2019 College Spotlight
UC Santa Cruz combines the resources of a world-class public research university with a distinctive undergraduate experience characterized by our college system. Each of the ten colleges is a vibrant living/learning community supported by faculty and staff who provide academic support, organize student activities, and sponsor events that enhance the intellectual and social life of the campus. All undergraduate students become affiliated with one of our 10 colleges.
Over the summer, many of the colleges offer unique classes, open to anyone, regardless of the UCSC college you are from, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
CRSN 15A
Session 2
Online Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Introduces tips and techniques to supplement and expand a student's existing repertoire of science/mathematics problem-solving skills for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classes. The material covered is intended to aid development as a confident learner and future expert in the student's major.
COWL 52
Session 1
Online only class.
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Overview of the financial responsibilities that young adults take on after college. Topics include: taxes, budgeting, student loans, credit, and investing in the stock market. Ubiquitous terms, such as 401(k), are defined, and financial principles are used to develop a framework for personal financial decision-making.
Note: Course includes additional fee for online exam proctoring.
CRWN 80F
Session 1
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Examines how science fictions have imagined better and worse worlds, social relations, and identities by using science and technology. Students read novels and short stories from the 19th Century to the present and discuss and debate questions of justice, freedom, difference, and identity. (Formerly "Seminar in Science Fiction.") Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and C1 requirements. Enrollment limited to 22. (General Education Code(s): TA.)
CRWN 90
8-Week Session
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Introduction to the basics of setting up a start-up company using the Lean Launchpad/NSF I-Corps model of instruction. Students learn principles of data collection, marketing processes, and resources needed for new companies. The class is articulated around the design of a business plan, in groups of 4-5 students that are coached by successful entrepreneurs. It culminates in a pitch deck presentation. The market research for the project involves talking to at least 5 potential customers, partners, channels and/or related experts each week. This class is mostly online except for the starting and ending in-person 1 day workshop, (6) six - 2 hour weekly webinars and weekly office hours with Instructor and Mentors. (Formerly, "Summer Entrepreneurship Academy: Discovering and Launching a Business".)
KRSG 12A
Session 1
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Students find a volunteer position with the instructor's assistance and perform community service in non-profit organizations, schools, unions, or local government agencies. Students meet weekly, keep a journal, and write a "social action witnessing" report of their experience. Enrollment limited to 25. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): PR-S.)
KRSG 63
Session 1
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Hands-on practice with basic ecological horticulture skills through work at the Kresge Garden, including soil cultivation. Enrollment by instructor approval through
application (available in the Kresge College office). Enrollment limited to college members. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): PR-S.)KRSG 65W-02
Session 1
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
A course of guidance and exercises to assist in developing independent writing projects, and a group setting for critique and feedback. Students do in-class and out-of-class writing assignments; read and discuss texts; and work to develop a final project. (Formerly course 65C, Power and Representation: Creative Writing). Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): PR-C.)
KRSG 65W-01
Session 2
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
A course of guidance and exercises to assist in developing independent writing projects, and a group setting for critique and feedback. Students do in-class and out-of-class writing assignments; read and discuss texts; and work to develop a final project. (Formerly course 65C, Power and Representation: Creative Writing). Enrollment limited to 20. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): PR-C.)
PRTR 41I
Session 1
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Theory and practice of improvisation in the performing arts with an emphasis on acting improvisation techniques. Readings and films develop a theoretical and historical understanding of spontaneous invention on stage. Students attend area theater improvisational performances. (Formerly course 80I.) Enrollment limited to 25. (General Education Code(s): PR-C.)
PRTR 141W
Session 2
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff. Prerequisites lifted in summer.
For practitioners of acting improvisation, this course deepens participants' knowledge and skills through practical and theoretical readings, by viewing performances, and by improvising in class and in small groups
outside class. Participants perform in a final public showing. (Formerly course 180I.) Prerequisite(s): course 41I or equivalent college-level experience or coursework. Enrollment limited to 20. (General Education Code(s): PR-C.)Students can take both 41I and 141W for in-depth experience and skill building!
All students - prerequisites are lifted in summer. 41I will not be a prerequisite for 141W in summer - students can take either one (or both).
STEV 27
10-Week
Online class.
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
This online course frames and supports the service-learning experiences of students engaged in field placements both here in Santa Cruz and in their home communities. Students approach social challenges thematically (e.g., homelessness, environmentalism, domestic violence, etc.) and consider how different disciplines might engage these issues. They consider how our community partners conceptualize and address social issues and how these conceptions
connect, or fail to connect, with academic approaches. (General Education Code: PR-S.)STEV 80G
Session 2
Open to ALL students - from any college at UCSC, other universities, high schools, or UCSC Staff.
Uses feature films and documentaries to address and discuss perspectives of "self and society." Films include Star Wars, The Hunger Games, and The Matrix. (General Education Code(s): IM.)
STEM Essentials (online) (2 credits)
Personal Finance and Investing (online) (5 credits)
Science Fictions (5 credits)
Start-up Entrepreneurship Academy (SEA) (5 credits)
Service Learning (3 credits)
Kresge Garden Cooperative (2 credits)
Creative Writing (2 credits)
Creative Writing (2 credits)
Improvisation (5 credits)
Improvisation Workshop (5 credits)
Service Learning (online) (2 credits)
Self and Society Through Film (5 credits)
