Summer Abroad 2008 Programs

Programs are grouped according to field of study. Click on the topic of study to see the programs tentatively 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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Global and Community Development

Location Program Title, Dates, and Courses Instructor(s)
China
(Kunming)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 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
Costa Rica
(San Jose)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 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
England
(London)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - May 1st		 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
Germany
(Freiburg -- with field trips within Germany and to France and Switzerland) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 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
Japan
(Kyoto)
Confirmed
This program is full.		 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
India
(Bangalore)
Cancelled
 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
Multi-Country
Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden; Odense and Copenhagen, Denmark; Amsterdam, Netherlands;Freiburg, Germany
Confirmed
This program is full.
 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:
    • Landscape Design 297 and 298 (4 units each)
Courses are taught in English 		J. Loux
Russia
(St. Petersburg)
NEW PROGRAM		 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

Engineering

Location Program Title, Dates, and Courses Instructor(s)
England
(London)
Cancelled		 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
Ireland
(Galway)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 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


Food and Wine

Courses are taught in English
Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
France
(Dijon)
Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 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
Spain
(Burgos) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 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


Visual Arts and Art History

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
France
(French Riviera)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 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
Italy
(Corciano and Rome) Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th
 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
Spain
(Burgos) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 Spanish Art
July 6 - August 2, 2008
  • Spanish 143 - 4 units
  • Spanish 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		C. Martínez-Carazo


History and Culture

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Austria
(Vienna -- with overnight field trip to Austrian Alps) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 Vienna: At the Crossroads of Central Europe
August 1 - August 31, 2008
  • History 102S - 4 units (or History 102D/102E)
  • History 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English
Website: http://history.ucdavis.edu/vienna/
 K. Stuart
Chile
(Santiago)
Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 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
Europe
(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
Germany
(Berlin)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - May 1st 		Weimar Culture: Defeat, the Roaring Twenties, and the Rise of Nazism
August 1 - August 30, 2008
  • German 118B - 4 units
  • German 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		G. Finney
Italy
(Rome - with overnight trip to the Amalfi Coast) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 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
(Okazaki )
Confirmed
 This program is full.		 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


Literature and Culture

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Argentina
(Buenos Aires) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 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
Australia
(Melbourne and the Kimberley) Cancelled		 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
Brazil
(Salvador, Bahia)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 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
England
(London)
Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 Shakespeare - Live!
June 21 - July 19, 2008
  • English 118 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		J. Boe
France
(Paris) Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 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
Greece
(Athens, Hydra, Natplion, Olympia, and Kefalonia) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available 		Travelers in Greece
July 1 - July 29, 2008
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • English 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		A. Dragona
Ireland
(Dublin & Belfast) Confirmed
Extended deadline - May 1st 		Ireland without Borders
August 5 - September 5, 2008
  • English 149 - 4 units
  • Nature and Culture 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		J. McElroy
Italy
(Florence) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe
June 28 - July 29, 2008
  • Comparative Literature 180S - 4 units
  • Comparative Literature 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		B. Schildgen
Mexico
(Chiapas)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - May 1st 		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
South Africa
(Cape Town and Edeni Game Reserve)
Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 South Africa - 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


Performance, Music, and Film

Location Program Title and Courses Instructor(s)
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 Music and Culture of Latin America
June 28 - July 26, 2008
  • Music 127 OR Spanish 171 - 4 units
  • Music 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		P. Ortiz
China
(Shanghai and Hong Kong)
Confirmed
Full - waitlist available
 Chinese Cinema, Culture, and Society
June 21 - July 19, 2008
  • Comparative Literature 180 - 4 units
  • Comparative Literature 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English 		S. Lu
Germany
(Dusseldorf and Munich)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - May 1st
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
Greece
(Hydra, Athens, Delphi, Spetses and Epidaurus) Confirmed
Extended deadline - April 25th		 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
Scotland
(Edinburgh)
Confirmed
Extended deadline - May 1st 		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
(Ljubljana -- with trips to Croatia and Austria)
Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 From Polka to Eurovision: Folk and Popular Music of Central Europe
June 27 - July 26, 2008
  • Music 129D - 4 units
  • Music 198 - 4 units
Courses are taught in English		 S. Graham
Trinidad and Tobago
(Port of Spain & St. Augustine) Confirmed
Full - waitlist available		 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