Academics
Any student attending Pomona can enroll in up to 50% of his or her classes at the other four colleges in the Claremont Colleges. This policy is similar across the Claremont Colleges; it is meant to give students the resources of a larger university while maintaining the positive qualities of a small liberal arts college.
The average class size at Pomona is 14. All classes are taught by professors, and there is a 8:1 ratio of professors to students. The majority of professors work with students on research. Additionally, Pomona will provide grants to students to conduct independent research over the summer. Students take at least one course in each of five areas: Creative Expression; Social Institutions and Human Behavior; History, Values, Ethics and Cultural Studies; Physical and Biological Sciences; and Mathematical Reasoning. The Writing Center offers free, confidential consultations for students with student Writing Fellows. Writing Fellows work to improve both individual papers and work with students to develop writing skills.
55% of Pomona students study abroad, mostly in the junior year. Pomona offers 49 programs in 32 countries. Students can study abroad in any major, and petition to study abroad in an outside program. Popular choices include the exclusive Pomona program at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Pomona has 47 majors as well as the chance to create your own interdisciplinary major. Some of the most popular majors include Economics, Neuroscience, Politics, and History.
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)