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