UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis
UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis
UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis
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500 University Writing Program<br />
<strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> Washington Program, as well as those<br />
from other <strong>UC</strong> campuses.<br />
Undergraduate Academic<br />
Internship Program<br />
The <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> Washington Undergraduate Program<br />
is open to students from all majors at <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> who<br />
have completed 89.9 or more units towards graduation.<br />
Students earn 15 units of academic credit, and<br />
continue to be registered as full-time students. A GPA<br />
of at least 3.000 is recommended for admission<br />
although not required. Applicants are also evaluated<br />
based on overall relevant experience, a written statement,<br />
letters of recommendation and personal interviews.<br />
The Undergraduate Academic Internship Program<br />
runs 11 weeks each fall, winter, and spring quarter.<br />
It has three principal components:<br />
• Internship. 7 units: Students work three to four<br />
days per week as interns in Congress, federal<br />
agencies, interest groups, trade associations,<br />
research institutions, the media, museums or in<br />
other organizations related to policy, politics, science<br />
and culture and geared to the interests and<br />
objectives of individual students.<br />
• Research Seminar. 4 units: This is the core<br />
academic component of the program. Each student<br />
writes a 20-25 page research paper in consultation<br />
with Washington Program faculty and<br />
graduate fellows. To complete the assignment, students<br />
take advantage of the many unique<br />
research resources in Washington, DC.<br />
• Elective Seminar Course. 4 units: Each student<br />
also enrolls in one upper division seminar<br />
course taught at the Washington Center. These<br />
courses vary each quarter, and are a mix of political<br />
science, international relations, history, other<br />
social sciences, the arts and humanities, and science<br />
policy. In addition to regular instruction,<br />
seminars often include guest speakers, observations<br />
of congressional committees and federal<br />
agencies, and other relevant Washington experiences.<br />
<strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> course equivalencies are established<br />
each quarter.<br />
Courses are taught by <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> faculty in residence,<br />
faculty from the <strong>UC</strong>LA, <strong>UC</strong> Santa Barbara, <strong>UC</strong> Santa<br />
Cruz, <strong>UC</strong> San Diego, <strong>UC</strong> Berkeley, <strong>UC</strong> Irvine and<br />
<strong>UC</strong> Riverside programs, or visiting faculty from the<br />
Washington area.<br />
Financial aid eligibility is maintained, and the aid<br />
package can be adjusted to reflect the additional<br />
costs of the program. Some additional financial<br />
awards also are offered directly by the Washington<br />
Program, including the University of California President’s<br />
Washington Scholarship, Joyce and Norman<br />
Weil Scholarships, and the Blanche and Frank Goldstein<br />
Building Bridges Award.<br />
Students reside at the <strong>UC</strong> Washington Center facility,<br />
convenient to public transportation. Arrangements<br />
are made to cover health services and other aspects<br />
of student life. The program also includes many educational,<br />
cultural and historical activities in the<br />
Washington area.<br />
Summer Program. The <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> Washington<br />
Program also operates a 10-week Summer Program.<br />
The Summer Program has a credit or non-credit<br />
option. The credit option allows students to earn 7<br />
units of academic credit, in addition to working at<br />
an internship. Students pay the summer sessions rate<br />
per credit hour plus an application fee. The noncredit<br />
internship has a program fee. Both options<br />
allow students to participate in many educational,<br />
cultural, historical and social activities. Some financial<br />
assistance is provided but is more limited than<br />
for the academic year programs.<br />
The Washington Program also has positions during<br />
the academic year for graduate students as Graduate<br />
Fellows (combination of a pre-doctoral research<br />
fellowship and a teaching assistantship) and Graduate<br />
Summer Internships.<br />
Graduation Requirements. All prospective<br />
applicants, particularly students who intend to study<br />
abroad or in Washington, DC during their senior<br />
year, should carefully plan their course programs for<br />
<strong>Davis</strong> and at <strong>UC</strong>DC in order to satisfy university, college,<br />
and major/minor requirements for their<br />
degree.<br />
Although units and grade points earned at <strong>UC</strong>DC<br />
are incorporated into the University transcript and<br />
GPA, departments and majors retain the right to<br />
determine which <strong>UC</strong>DC courses will be accepted in<br />
satisfaction of major and minor requirements.<br />
All degree candidates must meet the University residence<br />
requirement. Recognizing the special value of<br />
<strong>UC</strong>DC, the faculty have approved two exceptions to<br />
the usual residence requirement for students participating<br />
in the Washington Program:<br />
• Students planning to graduate immediately upon<br />
completion of participation in <strong>UC</strong>DC may satisfy<br />
the University residence requirement by completing<br />
at least 35 of their final 45 units on the <strong>Davis</strong><br />
campus preceding entry into <strong>UC</strong>DC<br />
• Students who have not finished all of their degree<br />
requirements following completion of their participation<br />
in the <strong>UC</strong>DC program may satisfy the University<br />
residence requirement by completing at<br />
least 35 units, including at least 12 units after<br />
returning from <strong>UC</strong>DC, on the <strong>Davis</strong> campus<br />
within the final 90 units earned toward the<br />
degree.<br />
Students should consult with their college Dean's<br />
office early during the <strong>UC</strong>DC planning process for<br />
information on the university residence requirement.<br />
• Students who will not meet the residency requirements<br />
outlined may petition their Dean's office<br />
requesting an exception to policy.<br />
Students may satisfy GE requirements while at Washington,<br />
but should consult with their college Dean's<br />
office prior to departure for information on the certification<br />
process.<br />
Students with a large number of units may participate<br />
in the <strong>UC</strong>DC program provided that (1) they<br />
will not exceed 225 units prior to their departure<br />
and (2) that all their degree requirements have been<br />
fulfilled either before they leave campus or during<br />
their time at <strong>UC</strong>DC. Participants may only return to<br />
campus from <strong>UC</strong>DC to complete any outstanding<br />
degree requirements provided that they can do so<br />
within the 225 units.<br />
Courses in <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> Washington<br />
Center (WAS)<br />
Upper Division Courses<br />
175. Health Policy and Health Politics (4)<br />
Seminar—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—<br />
1 hour. Following the model of a Congressional subcommittee,<br />
identification of four salient health policy<br />
issues for study, research, and development of model<br />
policies to address them. (Same course as Epidemiology<br />
and Preventive Medicine 175W.) GE credit:<br />
SocSci, Wrt.—III. Wintemute<br />
187. Gun Violence (4)<br />
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Gun violence, viewed<br />
from the perspectives of criminology and public<br />
health. Topics include personal and societal contributing<br />
factors and critical assessment of potential solutions.<br />
Offered in alternate years.—III. Wintemute<br />
192. Internship in the <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> Washington<br />
Center Program (7)<br />
Internship—28 hours. Prerequisite: junior or senior<br />
standing, admission in the <strong>UC</strong> <strong>Davis</strong> Washington<br />
Center undergraduate program, course 193 concurrently.<br />
Internship in Washington, DC with associated,<br />
supervised research project. (Same course as<br />
Political Science 192W.) (P/NP grading only.)—I, II,<br />
III. (I, II, III.) Goldman<br />
193. Washington Center Research Seminar<br />
(4)<br />
Lecture/discussion—1 hour; independent study—3<br />
hours; tutorial—0.5 hour. Prerequisite: course 192<br />
concurrently. Core academic component of Washington<br />
Program. Topics coordinated with internships.<br />
Research draws on resources uniquely available in<br />
Washington, DC. Supervised preparation of extensive<br />
paper. (Same course as Political Science<br />
193W.) GE credit: Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Goldman<br />
University Writing<br />
Program<br />
(College of Letters & Science)<br />
Christopher J. Thaiss, Program Director<br />
Program Office. 176 Voorhies Hall<br />
(530) 752-0431; http://program.ucdavis.edu<br />
Committee in Charge<br />
John Boe, Ph.D. (University Writing Program)<br />
Marlene Clarke, Ph.D. (University Writing Program)<br />
Margaret Ferguson, Ph.D. (English)<br />
Julia E. Menard-Warwick, Ph.D. (Linguistics)<br />
Sandra M. Murphy, Ph.D. (Education)<br />
Brenda D. Schildgen, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature)<br />
Christopher J. Thaiss, Ph.D.<br />
(University Writing Program)<br />
Carl W. Whithaus, Ph.D. (<br />
University Writing Program)<br />
Aram A. Yengoyan, Ph.D. (Anthropology)<br />
Faculty<br />
Christopher J. Thaiss., Ph.D., Professor<br />
Carl W. Whithaus, Ph.D., Associate Professor<br />
Affiliated Faculty<br />
Cynthia J. Bates, M.A., Lecturer<br />
Mary E. Bly, M.A., Lecturer<br />
John Boe, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
Amy Clarke, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Marlene B. Clarke, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Mardena E. Creek-Michelson, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Pamela Demory, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Aliki Dragona, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
Dale B. Flynn, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Laurie Glover, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Gary S. Goodman, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Jared Haynes, M.A., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
Brad J. Henderson, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Donald B. Johns, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
Andy Jones, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Pamela J. Major, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
James McElroy, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Don Meisenheimer, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Janet L. Papale, M.A., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
Raquel Scherr, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
Eric J. Schroeder, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
Victor Squitieri, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
John Stenzel, Ph.D., Lecturer<br />
Academic Federation Excellence in Teaching<br />
Award<br />
The Program<br />
The University Writing Program (UWP) offers writing<br />
courses and seeks to improve writing instruction<br />
across campus through a variety of programs. The<br />
UWP coordinates first year, intermediate, and<br />
advanced writing courses that satisfy college composition<br />
requirements and offers courses in writing<br />
across the curriculum, writing in specific disciplines,<br />
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-<strong>2010</strong> offering in parentheses<br />
<strong>General</strong> Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience