Like UC San Diego's undergraduate students, all UC San Diego faculty are affiliated with one of its six undergraduate colleges.
The college system at UC San Diego was the visionary idea of the university's founding faculty, who wanted to give undergraduates something of the experience of a small liberal arts college while having the educational advantages of a large research university. Additionally, the colleges offer students choices in fulfilling their General Education requirements.
The Muir faculty established the college’s General Education and graduation requirements at its founding and makes changes to those requirements as necessary. In accordance with the College's by-laws, the faculty is represented by an elected six-member Faculty Executive Committee which advises the Provost, takes action on academic policies and other matters of concern to the faculty, and appoints other faculty committees as needed. Any changes to the by-laws are voted on by the entire faculty. The Writing Advisory Committee advises the Director of the Muir College Writing Program on matters relating to the College's writing requirement and participates in the hiring and review of MCWP professional staff.
Membership on College committees, including the Executive Committee and Writing Advisory Committee, counts as university service, necessary for promotion and merit advancement. Faculty also help out the College by discussing their research with students in the Freshman Honors Seminar and in many other ways. We are truly grateful to everyone who contributes to our efforts to make UC San Diego a stimulating and rewarding place for undergraduate students.
Faculty Executive Committee
2021-2022
Kamau Kenyatta, Arts & Humanities
Carolyn Kurle, Biological Sciences
Andrew Jolivétte, Social Sciences
Carlos Coimbra, Jacobs School of Engineering
Adam Burgasser, Physical Sciences
Terry Gaasterland, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2020-2021
Terry Gaasterland, Scripps Institue of Oceanography
Carlos F. Coimbra, Jacobs School of Engineering
Adam Burgasser, Physics
Kevin Lewis, Sociology
2019-2020
Amy Cimini, Music
Carolyn Kurle, Ecology, Behavior and Evolution
Hyonny Kim, Structural Engineering
Ian Abramson, Mathematics
Lisa Tauxe, Scripps Institue of Oceanography
Kevin Lewis, Sociology
2018-2019
Amy Cimini, Music
Carolyn Kurle, Ecology, Behavior and Evolution
Hyonny kim, Structural Engineering
Kevin Lewis, Social Sciences
Lisa Tauxe, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
2017-2018
Ian Abramson, Mathematics
Lisa Tauxe, SIO
(Vacancy in Social Sciences)
Academic Senate Representative Assembly
2021-2022
James (Jim) Cooke - Neurobiology
Sam Museus - Education Studies
Milton Saier - Molecular Biology
2020-2021
James (Jim) Cooke - Neurobiology
Sam Museus - Education Studies
Elana Zilberg - Communication
Michael Todd - Stuctural Engineering
2019-2020
Elana Zilberg - Communication
Michael Todd - Stuctural Engineering
2018-2019
Joshua Figueroa - Chemistry/Biochemistry
Lelli Van Den Einde - Structural Engineering
Elana Zilberg - Communication
Michael Todd - Stuctural Engineering
2017-2018
Joshua Figueroa - Chemistry/Biochemistry
Lelli Van Den Einde - Structural Engineering
Adam Burgassr - Physics
James Nieh - Division of Biological Sciences