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Crown College
College Office
(831) 459-2665
http://www2.ucsc.edu/crown
Program Description
Lower-Division Courses
10.
Becoming a Successful Student
(2 credits).
W,S
An interactive course providing students with the opportunity to assess and revise methods of and purpose 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. Permission of college adviser required.
Enrollment limited to 24.
F. Ferguson
28.
Crown Student Leadership Development Seminar
(2 credits).
W
Explore leadership as it relates to student development at Crown College. Examine how values, ethics, involvement, identity, and theory affect leadership in a variety of content areas. Evaluate student's leadership strengths to determine objectives for improvement.
S. Woodside
31.
Crown College Student Leadership in Action Seminar
(2 credits).
S
Focuses on developing and establishing leadership skills and styles for new leaders at Crown College. Explores communication styles, group dynamics, community development, programming, moral development and conflict resolution concepts and strategies. Applies theory to action. Enrollment limited to college members and by permission of instructor.
I. Rupert,
S. Woodside, J. Johnson
80A.
Intro to University Discourse: Participatory Evolution from Human to Posthuman.
F
Explores rhetorical principles and conventions of university discourse, providing intensive practice in analytical writing, critical reading, and speaking. Examines ethical challenges resulting from the constant changes caused by rapidly accelerating pace of change brought on by science and technology. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 80B.
Enrollment restricted to first-year college members who have not satisfied the C1 requirement.
(General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, C1.)
F. Ferguson
80B.
Rhetoric and Inquiry: Participatory Evolution from Human to Posthuman.
F
Explores the intersections of investigation, interpretation, and persuasion and hones strategies for writing and research. Examines ethical challenges resulting from constant changes caused by rapidly accelerating pace of change brought on by science and technology. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 80A.
Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and C1 requirements. Enrollment restricted to first-year college members.
(General Education Code(s): T4-Humanities and Arts, C2.)
The Staff
80C.
Cosmology and Culture.
*
Introduction to scientific cosmology. Examination of cultural roles of creation myths and cosmologies; examples include Zunian, Mayan, and ancient, medieval, and modern Judeo-Christian cosmologies. Possible cultural and religious repercussions of Big Bang, Gaia, and other modern origin stories.
(Also offered as Physics 80C. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.)
(General Education Code(s): T7-Natural Sciences or Social Sciences.)
J. Primack
80G.
Ethics and the New Eugenics.
W
A reading/writing/seminar discussion that compares the intellectual premises and social/cultural context of the early 20th-century American eugenics movement to the new eugenics currently emerging from the science of human bioengineering.
Enrollment limited to 25.
(General Education Code(s): T3-Social Sciences.)
E. Cummins
80J.
Cyborg Society: Myths, Realities, Choices.
S
Examines content and methodologies of the emerging field of cyborgology. Includes social studies of science, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, politics, art, biology, and informatics.
Enrollment limited to 25.
(General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences.)
C. Gray
80S.
Undergraduate Seminar in Science, Technology, and Society.
S
An honors seminar for first year students on selected topics that examine the relationship between science, technology, and society. Precise focus of each seminar varies and is announced by the college.
Preference given to Crown College students. Enrollment restricted to first-year and sophomore students.
Enrollment limited to 20.
(General Education Code(s): T2-Natural Sciences.)
The Staff
93.
Field Study.
F,W,S
Provides for individual programs of study sponsored by the college and performed off campus. Students should review plans with an appropriate fellow of the college. A proposal should be presented to the college academic preceptor no later than the seventh week of the preceding quarter. Credit is granted by the sponsor upon approval of the work performed. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
93F.
Field Study
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Provides for individual field study in the vicinity of the campus under the direct supervision of a faculty sponsor. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
99F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Individual study for lower-division students directed by a fellow of Crown College. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. Enrollment restricted to college members.
The Staff
Upper-Division Courses
123.
Science and Human Values.
S
Study of how we acquire the values by which we make choices, and of the impact of science and science-based technology on our values. A writing-intensive, primarily lecture course. In daily writings students respond to what happened that day in class. Weekly writing assignments are introspective. They are designed for students to explore and better understand their own values and decision making. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; permission of instructor after written application and personal interview during the preceding winter quarter.
Enrollment limited to 40.
(General Education Code(s): W.)
F. Andrews
170A.
Leadership and Teamwork in the Workplace A
(2 credits).
W
Supports students in reflecting on and enhancing experiential learning in a profession training program (PTP) internship matching their career goals. Subjects include techniques for maximizing the internship experience with a focus on preparing for leadership in the workplace. Enrollment by interview only.
Enrollment limited to 20.
B. Silverthorne
170B.
Leadership and Teamwork in the Workplace B
(2 credits).
S
Supports students in reflecting on and enhancing experiential learning in a profession training program (PTP) internship matching their career goals. Subjects include techniques for maximizing the internship experience with a focus on preparing for leadership in the workplace. Prerequisite(s): course 170A and permission of instructor.
Enrollment limited to 20.
B. Silverthorne
185.
Profession Training Program: Internship Preparation
(2 credits).
F
For all students preparing for an internship; exploration of career objectives, tools and resources to assist in finding and securing the ideal internship, and techniques for maximizing the benefits of the internship experience. Enrollment by consent of instructor.
Enrollment limited to 40.
B. Silverthorne
198.
Independent Field Study.
F,W,S
Provides for college-sponsored individual study programs off campus. Approval of student's faculty sponsor and college academic provost required.
The Staff
199.
Tutorial.
F,W,S
Individual study for upper-division students directed by a fellow of Crown College. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
199F.
Tutorial
(2 credits).
F,W,S
Individual study for upper-division students directed by a fellow of Crown College. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
May be repeated for credit.
The Staff
* Not offered in 2007-08
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