Summer Abroad 2008 Programs

Programs are grouped according by location. Click on the country to see the programs scheduled for 2008.

Enrollment in the program requires registration in all courses listed (unless otherwise noted). Programs carry a total of 8 quarter units. Click the highlighted link for details including couse requirements, accommodation, field trips, and fees (fees available as early as December 1).

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Argentina

Location Program Title, Dates, and Courses Instructor(s)
Argentina
(Buenos Aires)
Evita, Maradona, Che Guevara: Latin American Icons
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Spanish 175 - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in Spanish
A. Peluffo
Buenos Aires,
Argentina

Music and Culture in Latin American
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Music 127 OR Spanish 171 - 4 units
  • Music 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
P. Ortiz

Australia

Location Program Title, Dates, and Courses Instructor(s)
Australia
(Melbourne and the Kimberley)
Australia: Urban to Outback
July 5 - August 2, 2008
  • English 139 - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
J. Haynes


Austria

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Austria
(Vienna -- with overnight field trip Austrian Alps)
Vienna: At the Crossroads of Central Europe
August 1 - August 31, 2008
  • History 102S - 4 units
  • History 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
Class website: http://history.ucdavis.edu/vienna/
K. Stuart


Brazil

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Brazil
(Salvador, Bahia)
Brazilian Literature and Culture through the Arts
June 28 - July 27, 2008
  • Portuguese 161 - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
L. Bernucci


Chile

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Chile
(Santiago)
Revolution, Dictatorship, Democracy: 1970-2008
June 21 - July 19, 2008
  • Spanish 175 - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
M. Lazzara


China

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
China
(Kunming)
Social and Cultural Changes in Globalizing China
July 2 - 30, 2008
  • Anthropology 148A - 4 units
  • Anthropology 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
L. Zhang
China
(Shanghai and Hong Kong)

Chinese Cinema, Culture, and Society
June 21 - July 19, 2008
  • Comparative Literature 180S - 4 units
  • Comparative Literature 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
S. Lu


Costa Rica

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Costa Rica
(San Jose)
Costa Rican Communities
June 28 - July 27, 2008
  • Chicano/a Studies 125S - 4 units
  • Chicano/a Studies 198 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    CHI 298 & 299 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
Y. Flores


Croatia

Location Program Title, Dates, and Courses Instructor(s)
Slovenia
(Ljubljana)
From Polka to Eurovision: Folk and Popular Music of Central Europe
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Music 129D - 4 units
  • Music 198 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    MUS 221 & 299 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
S. Graham



Denmark

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)

Multi-Country
Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark; Freiburg, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden

Sustainable Cities of Northern Europe
June 29 - August 2, 2008
    CHOOSE
  • Landscape Design 191 - 8 units
  • OR
  • Environmental Policy and Studies 173 - 4 units, with Landscape Architecture 191 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    LDA 297 and 298 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
J. Loux


England

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
England
(London)

The Political Economy of British Imperialism
August 9 - September 6, 2008
  • Political Science 129 - 4 units
  • Political Science 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
R. Siverson
England
(London)



Engineering in a Capital City
July 5 - August 3, 2008
  • Engineering 103 - 4 units
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
B. Younis
England
(London)
Shakespeare - Live!
June 21 - July 19, 2008
  • English 118 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
J. Boe
Multi-Country
London, England; Paris, France; Florence and Rome, Italy
The Grand Tour
July 12 - August 19, 2008
  • Humanities 180 - 4 units
  • Humanities 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
K. Roddy


Europe - Multiple Countries

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Multi-Country
London, Paris, Florence, and Rome
The Grand Tour
July 12 - August 9, 2008
  • Humanities 180 - 4 units
  • Humanities 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
K. Roddy
Multi-Country
Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark; Freiburg, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden

Sustainable Cities of Northern Europe
June 29 - August 2, 2008
    CHOOSE
  • Landscape Design 191 - 8 units
  • OR
  • Environmental Policy and Studies 173 - 4 units, with Landscape Architecture 191 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    LDA 297 and 298 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
J. Loux


France

Courses are taught in English
Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
France
(Dijon)
Introduction to Winemaking
July 1 - 26, 2008
  • Viticulture and Enology 3 - 3 units
  • Viticulture and Enology 198 - 5 units
Courses are taught in English
J. Lapsley
France
(French Riviera)
Modernism in France, 1880-1940
July 7 - August 1, 2008
  • Art History 183C - 4 units
  • Art History 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
D. Macleod
France
(Paris)
Americans in Paris
June 29 - July 26, 2008
  • French 127 OR Comparative Literature 180S - 4 units
  • French 198 OR Comparative Literature 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
M. Blanchard, R. Scherr


Germany

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Germany
(Berlin)
Weimar Culture: Defeat, the Roaring Twenties, and the Rise of Nazism
August 1 - 30, 2008
  • German 118B - 4 units
  • German 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
G. Finney
Germany
(Dusseldorf and Locarno, Switzerland)

Contemporary European Cinema
August 1 - August 31, 2008
  • Film Studies OR German 142 - 4 units
  • Film Studies OR German 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
J. Fisher
Germany
(Freiburg -- with field trips within Germany and to France and Switzerland)
Citizens and Local Governance in Europe
July 28 - August 23, 2008
  • Community and Regional Development 153B - 4 units
  • Community and Regional Development 198 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    CRD 242 & 298 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
F. Hirtz
Multi-Country
Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark; Freiburg, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden


Sustainable Cities of Northern Europe
June 29 - August 2, 2008
    CHOOSE
  • Landscape Design 191 - 8 units
  • OR
  • Environmental Policy and Studies 173 - 4 units, with Landscape Architecture 191 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    LDA 297 and 298 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
J. Loux


Greece

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Greece
(Athens, Hydra, Natplion, Olympia, and Kefalonia)
Travelers in Greece
July 1 - July 29, 2008
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
A. Dragona
Greece
(Hydra, Athens, Delphi, Spetses and Epidaurus)
Playing to the Gods
July 3 - July 28, 2008
  • Dramatic Art 155B - 6 units
  • Dramatic Art 198 - 2 units
Courses are taught in English
P. Shannon


Ireland

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Ireland
(Dublin & Belfast)
Ireland without Borders
August 5 - September 2, 2008
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
J. McElroy
Ireland
(Galway)
What's in Your Water?
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering 148A - 4 units
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
S. Wuertz


India

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
India
(Bangalore)

Cities, Culture, and Citizenship in South Asia
August 2 - 30, 2008
  • Anthropology 191 - 4 units
  • Anthropology 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
S. Srinivas


Italy

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Italy
(Corciano-Umbria)

Painting in Umbria
June 21 - July 19, 2008
  • Art Studio 101 OR 102 - 4 units
  • Art Studio 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
G. Werfel
     
Italy
(Florence)
Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe
June 28 - July 28, 2008
  • Comparative Literature 180S - 4 units
  • Comparative Literature 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
B. Schildgen
Italy
(Rome - with overnight trip to the Amalfi Coast)
Italian Culture and Institutions
June 29 - July 26, 2008
  • Italian 107S - 4 units
  • Italian 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
J. Grossi


Japan

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Japan
(Kyoto)
Community and Everyday Life in Japan
June 29 - July 27, 2008
  • Community and Regional Development 153A - 4 units
  • Community and Regional Development 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
I. Fujimoto
Japan
(Okazaki )
Japanese Popular Culture in Tradition
June 28 - July 27, 2008
  • Japanese 109 - 5 units
  • Japanese 198 - 3 units
Courses are taught in English
M. Uchida


Mexico

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Mexico
(Chiapas)
Chiapas: Indigenous Literary and Social Movements
August 4 - September 3, 2008
  • Native American Studies 184 - 4 units
  • Native American Studies 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
Inés Hernández Ávila


Russia

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Russia
(St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg: Birth and Rebirth
July 5 - August 2, 2008
  • Humanities 180 - 4 units
  • Humanities 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
K. Verosub


Scotland

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Scotland
(Edinburgh)
Film as Narrative: Inventing Scotland
July 19 - August 16, 2008
  • English 160 OR FMS 189 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
D. Johns
     


Slovenia

Location Program Title, Dates, and Courses Instructor(s)
Slovenia
(Ljubljana -- with trips to Croatia and Austria)
From Polka to Eurovision: Folk and Popular Music of Central Europe
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Music 129D - 4 units
  • Music 198 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    MUS 221 & 299 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
S. Graham

 

South Africa

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
South Africa
(Cape Town and Edeni Game Reserve)
South Africa - From City to Safari
June 21 - July 19, 2008
  • English 139 - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
E. Schroeder


Spain

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Spain
(Burgos)
Food, Folklore and Health
July 6 - August 2, 2008
  • Food Science and Technology 10 - 3 units
  • Food Science and Technology 198 - 5 units
Courses are taught in English
J. Guinard
Spain
(Burgos)
Spanish Art
July 6 - August 2, 2008
  • Spanish 143 - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
C. Martínez-Carazo


Sweden

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Multi-Country
Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark; Freiburg, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden

Sustainable Cities of Northern Europe
June 29 - August 2, 2008
    CHOOSE
  • Landscape Design 191 - 8 units
  • OR
  • Environmental Policy and Studies 173 - 4 units, with Landscape Architecture 191 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    LDA 297 and 298 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
J. Loux


Switzerland

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Germany
(Dusseldorf -- with one week trip Locarno Film Festival in Switerland)
Contemporary European Cinema
August 1 - August 31, 2008
  • Film Studies OR German 142 - 4 units
  • Film Studies OR German 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
J. Fisher
Germany
(Freiburg -- with field trips to France and Switzerland)
Community Development and Governance in the European Union
July 28 - August 23, 2008
  • Community and Regional Development 153B - 4 units
  • Community and Regional Development 198 - 4 units
  • Or - Choose Graduate Level Courses:
    CRD 242 & 298 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English
F. Hirtz


Trinidad & Tobago

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Trinidad and Tobago
(St. Augustine)
Documentary Filmmaking in the Caribbean
June 29 - July 29, 2008
  • African American and African Studies 168 - 4 units
  • African American and African Studies 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
C. Acham


Uruguay

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Evita, Maradona, Che Guevara: Latin American Icons
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Spanish 175 - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in Spanish
A. Peluffo
Buenos Aires,
Argentina

Music and Culture in Latin American
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Music 127 OR Spanish 171 - 4 units
  • Music 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
P. Ortiz