Summer Session 1 2024 (July 1 – August 2, 2024)
WHAT ARE GLOBAL SEMINARS?
UCSD Global Seminars are 5 week long, summer study abroad experiences led by a UCSD professor. Students enroll in 2 English-taught courses (8 UCSD quarter units) and class sized are between 15-28 students. Global Seminars provide a unique way to earn credit for your major, minor, GEs, or college requirements, all while exploring a new country and culture. Open to ALL majors.
WHY YOU SHOULD GO
The Netherlands is a leader in numerous dimensions of sustainable planning, development and design including innovations in multi-modal transportation, adaptive reuse, landscape architecture and urban design, alternative energy sources, green infrastructure, affordable housing, and strategies to combat sea-level rise. You will have the opportunity to visit and study examples from across the Netherlands from our home base in Amsterdam and excursions to the nearby cities of Utrecht and Rotterdam.
WHO SHOULD GO?
This program would be valuable for any student interested in architecture, urban planning, design, visual and/or fine arts, and history. It would be particularly useful for students interested in working on projects that can be added to their professional portfolio.
COURSES
- USP 171GS International Sustainable Development
- USP 183GS International Urban Design Practicum
APPLICABILITY TO USP AND RED PROGRAMS
- USP 171GS counts as an upper division elective for USP and as a foundation course for RED. It also counts as an upper division elective for both minors.
- USP 183GS is the international version of USP 177A and can count as a technical elective for both majors. It also counts as an upper division elective for both minors.
Instructors: Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell, Ph.D. (mbussell@ucsd.edu) and Sue Peerson, AICP (speerson@ucsd.edu)
Info Session: Wednesday, November 8 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. Register using this link.
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