Claremont McKenna College

©Claremont McKenna College
Motto: Crescit cum commercio civitas. "Civilization prospers with commerce."
Founded	1946
School type	Private coeducational
President	Pamela M. Gann
Location	Claremont, California
Enrollment	1,066 undergraduates (Fall 2004)
Annual Fees	$38,990 (2004–2005)
Campus surroundings	Suburban
Campus size	50 acres (4 km²)
Sports teams	Athenas (Women) and Stags (Men)
<center> CMC's Trademark Bauer Center

Dorms

Claremont McKenna's dorms are divided into 3 regions: North Quad, Mid Quad, and South Quad. In addition, the Student Apartments sit on the East edge of campus, and are occupied primarily by seniors.

North Quad is comprised of Appleby, Boswell, Green, and Wohlford dormitories. In the north quad dorms, every room opens to the outdoors instead of opening to an interior hallway. North quad rooms are all doubles grouped into suites of four rooms that share a bathroom.

CMC's Mid Quad is home to Beckett, Benson, Berger, Marks, and Phillips Halls, which feature long interior corridors, double and single rooms, large shared-bathroom facilities, and all-dorm lounge areas. Badgley Gardens, the green space just south of Beckett is where we hold commencement every year, but it's also a great place to catch a little sun.

The tallest buildings in Claremont happen to be three of our residence halls: Auen, Fawcett, and Stark Halls. Also known as "The Towers," these three dorms make up South Quad. Each building has seven floors with approximately twelve students per floor. Each floor has a common area and a large shared bathroom, and there is an all-dorm lounge area on the ground floor.

All dorm rooms attended to by staff on a weekly basis.

Academic program

General education requirements

Although its specialty is public policy and economics, Claremont McKenna College does hold to the idea of a liberal education by requiring student to add breadth to their knowledge through the completion of course in natural and social science, humanities, and foreign language.

First year requirements

Literature 10 - Composition and Literary Analysis

Unless waived for a transfer student, every student must take in their first year at the college this introductory literary classes which covers all the major literary genres and is designed to improve each students critical thinking and writing skills. The works studied and course format varies depending on professor.

Civilization 10 - Questions of Civilization

Question of Civilization was designed provide a unifying experience of Claremont McKenna students while fostering the exploration of universal thoughts and ideas. Directed by Prof. Robert J. Valenza, each year a core set of text is chosen for all section of Civilization 10, with each professor adding his/her own insights or works to the course. Although not common in all sections, Prof. Valenza encourages the Civ faculty to provide interaction through discussion. Many students, though far from most, find this one of their most cherished CMC experiences.

Nevertheless, the course is not without its critics. Some students have complained that the course attempts to do too much and ends up teaching nothing. The course is a combination of literature, philosophy, and religious studies, though it too often ends up as none of the above. The class has, with reason, often been called "pointless" and "a waste of my time."

Majors

• American studies
• Asian studies
• Biology
• Biology-Chemistry
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Econ-Accounting
• Environment, Economics, and Politics
• Environmental Science
• French
• Gender studies
• German
• Government
• History
• International Relations
• Literature
• Management-Engineering
• Mathematics
• Neuroscience
• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Public Affairs
• Philosophy, Politics and Economics
• Physics
• Practicum
• Psychology
• Religious studies
• Science and Management
• Spanish

Sequences

Claremont McKenna College does not offer the traditional minor. Instead, CMC offers a group of sequences which are group of course on a particular interdisciplinary theme.

CMC's Sequences include

• Asian-American
• Computer Science
• Ethics
• Financial Economics
• Gender Studies
• Human Rights, Genocide, and Holocaust Studies
• Leadership

Alumni

• David Dreier, California Congressman
• Randy Steven Kraft - Class of 1967
• Henry Kravis
• George R. Roberts
• Donald McKenna - Founding Trustee of the college, namesake

Dropouts

• Blake Gottesman
• Robin Williams, actor and comedian
• Tyra Banks, Model

External links

• Claremont McKenna College (http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/)-- The Official College Website
• CMCStudents.COM (http://www.cmcstudents.com/)-- The Internet Voice of Some CMC Students

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