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Pomona College Women’s Studies courses are coded GWS. Pitzer
(PZ) courses are identified as Gender and Feminist Studies (GFS);
Scripps (SC) courses as GWS (Gender and Women’s Studies);
all Women’s Studies courses can be found under WGFS
(Women’s/Gender/Feminist Studies) in the web schedule and
all such courses satisfy Area 3 of the Breadth of Study
Requirements.
A brochure prepared by the coordinator of Women’s Studies at
The Claremont Colleges describes additional Women’s Studies
courses. It is available in the Office of the Registrar, at
the Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Office and in the Pomona
College Women’s Studies coordinator’s office.
ID 26. Introduction to Women’s Studies. Ms. Tompkins (PO),
Ms. Sellery (HM), Ms Bilger (CM), Ms. Soldatenko (PZ).
Analyzes systemic and institutionalized forms of inequality
and discrimination, production of sexual and gender
difference historically and cross-culturally, and
articulations of gender with race, ethnicity, class,
sexuality and colonialism. Embraces various feminist
disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, including
anthropology, art, biology, literary criticism, psychology
and sociology. Guest lectures by Women’s Studies faculty
expose students to current developments in feminist
scholarship.
PZ GFS 60. Women in the Third World.
Ms. Dengu-Zvobgo.
PZ GFS 61 CH. Contemporary Issues of Chicanas and Latinas.
Staff.
PZ GFS 115. Women of Color in the U.S.
Ms. Soldantenko.
PZ GFS 117. Children and Families in South Asia.
Ms. Banerjee.
PZ GFS 166 CH. Chicana Feminist Epistemology.
Ms. Soldatenko.
SC GWS 195. Internship in Feminist Activism.
Ms. Castagnetto.
GWS180. Transnational Feminist Theory.
Ms. Tompkins. Topics
include purpose of theory, variety of theoretical
perspectives, feminist epistemology, intersection of race,
class and gender in theorizing, global feminisms, theory and
activism, and queer theory. Historical and contemporary
readings. Prerequisite: 26, or permission of instructor.
GWS 181. Feminist Community Engagement: Bridging Theory with
Praxis.
Ms. Tompkins. Under supervision of a Women’s Studies
faculty member and in the context of a seminar of
interdisciplinary readings, students work in a community
setting. Placements range from organizations providing
direct social services and apprenticeships with feminists in
the field to museums, bookstores and dance/theatre
companies. Prerequisite: ID 26, or permission of instructor.
GWS 190. Senior Seminar in Women’s
Studies.
Ms. Waller. An
overview and integration of work in Women’s Studies through
readings, student-led discussion and analysis of
interdisciplinary issues. Guidance on research and writing
the thesis. Throughout the semester students also meet with
the instructor and adviser in their discipline and/or
department. Students turn in one of the thesis chapters at
the end of the semester. Senior majors only.
GWS 191. Senior Thesis.
Staff. The thesis is an original
investigation on a topic in Women’s Studies and the
discipline of the concentration, completed under the
guidance of the adviser in the major department and the
adviser in the Women’s Studies program.
GWS 99/199. Reading and Research.
Staff. Supervised
independent study. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
99, lower-level; 199, advanced work. Course or half-course.
May be repeated. Each semester. (Summer Reading and Research
taken as 98/198.)
Anthropology (ANTH)
PZ 50. Sex, Body and Representation. Ms. Chao.
52. Human Sexuality. Mr. Bolton.
PZ 88. China: Gender, Cosmology and the State. Ms. Chao.
130. Sexuality and Sexual Politics of the Middle East. Ms. Mahdavi.
SC 132. Stigma: Culture, Deviance, Identity. Ms. Seizer.
SC 131. Contemporary South and Southeast Asia. Ms. Seizer.
168. Seminar: Gay and Lesbian Ethnography. Mr. Bolton.
Art (ART)
20. Introductory Photography. Ms. Pinkel.
122. Intermediate Photography. Ms. Pinkel.
123. Advanced Photography. Ms. Pinkel.
SC 181G. Topics in Art Theory: From Beauty to the Abject:
Whiteness, Race and Modernism. Mr. Gonzales-Day.
Art History (ARHI)
144A BK. Black Women Feminism(s) and Social Change. Ms.
P. Jackson.
144B BK. Daughters Africa Art Cinema Love. Ms. P. Jackson.
178 BK. Black Aesthetics and the Politics of (Re)presentation.
Ms. P. Jackson.
185. History of Photography. Ms. Howe.
186L. BK. Critical Race Theory, Representation, and the Rule
of Law. Ms. Jackson.
186W. Whiteness: Race, Sex and Representation. Ms. P.
Jackson.
Asian American Studies (ASAM)
PZ 110. (Mis)Representation of the Near East and Far
East. Mr. Parker.
Asian Languages and Literatures
CHNT 168. Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese
Literature. Ms. Cheng.
JPNT 178. Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography. Ms.
Miyake.
Asian Languages and Literatures (ALL)
Japanese Literature and Culture (Courses in Translation -
JPNT)
177. Japanese Women Writers. Ms. Miyake.
178. Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography. Ms.
Miyake.
Biology (BIO)
002A. Biology, Gender & Society. Ms. Levin.
Economics (ECON)
121. Gender, Family and Roles in the Economy. Ms. Brown.
151. Labor Economics. Mr. Steinberger.
Education (EDUC)
CGU EDU 424. Gender and Education. Ms. Perkins.
English (ENGL)
53. Twentieth-Century American Women Writers. Mr.
Javadizadeh.
55. Topics in Contemporary Fiction. Ms. Fitzpatrick.
56. Contemporary Native American Literature. Ms. Thomas.
57. Environmental Literature. Ms. Clark.
100. Literature of U.S. Imperialism. Ms. Tompkins.
106. 19th-Century Women Writers. Ms. Tompkins.
110. Women and the Rise of the Novel. Mr. Pasanek.
111. American Masculinities: The Novel in the Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries. Ms. Tompkins.
115. Eating the other: Race, Gender and Literary Food
Studies. Ms. Tompkins.
125C BK. Introduction to African American Literature. Ms.
Thomas.
125D BK: Literature and Film of the African Diaspora. Ms.
Thomas.
130 BK Topics in Twentieth-Century African Diaspora
Literature. Ms. Thomas.
134. Medieval Women Authors. Ms. Worley.
140 BK: Literature of Incarceration. Ms. Thomas.
PZ 142. Feminism and Queer Theories. Ms. Harris.
162. Virginia Woolf. Ms. Clark.
165. Modern/Postmodern Fiction. Ms. Clark.
SC 174. Contemporary Women Writers. Ms. Greene.
SC 176. Southern Women Writers. Ms. Walker.
183C. Advanced Creative Writing: Screenwriting. Mr.
Blackwood.
SC 187. Study of a Major Author: Elizabeth Bishop. Ms.
Walker.
Environmental Studies (ENVS)
PZ 162. Gender, Environment and Development. Mr.
Herrold-Menzies.
History (HIST)
036. Women of Honor, Women of Shame. Ms. Mayes.
100C CH. Latina Feminist Traditions. Mr. Summers Sandoval.
100F. Modern Feminisms in East Asia. Ms. Chin.
100X. Sexuality, Empire, and Race in the Modern Caribbean.
Ms. Mayes.
CM 140. Family, Women and Social Change in Europe,
1500-1945. Ms. Cody.
SC 164. Women in Latin America. Ms. Foster.
Linguistics and Cognitive Science (LGCS)
PZ 110. Language and Gender. Ms. Fought.
Literature (LIT)
CM 72. Jane Austen. Ms. Bilger.
CM 166. Feminist Theory. Ms. Bilger.
Media Studies (MS)
PZ 110. Media and Sexuality. Ms. Ma, Ms. Juhasz.
PZ 80. Video and Diversity. Ms. Ma.
Music (MUS)
72. Gendering Performance. Ms. Hagedorn.
172. Gendering Performance. Ms. Hagedorn.
Philosophy (PHIL)
SC 150. Philosophy of Feminism. Ms. Castagnetto.
Politics (POLI)
42. Gender and Politics. Ms. Crighton.
PZ 163. Feminist Theory. Ms. Snowiss.
Psychology (PSYC)
SC 102. Psychology of Women. Ms. LeMaster.
125. Culture and Human Development. Mr. Hurley.
Religious Studies (RLST)
SC 60. Feminist Interpretations of the Bible. Ms. Dube.
SC 160. Feminist Interpretations of the Gospels. Ms. Dube.
PZ 106. Zen Buddhism. Mr. Parker.
SC 123. Christianity in Africa. Ms. Dube.
164. Engendering and Experience: Women in the Islamic
Tradition. Ms. Kassam.
177. Gender and Religion. Ms. Runions.
PZ IIS167. Theory and Practice of Resistance to Monoculture.
Mr. Parker.
CM 175. Visions of the Divine Feminine in Hinduism and
Buddhism. Ms. Shimkhada.
SC 176A. Feminist New Testament Studies in Contemporary
Contexts: HIV/AIDS and/or Violence. Ms. Dube.
184. Queer Theory and the Bible. Ms. Runions.
Romance Languages and Literatures French (FREN)
151. Men, Women, & Power. Ms. Waller.
152. Masters, Servants, & Slaves. Ms. Waller.
173. Reading Bodies. Ms. Waller.
174. The Romantic Other. Ms. Waller.
175. Border Crossings. Ms. Waller.
Spanish (SPAN)
105. Spanish & Latin American Film. Ms. Donapetry.
140. Gender and Genre in Contemporary Latin American
Literature and Culture. Ms. Chávez-Silverman.
142. Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representation of
Latinidad. Ms. Chávez-Silverman.
143. Current Topics in Spanish Narrative: She Says, He Says.
Ms. Donapetry.
146. El Deseo de la Palabra: Poetry or Death. Ms. Chávez-Silverman.
Russian Literature in Translation (RUST)
178. Sex and Gender in Russian Culture. Ms. Larsen.
Sociology (SOC)
PZ 59. Sociology of Gender. Ms. Yep.
146. Women’s Roles in Society. Ms. Rapaport.
150 CH. Chicanos/Latinas and Education. Ms. Ochoa.
PZ 152. Science, Politics, Medicine. Ms. Jennings.
PZ 156. Sociology of the Family. Ms. Jennings.
PZ 181. Violence in Intimate Relationships. Ms. Stromberg.
Theatre (THEA)
004. Theatre for Social Change. Ms. Bowles.
115E. Women Playwrights. Ms. Bernhard.
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