Upper-Division

KRSG 100 University Learning with Intention and Purpose

Students learn practical ways of maximizing the resources of a public education and research institution. Students collaborate across disciplines, broaden impacts of higher learning, and develop strategies for effective interaction with faculty and the broader professional communities to which they aspire.

Credits

2

Instructor

Leslie , Hernandez-Jason

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to sophomore, junior, and seniors.

General Education Code

PR-E

Quarter offered

Winter

KRSG 102 Internship Course: Services for Transfer And Reentry Students

Students learn models for increased accessibility and efficacy in higher education, and prepare to lead through those models within transfer student- and reentry student-focused communities. Engage in dialogue about university policy, identify structural barriers faced by minoritized and other disadvantaged communities when pursuing higher education, and collaboratively design projects to address them. Implement and lead civic-engagement activities and reflect on personal experience and knowledge to meet student-defined goals. With additional guidance from the STARS director and STARS staff, interns create plans and help to implement projects that reflect the learning of the course.

Credits

2

Instructor

Ben Carson

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-E

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 105 STARS Intensive Internship Curriculum

Students learn models for increased accessibility and efficacy in higher education, and implement leadership through those models within transfer student- and reentry student-focused communities. Engage in dialogue about university policy, identify structural barriers faced by minoritized and other disadvantaged communities when pursuing higher education, and collaboratively design projects to address them. Implement and lead civic-engagement activities and reflect on personal experience and knowledge to meet student-defined goals. With additional guidance from the STARS director and STARS staff, interns create plans and implement projects that reflect the learning of the course.

Credits

5

Instructor

Ben Carson

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PR-E

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 161 Permaculture and Whole Systems Design

Focuses on concepts, principles, and practices of permaculture and whole systems design. Permaculture education is transdisciplinary and provides practical experience with design, ecological horticulture, regional planning, natural building, architecture, appropriate technology, aquaponics, animal husbandry, ecopsychology, and community resilience. Enrollment by application.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

General Education Code

PE-E

KRSG 171 Kresge Challenge Seminar

For first-year students, by invitation only. This class is part of the Challenge Program which provides high-achieving students with the opportunity to participate in a rigorous program emphasizing individual attention and dynamic interaction with UCSC faculty and academically motivated peers in classes, social settings, and collaborative research projects. Enrollment restricted to Kresge, Merrill, and Stevenson students enrolled in the College Challenge Programs.

Credits

5

General Education Code

TA

KRSG 172 Collaborative Learning: The Great Turning

Collaborative learning in service of transitioning from industrial growth society to a life-sustaining society. Students deepen their connection with nature, themselves, and community through guest lectures, intergenerational dialogue to discover collective and wise action, and engagement with long-term projects.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

General Education Code

PR-E

KRSG 173 Collaborative Learning: Sustainable Communities

Collaborative learning in service of building thriving, just, and sustainable communities locally and globally. Learn about Ecovillages and reclaiming the commons while also discovering collective and wise action through guest lectures, intergenerational dialogue, and engagement with long-term projects.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

General Education Code

PR-E

KRSG 174 Collaborative Learning: Permaculture Skills

Collaborative learning in service of fostering community resilience in response to peak oil. Practice hands-on skills with permaculture and transition towns while also discovering collective and wise action through guest lectures, intergenerational dialogue, and engagement with long-term projects.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

General Education Code

PR-E

KRSG 192 Directed Student Teaching

Teaching of a lower-division seminar under Kresge faculty supervision. (See KRSG 42.) Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing in Kresge, a proposal supported by a Kresge faculty member willing to supervise, and college approval.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 193 Field Study

Supervised off-campus study conducted under the immediate and direct guidance of a Kresge faculty supervisor. To be used primarily by upper-division students doing part-time, off-campus study. Prerequisite(s): approval of student's adviser and the college.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 194 Group Tutorial

A program of independent study arranged between a group of students and a Kresge faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 195 Senior Thesis

Senior thesis or project for student doing individual major program. May be repeated twice for credit. Prerequisite(s): permission of sponsoring committee and college approval.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 198 Independent Field Study

Provides for college-sponsored individual study programs off campus, for which Kresge faculty supervision is not in person (e.g., supervision is by correspondence.) Prerequisite(s): approval of the student's faculty sponsor and college approval.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 199 Tutorial

A program of individual study arranged between an upper-division student and a Kresge faculty member. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

KRSG 199F Tutorial

Tutorial

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes