UC Santa Cruz - Community Studies

Community Studies Dept.

231 Oakes College
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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Phone: (831) 459-2371
Email: peterson@ucsc.edu

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Last Reviewed on 02/21/07


	Department Chair B. Ruby Rich Undergraduate Director Julie Guthman Graduate Director Renee Tajima-Pena Give to Community Studies Degree Programs BA in Community Studies Community Studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate major, whose distinguishing feature is a full time field study of an organization with a social change/and or social justice mission. The major uniquely integrates scholarship and civic engagement through a core curriculum that both prepares students for the field study and enables them to analyze their experience in the context of broader political economic and cultural contexts. For more information about the major, please contact Undergraduate Advisor Joan Peterson. MA in Social Documentation The Master of Arts in Social Documentation is a two year graduate degree program focused on the development of student expertise in the understanding and production of social documentaries. For more information about the major, please contact the Graduate Coordinator Robert Valiente-Neighbours.

Department Highlights

Information on Enrolling in CMMU 100M, 100V or 100X - Winter 10

Enrollment in CMMU 100M, CMMU 100V and CMMU 100X for Winter 2010 quarter is done on an "Interview Only" basis, which allows the instructor to determine who gets priority to enroll. Priority is given to juniors and junior transfer students. Be prepar...[More]

Winter Orientation

The Community Studies Winter Orientation will be held Monday, January 4, 2010, 10:00-11:30 AM in Oakes 106. Attendance is mandatory for proposed Community Studies major intending to take the 100A-Z class Winter quarter.

David Brundage, Professor of Community Studies Contributes to the Employee Free Choice Act

David Brundage, professor of community studies, is one of the academic experts from around California contributing to the May 2009 report issued by the UC Berkeley Labor Center on the Employee Free Choice Act. Entitled Academics on Employee Free Cho...[More]

Earthquake Audio

At 5:03 PM on October 17th 1989 Santa Cruz was business as usual. The regular eclectic crowd was hanging out in the cooper house courtyard, university students were browsing in Bookshop Santa Cruz, a group of little girls were in their weekly ballet...[More]

Community Studies graduate Jaclyn Moyer receives 2008-09 Deans’ Undergraduate award

Jaclyn Moyer, Community Studies graduate in 2008, recently received a coveted 2008-09 Deans’ Undergraduate award for her outstanding senior thesis. Jaclyn’s senior thesis, entitled /A New Frontier: An Exploration into the Relationship Between Environ...[More]

Headlines

Del Mar screens award-winning documentary by Renee Tajima-Peña on Oct. 19

The award-winning documentary Calavera Highway, produced and directed by Renee Tajima-Peña, will screen on Monday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Del Mar Theater in downtown Santa Cruz....[More]

Undergraduates capture memories of 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

Twenty years after the Loma Prieta earthquake, students record the memories of residents....[More]

Graduate student documentaries featured during reception and screenings on June 12-13

Graduate students in Social Documentation present the Third Annual Master's Thesis Exhibition June 12-13. ...[More]

First-ever UC Santa Cruz Business Plan Competition generates winning ideas

The first-ever UCSC Business Plan Competition showcased winning ideas....[More]

Prop. 8 transformed the film Milk, writes film scholar B. Ruby Rich

The passage of Proposition 8 transformed the film Milk into a political touchstone, says film scholar B. Ruby Rich....[More]

Film scholar B. Ruby Rich plays a leading role at Sundance Film Festival

For the 21st year, film scholar B. Ruby Rich helps shape the agenda at Sundance Film Festival....[More]

Nurturing Change: Nidya Ramirez works to empower those most in need

Alumna Nidya Ramirez feels a responsibility to help people in difficult circumstances --including immigrants, the poor and working class, refugees, children, and abused women. ...[More]

Four social scientists honored for teaching and research

Four social scientists were honored for teaching and research today (Tuesday, October 7) during the annual fall convocation hosted by the dean of the Division of Social Sciences....[More]

UCSC grad student receives Princess Grace award

UCSC graduate student Kimberly Bautista has been awarded a 2008 Princess Grace Honorarium. She is one of 44 recipients across the country who were recognized for distinction in the fields of theater,...[More]

Chancellor conveys awards for achievements in diversity

Four individuals and two campus units were honored for their efforts in supporting and increasing diversity at UC Santa Cruz. Chancellor George Blumenthal conveyed the awards during a luncheon...[More]