Revelle College 87: First-Year Seminars


The UC San Diego’s First-Year Seminars are designed to “provide first-year students with an opportunity to meet with faculty in a small class environment. First-year Seminars carry 1-unit credit, graded P/NP, meet for 8-10 hours during a quarter, and are limited to 20 students.”

Course offerings:

  • The Work of Albert Camus (FA24)

  • The Poetry of Victoria Chang (SP24)

  • US Poet Laureate: Ada Limón (SP23)

  • Ecological Sci-Fi: Richard Powers’ Bewilderment (FA22)


9/26        Introduction

10/3 Selection from Myth of Sisyphus & “Create Dangerously” (Committed Writings)

10/10       “Return to Tipasa”

10/17      Selected writings on Algeria

10/24       Claire Messud on Camus & Algeria

10/31 Nobel Prize speech & incident

11/7       “Reflections on the Guillotine” (Committed Writings)

11/14 The Fall

11/21       The Fall

11/28       Thanksgiving Holiday, no class

12/5 Concluding Conversation

The Work of Albert Camus

Class SchedulE

Fall 2024

Thursdays, 10-10:50a