New Student Information
Faculty Advisors
You will be assigned a GAC faculty advisor based on the first letter of your last name. You will meet with your faculty adviser before fall quarter (date to be determined later).
| Faculty Adviser | Alpha | Office # | Phone # | E-mail Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Boucher, Graduate Administrative Committee Chair |
- | 2105 | 752-1527 | boucher@primal.ucdavis.edu |
| Y. Hossein Farzin | - | 3109 | 752-7610 | farzin@primal.ucdavis.edu |
| Richard Sexton | - | 2148 | 752-4428 | rich@primal.ucdavis.edu |
| Travis Lybbert | - | 2155 | 554-1393 | tlybbert@ucdavis.edu |
Fall 2011 Classes and registration
ARE Graduate Coordinator will send out information on what courses you need
to register for. You can register for classes by logging on to
Student Information System on the Web
(SISWEB). SISWEB can be used to enroll in classes, adjust class
schedules, view and print class schedules, notify the university of a change
of address, view financial aid status, etc. See the
Fall Quarter 2011 Class
Schedule & Registration Guide for more details.
All students must register for 12 units. Instruction begins Monday,
September 22. International students, you will not be able to
register until you have checked in with
SISS (Services for International Students
& Scholars), located at 100 University House.
Students MUST register before ARE's Orientation, September 8,
2011.
International Student Orientation Program
Upon arriving at Davis please check with the SISS located at 100 University House. International students are required to attend the International Student Orientation Program offered September 12, 2011 For more information please contact SISS by email at siss@ucdavis.edu by telephone at (530) 752-0864, or online at. PLEASE NOTE: International students that are attending the PhD Math Camp, there will be a make-up day and time for the SISS orientation. This is VERY important as you need to learn the complex immigration regulations that you must follow in order to maintain your lawful immigration status.
Examination in English for International Students
The Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning has scheduled dates for the SPEAK test dates throughout the year to help international graduate students meet their SPEAK-test requirement, and to facilitate departmental planning of TA assignments. Dates to be announced soon online. In order to take the exam, you must first schedule a test date, in-person, at the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning in 1350 Surge III.
Office of Graduate Studies Week of Orientation and Welcome (WOW)
You are all invited to participate in the fall 2011 eighth annual WOW. This is a week of social and academic orientation activities and workshops for graduate students. This event is held September 12 - 16. More information is available online.
ARE Orientation
ARE New Student Orientation will be on September 8, 2011 from 8:30 - 3:30pm followed by a reception from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. Detailed information will be sent to you at a later date.
Keys
You will be issued a departmental access key during orientation and PhD students will be assigned an office. You will also be issued a Library and Computer Lab access card once you have attended the separate Computer Services and Library Orientation meetings during orientation.
Library
The Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) Library is located on the fourth floor of the Social Sciences and Humanities building (the same building which houses all of our departmental offices). It has over 8,300 books and journal volumes as well as approximately 150,000 pamphlets and government documents. The Library's staff is available to assist you Monday through Friday (8 a.m.-5 p.m.) using electronic and print resources to locate needed information for your research. The library is accessible to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week with the use of your access key card. Group study sessions are always welcome.
Computer Facility
The ARE Computer Services Unit provides computing services using servers running Red Hat Linux, Macintosh and Windows PCs. The computer lab, located on the third floor of the Social Sciences and Humanities building, is available to graduate students using your key card. Electronic key cards are issued by Duncan Pohl in the main office (SS&H 2117). Computer Services staff members are available during business hours to provide computer support. For more specific information, check the computer services page.
UC Davis Email Accounts
You will receive a departmental email account at the Computer Services portion of the ARE Orientation on September 8. In the meantime, you can obtain a UC Davis email account through the Web or by going to IT Express, 182 Shields Library.
ID Cards
Get your picture AggieID card at the MU at the AggieCard office at 161 Memorial Union (M – F 10:00-4:00pm). You must have a valid driver's license or other form of valid photo ID.
Student Health Insurance
Your graduate student health insurance will become effective the first day of the quarter, Monday, September 19. To review SHIP visit the student health website. If you plan to continue to carry private insurance download the 2011/12 SHIP Waiver found on the above website. Return the form and documentation to the Cowell Health Center by September 15, 2011.
Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Our departmental GSA chapter gives students a voice in departmental issues and an avenue for problem resolution. In addition, money is given to each department by the GSA to fund social activities for students, faculty, and staff.
Current 2010-11 GSA officers are
| Title | Officer(s) |
|---|---|
| President | Christine Carroll |
| Vice President | Diane Charlton |
| Treasurer | Zoe Plakias |
| MSODA | Matthew MacLachlan, Maira Reimao |
| GSA Representative | Gerardo Aragon Castano, Elizabeth Long, Parendi Mehta, Cheng (Chiao) Su |
| Cournot Cup Coach | Gabriel Lade, Tianxia Zhou |
| Samuelson Cup Coach | Jonathan Cook, Sarah Janzen |
| Computer Lab/Library Liaison | Adam Austin |
| Business Card Manager | Kailin Kroetz |
| Social Committee | Isabel Call, Amanda Faig, Eliana Zeballos |
| Brown Bag Coordinator | Emilia Tjernstrom, Wenbo Zou |
| TA Coordinator | John Bovay, Xiaochen Ma |
| Kitchen Patrol | Isabel Call, Zoe Plakias |
| GARESC Conference Organizer | Justin Kagin, Jean Paul Petraud |
| Master MDOSA | Erica Anderson, Hannah Henninghausen |
| Becker Bowl Coach | Joseph Janzen |
Student Employment
Employment assignments are made on a quarter-by-quarter basis. A call for student employment requests will be sent out about 6 weeks before each quarter begins. We try our best to match faculty and student requests with departmental needs. Graduate Student Researchers (GSR) are supported from funded research projects undertaken by individual faculty members subject to the availability of funds and the preferences of the faculty, and the approval of the Department Chair. Normally, GSRs are expected to work 20 hours per week and will be appointed at 46.9% of fulltime during the academic year. Fulltime appointments during the summer are possible if funding is available. GSR appointments at 25% or greater entitles the student to a fee remission that covers all instate fees for each quarter in which the student is employed.
Teaching appointment titles, TA positions, Readers, and AI (Associate Ins) in the ARE department are limited and competitive. TA appointments are usually 50% of fulltime. Reader appointments are usually 25% of fulltime. Appointments at 25% or greater entitles the student to a partial fee remission that covers all instate fees each quarter in which the student is employed as a TA (except campus enhancement fees totaling approx. $260.00 which the student is responsible for). AREs Graduate Student Association (GSA) will also host a TA Workshop during the ARE Orientation. (This does not replace the mandatory TA orientation that is hosted by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning)
Those students that will be employed during fall quarter will be completing employment paperwork during the ARE Orientation, so be sure you bring your Driver's License and social security card or your passport
TA Orientation
If you are interested in being a TA at any point in your academic career, you MUST attend an Orientation for New Teaching Assistants hosted by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Date for orientation is September 19. Online registration is available.
TA Orientation: Level I
The Orientation for New Teaching Assistants is composed of two levels. The first level will take place in four identical sessions on the mornings and afternoons of Monday, September 19, 2011, and Tuesday, September 20, 2011. The first level focuses on skills TAs need every day, such as the ability to present information clearly and techniques for getting students involved in discussion.
ARE students are supposed to attend the morning session on Monday, September 19. Although if you are a PhD student attending Math Camp, please sign up for the Monday afternoon session.
The second level will take place at the beginning of Winter Quarter. The second level focuses on specialized skills, such as how to prevent cheating and how to create effective library assignments.
Both Level I and Level II of the TA Orientation are required for all UC Davis TAs who have not yet taken the TA Orientation at UC Davis.