Claremont, California, United States
Entry Requirements
• ACT scores, or
• SAT scores, or
• Two or more Advanced Placement test scores of at least 4 (one must be in
English or English Language and one in mathematics or a natural science), or
• Two International Baccalaureate exams: one must be in English 1A and one
must be in the Mathematics Methods (Standard Level, or a higher-level course
in mathematics), or
• Two exams: One recent junior or senior year graded, analytical writing sample
from a humanities or social science course AND a graded mathematics
examination, preferably a final or end-of-semester exam in the most advanced
mathematics course possible. The samples must include the teacher’s
comments, grades and the assignment.
• General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examinations (GCE “A”
levels): three certificates with passes of A, B, or C.
• French Baccalaureate: minimum subject scores of 10 out of 20 in any series;
• German Abitur: minimum passes of ausreichend in each subject;
• Italian Maturita: minimum score of 36;
• Icelandic Studentsprof: minimum score of 4.5;
• Swedish Studentexamen: minimum score of 2.3;
• Swiss Federal Maturity Certificate: minimum score of 58.
Curriculum
103. Introduction to American Culture.
180. Seminar in American Studies.
190. Senior Thesis Seminar.
191. Senior Thesis
10. Historical Anthropology
12. Native Americans and Their Environment
76. American Political Discourses
137. Tradition and Transformation in Native North American Art and Culture.
139. Seminar: Topics in Native American Art History.
82. Racial Politics of Teaching
102. Fieldwork: Asian Americans
11a. Survey of American Literature.
12AF. Intro to African American Literature.
117. Contemporary American Fiction.
121AF. Studies in Poetry: Love and Revolution—Black Women’s Poetry/Song in
the 20th Century
134AF. Harlem Renaissance: Gender, Class and Sexuality
160. Literature of the Americas
25 & 26. U.S. History: 1620 to Present.
50. Journalism in America: 1787 to Present.
51. The Atomic Bomb in American Culture Since 1945.
95. U.S. Environmental Policy.
118. Teaching U.S. History: Practicum
152. Down and Out: The Great Depression, 1929–1941.
154. U.S. Labor History.
156. American Empire: 1898 and After.
158. The Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1845–1877.
159. Victorian America, 1870–1900.