1、波莫納的批判性探索課是所有大一新生必修的,它被設(shè)計(jì)成一個(gè)高度跨學(xué)科并重視學(xué)生參與的課程。最近的課程題目有“古典藝術(shù)的政治”,“看見(jiàn)科學(xué)“,”劇院和環(huán)保運(yùn)動(dòng)”。想象一下如果你被雇傭來(lái)設(shè)計(jì)并教授一門(mén)批判性探索課。描述課程的題目、內(nèi)容以及你為何這么選擇。
二選一,這是第一題。
Pomona"s Critical Inquiry course is required of all first-year students, and is designed to be highly interdisciplinary and engaging. Recent class titles include: ""The Politics of Classical Art,"" ""Seeing Science,"" and ""The Theatre and Environmental Activism."" Imagine you were hired to design and teach a Critical Inquiry course. Describe the title of the class, its contents, and why you chose it.(NOTE:Please respond to one of the following two prompts)
解析:該題是課程設(shè)置,其實(shí)是show off你的學(xué)術(shù)能力和成就的機(jī)會(huì),你的選材和敘述要讓.....
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我將設(shè)計(jì)一個(gè)名為“政治美人”的課程。本課程探討各種歷史美女,如克利歐佩特拉(埃及艷后)和蓬巴杜夫人(路易十五情婦),對(duì)世界各國(guó)政府的影響,以及當(dāng)代不同國(guó)家對(duì)美的定義。學(xué)生將不僅學(xué)習(xí)真實(shí)人物,也學(xué)習(xí)神話(huà)中的人物,如特洛伊的海倫和中國(guó)古代的四大美女。課程將重點(diǎn)分析美學(xué)對(duì)不同性別的影響,以及不同文化之間的權(quán)力分配。現(xiàn)行標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的美所倡導(dǎo)的西方化和歐洲主導(dǎo)對(duì)世界,尤其是亞洲和中東文化,有著怎樣的暗示?在美國(guó)什么被認(rèn)為是有吸引力的?它是如何與不同群體,包括少數(shù)民族、婦女和同性戀,在美國(guó)的政治影響相聯(lián)系?生物學(xué)和心理學(xué)因素是否也發(fā)揮某種作用?
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Middle Eastern cultures? What is considered attractive in America, and how does it tie into the political influences of diverse groups in the United States, including racial minorities, women, and homosexuals? Do biology and psychology play into this, and how?
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2、通過(guò)本科生暑期研究項(xiàng)目,波莫納學(xué)院給學(xué)生提供最多4000美金讓學(xué)生和波莫納教授一起進(jìn)行相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的研究,包括人文學(xué),社會(huì)科學(xué)或自然科學(xué)。假設(shè)你能獲得這樣的機(jī)會(huì),你會(huì)選擇研究什么課題?為什么該課題對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)很重要?你怎么知道你能夠在這個(gè)課題上獲得成功?
二選一,這是第二題。
Through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Pomona provides students up to $4,000 to conduct research with a Pomona professor on any topic in the arts and humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences. Imagine you received one of these grants. What would you research and why is this topic important to you? How would you know if you had been successful in your research?(NOTE:Please respond to one of the following two prompts)
解析:這個(gè)題目其實(shí)是show off你的學(xué)術(shù)能力和成就的機(jī)會(huì),你的選材和敘述要讓.....
范文:
只要存在收入不平等,貧富差距和貧困就不可避免。減少收入差距的關(guān)鍵是制定和實(shí)施相應(yīng)的政策,而做到這些政客是至關(guān)重要的。
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As long as income inequality exists, wealth gap and poverty are inevitable. Key to reduce income inequality is corresponding policy formulation and implementation, to which politicians are crucial. However, most US presidents came from or are supported by the rich, so they have to make policies in favor of those financial groups in return. Therefore, great efforts are to be take and a long time should be taken before the these problems are alleviated or solved.
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1.波莫納學(xué)院的錄取競(jìng)爭(zhēng)十分激烈,與頂尖的綜合性大學(xué)一樣,教育質(zhì)量很高,獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金資源十分豐厚。它的費(fèi)用和其他文理學(xué)院基本持平,而且它并不喜歡書(shū)呆子學(xué)生,雖然他們要求的SAT分?jǐn)?shù)幾乎是文理學(xué)院中最高的。
2.美國(guó)百分之九十以上的文理學(xué)院都地處偏僻小鎮(zhèn),學(xué)校致力于本科的小班教學(xué),沒(méi)有助教,所有課程都是由擁有美國(guó)名牌大學(xué)博士學(xué)位的資深教授親授,所以非常注重教學(xué)質(zhì)量。
3.波莫納學(xué)院不設(shè)置商學(xué)或者醫(yī)學(xué)專(zhuān)業(yè)的,如果學(xué)生對(duì)于商學(xué)或者醫(yī)學(xué)感興趣,只能選擇經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)或者醫(yī)學(xué)預(yù)科的相關(guān)課程。文理學(xué)院不強(qiáng)調(diào)專(zhuān)業(yè)性知識(shí)的傳授,這也正是文理學(xué)院的立校之本,即所授課程只強(qiáng)調(diào)一個(gè)“廣”字。文理學(xué)院的教育目標(biāo),是力求塑造一個(gè)人的整體學(xué)識(shí)素養(yǎng),并不熱衷于傳授學(xué)生一些具體技術(shù)性的知識(shí),比如與金融、傳媒或者會(huì)計(jì)等相關(guān)的課程。