Stevenson College (University Of California, Santa Cruz)
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Adlai E. Stevenson College, known colloquially as Stevenson College, is a
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at the
University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of C ...
. Currently, the college is host to the Linguistics Department, as well as many humanities faculty. The college was named after
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ambassador. The college was founded in 1966, a year after the establishment of the university and its first college, Cowell.


Core course

The core course at Stevenson College is Self & Society. It is the only two-quarter long core course at the university and students can earn up to five general education requirements. The course holds an emphasis on analytical writing, critical thinking, and oral presentation skills. Due to the broad nature of the course, students find themselves learning about and discussing religion, political theory, social criticism, and literature. Some texts that the course includes are the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita, the Koran, Plato’s Five Dialogues, '' The Autobiography of Malcolm X'', Sigmund Freud's Society and Its Discontents, Sartre's
Existentialism is a Humanism ''Existentialism Is a Humanism'' () is a 1946 work by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, based on a lecture by the same name he gave at Club Maintenant in Paris, on 29 October 1945. In early translations, ''Existentialism and Humanism'' was the ti ...
,
The Communist Manifesto ''The Communist Manifesto'' (), originally the ''Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (), is a political pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London in 1848. The ...
, Persepolis_(comics), and much more. Students enjoy the small seminar sections, to discuss many ideas relating to “self” and “society.”


Living at Stevenson

At Stevenson College, there are eight dormitory houses that are separated into two adjacent locations: “upper quad” and “lower quad.” Each house contains single, double, triple, and quad rooms, and can house approximately 60 students. Stevenson College also has apartments that are an option for non-freshman undergraduate students. They house approximately 136 students, and come fully furnished. The knoll, which has views of Monterey Bay, is a common hangout for Stevenson students, with students studying, napping, and sun bathing on the knoll throughout the year. The Stevenson Coffee House is also a hangout where students and professors eat, socialize, and study. The Stevenson Library is a quieter location to work on papers and assignments. Stevenson College is located above the university’s gym and pool.


Community at Stevenson

Stevenson College also holds events for its community. College Night happens two to three times a quarter, where students eat specially themed meals with some type of live entertainment. Open Mic Nights at the Stevenson Coffee House are also an event that occurs several times a month. Anybody can sign up, and some students perform songs, recite poetry, or perform magic tricks. The Resident Assistants (RAs) at Stevenson College also host events each quarter.


References

City On a Hill Press. Jan 2009 ed.


External links


Stevenson College home pageUC Santa Cruz home page Stevenson College Core Course Curriculum and Book List 2012-2013Photographs and architectural drawings of Stevenson College from the UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections
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