Summer 2012

Attention students! Take advantage of these exciting programs that will be offered this summer: Abroad Programs, Accelerated Intensive Language Programs, and Summer Session Courses.


Summer Abroad Programs

UC Davis Summer Abroad Programs provide students with a unique opportunity to take UC Davis courses, taught by UC Davis instructors, in an international setting. This year, two faculty members from the department will be teaching two abroad programs:

Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe
June 28 - July 28, 2012
Location: Florence, Italy
Comparative Literature 180S & 198
Credit: 8 Units
Instructor: Prof. Brenda Schildgen
Weblink: Click HERE

Palaces of the Gods: Texts, Temples, and Tombs in India
July 8 - August 8, 2012
Location: Pondicherry & Delhi, India
Comparative Literature 180S & (Select one of the following)
Comparative Literature 198, Middle East/South Asian Studies 198, OR Religious Studies 198
Credit: 8 Units
Instructors: Prof. Archana Venkatesan
Weblink: Click HERE

Cairo: Something Old, Something New (NEW PROGRAM THIS SUMMER!)
June 23 - July 22, 2012
Location: Cairo & Alexandria, Egypt
Comparative Literature 180S & (Select one of the following)
Comparative Literature 198 or Middle East/South Asian Studies 198
Credit: 8 Units
Instructors: Prof. Noha Radwan
Weblink: Click HERE

UC Davis also has a variety of summer abroad programs. For more information, please visit: summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu


Accelerated Intensive Language Programs

  • Chinese (Intensive Elementary and Intermediate level)
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Spanish

For more information on eligibility and registration for UC Davis Intensive Language Programs, click HERE.


Summer Sessions: I and II (Tentative)

(Visit the UC Davis Summer Sessions web site for information on summer coursework: http://summer-sessions.ucdavis.edu/.)

SESSION I: June 25 - August 3, 2012
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Course Title Units CRN Days/Times Location Instructor
COM 3 Major Books: The Modern Crisis 4 xxxxx xxx xxx STAFF
COM 164B Renaissance 4 xxxxx xxx xxx Juliana Schiesari
SESSION II: August xx - September xx, 2012
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Course Title Units CRN Days/Times Location Instructor
COM 2 Major Books: From the Middle
Ages to the Enlightenment - Love and Reason in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
4 xxxxx xxx xxx C. Tong
COM 4 Major Books of the
Contemporary World
4 xxxxx xxx xxx STAFF
COM 100 World Cinema 4 xxxxx xxx xxx Sheldon Lu
COM 168A Romanticism 4 xxxxx xxx xxx Scott McLean