UCLA International Institute

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UCLA International Institute

• Geoffrey Garrett, Vice Provost
• Center for Global Learning
• Global Studies Major

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EAP offers UC students an academic and cultural
adventure
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Welcome

• UCLA EAP Staff
• Val Rust, Faculty Director
• Emily Mohajeri Norris, Administrative Director
• Danilo Bonilla, Counselor
• Sergio Broderick-Villa, Counselor
• Lindsey Daltro-Schram, Counselor
• Cathryn Dhanatya, Counselor
• Laura Portnoi, Counselor
• Simon Bass, International Programs Assistant
• Amy Jamison, Special Projects Coordinator

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UCLAs Academic Senate Committee on EAP

• Hans Wagener, Chair, Germanic Languages
• Ralph Frerichs, Epidemiology
• Val Rust, EAP Faculty Director, Education

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Icebreaker

• Who are you and if you could be a student again
  and go anywhere through EAP, where would you go?

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Overview of EAP

• Presented by Val Rust

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Faculty are critical to the creation, oversight,
and integration of EAP study into UC campus
curricula and into the lives of a steadily
growing number of UC students. As the Program
expands to meet enrollment demand with more
distinctive and diverse UC-quality learning
opportunities abroad, UC faculty will benefit
along with their departments and students. We
invite you to seize the opportunities for
participation. --John Marcum, University-wide
Director, Education Abroad Program
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Mission Statement

• UCLA Education Abroad Program strives to develop
• world citizens who understand, appreciate, and
• contribute positively to our rapidly changing
  world. We
• facilitate the internationalization of the higher
  education
• experience through the recruitment, preparation,
• support, and integration of UCLA and visiting
  exchange
• students involved in EAP.

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Types of Academic Programs

• Immersion
• Core Study/Special Focus
• Language and Culture

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EAP Programs

• Full-year, short-term and summer programs at over
  150 institutions in 34 countries
• Options for sophomores, juniors, seniors and
  graduate students
• Transfer students can study abroad with careful
  planning

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Programs, cont.

• Programs taught in English in most academic
  disciplines
• Language training programs
• Coursework designed to meet major or general
  education requirements
• Internships and research opportunities
• Financial Aid and scholarships

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Credit Earned On EAP

• Units automatically transfer
• Grades count toward overall UCLA GPA
• Credit can fulfill UCLA degree, major, and minor
  requirements

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New Program Highlights

• New Country Thailand
• Hungary and Russia Fall participants can extend
  to Spring in the Czech Republic
• Italy Rome Fall or Spring Semester
• Spain Summer Barcelona Program

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The Structure of EAP
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Value of International Education

• International Education
• Enriches students academic curriculum
• Provides opportunity to become fluent in another
  language in many cases
• Fosters cross-cultural understanding, global
  awareness, and interpersonal skills
• Challenges students to seek new perspectives and
  experiences
• Enhances their resumes

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Percentage of US students engaged in a study
abroad experience in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000
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Decline of student intent to study abroad over
time Percent
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US Study Abroad A Snapshot

• 61 increase in last 5 years
• Diverse destinations has increased dramatically
  in last 15 years
• Leading fields of study abroadsocial science
  (20), business and management (17), humanities
  (15), fine or applied arts (9), and foreign
  languages (8), physical sciences (7) education
  (4), health sciences (3), engineering (3) and
  math/computer science (2).

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UCLA EAP A Snapshot

• UCLA EAP Numbers Increasing
• 1999-2000 340 Students
• 2000-2001 380 Students
• 2001-2002 502 Students
• 2002-2003 600 Students
• 2003-2004 700 Students Estimated
• Five Year Increase of over 105

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UCLA EAP A Snapshot

• Schools/Colleges
• 90 Letters and Science
• 6 Arts and Architecture
• 3 Engineering
• 1 Theater, Film and Television
• Majors
• Poli Sci (9), History (7), Comm Studies (6),
  Econ (6), Bus Econ (6), English (5)
• Financial Aid About 75 receive aid

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EAP Reciprocity Program

• Definition Non-Degree International Student
  Exchange Program
• Duration 1 to 3 academic quarters
• 2001-02 Statistics
• Fall Quarter 150 students
• Winter Quarter 30 students
• Spring Quarter 5 students

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Faculty Opportunities

• At the international level
• Serve as an EAP Study Center Director or Visiting
  Professor
• Participate in EAP faculty exchange opportunities
  that assist in evaluating and developing EAP
  programs abroad

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Faculty Opportunities

• At the university-wide level
• Serve in administrative, advisory, consultative,
  and program development and review roles
• Advise on the development of discipline-related
  programming
• Register with the EAP faculty database

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Faculty Opportunities

• At the campus level
• Serve on an Academic Senate Committee on EAP
• Integrate EAP coursework into your major/minor
  requirements
• Encourage and support students in your department
  to participate in EAP

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Resources

• EAP websites both UCLA and UOEAP
• www.international.ucla.edu/eap
• www.eap.ucop.edu
• EAP Online Coursefinder
• EAP willing to make presentations
• EAP brochures and flyers

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Returned EAP Student Panel

• Facilitated by Lindsey Daltro-Schram
• Jeanette Mekdara UK Year 2001-02
• Brigitte Le Paris Fall 2002

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Questions Answers
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Ciao!

• Thank you all for coming and participating
• Please complete and return the questionnaire in
  your folder.
• We look forward to working with you to facilitate
  UCLA student participation in EAP.