THE UNIVERSITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY

The University of California, Davis (UCD) is noted for its academic excellence, pastoral setting and friendly small town atmosphere. It encompasses a complex aggregation of people, programs and facilities united by a shared desire to learn. The University is organized into three undergraduate colleges, a graduate division and four professional schools--Law, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, and School of Management. UCD offers more than 100 undergraduate majors in 18 disciplines (groups of related majors) and 75 graduate majors in 10 disciplines. You can learn more about UC Davis, by visiting the UCD website at: http://www.ucdavis.edu/.

With an enrollment of approximately 30,000 students, it is the third largest campus in the University of California system. Reflecting recent demographic changes throughout the state, the proportion of ethnic students at Davis has increased significantly: from 17% in 1980 to about 54% in 2005. African American students comprise about 2.4% of the student body, Asian/Pacific Islander 34.6%; Chicano/Latino 9.6%; Native-American .6%; and White/Caucasian 40%. There is a commitment to the continued growth and improvement of the campus environment to foster cooperation and understanding between an increasingly diverse student population.

The Davis campus lies adjacent to the City of Davis (population about 60,000). Sacramento, with all its resources as the state capital, is only 20 minutes away, yet Davis is surrounded on all sides by open spaces. Within a 70 mile radius are several lakes, the famed Napa Valley wine country, San Francisco, and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Within 150 miles are the Pacific Ocean coastal areas to the west and Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Mountains to the east. For more information, you can review the local Davis Enterprise, or the area newspaper, the Sacramento Bee.

Winters in Davis are mild with rain and the temperatures rarely go below freezing. Summers are sunny, hot and dry. Davis weather in the spring and fall is among the most pleasant in the state. Davis is very much a bicycling town. More than 40 miles of bike paths and 30,000 bicycles have given Davis the title of “City of Bicycles”. A local bus line links Davis with nearby cities of Sacramento and Woodland. A Greyhound bus terminal and Amtrak station are also located in town and the Sacramento Metropolitan Airport is a 20 minute drive from Davis.

 

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INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

APPIC Program Code # 1117
APPIC National Matching Service (NMS) Program Code # 111711

 

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