Explorations
A Journal of Undergraduate Research published by the Office of the Vice Provost-Undergraduate Studies
Download the Full Version of Explorations
Volume 10, 2007 (PDF)
Download individual essays:
- Preface: Why Get Your Undergraduate Education at a Major Research University?,Dean Keith Simonton
- Regional Syncretism at Baodingshan, Lindsay Bregante
- Spectroscopic Observations of the Gravitational Lens SBS1520+530 and its Environment, Kenneth Wong
- Historic Preservation: Washington, D.C. Neighborhoods and Economic Change, Alison Kootstra
- George Eliot's Web: Music and Social Unity in Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda, Erin Hawkes
- Identification of HCN Channel Proteins in the Rat Retina, Teresa Tan
- Gendered Wilderness: The Effect of Outdoor Education on Girls' and Boys' Self-Concept, Alicia Leupp
- Genetic Analysis of AtPP16-1 and AtPP16-2, Megan Hsi
- Playing with Metaphor: The effects, problems, and appeal of using a theater metaphor to frame a neurological understanding of consciousness, Melody Jue
Explorations accepts contributions from undergraduate students at the University of California, Davis. Contributors should submit two copies of the double-spaced manuscript, as well as an electronic copy on computer disk or CD-RW. The text of essays should be in MS Word or rtf (rich-text-format). Math essays may be submitted in any TeX-based language or in MS Word (providing equations were produced using MathType). Figures, photos, and other graphics may be included, but must also be submitted in separate files in pdf, psd, or MS Word formats and clearly labeled for easy identification. Author's name should appear on the title page only. Name(s) and departmental affiliation(s) of author's faculty sponsor(s) should also be included. Citations and bibliographies should conform to the style appropriate to the academic discipline.
Complete theses may be submitted. The journal publishes essays of no more than 30 pages; upon acceptance, longer essays will be returned to authors for initial editing to conform to the page limit. Authors must be available via phone or email until the end of the calendar year for the purposes of consulting with editors, revising essays under editorial guidance, and double-checking sources.
Please send manuscript, copy, disk, and information on how to contact you to Vice Provost Patricia Turner, Office of the Vice Provost-Undergraduate Studies, Mrak Hall.
If you have any questions, please contact Vice Provost Patricia Turner at paturner@ucdavis.edu or call (530) 752-6068.
Deadline for Volume 11 is Friday, May 23 2008.
