SUMMER-ABROAD.UCDAVIS.EDU May 13, 2008 02:40 PM
Dr. Frank Hirtz
Human and Community Development
fwhirtz@ucdavis.edu
Frank Hirtz is Associate Professor of Human and Community Development. His areas of research include Sociology of Law (Minority Administration), Methods of Social research, Comparative Social Policy, Sociology of Development and Rural Sociology.
This program will expose students to alternatives to the American/Californian model of community development, governance, and citizens’ participation. Students will study three different types of community governance: the German, the French, the Swiss community, as well as the European Union’s overarching influence. Working in small groups students will undertake case studies of topical areas of local concern (e.g. environment, youth, city and regional planning, public transport, culture, poverty, local politics, immigration and asylum). The program will take field trips within the Freiburg region and to Berlin.
“This course was the best experience I’ve had in my university career. It was really about learning and personal growth more than just a grade like so many other classes. This is the way education should be.” - 2007
“I have never known a more admirable and knowledgeable man than Professor Hirtz.” - 2007
“Professor Hirtz always pushes you to the limit of sociological thought...to QUESTION EVERYTHING." - 2006
“My objective was to keep an open mind and learn as much as I could of a different culture, which is exactly what I ended up doing." - 2006
