• Check In: August 1
• First Day of Class and Orientation: August 2
• Last Day of Class: August 29
• Check Out: August 31

Class Size: 16-25

Unlike most history courses on Nazi Germany, this four-week program deals with the aesthetics of National Socialism.  How did Hitler and the Nazi Party view art, architecture, sculpture, film, and music during their twelve-year reign? Field trips to major Nazi architectural and historical sites comprise a significant portion of the program: Nuremberg (Nazi Party Rally Grounds), Munich (Nazi Administrative Buildings), Berchtesgaden (site of Hitler’s mountain retreat and underground bunker system), and Castle Wewelsburg (SS Cult Center), and the Nazi leadership training schools at Sonthofen and Vogelsang.

Other programs of similar interest:

• Vienna and Prague: At the Crossroads on Central Europe
• Warfare in the Middle Ages
• The Last Empire of Islam
• Italian Culture and Institutions

Courses

This Program carries a total of 8 units. Enrolled students must take both courses listed. Auditing is not an option.

• German 118C (4 units)
  Germany Under the Third Reich
  Interdisciplinary study of German society and culture during the Third Reich (1933-45); readings in aesthetics, history, and philosophy; study of Fascist culture in literature, film, architecture, and the graphic arts; focus on everyday life in Hitler's Germany.
  GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt
• German 198 (4 units)
  Directed Group Study
  GE credit: none.

Course Requirements

• TBA
• A detailed course syllabus will be available in participants' Program Specific Guide. For questions about the syllabus, please contact Erin Schlemmer at eschlemmer@ucdavis.edu or the instructor, Winder McConnell.

Required Texts

• Zavrel, B. John. Arno Breker: The Divine Beauty of Art. West-Art, 1986.
  ISBN: 0914301047
• Spotts, Frederic. Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics. Overlook Press, 2003.
  ISBN: 1585673455
• Course Reader (provided by Summer Abroad)
• Lonely Planet Guide Germany (provided by Summer Abroad)

Field Trips and Activities - subject to change

• Nuremberg
• Munich
• Berchtesgaden
• Sonthofen
• Castel Noervenich
• Castel Wewelsberg

 

Accommodations

You will stay in a single occupancy room with en-suite shower at the Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet dorm. Each room is equipped with a mini kitchenette. Please be advised that cooking and dining implements will not be provided. You will have a choice of a single or double occupancy room during the field trip to Munich, Nuremburg and Sonthofen.

Meals

Meals can be cooked in the dorms or bought at the university cafeteria (Mensa) or any of the nearby restaurants. The cafeteria is open Monday through Friday for breakfast and lunch. Meals cost about $3.00-$5.00 with a vegetarian option available. If you prefer to cook your own meals, grocery shops are within walking distance of the campus.

Fees

Fees for Summer Abroad include the Summer Abroad Program Fee, Course Fee, and Accommodations and Activities Fee. The Accommodations and Activities Fee covers lodging, selected meals (if included), selected field trips, group accidental death & dismemberment and emergency health insurance, select publications, and additional program specific costs. Air fare is not included. All fees are subject to change.

UC Davis Summer Abroad Fees

$1000.00	Program Fee (includes $300 non-refundable deposit)
$1176.00	Course Fee ($147/unit X 8 units)*
$1302.00	Accommodations and Activities Fee Double occupancy on overnight trips
$1446.00	Accommodations and Activities Fee Single occupancy on overnight trips
$3478.00	TOTAL FEES CHARGED TO STUDENTS (Double occupancy on overnight trips)
$3622.00	TOTAL FEES CHARGED TO STUDENTS (Single occupancy on overnight trips)

* This fee level is based on the proposed 2007-08 governor's budget. The fees are subject to Regental, legislative, and gubernatorial action and may change without notice.