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After UC Merced, UCSC is the second youngest (with UC Irvine) and has the smallest enrollment of the University of California campuses. Majors and graduate degrees are offered in a broad range of academic fields, with the Baskin School of Engineering being its professional school of engineering.

The undergraduate program is organized around a residential college system. The ten colleges— Cowell College, Stevenson College, Crown College, Merrill College, Porter College, Kresge College, Oakes College, College EightCollege Eight is one of the ten (as of 2004) residential colleges at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is on the west side of campus, north of Oakes College and southeast of Porter College. Its theme is Environment and Society''. College Eight, College NineCollege Nine is one of the ten (as of 2004) residential colleges at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is located on the north side of campus, east of College Ten and west of Crown College. Its theme is International and Global Perspectives''., and College TenCollege Ten is one of the ten residential colleges at the University of California, Santa Cruz. It is on the north side of campus, west of College Nine and north of the Cowell Student Health Center. Its theme is Social Justice and Community''. College Ten—provide services such as housing, academic assistance, activities and a selection of college-related coursework. Each college has its own theme, architectural style, and student and faculty housing. Each provides a mandatory "core course," centering on the college's theme, that is taken by incoming freshmen. College sizes vary, but roughly a third of students live on campus within their college community. Coursework, academic majors and general areas of study are not limited by college membership, though colleges "host" the offices of various departments and faculty. Until recently, most classes used written evaluations instead of letter grades. Mandatory grades are now given, as at other UC campuses, but grades are still sometimes supplemented with evaluations.

In recent years, UCSC's academic prominence has significantly increased. As of 2004, UCSC's faculty includes two members of the Institute of MedicineThe Institute of Medicine a part of the National Academy of Sciences, is an American organization whose purpose is to provide national advice on issues relating to biomedical science, medicine, and health (National Academy of Sciences, n. In 2004, in the, twenty members of the Academy of Arts and SciencesThe American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning, particularly in areas of political science. It serves as a nationwide honor society for the United States, James Bowdoin, John Adams, an, eleven members of the National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences (NAS in the United States is a government-established corporation supporting scientific research. Its official journal is the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences''. As its name suggests, it is the national acad, and one MacArthur FellowFoundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. It is most widely known for its significant support of the Public Broadcasting System and for the MacArthur Fellowship Program, also known as t. The University spent $54 million on research for the 2002-2003 academic year, and holds claim to 79 active inventions and 18 patents (2002). The young Baskin School of Engineering and the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering are garnering recognition, as has the work UCSC researchers have done on the Human Genome ProjectThe Human Genome Project (HGP) endeavoured to map the human genome down to the nucleotide (or base pair) level and to identify all the 20-25,000 genes present in it. History The $3 billion project was founded in 1990 by the United States Department of Ene. UCSC's most prestigious science departments are in Astronomy/Astrophysics and Ocean Sciences, as UCSC administers Lick and Keck Observatories as well as the Long Marine Laboratory . Furthermore, according to a 2003 ISI report, UCSC ranked 1st in the nation for academic research impact in the field of space sciences. UCSC also ranked first in the nation for its academic research on physics and second in the world for most influential research institution in the physical sciences, according to two 2001 ISI reports.

Some 80% of UCSC undergraduates are accepted into the graduate or professional school of their choice, and the percentage that go on to earn doctorate degrees is among the highest in the nation.

In September 2003, the NASA Ames Research Center took a bold step towards increasing the science output, safety, and effectiveness of NASA's missions through the infusion of new technologies and scientific techniques. A ten-year task order contract valued at more than $330 million was awarded to the University of California (UC) to establish and operate a University Affiliated Research System (UARC) [1]. The UC Santa Cruz manages the UARC for the University.

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