Special Programs and Courses

BLUE HORIZONS	Travel Study Programs
Summer Discovery	Graduate Language Institutes
Local High School Student Program	Landscape Painting
Freshman Summer Start	Field Trip Course (Telluride Film Festival)
Transitions	Teacher Education Program

BLUE HORIZONS—UCSB Summer Program for Environmental Media
June 21 - August 22, 2008

This 9-week summer program brings together students interested in digital media production and environmental studies to learn about important issues of the global ocean from a local, California perspective. A coordinated series of interdisciplinary courses and related activities introduces students to scriptwriting; media portrayals of the environment; the biological, socio-economic, and political aspects of marine conservation; and the latest innovations in environmental filmmaking.  

Students will gain the skills necessary to communicate effectively with their peers, scientists, policymakers, and the general public by producing short, compelling videos. Issues such as marine protected areas, sustainable fishing, watershed ecosystems, beach erosion, aquaculture, and others will be closely studied, providing a foundation for the research necessary to produce an informative film.   Techniques of digital video camera operations, sound gathering, lighting, and editing with industry standard Final Cut Pro will also be covered.

Required Course Session D (All day Saturday-Sunday June 21-22*)

INT 185EM -- Writing Documentaries (1 unit) - Paul Portuges
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of writing short documentaries. Students will study approaches to non-fiction storytelling and create a treatment for a short film on an environmental topic. (*Special session dates)

Required Courses Session A (June 23-August 1)

ENVST 183 - Films of the Natural and Human Environment (4 units) - Paul Wack
This course presents a series of popular films, professional documentaries, and short subjects representing a wide range of trends, images, and issues associated with both natural and human environments. Students will develop and demonstrate critical viewing skills, and learn about the role of the filmmaker in framing environmental issues.

FLMST 109EM - Introduction to Environmental Media Production (4 units) - Michael Hanrahan
This course is designed to give students the core skills needed to conceptualize, capture, edit, and deliver short-form documentaries with an environmental theme. Basic aspects of cinematography, lighting, sound and editing are covered.

EEMB 94 - Issues in Marine Conservation (2 units) - Ben Halpern
This course surveys the major threats currently facing California marine ecosystems and many proposed approaches for mitigating threats and sustainably managing ecosystems. Case studies will be used to highlight the biological, socio-economic, and political aspects of marine conservation.

Required Course Session F: (August 6-22)

FLMST 109EP - Advanced Environmental Media Production (4 units) - Michael Hanrahan
This course will have students in the field autonomously producing a short-form digital documentary. Emphasis will be on development of creative style and storytelling. To be taken immediately following FLM ST 109EM.

This Program is open to undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines, but the criteria for acceptance include a demonstrated preparation in media or biological sciences. Questions can be addressed to Professor Constance Penley at penley@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu .

Screening will begin April 11, 2008; applications received after that date will be considered on a space-available basis.  Submit applications to fawcett@cftnm.ucsb.edu, or mail to Blue Horizons, Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7100. Additional program information can be found at www.cftnm.ucsb.edu.

Click here for BLUE HORIZONS Application (pdf) or Word (doc).

 

Summer Discovery for High School Students
Summer Discovery @ UCSB allows high school students to spend 6 weeks on the UCSB campus, getting a head start on their university careers and earning academic credit transferable to most colleges or universities. There are four programs available to Summer Discovery Pre-college students— Early Start, Academic/Enrichment Program, Enrichment Program, and Research Mentorship.

 

Local High School Student Program
Intellectually mature local high school students with a 3.3 GPA (in areas A-G) are eligible to enroll in regular UCSB courses during the Main Summer Session. High school students are considered “non-UC students” for the purpose of this catalog. Course choices are restricted to those courses which either have no prerequisite or in which the prerequisite for the course has been met by the student through previous college level experience. High school students interested in enrolling in courses during the summer will need to return a high school transcript with a completed Application Form to the Summer Sessions Office. Applications can be picked up at the Summer Sessions Office at 2214 Student Affairs Administrative Services Building (SAASB).

 

Freshman Summer Start Program (FSSP)
FSSP is designed for admitted UCSB freshmen students to get a head start on their academic careers. FSSP allows UCSB freshmen to get on the “Inside Track” to undergraduate life at UCSB.

 

Transitions
Transitions is an exciting, innovative summer term opportunity designed for newly admitted UCSB transfer students. The program offers individualized academic advising sessions designed to help participants enroll in appropriate courses in summer and get a head start on their university studies—and much more! This new program is tailored to help transfer students make a smooth transition to UCSB

 

Travel Study Programs
Athens & Paros or Ithica, Greece (6/22 - 8/2)
We invite you to join us on a travel-study to Athens and Paros or Ithica. It is a perfect place to learn more about the friendly and warm Greek people, culture, and the wonderful antiquities. This beautiful location provides a perfect backdrop for your studies.

Ephesus, Turkey (Aug 25 - Sept 12 )
Stay three weeks on the beautiful Aegean coast of Turkey, on the site of the world’s best-preserved Roman ruins outside Rome itself. Courses will make use of the rich resources of the ancient site
of Ephesos, its museum, and field trips to nearby sites and working excavations.

 

Graduate Summer Language Institutes
Earn a Master’s Degree in just three summers! The French and Hispanic Language Institutes offer balanced programs of graduate studies and cultural events of outstanding quality and relevance. Students, faculty and staff live together at UCSB’s Santa Ynez apartment complex, speaking only French or Spanish in and out of the classroom. Residency is required for all three summers of the program.

 

Landscape Painting with an Artist and Naturalist
Art and science both require careful observation and an understanding of what is being observed in order to yield good results. In this Creative Studies class, an artist and a botanist/geologist will help you to examine the natural landscape with eye and brush. We will have demonstrations and brief lectures focused upon the biological, geological, and artistic aspects of two of UCSB’s great Natural Reserves: Coal Oil Point and Sedgwick Reserve.

Three Class Meetings

• 1st Class: Coal Oil Point, Cliff House - Sat., June 28 (9:00 am - 7:00 pm)
• 2nd Class: Sedgwick Reserve - Fri.-Sun., July 11 - 13 (3:00 pm Fri - 2:00 pm Sun)
• 3rd Class: Sedgwick Reserve -Fri.-Sun., July 18 - 20 (3:00 pm Fri - 2:00 pm Sun)

For the weekend meetings, students must provide their own camping equipment and art supplies.

 

Field Trip Course
Film Studies 119: Film Festivals
This three-week course (August 25 - September 12) which focuses on writing about film (reviews, articles, etc.) begins on the UCSB campus and culminates with four days of film viewing and special sessions at the prestigious Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. For more information contact the Department of Film Studies office at 805-893-2347. Click here for photos at previous Telluride Film Festivals.

 

Teacher Education Program
The Teacher Education Program (TEP) offers a combined Teaching Credential/Master’s Degree in Education. The full-time program begins in late June and concludes with the master’s portfolio in late July of the following summer. The combined credential/master’s degree program prepares teachers who know how to learn through constructing knowledge, skills, and dispositions through six interrelated program themes which are built into every class, experience, and interaction that students have with the program.

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