Earl Warren College

Earl Warren College
Motto "Toward a life in balance"
Founded 1974 (Fourth)
Provost Steven Adler
Dean of Students Paul Dewine
Assistant Dean of Students Carey O'Kelly
Dean of Academics Jacob Lacy
Resident Dean Claire Palmer
Students 4,115[1]
UCSD campus population 18.1%[1]
Status undergraduate, liberal arts
Core course Warren Writing/Ethics & Society
Festival Warren Live!, semi-formal

Earl Warren College is one of the six undergraduate colleges at the University of California at San Diego and is named after the three term California Governor and former Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren. Warren College emphasizes the importance of living a balanced life. Founded in 1974, Warren College seeks to create academically balanced scholars. By sorting all courses into three disciplines, math/physical sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, Warren College allows students to pursue a major of their choice in any discipline while requiring the completion of two Programs of Concentration (PofCs), each composed of six, 4-unit courses, in the other two disciplines (e.g., a history major could take six classes in political science and six classes in biology as well). Student looking towards an Engineering, B.S. degree, however, are required to complete two Area Studies (A/S), each comprising three, 4-unit courses, and at least two of which must be upper-division. Similar to PofCs, Area Studies must be non-contiguous to the student's major and to each other. Warren College has GEs that are very easy to individualize, though the campus-wide writing requirement of two courses holds. While the number of classes required is no less than the other five colleges, one often has more freedom in choosing the classes.

Warren College is home to a large number of engineering students because its general education requirements are more lenient for students pursuing an undergraduate degree in engineering. Warren also has one of the largest student populations, with over 4,000 undergraduate students, comprising about one fifth of the university's population. In 2006, the college has added a new building dedicated to the study of Information Technology, called Calit2. Warren College's core writing course incorporates general college level writing for students over two quarters.

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Residence halls and apartments

All of the residence halls for Warren College students are named after other judges that sat on the court with Warren during his term with the U.S. Supreme Court. Residence halls are located near the ecological reserve which is a canyon filled with eucalyptus trees and has hiking trails.

Residence Halls include:

Apartments for both first and second year students include:

There are also graduate student apartments available at the Warren Campus.

The writing program at Earl Warren College consists of a two-quarter sequence based on the model of argumentation developed by British philosopher Stephen Toulmin.

Student life

Warren College also operates Warren College Television (WCTV), the highest-rated campus television station for 3 years. WCTV previously stopped operating, but restarted back in the Fall Quarter of 2008.

The Warren College campus is also home to an enormous rock sculpture in the shape of a bear, titled "Bear", located on the engineering quad.

Philosophy

Reflecting Earl Warren's tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Warren College's official motto is "Toward a life in balance."

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