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AcademicsCore Course | Advising | Academic Integrity | College Prizes | Honors at Graduation | Pre- and Early Modern Studies (PEMS) | Computer Access | Other Courses Core CourseThe Cowell Core Course, required of all first-year students, is offered every fall quarter. Students meet three times weekly in sections of 20-25 participants. The course also includes a set of films and plenary lectures. All college core sections (both 80A and 80B) provide intensive practice in analytical writing, critical reading, and speaking. Directed by Cowell Provost Deanna Shemek, the Cowell Core Course focuses on conceptions of justice, both historic and contemporary, and considers how literary and other artistic media may transmit, question, or revise notions of the just. How do we define justice? When can we say that justice has been served? Do ideas about what is just differ according to time, place, and culture, or are some notions of justice recognizable as general human values? Readings for 2009 include Aeschylus's Greek trilogy of tragedies, Oresteia in which Athenians first establish a court of law in order to end a cycle of passionate violence; Cesare Beccaria's eighteenth-century tract discussing capital punishment, On Crimes and Punishments; Randy Shilts’s biography of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, who was assassinated in 1978; and UCSC alumna Azadeh Maoveni’s bestselling memoir of growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran, Lipstick Jihad. Book List:
AdvisingTwo academic preceptors are available in the College Office to meet with students to discuss academic scheduling and planning. Once a student declares a major, s/he is assigned a major advisor in their academic department. The College Office maintains copies of a student's academic records and unofficial transcript. Academic IntegrityAll members of the UCSC academic community have a responsibility to present as their original work only that which is truly their own. Cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty are contrary to the ideals and purposes of a university and will not be tolerated. College PrizesCowell College awards a number of prizes each year, many of which include a cash award. Prizes range from recognition of academic excellence in essay writing, poetry, fiction, and research to recognition of community service, and even creativity in the decoration of one's room! Contact the Provost's Office for more information. Honors at GraduationHonors at graduation are awarded to a small percentage of Cowell graduates who excel in their areas of study as well as in all areas of academic endeavor. College honors and departmental honors are awarded after careful review by committees at the college and in the department. Pre- and Early Modern StudiesCowell gives special support to a group of faculty interested in Pre- and Early Modern Studies. PEMS incorporates the traditional fields of classics, medieval and Renaissance studies, and takes an interdisciplinary perspective on the study of pre -eighteenth century cultures around the world. Computer AccessCowell students enjoy having one of UCSC's computer labs nearby - a Mac/PC lab is located in Room 101 of Apartment Building 1. Work on papers, connect to the internet, send email, create web pages, scan graphics, more. Software includes MS Office, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and Final Cut Pro. More info on locations, hours, and available hardware and software. Other CoursesCowell College offers a number of courses through its own auspices, for which Cowell students have enrollment priority. An asterisk * marks 2-unit classes.
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