Eleanor Roosevelt College

Eleanor Roosevelt College is one of six undergraduate residential colleges at the University of California San Diego. ERC emphasizes international understanding in its co-curricular programming and general education requirements by requiring students to complete the Making of the Modern World sequence and a regional specialization and have basic proficiency in a foreign language.HistoryIn 1985, a Preliminary Planning Committee recommended the creation of a new college focused on comparative culture studies to augment its existing then four undergraduate colleges. The Academic Senate approved the proposal in May 1986 and Professor James Lyon was appointed founding provost of Fifth College in March 1987. UCSD's colleges are given a numeric designation until a permanent name is later chosen. In fall 1988, Fifth College welcomed its inaugural class. The college was officially named Eleanor Roosevelt College (ERC) in a dedication ceremony on January 26, 1995.Like all UCSD colleges, ERC is led by a provost, who is a tenured departmental faculty member appointed to oversee the college for a five-year term. The provost is the highest academic officer in the college and oversees its organizational structure, which includes academic advising and student affairs, residence life, an academic program (the Making of the Modern World), and UCSD's International House.Academics and MissionWhile ERC students major in all disciplines, the college's thematic focus is on international understanding and engagement. Its general education requirements include proficiency in a foreign language, a regional specialization, and a core world history and cultures sequence called The Making of the Modern World.