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 Poetry of Victoria Chang (SP24)

  • US Poet Laureate: Ada Limón (SP23)

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


4/4        Introduction

4/11 No Class

4/18        Selections from Obit

4/25        With My Back to the World

5/2       With My Back to the World

5/9 Victoria Chang Event

  • Conversation at 2pm

  • Reading at 6pm

5/16       With My Back to the World

5/23 The Trees Witness Everything & selections from WS Merwin

5/30       The Trees Witness Everything

6/6 Concluding Conversation

Victoria Chang

Class SchedulE

Spring 2024

Thursdays, 2-2:50pm