What is a Living Learning Community at UC Santa Cruz?

By CollegeHousing.ai · Sources checked · 2026-27

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UCSC's 10 colleges function as residential learning communities that combine housing, advising, community programs and a required first-year core course.

Every undergraduate is affiliated with one of UCSC's residential colleges. The colleges provide an academic and social community, and most first-year residents live in their affiliated college's residence halls while taking that college's core course.

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