Classes
The location of UC Santa Cruz Campus Natural Reserve makes it an ideal setting for undergraduate teaching and research, as it is literally steps away from the lecture hall and libraries and can be accessed within minutes. Having a living laboratory and outdoor classroom accessible on campus provides a unique and important resource for courses in a wide variety of disciplines.
Each year approximately 100 course offerings of 70 unique courses within 17 departments or colleges include field trips on the CNR or online activies with CNR staff. Below is a comprehensive list of courses that have included the CNR in their learning since 2012:
Anthropology
ANTH 2: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 110J: Encounter Studies
ANTH 110M: Relating to Animals, Plants and Things
ANTH 146: Anthropology and the Environment
ANTH 147: Anthropology and the Anthropocene
ANTH 152: Survey of Cultural Anthroplogical Theory
ANTH 176A: North American Archaeology
ANTH 176F: California Archaeology
ANTH 177: Environmental Archaeology
ANTH 189A: Achaeological Field Techniques
ANTH 194J: Histories of Forests and Other Wild Places
ANTH 194U: Environmental Anthropology: Nature, Culture, Politics
ANTH 194S: Hearing Culture: The Anthropology of Sound
ANTH 233: Politics of Nature
ANTH 249: Ecological Discourses
ANTH 287: Indigenous Archaeology
Art
ART 11: Social/Environmental Art
ART 20H: Introduction to Sculpture and Public Art
ART 20I: Introduction to Photography
ART 20K: Introduction to New Media and Digital Artmaking
ART 80B: Environmental Art
ART 80D: Intro to Photography
ART 80E: Environmental Art in the Expanded Field
ART 119: Special Topics in Drawing
ART 120: Introduction to Intermedia
ART 125: Environmental Art Studio
ART 129: Special Topics: Intermedia–Art, Sound, and the Environment
ART 150: Darkroom Practices
ART 152A: Photographic Book
ART 153: Still to Moving
ART 155: Photography Field Research
ART 156: Project Development in Photography
ART 158: Advanced Photography
ART 159: Special Topics in Photography
ART 165: Visual Communication in Print Media
ART 189: Special Topics in Sculpture
ART 190B: Senior Project
ART 220: Methods and Histories
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BIOE 19: Biodiversity
BIOE 20B: Development and Physiology
BIOE 20C: Ecology and Evolution
BIOE 20F: Field Biology Practice
BIOE 82: Introduction to Field Research and Conservation
BIOE 85: Natural History of the UCSC Natural Reserves
BIOE 107: Ecology
BIOE 109: Evolution
BIOE 112L: Ornithology Field Studies
BIOE 114L: Field Methods in Herpetological Research
BIOE 117L: Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants Lab
BIOE 118: Plants and Society
BIOE 124L: Mammalogy Lab
BIOE/ENVS 125: Ecosystems of California
BIOE 135: Plant Physiology
BIOE 137L: Molecular Ecology Lab
BIOE 140: Behavioral Ecology
BIOE 141L: Behavioral Ecology Field Course
BIOE 142L: Behavior in the Wild
BIOE 145L: Plant Ecology Field Lab
BIOE 149: Disease Ecology
BIOE 151: Ecology and Conservation Supercourse
BIOE 155: Freshwater Ecology
BIOE 215: Field-based Teaching Pedagogy
BIOE 295: Advanced EEB Seminar–Molecular Ecology
Rachel Carson College
CRSN 1: Academic Literacy and Ethos: Environment and Society
CRSN 20G: Peregrine Falcons Return
CRSN 61: Education for Sustainable Living Program
CRSN 80A: College 8 Core Class
CRSN 80B: College 8 Core Class
CRSN 81A: College 8 Core Class
CRSN 81B: College 8 Core Class
CRSN 152: IDEASS Laboratory Practicum
CRSN 161: Sustainable Living: ESLP Biomimicry
Earth Sciences
EART 5: California Geology
EART 30: Water in the Environment
EART 20L: Environmental Geology
EART 104: Geologic Hazards
EART 109L: Field Geology Lab
EART 116: Hydrology
EART 140L: Geomorphology Lab
Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 129A: Capstone Project I
ECE 129B: Capstone Project II
ECE 129C: Capstone Project III
Environmental Sciences
ESCI 191: Senior Capstone
Education
EDUC 50C: CAL Teach 1: Science
ECUC 185C: Introduction to Teaching Science
EDUC 185L: Intro: Cal Teach 3
EDUC 230: Science Education: Research and Practice
Environmental Studies
ENVS 15: Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus
ENVS 17: Curation of Natural History Collections
ENVS 18: Natural History Illustration
ENVS 19: Topics in Natural History–Reptiles and Amphibians
ENVS 19: Topics in Natural History: Fungi
ENVS 19: Topics in Natural History: Careers in Conservation
ENVS 23: Physical and Chemical Environment
ENVS 24: General Ecology
ENVS 42D: SDS: Building Naturalist Community
ENVS 100L: Ecology and Society Writing Lab
ENVS 104A: Introduction to Field Methods
ENVS 106A: Natural History of Birds
ENVS 107ABC: Natural History Field Quarter
ENVS 108L: General Entomology Lab
ENVS 120: Conservation Biology
ENVS 121: Landscape Ecology
ENVS 123: Animal Ecology and Conservation
ENVS 129L: Integrated Pest Management Lab
ENVS 131: Insect Ecology
ENVS 157: Writing in the Natural Sciences
ENVS 160: Restoration Ecology
ENVS 161L: Soils and Plant Nutrition Lab
ENVS 162L: Plant Physiological Ecology Lab
ENVS 163L: Plant Disease Ecology Lab
ENVS 164: Projects and Practices in Soil Ecology
ENVS 166: Agroecosystem Analysis and Watershed Management
ENVS 167: Freshwater and Wetland Ecology
ENVS 168L: Plant Physioloical Ecology Lab
ENVS 169: Climate Change Ecology
ENVS 177: Teaching Environmental Education
ENVS 179: Environmental Interpretation
ENVS 183: Student-led: Redwood Ecology club
ENVS 183: Student-led: Natural History field group
ENVS 184: ENVS Internship midterm seminar
ENVS 184: Natural History of Fungi
ENVS 190: Capstone: Environmenatal Problem Solving
ENVS 196: Management of Protected Areas
ENVS 196: Redwood Ecology
ENVS 196: UCSC Pedestrian Plan
ENVS 196: Photosynthesis In a Changing Environment
Feminist Studies
FMST 19: Introduction to Black Feminisms
FMST 43: Rasanblaj: On Wholeness and Well-Being
Global and Community Health
GCH 20: Psychosocial and Planetary Resilience in the Age of the Climate Crisis
History of Art and Visual Culture
HAVC 141I: Be Here Now: Art, Land, Space
HAVC 141P: Networks and Natures: Art, Technology, and the Nonhuman
HAVC 191U: Campus Architecture
History of Consciousness
HISC 116: What is Species?
History
HIS 82: California Gold Rush in Global History
HIS 100: History Skills and Methods
HIS 139: Santa Cruz History
HIS 177: Environment in the 19th Century
HIS 190V: Myths of California
Kresge College
KRSG 1: Academic Literacy and Ethos: Power and Representation
KRSG 3: Natural History Practicum
KRSG 18: Campus Natural History Practicum
KRSG 63: Kresge Garden Co-op
KRSG 64: Tools for Change
KRSG 65A: Power and Representation: Food and Community
KRSG 72/172: Collaborative Learning: The Great Turning
KRSG 73/173: Collaborative Learning: Sustainable Communities
KRSG 74/174: Collaborative Learning: Permaculture Skills
KRSG 161: Permaculture and Whole Systems Design
Latin American and Latino Studies
LALS 183: Ecologias Hemisfericas
LALS 194S: Nature/Cultures of Latin America
Literature
LIT 42A: Student-Directed Seminar: Exploring Nietzsche Through Literature
LIT 167F: Animals and Literature
Merrill College
MERR 1: Academic Literacy and Ethos: Reading Ourselves, Reading the World
Music
MUSC 73: Music and the Ocean
MUSC 80K: Sound in Art, Science, and the Environment
MUSC 129: Electronic Music Ensemble
MUSC 150R: Field Recording
MUSC 167: Electronic Music Workshop
Porter College
PRTR 28: Sound Art
PRTR 47S: Sound Art
Science Communication
SCIC 106A: Intro to Natural Science Illustration
Sociology
SOCY 115: Introduction to Sound Studies
SOCY 125: Society and Nature
Writing
WRIT 25: Writing About Place
WRIT 26: Writing about Language
Environmental Studies 100 (Ecology and Society) students examine insect diversity in Porter Meadow on UCSC campus