Curriculum and Courses

Kresge’s curriculum is made up of three main pillars: its Core Course (for first-year students); its Transfer Curriculum (for Transfer students); and its Enhancement Curriculum (for all undergraduate students).

The Core seminar (KRSG 1) invites first-year students to reflect on three Big Questions: Why do I learn? How do I learn? & From whom do I learn? These questions are a starting point for students to reflect on what is possible at Kresge, at UCSC, and beyond.

The Transfer Curriculum, designed in collaboration with Services for Transfer, Re-entry, and Resilient Scholars (STARRS), is specifically for Transfer students, to help them transition from community college to a research university. 

The Enhancement Curriculum is made up of small seminars, workshops, and practicums grouped into different initiatives: Creative Practice, Learn to Love Reading Again, and College & Life Skills. These courses are designed to give all undergraduate students an opportunity to explore their interests in creative practice and media-making, to read as a collaborative practice, and to make the most of their college experience and build long-lasting life skills like public speaking. These courses are 2 or 3 credits and many of them fulfill the PR (Practice) General Education requirement, giving students an opportunity to enhance their UCSC experience while completing their major.

Kresge is also home to the production and reporting/editing courses (KRSG 51 and 52) for members of City on a Hill Press, which produces the student-run campus newspaper.