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The SettingThe University of California, Davis, part of the world-renowned University of California system, is one of the nation's top public research universities. UC Davis enrolls more than 30,000 students and has an internationally recognized faculty. Among all public universities nationwide, it is ranked 11th (U. S. News & World Report 2005) and 16th (National Research Council)... (cont'd) in overall quality. It also has been elected a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities to which only 60 leading institutions belong from among more than 3,000 public and private colleges and universities in the United States. UC Davis offers 103 undergraduate majors and 80 graduate programs, more than any other UC branch, providing extraordinary breadth and quality in study and research. Its library contains 3.29 million volumes and its 5,300 acre campus is the largest in the UC system. Set in the heart of California's beautiful Central Valley, the campus is about ten minutes by car from the state capital (Sacramento) and about an hour by car or train from the San Francisco Bay Area with its world-class museums, opera, theater, restaurants, bookstores, etc. Napa Valley, redwood forests, Lake Tahoe, and the Sierra Nevada mountains all lie within easy driving distance of Davis. The DepartmentThe German Department at UC Davis offers comprehensive and challenging programs in German language, literature, culture, and thought that span all periods from the Middle Ages to the present. Its distinguished faculty members conduct research in areas as diverse as literary history, gender studies, critical theory, film studies, intellectual history, medieval studies, theater studies, and linguistics, including second-language acquisition. On the undergraduate level, the Department sponsors one of the most robust German programs in the University of California system, including a large number of German majors and minors, a very active German Club, and extensive study-abroad opportunities. It offers a rich and diverse selection of courses in both German and English every quarter. On the graduate level, the Department is committed to providing its students with a solid basis of erudition while encouraging innovative and multidisciplinary pursuits, such as combining its doctoral program... (cont'd) in German Literature with interdisciplinary Designated Emphases in Critical Theory, Classics, Feminist Research, and Second Language Acquisition. The Department is ranked highly among German programs in the United States by the National Research Council for the effectiveness of its doctoral program and the quality of its research. A number of exciting new faculty appointments over the past two years have further enhanced research strengths in several important areas. Those who have graduated with a Ph.D. from the UC Davis German Department have been successful in obtaining faculty positions at colleges and universities across the nation, such as Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, Emory University, University of Georgia, Brandeis University, Middlebury College, and Washington University, St. Louis. |
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