Roger Revelle College
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| Motto | Purpose, Truth, Vision |
| Founded | 1964 (First) |
| Provost | Daniel Wulbert |
| Dean of Students | Renee Barnett Terry |
| Asst. Dean of Students | Liora Kian Gutierrez |
| Dean of Academics | Mirasol Española |
| Resident Dean | Kevin Jones |
| Students | 3,647 |
| UCSD Percentage | 18% |
| Status | undergraduate, liberal arts |
| Core Course | Humanities (HUM) |
| Festival | Watermelon Drop |
Roger Revelle College was the first college founded at the University of California, San Diego, and named after oceanographer Roger Revelle (who was instrumental in founding UCSD out of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography) in 1964. Of the initial class of 181 undergraduate students, all but 30 were science majors. UCSD, (and with it, Roger Revelle College) was founded at height of the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Revelle College remains focused on developing "a well-rounded student who is intellectually skilled and prepared for competition in a complex world."
Revelle's general education requirements are both rigorous and highly structured and attempt to follow the traditions of a classic liberal arts college. Revelle's stated goal of creating "Renaissance scholars" is reflected in their general education requirements, which ensure that a student graduating from the college has experienced a wide array of subjects from a year of physics to proficiency in a foreign language. Revelle College's core writing course is known as Humanities (HUM), and is a fairly straightforward Western Civilization course that incorporates writing, history and other social science requirements into a five quarter (1.5 year) sequence that attempts to understand the greater social and literary developments throughout Western culture.
In 2004-2005, the college celebrated its 40th anniversary.
[edit] Residence Halls
Revelle's Residence Halls for freshmen are all named after famous exploring ships:
Revelle's apartments for sophomores are the Matthews Apartments, located adjacent to Pepper Canyon Hall and Sixth College, and Black Hall of the Earl Warren College apartments.
