Description

Berkeley Summer Sessions offers exciting Travel Study programs that give you the chance to combine international travel with academic achievement. Courses are taught by regular rank UC Berkeley faculty, faculty of host institutions, and UC Berkeley graduate student instructors.

Highlights

Come to this small resort town on Spain's Mediterranean Costa Blanca and explore the role of culture, food, ritual and environment and their impact on architectural and urbanistic design. Once a quiet medieval fishing village, and still very much an authentic Spanish town, Guardamar de Segura appears to be a simple vacation town to most. But to the student of architecture and urbanism, it is a rich laboratory ripe with complexity and contradiction. This course will delve into the idea that universal principals of design are most evident and effective as poetic statements in the work of a designer only when different histories, cultures and points of view are experienced first-hand. Only then will the phenomena be revealed in local artifacts as well as in the contextual urban environment at large, thus offering the students of these issues opportunities to find common ground, interpret and utilize such findings in the development of a simultaneously universal and most personal point of view. As an architectural studio course, you will not only be seeking a theoretical response to the issues being studied, but a substantial effort shall be directed at arriving at physical, architectural solutions that speak to both the micro and macro problems of the site. Further, you will examine the notion that architectural context is not just about being a good neighbor in terms of aesthetic style, but of responding to larger issues affecting our planet today.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education

High School

Subject Areas

• Architecture

Cost in US$:

4,268-4,310 (includes unit fees)

Program Fees Include:

Program fee includes room, some meals, excursions and other program-related costs. For estimates of these costs, and to discuss how they factor into financial aid, please call Summer Sessions and speak to one of our Travel Study program advisors.

Total cost does not include airfare, textbooks, extra meals or personal expenses.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Dormitory
• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

two weeks

University of California, Berkeley, Summer Sessions's Mission Statement

UC Berkeley Summer Sessions is committed to offering high quality, innovative academic courses and experiential education opportunities during the summer. By opening our doors to visiting students and continuing our service to UC Berkeley students, we support the University's goals of educating a broad and diverse student population. Our commitment to providing superior service and unrivaled learning opportunities extends to our students, campus units and departments, and all external partners.