UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

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personalized Web portal (http://my.ucdavis.edu) provides students
with access to e-mail, academic information (including grades and
class Web sites) and MySpace, a file-storage tool that provides up
to 100 MB of storage space for class-related files.
Computer Hardware and Software Needs. Every entering
undergraduate student is expected to own a computer that meets
certain minimum performance standards and can connect effectively
to the Internet. Rather than require a specific system, the
campus is stating its expectation in terms of a minimum set of
functional requirements. Students should have a computer that
will run a word processing program, a spreadsheet program, an e-
mail program, an Internet browser and is equipped with a CD-
ROM drive; a printer is also recommended. Equipment feature
suggestions for desktop and laptop computers are available at
http://computerownership.ucdavis.edu. Desktop systems and laptops
that meet or exceed the campus recommended specifications can
be purchased at competitive prices at the UC Davis Bookstore
Computer Shop. Students who are eligible for need-based financial
aid can apply for additional funding to pay for these systems
through the Financial Aid Office.
Connecting to the Internet. Students living on campus can connect
directly to the Internet from their rooms using ResNet,
the high-speed residence hall network. Wireless access to the
campus network is also available in many areas on campus,
including Shields Library and the Memorial Union; visit
http://wireless.ucdavis.edu for more information. Students living off
campus need a modem to access the 56K Student Modem Pool.
Campus Computer Rooms. Open-access computer rooms are
available on campus for drop-in use and provide access to the
Internet and a range of software programs used in UC Davis
courses. Many computer classrooms are also available on a drop-in
basis when not being used for instruction and two “media” computer
labs are available that specialize in the viewing, editing and
distribution of various types of media.
Computer Security. Guarding against computer viruses and
hacker intrusions has become an important part of campus computing
life. The campus IT security group maintains a comprehensive
Web site (http://security.ucdavis.edu) that provides information
on the latest campus security efforts and helpful instructions on
how to prevent a wide range of security issues, including compromised
passwords and identity theft.
File-Sharing. Copyright issues surrounding file-sharing and the
downloading of music and other digital media are popular topics
of discussion at universities nationwide. To help you better understand
your rights and responsibilities as a UC Davis student, the
Student Computing Guide Web site provides a number of
resources on file-sharing; see http://scg.ucdavis.edu/downloading.cfm.
RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES
Organized Research Units
Organized Research Units (ORUs) are campuswide interdisciplinary
research programs that further the university’s missions of
teaching, research and public service, but do not offer courses of
instruction. Members of an ORU come from more than one
department and normally from more than one school, college division.
Agricultural History Center
5202 Social Sciences and Humanities Building
(530) 752-1827
The center coordinates and administers several research and publication
programs that further the study of agricultural and natural
resource history. Research activities include studies of comparative
farm policy, migration and agricultural development, the history of
farm land values, the agricultural-environmental border, rural
international borderlands in the Americas, the causes and consequences
of agricultural mechanization and other sources of productivity
improvements in the 19th and 20th centuries and the
impact of scientific research.
Bodega Marine Laboratory and Reserve
Bodega Marine Laboratory
P.O. Box 247
Bodega Bay, CA 94923
(707) 875-2211; Fax (707) 875-2009;
ucdbml@ucdavis.edu; http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu
The Bodega Marine Laboratory is dedicated to research and teaching
in marine biology and related fields. Research areas include
marine ecology, coastal terrestrial ecology, oceanographic influences
on marine populations, impacts of non-native species,
responses of marine organisms to environmental stress, and fisheries
ecology and conservation. Well-equipped facilities feature running
seawater in two classrooms and most laboratories, a marine
science library, lecture hall, housing facilities, greenhouses, experimental
freshwater system for anadromous fish studies, network of
automated environmental sensors on marine and terrestrial habitats,
42-foot research vessel and various small boats, and a dive
locker and air station. Faculty teach a number of undergraduate
and graduate courses during the academic year and summer session.
The laboratory is located in Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, 100
miles west of Davis.
The Bodega Marine Reserve, part of the UC Natural Reserve System,
is 362 acres of remarkably diverse habitats, including an
excellent rocky intertidal zone, sand beaches, saltmarsh, lagoon
tidal flats, freshwater marsh, coastal prairie and dunes. The reserve
also administers adjacent subtidal sand and rock habitats in a
marine life refuge. Areas of research include a broad spectrum of
field studies of plants and animals in coastal marine, intertidal and
terrestrial ecosystems.
California National Primate Research Center
Primate Center
(530) 752-0447; http://www.cnprc.ucdavis.edu
The California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) investigates
selected human health problems for which the nonhuman
primate is the animal model of choice. Research programs include
behavioral and neurobiology, developmental and reproductive
biology, respiratory diseases, virology and immunology, stem cell
biology, gene therapy, genetics and a variety of biomedical collaborative
research projects. Self-sustaining breeding colonies of
macaques are available for study of spontaneously occurring disorders.