In pairs, students facilitate one seminar section of
STEV 2, attend lectures, and meet with faculty for mentoring and guidance through the teaching process. Students are responsible for designing and executing lesson plans, creating assignments, and for evaluating student work. Prerequisite(s): STEV 80 or
STEV 1, and STEV 81 or
STEV 2. Admission to the program by application and subsequent interview. Applications are available each fall in early October from the college office and interviews are conducted in early November. Qualifications include, but are not limited to, excellent performance in the core courses, good academic standing, leadership experience, genuine passion for teaching, and caring for fellow students. Strong candidates will be skilled in time management, organization, communication, and judgment.
Examines contemporary perspectives on the theme of imagination. Course readings include philosophical treatments of imagination, Indigenous imaginative cultural formations, and Black radical imaginations for socio-spatial liberation. Addresses the following questions: To what extent is imagination tied to our particular position, culture, and time period? What are some ways to expand our imaginations and when are these approaches limited? And how can imagination help us advance radical social change? Explores imagination as an inherently cross-cultural topic and teaches students to present, analyze, and critically discuss philosophical and sociological arguments about imagination. Students cannot receive credit for this course and PHIL 136C, PRTR 175A / PHIL 136B, or COWL 175A/PHIL 136A.
Cross Listed Courses
PHIL 136C
Teaching of a lower-division seminar under faculty supervision (see course 42). Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing and a proposal supported by a faculty member willing to supervise.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Provides for individual programs of study, sponsored by the college and performed off-campus. This course may be counted for up to three courses of credit in any quarter. Prerequisite(s): approval of student's adviser and the academic preceptor, and, in the case of full-time study, the board of studies supervising the major.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
A program of independent study arranged between a group of students and a faculty instructor. Enrollment restricted to members of Stevenson College. Enrollment limited to 12.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
A program of independent study arranged between a group of students and a faculty instructor. Course designed for members of Stevenson College. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment limited to 10.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Provides for college-sponsored individual study programs off campus, for which faculty supervision is not in person (e.g., supervision is by correspondence). Up to three such courses may be taken for credit in any one quarter. Prerequisite(s): approval of the student's adviser, certification of adequate preparation, approval by the academic preceptor.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Provides for college-sponsored individual study programs off campus, for which faculty supervision is not in person (e.g., supervision is by correspondence). Up to three such courses may be take for credit in any one quarter. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Requires approval of the student's adviser and academic preceptor
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Individual projects carried out under the supervision of a Stevenson faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Individual projects carried out under the supervision of a Stevenson faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
Quarter offered
Fall, Winter, Spring
Cross-listed Courses
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.
Cross Listed Courses
STEV 86
General Education Code
PR-E
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.)
Cross Listed Courses
STEV 80H
Instructor
Donald Williams
General Education Code
ER