Courses given in the Overseas Studies Program have subject codes OVERSEAS STUDIES PROGRAM beginning with OSP. For a complete list of subject codes, see Appendix. Program Director: Norman Naimark The Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) provides opportunities for Stanford students to broaden their undergraduate education through Stanford Program in Australia study in another country and immersion in its culture. Regular programs Director, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland: Ove in Australia, Beijing, Berlin, Florence, Kyoto, Madrid, Moscow, Oxford, Hoegh-Guldberg Paris, and Santiago offer courses in engineering, humanities, sciences, Faculty: Kevin Arrigo, Kenneth Anthony, Bill Casey, Tony Chiffings, and social sciences with full Stanford credit. Many courses also count Martin Crotty, Sophie Dove, Norman Duke, John Hall, Ron Johnstone, toward major requirements and/or fulfill General Education Requirements. Davey Kline, Selina Ward Students may enroll for one or more quarters at most locations. Academic Stanford Program in Beijing or paid internships are available at the Berlin, Florence, Kyoto-SCTI, Director: Xiaohong Shen Moscow, and Paris programs. Research opportunities are available in Faculty: Pamela Hinds, Michael Klausner, Chongfeng Li, Dashu Wang, various formats at different centers. Minimum academic and language Shizhou Wang, Dongmei Zhao, Li’an Zhou, Yun Zhou prerequisites are specific to each program. Seehttp://osp.stanford.edu Stanford Program in Berlin for information on these requirements. Director: Karen Kramer While studying overseas through BOSP, students remain registered Faculty: Maria Biege, Ulrich Brückner, Knut Ebeling, Dubravka Friesel- at Stanford and pay regular tuition, along with the overseas fee, which is Kopecki, Martin Jander, Wolf-D. Junghanns, Ingo Klein, Christa based on Stanford room and board rates. Regular financial aid applies, Maerker, Matthias Pabsch, William Petig, Maurice Rehm, Janice Ross, and may be increased to cover additional costs. At most centers, students Jari Splettstoesser, Sylke Tempel, Jochen Wohlfeil live in a homestay or with local students. Stanford Program in Florence Overseas Studies also offers a limited number of special programs Director: Ermelinda Campani including, in 2007-08, eight three-week faculty-led seminars at overseas Faculty: Khaled Fouad Allam, Laurence Baker, Paolo Galluzzi, Terry locations and a quarter-long program in Cape Town, South Africa. Karl, Charles Loverme, Giuseppe Mammarella, Alberto de Minin, Overseas Studies, located on the first floor of Sweet Hall, has full-time Studies Overseas Laurence Morel, Leonardo Morlino, Lapo Pistelli, Fiorenza Quercioli, staff members and student advisers to assist in planning for overseas study. Roger Romani, Filippo Rossi, Emanuela Scarpellini, Timothy Verdon, The following information, while accurate at the time of printing, is subject Luisa Vierucci to change. See http://osp.stanford.edu for updated information. Stanford Center for Technology and Innovation (SCTI)—Kyoto Director: Terry MacDougall COURSES Faculty: Toshihiko Hayashi, Bettina Langner-Teramoto, Kären Wigen AUSTRALIA Stanford Program in Madrid OSPAUSTL 10. Coral Reef Ecosystems—Key organisms and pro- Director: Santiago Tejerina-Canal cesses, and the complexity of coral reef ecosystems. Students explore Faculty: Herbert Klein, Michael Predmore the Great Barrier Reef from the southern end which demonstrates the Stanford Program in Moscow physical factors that limit coral reefs, to the northern reef systems which Program Director: Alexander Abashkin demonstrate key aspects of these high biodiversity ecosystems. Human- Faculty: Tatyana Boldyreva, Galina Filatova, David Holloway, Valeriya related changes. Emphasis is on research experiences and development Kilpyakova, Liza Kurganova, Vladimir Mau, Dmitri Trenin, Olga of analytical skills. Two units only counted for Biological Sciences major. Zinovieva GER:DB-EngrAppSci Stanford Program in Oxford 3 units, Aut (Hoegh-Guldberg, O; Ward, S; Arrigo, K; Anthony, K) Director: Geoffrey Tyack Faculty: Stephen Barley, Paddy Bullard, Giovanni Cappocia, Helena OSPAUSTL 20. Coastal Resource Management—Problem solving, Chance, James Forder, Sara Hobolt, Ashley Jackson, Barbaro research, communication, teamwork, and social assessment skills in sus- Martinez-Ruiz, Robert McMahon, Amanda Palmer, Emma Plaskitt, tainable coastal zone management. Issues include: ecosystem functions Richard Rowley, Bart van Es, Steven Zipperstein and values at risk under the proposed development in case study; environ- mental outcomes most desirable for the local stakeholders and how those Stanford Program in Paris are defined; features of the human communities and their function as they Director: Estelle Halevi relate to the management options; tools or mechanisms for a sustainable Faculty: Colette Deremble, Jean Paul Deremble, John Ferejohn, Jean- management outcome. Taught by multidisciplinary team that includes Marie Fessler, Sonia Gourevitch, Patrick Guedon, Laurent Habert, Australian and developing country experts. Two units only counted for Sylvain Kahn, Jan Keppler, Eloi Laurent, Jacques Le Cacheux, Benoit Biological Sciences major. GER:DB-EngrAppSci Leguet, Carolyn Lougee-Chappell, Nonna Mayer, Florence Mercier, 3 units, Aut (Johnstone, R; Chiffings, T) Marie-Madeleine Mervant-Roux, Elizabeth Molkou, Anne Muxel, Julie Parsonnet, Christian de Perthuis, Pauline Reychman, Françoise OSPAUSTL 30. Coastal Forest Ecosystems—Prehistory of Australian Rullier, Sylvie Strudel, Fabrice Virgili rainforest and how rainforest structure and biodiversity change with alti- Stanford Program in Santiago tude, latitude, and geology. Tropical coastal marine wetlands, mangrove Director: Iván Jaksic forests, and the relationship between land- and sea-based biota. Biology Faculty: Mabel Abad, César Albornoz, Andrés Bobbert, Ignacio Briones, and ecology of marine plants, mangroves, and tropical salt marsh. Introduc- Sergio Castro, Germán Correa, Celia Cussen, Claudio Fuentes, tion to specialized fields of marine plant biology and ecology including Elizabeth Hadly, Maria-Paz Haro, Tamar Herzog, Sergio Micco, biogeography and evolution, aquatic plant ecophysiology, water quality Sergio Missana, Oscar Muñoz, Alvaro Palma, Hernan Pons, Jennie and bioindicator techniques, pollution and eutrophication, and environ- Popp, Bernardo Subercaseaux, Teresa Valdés mental control of marine plant distribution and productivity. Two units Program Offices: First Floor, Sweet Hall, 590 Escondido Mall only counted for Biological Sciences major. GER:DB-EngrAppSci Mail Code: 94305-3089 3 units, Aut (Hall, J; Duke, N) Phone: (650) 723-3558 Email: [email protected] Web Site: http://osp.stanford.edu STANFORD BULLETIN , 2007-08 | 1 OSPAUSTL 40. Australian Studies—Introduction to Australian society, OSPBEIJ 36. Globally Distributed Work—History of and strategic history, culture, politics, and identity. Social and cultural framework and reasons for distributed work; challenges associated with geographic working understanding of Australia in relationship to the focus on coastal distance; time zone, language, and cultural differences; and implications environment in other program courses. Field trips. GER:DB-SocSci, of using collaboration technologies to work across national boundaries. EC-GlobalCom Group dynamics, interpersonal relationships, structuring distributed 3 units, Aut (Crotty, M) work, working and leading effectively as a global team member. Field trips to international firms in China, and to meet with government of- OSPAUSTL 50. Targeted Research Project—Prior to arriving in Aus- ficials about growth of global work in China and its policy implications. tralia, students establish a link with University of Queensland faculty to GER:EC-GlobalCom develop project ideas that combine personal interests and career goals 4 units, Aut (Hinds, P) with opportunities presented by the Australian Coastal Studies program, such as how mangrove roots find sediment rich zones of the shore, or the OSPBEIJ 44. Discovering Modern Chinese History in Beijing—From dynamics of ecotourism in southern and northern coastal Queensland. 1840 to the present. Focus is on Beijing as China’s political, economic, Project report and presentation in Australia. and cultural center. Latter part of the Qing dynasty as the root of China’s 4 units, Aut (Hoegh-Guldberg, O) backwardness and Chinese elites’ initial efforts at self-strengthening; struggles of Chinese politicians and intellectuals to find a path to modern- BEIJING ism; China’s peaceful rise during the reform eras. Field trips to historical OSPBEIJ 13. China’s Economy—Reform and opening policy; sources sites in Beijing. GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom of economic growth; macroeconomic policy; WTO entry and growth in 4 units, Spr (Zhao, D) international trade; state and non-state sectors; growth and disparities of OSPBEIJ 55. Chinese Economy in Transition—From planned regime China’s regions. Development of China’s economy; insights into Chi- to market economy: political economy and institutional aspects of China’s nese business customs and investment environment; analytical models economic transition and open-door policy. How can China achieve eco- for China’s economy; effective strategies for doing business in China. nomic success given disadvantages in natural resources, human capital GER:DB-SocSci, EC-GlobalCom stock, and institutional arrangements? Theoretical economic analysis, 5 units, Aut (Wang, D) empirical data, and case