Academics Now
Gearing Students for Success
At the center of academic success at Pacific Union College is the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). The TLC provides students with comprehensive academic support, helping students develop competencies that directly enhance their success in the classroom.
Students Experience Japan
It's a June day in Atami, Japan, and a group of students and professors are getting a new lodging experience at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn where they sleep on mats on the floor, wear yukata (casual summer kimonos), and eat traditional food.
Greatest Fear: Public Speaking
There are some classes that students avoid because of their difficulty, some due to their length, and some because of time constraints.
Study Tours at Adventist Institutions
Andrews University
GSEM670 Guided Study Tour of the Bible Lands
Israel, Jordan, and Egypt
Richard Davidson
Dates: May 16 – June 6, 2010
Contact: davidson@andrews.edu
Additional graduate religion courses available (up to 8 credits)
INLS478 Study Tour
South America (Brazil, Chile, Peru)
Pedro Navia
Dates: May 3 – 30, 2010
Contact: navia@andrews.edu
Additional upperdivision Spanish and Portugese courses available as part of tour.
INSL478 Study Tour
France, Belgium, Switzerland
Sonia Badena
Dates: May 3 – 24, 2010
Contact: badenas@andrews.edu
Additional upperdivision French courses available as part of tour.
BSAD365 International Environment of Business
Switzerland, France, England
Leonard Gashugi
Dates: May 4 – 28, 2010
Contact: gashugi@andrews.edu
LEAD689 International Higher Education
China
Robson Marinho
Dates: May 30 – June 13, 2010
Contact: marinho@andrews.edu
Additional graduate course choices available.
ARTH450 Study Tour
Jordan
Stephanie Elkins
Dates: May 17-June 14
Contact: selkins@andrews.edu
Bachelor of Fine Arts Summer Institute program. Additional art and media courses available.
Canadian University College
BIOL 360
Tropical Field Biology - 4 Credits
P Ramalingam
Apr. 26- May 9
PHIL/RELG 495
Topics in Philosophy: Lamaism - Tibetan Buddhism - 3 Credits
T Samraj
Aug. 15 - Aug.31
RELB 485
Archaeological Fieldwork - 3-9 Credits
L Herr
June 23 - July 28
RELG 280/380
RELP 489
Introduction to International Evangelism - 3 Credits
Pastoral Practicum: International - 1 Credit
B Boyd
May 4 - May 25
UNIV 395
Service Learning - ADRA Trip (pending approval) - 3-6 Credits
M Auguste
May 5 - June 14
Pacific Union College
BIOL 395 – Tropical Biology (3 qtr. credits)
Costa Rica
December 27, 2010 – January 4, 2011
The purpose of this course is to study the diversity of tropical organisms and ecosystems with an emphasis on the Neotropical biogeographical realm. The course includes classroom lectures and extensive field exercises studying the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of a tropical country.
Contact: Floyd Hayes (fhayes@puc.edu)
HIST 412 – Seminar in Asia (4 qtr. credits)
PLSC 485 – Foreign Relations of the U.S. (3 qtr. credits)
Japan
June 16 – 26, 2010
Open to history and social studies majors, others wanting upper-division elective credits, and teachers. The tour will focus on Japan’s significance in modern East Asia and the Pacific.
Contact: Ileana Douglas (idouglas@puc.edu) or Hilary Elmendorf (helmendorf@puc.edu)
MDIA 381 – International Documentary Experience (3 qtr. credits)
China
August 1 - 13, 2010
This course is being offered in cooperation with the "Golden Bridges" organization and "IFCHINA Documentary Participatory Center". In Beijing, students will make short documentary projects on the migrant situation in China. In Ji'an, they will meet and work with local documentary filmmakers from the university and the community. They will learn about Chinese history and culture through direct interaction with locals in creating work that will bring awareness to important issues.
Contact: Mei Ann Teo (meiannteo@gmail.com)
Southern Adventist University
BIOL 409
Smoky Mountain Flora
Dr. David Ekkens, dekkens@southern.edu 423-236-2923
May 3-20, 2010
This 3 semester hour class consists of 10 days of camping and studying wild flowers, shrubs and trees followed by a week of classroom instruction and lab work. The field part of the class is held in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, one of the world's finest examples of temperate deciduous forest. Plants will be identified and observation lists will be kept. Special attention will be given to the different forest types and their associated species. Cost is $1587 for tuition plus a lab fee of $240, which covers transportation from SAU to the Smokies (and return), camping fees and food for the 10-day field portion. Students are responsible for their own board and room during the last nine days on SAU campus.
Biol 256 Tropical Biology
Keith Snyder
May 2-23
Three weeks in Manado and Bali Indonesia. Climb volcanoes, snorkel and dive the most diverse reefs in the world, trek jungles, experience biology to the fullest. Need to be physically and mentally strong. May 2-23. Contact Keith Snyder 423-236-2929 or kasnyder@southern.edu . $3700 covers 3 semester credits of tuition, all transport, all food, all lodging, all entry fees. Buying tickets the beginning of Feb. so contact me asap.