The Academic Mission of College Ten
College Ten's theme is Social Justice and Community. Through the frosh seminar, optional workshops, and co-curricular activities we pay special attention to individuals and groups who are denied opportunities afforded to more privileged members of society. Some of the issues we consider are racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination. Other matters that are addressed include poverty, greed, ethnic hatreds, violence against gays, and environmental threats. Finally, community involvement is emphasized as a means of addressing social injustices. Students interested in these issues as their major area of study or as part of their general education are encouraged to join the College Ten community.
– Campbell Leaper
College Ten Founding Provost
There are four major components to the academic mission at College Ten— advising, classroom learning, encouraging academic excellence, and monitoring academic standing. The College Provost is a faculty member who is in charge of supervising these four components. At College Ten, our provost is Professor of Sociology, Helen Shapiro. For more information about Provost Shapiro, please visit the link on the sidebar to Administration.
Advising
Throughout your academic career at UCSC, College Ten will be your home for academic advising. The academic advisors will be important resources for getting help with your classes. They include Bob Taylor, Olivia Chan, and Geg Banks. The advisors are the ones that can answer questions about General Education and graduation requirements as well as other general academic matters. For more information on the academic advisors, please visit the link on the sidebar to Advising.
Classroom Learning
The UCSC Colleges are based on a living and learning model. Not only do frosh live together in the residence halls, they also take the same seminar in their college during the fall quarter. In this way, all students within a college have a common learning experience. College Ten's frosh seminar is Introduction to University Discourse: Social Justice and Community. We hope that the course provides students with a thought-provoking introduction into some of the pressing issues in the world today. The course is also designed to help students develop important academic skills such as writing, studying, and reading. For more information on the core course, please visit the link on the sidebar to Frosh Core Course.
In addition to the frosh seminar, we also offer some optional courses within the college. They include the Social Justice Issues Workshop (College Ten 85), service-learning field practicum for course credit (College Ten 193), and student teaching (College Ten 191).
Encouraging Academic Excellence
We would like to see you do your best at UCSC. That will mean some hard work on your part and also taking initiative to seek out opportunities. Please visit the link on the sidebar to Tips for Success. Also, consider the link to Support Resources.
As a way to encourage student achievement, College Ten students may graduate with two forms of special recognition. One of them is to graduate with honors. This is based on attaining a minimum cumulative grade point average. (See the Academic Advisors for details.) A second form of special recognition is to graduate with distinction. College Ten distinction is awarded if students pursue three quarters of work through one of two pathways. For more information, please visit the link on the sidebar to Distinction Pathways.
Monitoring Academic Standing
The fourth academic component of the college is to monitor student's academic standing. The academic advisors review students' records to see if they are passing their classes and making satisfactory progress towards the graduation requirements. Additionally, good academic standing involves maintaining academic integrity. Academic integrity refers to doing honest work which means not cheating or plagiarizing. For more information, please visit the UCSC Academic Integrity web page.