Lower-Division

STEV 1 Academic Literacy and Ethos: Self 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. Examines the roots of modern society using diverse religious texts and major classical and modern philosophical works.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to college members.

STEV 1A Introduction to University Life and Learning

Orientation to and an exploration of the nature of the liberal arts, and of learning at research universities. Topics include: academic planning for upper-division coursework; enrollment processes; and understanding pathways to degree completion; UCSC resources that support health and well-being; strategies for academic success; the cultivation of just communities; the prevention of sexual harassment and violence; campus conduct policies; awareness of risks associated with drug and/or alcohol use; and an introduction to traditions of community-engaged learning, ground-breaking research, and interdisciplinary thinking that define a UC Santa Cruz degree. This course can be taken for Pass/No Pass grading only.

Credits

1

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to entering first-year Stevenson College students.

Quarter offered

Summer

STEV 1B Stevenson Core On the Trail: An Outdoor Supplement to the Stevenson Core Course

As an outdoor, walking support class for students concurrently enrolled in Stevenson's College 1 Core Course, this "Core Walks" course provides an opportunity for students to discuss the week's reading while exploring UCSC's extraordinary campus on foot. As our walks will be an hour and a half in length and will take place on trails with uneven, unpaved surfaces with some steep uphill portions, students should have appropriate walking shoes and be ready to hike, explore, and experience nature. Students prepare for each walk having read the assigned reading and prepared questions to generate conversations about the reading while walking. Students are expected to bring the week's reading, a composition book, and water for each walk.

Credits

2

Requirements

Concurrent enrollment in STEV 1 required. Enrollment is restricted to Stevenson frosh and sophomores.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall

STEV 2 Self and Society 2

Winter quarter of Stevenson's core course continues development of analytical writing, critical reading, and effective speaking in exploring conflicts inherent in modern society. Investigates themes of colonization, race, gender, class, and cultural conflict. (Formerly course 81A.)

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to first-year and sophomore college members.

General Education Code

TA

Quarter offered

Winter

STEV 10 Skills for College and Beyond

Applications of practical skills for effective, meaningful study in the context of a full, busy life. Topics include learning styles, time management, test preparation, and life balance. Specific techniques for efficient reading comprehension, note-taking, memorization, and self-assessment are introduced. Enrollment restricted to college members and by permission of instructor.

Credits

2

Instructor

Caren Camblin

Repeatable for credit

Yes

STEV 16 Stevenson Community Garden

Hands-on course in ecological horticulture at the Stevenson garden. Students grow the Stevenson community through gardening and projects focused on building a healthy and regenerative local-foods culture. Enrollment by interview only. Enrollment restricted to Stevenson College members.

Credits

2

STEV 21 Citizens and Nations: Self and Society in the 19th Century

A reading seminar focusing on a set of key texts. Examines how the political and industrial revolutions of the 19th century fundamentally transformed the relationships between individuals and their respective societies.

Credits

2

Instructor

Kiva Silver

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to Stevenson College members.

STEV 22 Self and Society in Classical Social Theory

Reading seminar focusing on a set of key texts from classical social theory. Explores the transition from traditional to modern societies. Authors addressed may include Locke, Rousseau, de Tocqueville, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.

Credits

2

Instructor

Kiva Silver

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to Stevenson College members.

STEV 26 Navigating the Research University

Explores critical engagement in education in the context of a research university. Introduces first-year issues and success strategies and ways to participate in the institution's academic life. Investigates strategies for clarifying education goals and devising a plan for success. Students cannot receive credit for this course and PRTR 26 or KRSG 26.

Credits

2

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring, Summer

STEV 27 Service Learning

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,

Credits

2

Instructor

Geoffrey Childers

General Education Code

PR-S

STEV 30 Thesis Writing and Editing

Identifies and examines the assumptions, expectations, and formats of writing in students' fields, with the goal of beginning—or continuing—academic research. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Composition requirement. Enrollment restricted to junior and senior college members and by permission of instructor.

Credits

2

STEV 33 Self and Society Examined Through Ethical Dilemmas

Examines ethical dilemmas in contemporary topics, such as the status of moral principles during warfare; animal rights and the ethics of eating meat; privacy in the age of the Internet; imprisonment and rehabilitation; legal and illegal immigration; same-sex marriage; and health care.

Credits

2

STEV 35 Everyday Ethics for College Life

Exploration of and reflection on everyday values and virtues such as integrity, open-mindedness, honesty, and community. Objectives include learning how to think about moral dilemmas and how to begin drafting one's own code of ethics.

Credits

2

Instructor

Caren Camblin

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to college members.

STEV 38 Critical Thinking for the Misinformation Age

Focuses on the acquisition of critical thinking skills and their application to issues that affect today’s students. Topics include rationality, fallacies, cognitive biases, bullshit, propaganda, the internet, and artificial intelligence.

Credits

2

Quarter offered

Spring

STEV 41 Spirituality in a Modern World

Investigates scientific and pragmatic perspectives on spirituality from William James to Fritjof Capra. Explores spirituality in Western and Eastern traditions from Martin Buber to Pema Chodron. Students analyze, support, and articulate their spiritual positions in a culminating paper.

Credits

2

Instructor

Caren Camblin

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to Stevenson College members.

STEV 43 Comparative Nationalisms in Historical Perspective

From the white nationalist demonstrations in the USA to Brexit and the resurgence of populist movements in India and Europe, nationalism is resurgent worldwide. In this course, students conduct research into a current nationalist movement of their choice.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kiva Silver

Requirements

Enrollment restricted to students in the College Scholars Program.

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Winter

STEV 44 Shakespeare Research Seminar

Introduces students to different forms of literary research through the works of William Shakespeare. Together, students read five plays, along with articles that represent a range of methodological approaches to literary scholarship and research. In addition to a final paper, four research exercises are assigned throughout the quarter, of which students must complete two of their choosing. Each exercise requires a different methodology: a review of scholarship, historical research, history of theatrical production, and literary allusion.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to students enrolled in the College Scholars Program.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

TA

Quarter offered

Winter

STEV 45 Creation and its Discontents: From Human to Posthuman

Considers the trajectory of creation, from the birth of humankind to the advent of the posthuman. Beginning with depictions of God's creation of humans in the Garden of Eden, course also examines Frankenstein's creation of the "human" at the advent of modern science, and technology's creation of the posthuman in the modern age. Broad and varied selection of readings consider the following questions: What does it mean to be human? How do we define the human and draw the boundary between it and the nonhuman? How does the nonhuman help us to understand ourselves? What is the relationship between creator and created? What obligations does the creator have to that which they create?

Credits

5

General Education Code

TA

STEV 50A Stevenson Alumni Careers in Law

Connecting Stevenson students with alumni who provide practical advice for careers in law. Topics covered include the variety of career possibilities in law, preparing for law school, internships, networking, applying for jobs, and interviewing. This class does not accept new students after Week 2.

Credits

2

Instructor

Geoffrey Childers

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to College members.

STEV 50B Stevenson Alumni Careers in Science and Technology

Connecting Stevenson students with alumni who provide practical advice for careers in science and technology. Topics covered include internships, graduate school, networking, applying for jobs, interviewing, and adapting to a rapidly changing job market. This class does not accept new students after week 2.

Credits

2

Instructor

Geoffrey Childers

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to College members.

STEV 80F Academic Success in the College Core Course

Provides support for reading, understanding, and engaging with difficult Core texts; models and facilitates college-level discussion; provides instruction in collaborative processes; encourages community-building with the college; and helps acclimate students to university culture. Enrollment is restricted to first-year Stevenson students who have been placed in the Multilingual Curriculum.

Credits

3

Instructor

Caren Camblin

STEV 80G Self and Society Through Film

Uses feature films and documentaries to address and discuss perspectives of self and society. Films include Star Wars, The Hunger Games, and The Matrix.

Credits

5

Instructor

Kevin MacClaren

General Education Code

IM

STEV 80T Self and Society for Transfer Students

Condensed version of Stevenson's core course for transfer students. Develops analytical writing, critical reading, and effective speaking by considering influential philosophical works while exploring cultural conflicts in modern society. Themes include imperialism, racism, and class conflict.

Credits

5

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment is restricted to college members.

STEV 96 Theory and Practice of Peer-Guided Learning for Tutors and Learning Assistants

Provides first-time tutors and supplemental-instruction learning assistants with the theoretical background and practical interactive teaching and learning strategies essential for planning, implementing, and evaluating effective peer-guided learning.

Credits

2

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

STEV 99 Tutorial

Tutorial

Credits

5

Cross-listed courses that are managed by another department are listed at the bottom.

Cross-listed Courses

COWL 86 Leading Social Change

Offers students the knowledge and skills required to lead diverse teams. Topics include the social-change model of leadership and principles of collaboration. Geared toward Cowell and Stevenson Residential Assistants, but students interested in the topics may take the course with permission from the instructor.

Credits

2

Cross Listed Courses

STEV 86

General Education Code

PR-E

THEA 56R Rainbow Theater: An Introduction to Multicultural Theater

Introduction to Asian American, Chicano/Latino, and African American plays through reading of major authors, discussion of social and historical context of their work, and development of a production of a one-act play from each cultural group. In-depth examination of key historical context of these three cultural groups. Video presentations followed by class discussion. Enrollment by audition. (Formerly offered solely as STEV 80H. Now offered as both THEA 56R and STEV 80H, with THEA 56R the primary offering and STEV 80H the crosslisted offering.)

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

STEV 80H

Instructor

Donald Williams

General Education Code

ER