Summer Abroad 2007 Programs

To enroll, create your student login and complete the preliminary online application. If you have already created an online profile, access your application via your Student Login. On the preliminary application, you may select all programs of interest so that you can receive announcements about your chosen program. When you are ready to enroll, take the first steps online via your Student Login. Please see the Enrollment Checklist and Instructions for more complete information.

Programs are grouped according to field of study. Programs in each section are listed in order by country. Click on the topic of study to see the programs scheduled for 2007.

Enrollment in the program requires registration in all courses listed (unless otherwise noted). Most programs carry a total of 8 units. Click the highlighted links for details including couse requirements, accommodations, field trips, program descriptions, and fees.

Science and Engineering

Location Program Title, Dates, and Courses Instructor(s)
Romania, Transylvania CANCELLED Materialsylvania
August 12- September 12
  • Materials Science/Engineering
    • Engineering 45 - 4 units
    • Engineering Material Science 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		J. Groza
Spain, Burgos Food, Folklore and Health
July 1 - July 28
  • Food Science and Technology 10 - 3 units
  • Food Science and Technology 198 - 5 units
Courses are taught in English 		J. Guinard
USA, Hawai'i Introduction to Volcanology
September 2 - September 15
  • Geology 138 - 4 units
  • Geology 198 - 2 units (optional)
Courses are taught in English 		R. Zierenberg


Community Policy & Development

Courses are taught in English
Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Argentina, Buenos Aires Transnational Chicana/o Studies in Argentina
 June 25-August 4, 2007
  • Chicano Studies 122 - 4 units
  • Chicano Studies 131 - 4 units
  • Chicano Studies 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English. Some knowledge of Spanish recommended, not required. 		A. Torre, Y. Flores
Europe:
Aalborg and Odense, Denmark; Freiburg, Germany; Edinburgh and Stirling, and Scotland; and Stockholm, Sweden
NEW PROGRAM		 Sustainable Cities of Northern Europe
 July 15 - August 17
    CHOOSE
  • Landscape Architecture 191 - 8 units
    • OR
  • Environmental Science and Policy 173 - 4 units with Landscape Architecture 191 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		J. Loux, S. Handy
Germany, Freiburg
(with field trips to France and Switzerland)		 Community Development and Government in European Union
August 20 - September 14
    CHOOSE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL COURSEWORK
  • Community and Regional Development 153B - 4 units
  • Community and Regional Development 198 - 4 units
    OR GRAUDATE LEVEL COURSEWORK
  • Community and Regional Development 242 - 4 units
  • Community and Regional Development 298 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		F. Hirtz
Ghana, Accra Culture and Development in an African Nation
 July 8 - August 5
  • African American and African Studies 190 - 4 units
  • African American and African Studies 198 - 4 units
 M. Adejunmobi
Spain, Barcelona Housing and Community Development in Barcelona
 July 1 - July 21
  • Community and Regional Development 153B - 4 units
  • Community and Regional Development 198 - 2 units
Courses are taught in English 		R. Wiener


Arts and Culture

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
England, London
NEW PROGRAM		 Modern Applications of Chinese Exercise Traditions
June 30 - July 30

  • Dramatic Art 144 - 4 units
  • Dramatic Art 192 - 2 units
  • Dramatic Art 198 - 2 units

Courses are taught in English 		L. Hunter
France, French Riviera Modernism in France, 1880-1940
July 20 - August 14
  • Art History 183C - 4 units
  • Art History 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		D. Macleod
Greece, Hydra Playing to the Gods
June 28 - July 23
  • Dramatic Art 155B - 6 units
  • Dramatic Art 198 - 2 units
Courses are taught in English 		P. Shannon
Italy, Umbria
NEW PROGRAM		 Painting in Umbria FULL
June 24 - July 21
  • Art Studio 101 - 4 units
  • Art Studio 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		G. Werfel
H. Pardee
Japan, Kyoto Japanese Culture through Film FULL
June 29 - July 28
  • Japanese 106 - 4 units
  • Japanese 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		C. Chang
Spain, Burgos Spanish Art
July 1 - July 28
  • Spanish 143 - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		C. Martínez-Carazo
Trinidad and Tobago, St. Augustine Documentary Filmmaking in the Caribbean
July 1 - July 31
  • African American and African Studies 168 - 4 units
  • African American and African Studies 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		C. Acham


History and Culture

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Austria, Vienna
(with a field trip to Prague, Czech Republic)		 Vienna & Prague: At the Crossroads of Central Europe FULL
August 1 - August 31
  • History 102S - 4 units
  • History 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
Website: http://history.ucdavis.edu/f/Stuart_Kathy/vienna/
 K. Stuart
Europe:
London, England; Paris and Mont Blanc, France; Rome, Italy
NEW PROGRAM		 The Grand Tour FULL
July 1 - July 31
  • Humanities 180 - 4 units
  • Humanities 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		V. Squitieri
Germany, Düsseldorf Germany Under Hitler's Third Reich
August 1 - August 31
  • German 118C - 4 units
  • German 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		W. McConnell
Mexico, Oaxaca Ethnohistory of Mexico's Native Peoples
June 30 - July 29 *New end date as of February 2007
  • Native American Studies 133 - 4 units
  • Native American Studies 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		S. Varese
Peru, Cuzco History of the Andean Region FULL
July 8 - August 4
  • History 162 - 4 units
  • History 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		C. Walker
Rome, Italy Italian Culture and Institutions FULL
June 24 - July 21
  • Italian 107S - 4 units
  • Italian 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		J. Grossi
Scotland, Stirling Warfare in the Middle Ages
July 1 - July 31
  • Medieval Studies 130A - 4 units
  • Medieval Studies 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		W. McConnell
South Africa, Cape Town and Edeni Game Reserve
NEW PROGRAM		 History, Nature and Culture - From City to Safari
June 30 - July 27
  • History 115C - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		C. Brantley
Sweden, Sigtuna
 Viking Life and Times
June 24 - July 21
  • Medieval Studies 130A - 4 units
  • Medieval Studies 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		K. Roddy
Turkey, Istanbul
NEW PROGRAM		 The Last Empire of Islam
July 1 - August 1
  • History 190C
  • History 198
Courses are taught in English 		B. Tezcan


Literature and Culture

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Argentina, Buenos Aires Latin American Culture
June 30 - July 30
  • Spanish 170S - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in Spanish 		A. Peluffo
Australia, Melbourne and the Kimberleys Australia: Urban to Outback
July 1 - July 29
  • English 139 - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		E. Schroeder
England, London Shakespeare - Live!
June 23 - July 21
  • English 118 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		J. Boe
England, London and Bath
NEW PROGRAM		 Private Lives, British Writers - From Jane Austen to Zadie Smith
August 4 - September 1
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		E. Davis
France, Paris Americans in Paris
June 23 - July 21
  • French 127 - 4 units
  • French 198 OR Comparative Literature 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		M. Blanchard, R. Scherr
Greece, Athens, Hydra, Nafplion, Olympia, and Kefalonia, Travelers in Greece FULL
July 3 - July 31
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		A. Dragona
Ireland, Dublin, Dingle, Galway, and County Mayo Irish Literature and the Environment
August 12 - September 12
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English. 		J. McElroy
Italy, Florence Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe
July 7 - August 6
  • Comp Lit 180 - 4 units
  • Comp Lit 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		B. Schildgen
Mexico, Cuernavaca CANCELLED Reversing the Conquest
August 16 - September 16
  • Comparative Literature 152 - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English. Some knowledge of Spanish recommended, not required.		 M. Blanchard, R. Scherr
Scotland, Edinburgh and the Highlands Scottish Literature and Culture, 1750-2000
August 4 - September 1
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		D. Simpson