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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

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