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Housing and Theme Options

In addition to room options, there are also a variety of housing and theme options for those who are interested. Based on academic pursuits, hobbies, individual backgrounds, and lifestyle preferences, these living/learning options serve to complement a student's experience in residence. Check out the options at each residential community:

Cowell College
Coed Floor/Apartment
Diversity Awareness House (Residence Halls only)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Single-Gender Floor/Apartment
Substance-Free Floor (Residence Halls only)
Transfer/Continuing Student Floor/Apartment (not available to frosh)

Stevenson College
All-Female Floor (Residence Halls)
All-Female, Substance Free Floor (Residence Halls)
Coed Apartment (not available to frosh)
Coed Floor (Residence Halls)
Diversity House & Social Justice(Residence Halls)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Outdoor Adventure Floor (Residence Halls)
Substance-Free House (Residence Halls)
Transfer Student Floor (Transfer and Re-entry students only)

Crown College
Academic Focused Community (includes SLC, study intensive, supplemental application required)
All-Female Floor (Residence Hall occupants share single sex bathroom)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Outdoor Pursuits Floor (Residence Halls only)
Science Learning Community (Academic Excellence Program (ACE) students only, application only)
Single-Gender Apartment (default is coed)
Transfer Student Floor (sophomore and junior transfer students only)
Transfer Student Apartment

Merrill College
Academic Excellence Floor (Residence Hall)
All-Female Floor (Residence Hall)
Academic Intensive Apartment (not available to frosh)
Arts & Music Floor (Residence Hall)
Casa Chavez Floor (Residence Hall)
Coed Apartment (not available to frosh)
Coed Floor (Residence Hall)
DuBois House (Transfer & continuing student community not available to frosh)
Film & Video Floor (Residence Hall)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
GLBTI Supportive Apartment (not available to frosh)
GLBTI Supportive Floor (Residence Hall)
Great Outdoor Floor (Residence Hall)
Indigenous Peoples (Frosh/Transfer American Indian Cohort and their allies)
Single-Gender Apartment (not available to frosh)
Substance-Free Floor (Residence Hall)
Theatre/Performing Arts (Residence Hall)
World Cultures Floor (Residence Hall)

Porter College
Coed (Residence Halls and Apartments)
Film and Digital Media (Residence Halls only. Supplemental application required)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Gender Studies (Residence Halls only. Supplemental application required)
Outdoor Experience (Residence Halls only)
Quiet/Intensive Study (Residence Halls and Apartments)
Performing Arts (Residence Halls only. Supplemental application required)
Single-Gender (Residence Halls and Apartments)
Substance-Free (Residence Halls and Apartments)
Upper-class Upper-class/Transfer/Re-Entry/Veteran Community (Residence Halls)
Visual Arts (Residence Halls only. Supplemental application required)

Kresge College
Academic Intensive
Coed
Community Assistant Apartment (Student Life staff apartment)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Single-Gender
Substance-Free
Theater/Film and Digital Media
Writers House

Oakes College
Bayit Wiesel (Jewish, GLBTI themes)
Biko House (African American Theme)
Casa Kahlo (Chicano/Latino Theme, frosh wing)
Casa Huerta (Chicano/Latino Theme)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Hong-Lim House (Asian American/Pacific Islander themes)
Liliuokalani-Minami Block (Asian American/Pacific Islander themes, transfer wing)
Milk Block (Jewish, GLBTI themes, transfer wing)
Quiet
Shabazz Block (African American Theme, frosh wing)
Single-Gender (Residence Halls and Apartments)

College Eight
Coed Apartment
Coed Floor (Residence Hall)
Coed Apartment
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Service Learning (Residence Hall)
Single-Gender (Residence Halls and Apartments)
Social Justice (Residence Hall)
Women's Hall (Residence Hall)
Women in Science, Engineering & Math (Residence Hall)

College Nine
All-Female Floor (Residence Hall)
Coed Apartment (not available to frosh)
Coed Floor (Residence Hall)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
International Living Center (Apartments only. Supplemental application required) Print an ILC Brochure (PDF)
Quiet Floor (Residence Halls)
Single-Gender Apartment (not available to frosh)
Transfer Student Community (Apartments only. New incoming transfer students only)

College Ten
All-Female Floor (Residence Hall)
Coed Apartment (not available to frosh)
Coed Floor (Residence Hall)
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
International Living Center (Apartments only. Supplemental application required)
Quiet Floor (Residence Halls)
Single-Gender Apartment (not available to frosh)
Transfer Student Community (Apartments only. New incoming transfer students only)

The Village
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Program in Community and Agroecology (PICA)

University Inn
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Prefer 30+ Roommate

University Town Center
Gender Neutral (Transgender, intersex & ally students live together regardless of biological sex; supplemental application required)
Prefer International Roommate

 



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