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

UC Davis Short-Term Programs Abroad 467
Professional Course
396. Teaching Assistant Training Practicum
(1-4)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated
for credit. (S/U grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
UC Davis Short-Term
Programs Abroad
Eric Schroeder, Director
207 Third Street, Suite 220
(530) 757-3308; Fax (530) 297-7142;
http://summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu
Programs of Study
UC Davis Summer Abroad is a study-abroad program
unique to the Davis campus. A UC Davis faculty-led
program, Summer Abroad offers multiple
programs each year in various countries and specializations.
Participants remain registered UC Davis
students while abroad and receive UC Davis units
for their academic work. Financial aid and scholarships
apply. Students may participate in Summer
Abroad as early as their freshman year, or as late as
their senior year or after graduation.
Academic Focus. Students of any major can participate
in Summer Abroad. All programs are
approximately four weeks in length, and are led by
UC Davis faculty members. Students may also earn
units through an internship component for some programs.
All programs allow students to experience
the program country's unique culture through co-curricular
activities, such as day-trips to surrounding
areas, museum tours, and theater visits.
Students can earn 8-12 quarter units through 2-3
courses taken abroad. Students may be able to
apply earned units towards their major, minor, or
General Education requirements.
Summer Abroad courses can apply specifically
towards the Global and International Studies minor.
The minor is designed for students who intend to
focus their interest in global and international studies
in either the Arts and Humanities or the Social Sciences.
In preparation for Summer Abroad, students are
urged to take Education Abroad Program 90X or
190X, which examine issues of study abroad.
UC Davis Washington
Center
Emily O. Goldman, Ph.D., Director and Associate
Professor
UC Davis Washington Center,
1608 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 974-6351
Information.
UC Davis Washington Center On-Campus Office
Internship and Career Center
South Hall, 2nd Floor
(530) 754-5718;
http://washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu
The UC Davis Washington Center began operations
in the 1990-91 academic year. It provides students
and faculty new and expanded opportunities in the
nation’s capital to enrich their education and
research. Its principal activities are an undergraduate
academic internship program, fellowships and
internships for graduate and professional school students,
fellowships and research grants for faculty,
and conferences and workshops organized by UC
Davis faculty. The University of California Washington
Center resides in an 11-story, state of the art
facility in downtown D.C. The center houses the academic
and residential programs for undergraduate,
faculty, and graduate students participating in the
UC Davis Washington Center, as well as those from
other UC campuses.
Undergraduate Academic
Internship Program
The UC Davis Washington Center undergraduate
program is open to students from all majors at UC
Davis who have completed 89.9 units towards graduation.
Students earn 15 units of academic credit,
continue to be registered as full-time students, and
fulfill university residency requirements. A GPA of at
least 3.000 is recommended for admission although
not required. Applicants are also evaluated based
on overall relevant experience, a written statement,
letters of recommendation and personal interviews.
The Undergraduate Academic Internship Program
runs 11 weeks each fall, winter, and spring quarterfall.
It has three principal components:
• Internship. 7 units: Students work three to four
days per week as interns in Congress, federal
agencies, interest groups, trade associations,
research institutions, the media, museums or in
other organizations related to policy, politics, science
and culture and geared to the interests and
objectives of individual students.
• Research Seminar. 4 units: This is the core
academic component of the program. Each student
writes a 20-25 page research paper in consultation
with Washington Program faculty and
graduate fellows. To complete the assignment, students
take advantage of the many unique
research resources in Washington, DC.
• Elective Seminar Course. 4 units: Each student
also enrolls in one upper division seminar
course taught at the Washington Center. These
courses vary each quarter, and are a mix of political
science, international relations, history, other
social sciences, the arts and humanities, and science
policy. In addition to regular instruction,
seminars often include guest speakers, observations
of congressional committees and federal
agencies, and other relevant Washington experiences.
UC Davis course equivalencies are established
each quarter.
Courses are taught by UC Davis faculty in residence,
faculty from the UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa
Cruz, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine and
UC Riverside programs, or visiting faculty from the
Washington area.
Financial aid eligibility is maintained, and the aid
package can be adjusted to reflect the additional
costs of the program. Some additional financial
awards also are offered directly by the Washington
Center, including the University of California President’s
Washington Scholarship, Joyce and Norman
Weil Scholarships, and the Blanche and Frank Goldstein
Building Bridges Award.
Students reside at the UC Washington Center facility,
convenient to public transportation. Arrangements
are made to cover health services and other aspects
of student life. The program also includes many educational,
cultural and historical activities in the
Washington area.
Summer Program. The UC Davis Washington
Center also operates an 11-week Summer Program.
The Summer Program has a credit or non-credit
option. The credit option allows students to earn 7
units of academic credit, in addition to working at
an internship. Students pay the summer sessions rate
per credit hour plus an application fee. The noncredit
internship has a program fee of $200. Both
options allow students to participate in many educational,
cultural, historical and social activities. Some
financial assistance is provided but is more limited
than for the academic year programs.
The Washington Center also has positions during the
academic year for graduate students as Graduate
Fellows; combination of a predoctoral research fellowship
and a teaching assistantship, and Graduate
Summer Internships.
Courses in UC Davis Washington
Center (WAS)
Upper Division Courses
175. Health Policy and Health Politics (4)
Seminar—3 hours; extensive writing or discussion—
1 hour. Following the model of a Congressional subcommittee,
identification of four salient health policy
issues for study, research, and development of model
policies to address them. (Same course as Epidemiology
and Preventive Medicine 175W.) GE credit:
SocSci, Wrt.—III. Wintemute
187. Gun Violence (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Gun violence, viewed
from the perspectives of criminology and public
health. Topics include personal and societal contributing
factors and critical assessment of potential solutions.
Offered in alternate years.—III. Wintemute
192. Internship in the UC Davis Washington
Center Program (7)
Internship—28 hours. Prerequisite: junior or senior
standing, admission in the UC Davis Washington
Center undergraduate program, course 193 concurrently.
Internship in Washington, DC with associated,
supervised research project. (Same course as
Political Science 192W.) (P/NP grading only.)—I, II,
III. (I, II, III.) Goldman
193. Washington Center Research Seminar
(4)
Lecture/discussion—1 hour; independent study—3
hours; tutorial—0.5 hour. Prerequisite: course 192
concurrently. Core academic component of Washington
Program. Topics coordinated with internships.
Research draws on resources uniquely available in
Washington, DC. Supervised preparation of extensive
paper. (Same course as Political Science
193W.) GE credit: Wrt.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Goldman
University Writing
Program
(College of Letters & Science)
__________, Director
Department Office. 171 Voorhies Hall
(530) 752-0431;
http://writingprogram.ucdavis.edu
Committee in Charge
John Boe, Ph.D. (University Writing Program)
Elizabeth Davis, Ph.D. (University Writing Program)
Gail Finney, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature, German)
Ines Hernandez-Avila, Ph.D.
(Native American Studies)
Jay Mechling, Ph.D. (American Studies)
Sandra M. Murphy, Ph.D. (Education)
Via Ramanathan, Ph.D. (Linguistics)
David A. Robertson, Ph.D. (English)
Evan Watkins, Ph.D. (English)
Karl F. Zender, Ph.D. (English)
Affiliated Faculty
Cynthia J. Bates, M.A., Lecturer
Mary E. Bly, M.A., Lecturer
John Boe, Ph.D., Lecturer, Academic Federation
Excellence in Teaching Award
Marlene B. Clarke, Ph.D., Lecturer
Mardena E. Creek-Michelson, Ph.D., Lecturer
Elizabeth Davis, Ph.D., Lecturer
Pamela Demory, Ph.D., Lecturer
Aliki Dragona, Ph.D., Lecturer
Dale B. Flynn, Ph.D., Lecturer
Laurie Glover, Ph.D., Lecturer
Gary S. Goodman, Ph.D., Lecturer
Jared Haynes, M.A., Lecturer, Academic Federation
Excellence in Teaching Award
Donald B. Johns, Ph.D., Lecturer, Academic Federation
Excellence in Teaching Award
Andy Jones, Ph.D., Lecturer
Pamela J. Major, Ph.D., Lecturer
James McElroy, Ph.D., Lecturer
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience