CORE


November 3, 2024

How Double Majoring in Politics and Art has Helped me Appreciate the Beauty of Interdisciplinary Studies

Hihihi, I’m Alyssa, a sophomore studying both Politics and Art, and am here to tell you how those two work more seamlessly together than you would think. As a first-year student, who was still more of an undecided student than a Politics major, I chose to take classes that would fulfill a majority of my […]

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March 2, 2023

Favorite Classes at 5Cs

Hello all! My name is Rashmi and I’m a sophomore studying economics and politics! As part of my academic journey here at Scripps, I have been able to take fantastic classes in my majors as well as outside of them. In this blog, I want to highlight a class I enjoyed taking for my politics […]

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January 29, 2023

CORE 3: Foreign Language and Culture Teaching Clinic

Core III courses are small seminars designed to foster innovation and collaboration among students and faculty. The seminars and lectures help students self-design projects exploring a particular topic through the lens of “histories of the present.”  A course offered is Foreign Language and Culture Teaching Clinic. My experience includes developing lesson plans to teach a […]

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November 8, 2022

My Core Experience

  The Core program is designed to give students an interdisciplinary approach to the humanities. This is achieved through a three-semester sequence with an overarching theme taught through the lens of several different disciplines. Every Core sequence follows a new theme. In past years it’s been topics such as violence or community, but for my […]

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April 9, 2021

The Ins and Outs of Course Registration

Hi! Sam and Serena here, In light of class registration season, we thought it was only suitable for us to write a blog post on how to register for classes and things you should consider while registering for classes! Registering for classes is definitely a stressful time of year, and is particularly difficult if you’re […]

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