Lower-Division

MERR1 Academic Literacy and Ethos: Reading Ourselves, Reading the World

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 Merrill's intellectual tradition of investigating social change and social justice.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to first-year college members.

Quarter offered

Fall

MERR3L Precalculus Academy Lab

Students use worksheets designed to help them solve problems by thinking critically, and participate in answering project-based questions relevant to the themes of their college core courses. Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 2 or placement (MP) score of 200 or higher. Concurrent enrollment in Mathematics 3 is required. Enrollment is by permission of the instructor.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall

MERR28 Peer Leadership in Co-Curricular Settings

Introductory course for student leaders combining theoretical background and practical applications. Topics include: student-development theory; communication strategies; leadership-skills assessment; and intergroup relations. Includes readings, discussions, self-reflection, and lectures. Resident assistant (RA) pre-employment training course. Enrollment by interview only: approval of instructor required. Enrollment restricted to selection as resident assistant (RA), program assistant, or alternate for Merrill College.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

MERR50 Merrill Alumni Careers in Public Service

Course focuses on careers in public service--why choose one, how to prepare for one.

Credits

2

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to college members.

Quarter offered

Spring

MERR80C Merrill Seminar

Research-based seminar on a topic of particular cultural, historical, or contemporary interest, open to all undergraduate students, taught by either a Merrill College Fellow or other member of the UCSC faculty.

Credits

5

MERR85B Merrill Classroom Connection Field Study

Supervised hands-on experience assisting in local K-12 school classrooms. Students attend UCSC class meetings, complete relevant readings in educational theory, and present a final assignment. This course requires more hours than course 85C and involves travel to Pescadero twice per week.

Credits

3

Requirements

Priority enrollment restricted to Merrill College members.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

MERR85C Merrill Classroom Connection Field Study

Supervised hands-on experience assisting in local K-12 school classrooms. Students also attend UCSC course meetings, complete relevant readings in educational theory, and present a final assignment. Please see http://merrill.ucsc.edu/academics/programs-and-courses/classroom-connection/index.html for conditions that must be met prior to placement at local schools.

Credits

2

Requirements

Priority enrollment is restricted to Merrill College members.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

MERR90 Theory and Practice of Field Study

Course provides an opportunity for lower-division students to learn about Santa Cruz, Calif., its contemporary history, culture, and politics through classroom theoretical learning integrated with individual field studies. Course also examines social change, qualitative research, and community organizing.

Credits

5

Instructor

Michael Rotkin

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to College Scholar Students.

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall

MERR90F Merrill Field Study Practicum

Offers Merrill students an opportunity for practical field study experience with preparation and support for practical skill development and critical reflection on service-learning experience.

Credits

2

Instructor

Michael Rotkin

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to sophomore, junior, and senior college members.

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

MERR90S Theory and Practice of Field Study

Students spend 10 hours a week on an internship they choose, with the support of the instructor, working with a local organization. Includes class lectures and discussions of readings.

Credits

2

Instructor

Michael Rotkin

General Education Code

PR-S

MERR93 Field Study

Provides for individual programs of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Up to three such courses may be taken for credit in any one quarter. Approval of student's adviser and provost required.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

MERR93F Field Study

Provides for individual program of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Approval of instructor required.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

MERR93G Field Study

Provides for individual programs of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Approval of instructor required.

Credits

3

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

MERR98F Independent Study

Independent Study

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

MERR99 Tutorial

Various topics to be arranged between student and instructor. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

MERR99F Tutorial

Various topics to be arranged between student and instructor. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring