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learning to identify and engage resources—both human and material—through
internships and service learning opportunities
As a hub for social responsibility the Center facilitates applied work through
participation, action research, and community-based learning.
Among its Core Partnerships are the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center (PEOC), a
day labor center serving the city of Pomona; HERO, an after-school program in Ontario
for homeless and underserved youth; Camps Afflerbaugh-Paige, a youth detention camp
located in La Verne; and Prototypes Women’s Center in Pomona, which serves at-risk
women and their children..
Through CCCSI’s Core Partneships, students can meet their academic objectives by
becoming involved in literacy or computer programming at PEOC, by tutoring,
mentoring, or overseeing the garden at HERO, or by becoming active in the spoken word,
gardening, visual or performing arts programs at Camps Afflerbaugh-Paige.
The Center’s community partners present both faculty and students with extraordinary
opportunities to engage in applied problem-solving activities.
CCCSI is located on the second floor of Bernard, in the ‘fishbowl.” Contact us at
cccsi@pitzer.edu or phone (909) 607-8183. For further information, visit our website at
www.pitzer.edu/cccsi/ or call Chris Frausto, assistant director, at 607-8184.
Fields of Major
The College believes it is mastery of a subject that makes informed, independent
judgments, and so requires students to complete a major. Prior to midterm of the second
semester of sophomore year, students will choose an adviser in the field of their selected
major and begin discussions regarding the major. Students must complete a
Major/Educational Objectives form that is signed by the major adviser of record and
submit it to the Registrar’s Office no later than midterm of the first semester of junior
year. New students with a minimum of junior class standing will have an additional
semester to submit the major declaration form. A substantial part of the junior and senior
years will be devoted to the major program. At Pitzer College, field groups (similar to a
discipline or department) organize major requirements and courses. Students may choose
existing majors at the other Claremont Colleges provided that the fields are not offered as
majors at Pitzer.
American Studies Linguistics
Anthropology Mathematical Economics
Art Mathematics
Art History Media Studies
Asian American Studies Molecular Biology
Biology-Chemistry Music
Biology Neuroscience
Black Studies Organismal Biology
Chemistry Organizational Studies
Chicano Studies Philosophy
Classics Physics
Dance Political Economy
Economics Political Studies
English and World Literature Psychology
Environmental Science Religious Studies
Environmental Studies Science and Management
Gender & Feminist Studies Science, Technology & Society
History Sociology
Human Biology Spanish
International and Intercultural Studies Theatre
Asian Studies
European Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Third World Studies
Additional majors are available by arrangement with the other Claremont Colleges.
Students with off-campus majors and advisers must also have a Pitzer faculty member as
an adviser to oversee completion of the Pitzer Educational Objectives.
Combined majors meld two or more existing fields, with some modification of the
normal requirements in each. Combined majors must be approved by a faculty member
representing each field involved, following the principles established by each field group.
Such approval normally must be obtained not later than midterm of the first semester of
the junior year.
Double majors require completion of all requirements for two fields. If the requirements
for the two fields overlap, some field groups may place restrictions on the number of
courses that can be counted in both fields. Students must have the approval of faculty
advisers in both fields and should submit two separate Major/Educational Objectives
forms not later than midterm of the first semester of the junior year. Majoring in three
fields is possible but unadvisable, will be subject to the same requirements as those listed
above for double majors, and will require approval of the Curriculum Committee.
Guidelines for Special Majors
Students may wish to pursue a major that does not fit an established major. A special
major proposal should be developed with and must be approved by a minimum of two
faculty advisers in appropriate fields. Students must have at least one Pitzer adviser, so if
both special major advisers are from off-campus, the student must have a 3rd Pitzer
adviser. Proposals should be submitted to the Registrar’s Office to be forwarded to the
Curriculum Committee for their review, comment, and approval. The criteria detailed
below will be used by the Curriculum Committee in evaluating proposals.
Students should choose special major advisers and begin discussing the proposal in the
sophomore year. Proposals must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office no later than