Lower-Division

CRSN1 Academic Literacy and Ethos: Environment and Society

Teaches foundational concepts for intellectual exploration and personal development within an academic community: analysis, critical thinking, metacognition, engagement with others across difference, and self-efficacy. Engages students in Rachel Carson's intellectual tradition of investigating relationships between environment and society.

Credits

5

CRSN10 Academic Success

An interactive course providing students with the opportunity to assess and revise methods of and purposes in studying. Critical, effective approaches to reading, writing, participating in lectures and sections, taking exams, balancing competing responsibilities, and utilizing campus resources are all explored. Enrollment by permission of college adviser.

Credits

2

CRSN15 Strategies to Jump Start Your STEM Learning

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.

Credits

2

CRSN15A STEM Essentials

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.

Credits

2

CRSN20C The Water Environment: Literature of the Sea

Students consider the representation of the sea in selected texts, noting how it becomes the focal point for the fears, hopes, and prejudices of Western civilization. Students write critical papers and their own narratives.

Credits

2

CRSN20D College Students' Lives

Students understand their peers and themselves better through an exploration of issues that affect the daily life of college students. Topics include campus/student cultures, the academic system, and other critical issues. Overview of campus resources also provided.

Credits

2

CRSN20F Justice on Earth

Examines issues of oppression, privilege, and social justice within a global and environmental context through self-reflective and group work. May include an optional service-learning component requiring travel during spring break.

Credits

3

CRSN20G Peregrine Falcons Return

A case study of the successful effort by UC Santa Cruz biologists to fully recover California's nearly extinct population of Peregrine Falcons between 1975 and 1995.

Credits

2

CRSN28 Peer Leadership in Higher Education

Overview of theories of student development, critical student issues, and skills needed for appropriate peer leadership interventions. Utilizes a variety of learning modes including readings, discussions, case studies, lectures, and group projects. Interview only: approval of instructor; Resident Assistant (RA) pre-employment training course.

Credits

3

CRSN55 Rachel Carson College: Service Learning Practicum

Introduces service-learning theory and practice for students engaging in service-learning work in the college, college-related projects, community service organizations, or public agencies.

Credits

2

CRSN56 Media Internships for Sustainability

Students develop and work on media projects related to the college theme of Environment and Society in film, on television, in print, and on the Internet. Students work in groups with specific instructors and project leaders. Enrollment by application and instructor consent.

Credits

2

CRSN61 Education for Sustainable Living Program

Analyzes sustainability and its application in daily life and on campus, involving collaboration between students, faculty, staff, administration, and the community. Guest lecturers, discussions, an optional UC-wide retreat, and essays allow engagement with aspects of ecological and social sustainability.

Credits

2

CRSN81C Designing a Sustainable Future

Introduces key technological solutions to environmental problems; discusses their underlying principles; and examines their societal dimensions. Topics include: conventional and renewable energy; emerging technologies for transportation, energy efficiency clean water; planetary engineering; and lean manufacturing.

Credits

5

CRSN82 Environment and Society in Film

Students write about and discuss a variety of films and articles about environment and society. Topics may include water, food systems, wilderness, wildlife, pollution, global warming, nuclear energy, conservation, and environmental activism.

Credits

2

CRSN90 Rachel Carson College Garden Internship

One-credit internship in the Rachel Carson College Garden. Offers students of the college an opportunity to become involved in an experimental learning project focusing on application of concepts of sustainable agriculture.

Credits

1

CRSN93 Field Study

Credits

5

CRSN99 Tutorial

Credits

5

CRSN99F Tutorial

Individual study for lower-division students directed by a faculty member affiliated with the college. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2