Residential College (RESC)
This program seeks to enrich students’ learning experience by integrating academic life into the residence halls. There are eight residential colleges:
- Arts
- Discovery
- Environmental
- Food
- Global
- Humanities
- Languages & Cultures
- Social Justice
- Society & Technology
Each college is organized around a common theme. All students enrolled in a residential college take a common course, called a Foundation Seminar, in the fall semester. They also live on the same residence hall floor for both fall and spring semesters of their first year. Students organize a variety of extracurricular programs related to the college themes. Upper-class students who wish to continue their affiliation with a college may continue to live together and may take additional courses.
All of the courses offered in the Residential Colleges fulfill the Foundation Seminar and W1 requirement for Arts & Sciences students, and fulfill a general education course and the W1 requirement for engineering students. Residential College Foundation Seminars that have been taught recently include:
Arts College: Pop & Protest; Making Something From Nothing; Discovery of the Expressive Self
Discovery College: The Universal Machine; World-changing Discoveries; Extreme Discoveries
Environmental College: Discovering Nature; Sustainable Harvest
Food College: Food, Farming & Sustainability
Global College: The Empire of Human Rights
Humanities College: What is the Human?; Ancient Origins: Secret History; American Monuments & Legends
Languages & Cultures College: How We Do Things With Words; Travel Culture: Art, Food & Politics; Place, Identity, & Culture
Social Justice College: Questioning for the Common Good; Civil Disobedience & Social Justice; Two Sides to Every Story
Society & Technology College: The Future is Now; The Grand Challenges; Sports, Statistics & Society
More information at bucknell.edu/ResColleges.
Courses
RESC 098. Foundation Seminar in Residential Colleges. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Foundation seminar offered only through the individual Residential Colleges. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
RESC 115. Community Service for Social Justice. .5 Credits.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:1.5; Repeatable
Students will be actively involved in service or advocacy work at community-based sites working for change and social justice. The course will meet once a week to examine history, concepts, and theory about the role of individuals and groups seeking justice. This will provide a focused opportunity to explore social movements and resource mobilization. Priority given to first- and second-year students from the social justice residential college. Permission of the instructor required.
RESC 120. Be The Change. .5 Credits.
Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:1,Other:1; Repeatable
Students attend a weekly class to discuss topics in social, global and environmental justice that are explored in campus events, lectures, and films. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Open to first-year students only. May be repeated by permission of the instructor.
RESC 220. Residential College Dinner Seminar. .25 Credits.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:1.5; Repeatable
Students will build on capacities achieved during the first year by constructing and then engaging in a set of learning experiences in a group.
RESC 221. Residential College Dinner Seminar. .25 Credits.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:Varies,Other:1.5; Repeatable
Students will complete the set of learning experiences constructed in the fall and will present their work to first-year students in the same Residential College. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Faculty
Academic Co-coordinators: Edwin F. Ladd, Katsuyuki Wakabayashi