminar will focus on stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination from the perspective of social cognition. We will primarily focus on social groups that differ on dimensions of identity such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and religion. We will approach these issues from the perspective of experimental social psychology. That is, we will examine theories of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, supported by empirical findings. Finally, we will examine current events and issues through the lens of theoretical and empirical work. Satisfies: SOC, COG, DIV, SEM
Prerequisite(s): A college-level course in at least one of the following three areas: psychology, philosophy, or biology, or permission of the instructor. Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Cross-listing: PHIL 130 PZ
Note(s): Satisfies: DEV
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PSYC 130P PZ -Stereotyping and Prejudice Practicum
Institution: Pitzer College
Description: Stereotyping & Prejudice Practicum This is the practicum course associated with PSYC130 Stereotyping & Prejudice. In this course, we will focus on conducting original, empirical studies related to topics covered in PSYC130. You will choose specific topics that interest you and that integrate theoretical perspectives from social scientific research on stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. You will write APA-style research reports for your studies.
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PSYC 132 PZ -Psychology of Fashion
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This unique, cross-disciplinary course explores the role of social, developmental, and evolutionary psychology within fashion and dress. Cultural and historical aspects of style and dress, issues of status and conformity, and the impact of fashion on the perception of others are examined. The influence of social psychological principles in fashion marketing and group interactions is explored. Special interest topics may include the gender identity and expression through fashion, sub-culture fashion and cultural norms, environmental sustainability of fashion and social responsibility, and fashion technology. Students are encouraged to think critically and entrepreneurially about applying course content to their own career trajectories. Satisfies: SOC
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.
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PSYC 135 CM -Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience
Institution: Claremont McKenna
Description: For course info, please see Claremont McKenna College catalog.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
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PSYC 135 PZ -Human Trafficking Overview
Institution: Pitzer College
Description: Human Trafficking Overview with a Focus on Sex Trafficking: The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of human trafficking with an emphasis on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the United States. Human trafficking is a growing international and domestic issue. It impacts individuals regardless of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Throughout the course we will discuss societal, community, family, and individual risk and protective factors for individuals entering into trafficking.
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PSYC 138 PZ -Seeking Human Nature: The History and Science of Innateness
Institution: Pitzer
Description: “Human nature” has long been invoked to understand and justify our behaviors. After the advent of Darwinian evolution and Mendel’s gene theory, however, the notion of “instinct” gained authority, reshaping categories like “race” and “nature.” We will track that shift and examine its effects on political economy and social policy.
Prerequisite(s): Please check course schedule for requirements.
Cross-listing: HIST 138 PZ
Note(s): Satisfies: DEV
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PSYC 148 PZ -Neuropharmacology and Behavior
Institution: Pitzer
Description: This upper-division course will begin with a review of basic pharmacological principles, including such topics as the determinants of effective drug action at a receptor site; routes of administration, absorption, lipid solubility, catabolism, and the Blood Brain Barrier. We will also discuss fast and slow transduction mechanisms with emphasis on second messengers. Finally, this course will review what is known about the neurochemical bases of disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, mania and autism.
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 010 PZ or NEUR 095 JT or permission of instructor Please also check the current course schedule for requirements.
Note(s): Satisfies: BIO
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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