College Eight is rolling out a new core course effective the academic year 2009 - 10. The three quarter sequence will be taught by senior tenured professors from the Social Science, Physical and Biological Science, and Engineering Divisions of UCSC. The goal of the core course sequence is to provide students with a solid scientific and policy foundation for environmental citizenship.

Fall Quarter:

CLEI 81A (The Environment and Us), taught by Ravi Rajan, Provost of College Eight (Department of Environmental Studies); and 

CLEI 80 A or B (Environment and Society), taught by College Eight and UCSC Writing Program Faculty.

Note: BOTH courses are mandatory for all freshmen. 

Winter Quarter:

CLEI 81B, Fundamentals of Environmental Science, taught by Ingrid Parker, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Patrick Cheung, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Spring Quarter: 

CLEI 81C, Technological Innovation and Environmental Challenges, taught by Ken Pedrotti, Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering and Ali Shakouri, Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Note:

1. Admission to the Winter Quarter and the Spring Quarter Core Courses will be open to about half of the incoming class, as well as current College Eight Sophomores, who can take them for General Education Credit. Interested students are strongly advised to enroll as soon as the portal opens in order to be assured of a place. 

2. The Winter and Spring courses need not be taken in sequence. Students are welcome to take one of them in their freshmen year and the other in their Sophomore year.

3. Students who take all three courses will receive a College Eight Certificate in Environmental Citizenship.

4. Students who complete all three courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and above will receive Honors in the Core Course. 

5. Students who complete the entire core sequence will receive the following general education course credits: T2, T3, C1 or C2, IN, and Q. Students who take either one or two of the three quarters will receive GE credit appropriate to the courses they have passed. For more information, please contact any of the College Academic Advisors.