Earl Warren College is one of seven undergraduate colleges at the

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. Warren College has one of the largest

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populations at UCSD, with over 4,000 undergraduate students, comprising about one fifth of the student population. It is named for former

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and Chief Justice

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. Warren College was founded in 1974.

Residence halls and apartments

Each of the

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s within Warren College is named after justices that sat on the

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along with Chief Justice Warren. Residence halls are located near the ecological reserve, a canyon filled with eucalyptus trees and hiking trails. Residence Halls include: * Stewart * Frankfurter * Harlan Apartments for both first and second year students include: *

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* Goldberg There are also

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apartments available at the Warren Campus.

Student life

Warren College has various student organizations. These include: Warren College Student Council (WCS

Warren College Events Board, Warren Transfer and Commuter Commission (WTCC), Commission on Warren Spirit (COWS), Frosh Small Group, Provost's Student Advisory Council (PSAC), Warren College Honors Council, Warren Initiative for Student Health (WISH), and Warren Association of Volunteer Enthusiasts (WAVE). The Warren College campus is also home to an enormous rock sculpture in the shape of a bear, known as "Bearl," located on the engineering quad.

Educational Philosophy and Programs

Reflecting Earl Warren's tenure as Chief Justice, Warren College's official motto is "Toward a life in balance." Warren College emphasizes the importance of living a balanced life and creating a balanced education. Warren College has Curriculum, general education requirements that are easy to individualize, though the campus-wide requirement of two writing courses still holds. While the number of classes required is no less than the other five colleges, one often has more freedom in choosing classes.

Programs of Concentration

All courses are organized into three disciplines, (1)

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, (2)

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s, and (3) the

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. Warren College allows students to pursue a major of their choice in any discipline while requiring the completion of two Programs of Concentration (PofCs) in the other two disciplines. Each Program of Concentration is composed of six courses, of 4-units, (e.g., a

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major could take six classes in

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and six classes in

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as well).

Engineering students

Student looking towards an engineering, B.S. degree, however, are required to complete two area studies (A/S), each comprising three courses of 4 units, at least two of which must be upper-division courses. Similar to PofCs, area studies must be non-contiguous to the student's major and to each other. Warren College is home to a large number of

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students because its general education requirements are more flexible for students pursuing an

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degree in engineering. In 2006, the college has added a new building dedicated to the study of

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, called

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Writing programs

Warren College's writing program consists of a two-quarter sequence based on the model of argumentation developed by British philosopher

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References

External links

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