Academic Resources

Education Abroad Center

207 Third Street, Suite 130
(530) 297-4633; Fax (530) 758-8472;
http://eac.ucdavis.edu

The opportunity to study abroad is one of the richest educational experiences a student can have. When students return from study abroad in places like Italy or Hong Kong, they describe their time abroad as an experience that changed their lives. The reasons for studying abroad include the desire to see the world, to learn a language, to prepare for a job in the global economy and to have an academic experience that will add distinction to an application for graduate or professional school.

The Education Abroad Center (EAC) can help students decide which program is best for them, whether to study abroad for a summer, quarter, semester or a full year and when to go abroad (freshman through senior year). The EAC advisers also have information about financial aid, fellowships and which programs have internship possibilities.

The EAC is home to the University of California Education Abroad Program, to UC Davis Quarter Abroad and to UC Davis Summer Abroad.

Freshman Seminar Program

17 Wellman
(530) 752-3249; http://trc.ucdavis.edu/trc

The UC Davis Freshman Seminar Program gives first-year students the opportunity to study with faculty members in small groups, meeting in settings more informal than the ordinary classroom. The seminars focus on a current intellectual interest of the faculty member. All freshman seminars emphasize student participation, providing intense intellectual exchange among students and between student and teacher.