LOGISTICS
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
download pdf schedule of the 2006 Class here; The 2008 schedule will be a similar format.
2008 Class will be held Monday, July 14 - Saturday, July 19
Class will meet in the conference hall, 3rd floor of Croul Hall (Building 417; see map below)
Participants need to travel to Irvine, CA on Sunday, July 13 to be ready for class Monday morning. Class activities will conclude Saturday evening, and participants will depart Sunday morning, July 20. There is no campus housing available beyond those dates.
COSTS
Participants are responsible for all travel, lodging and food costs during the course. Travel arrangements can be made independently, while housing arrangements (described below) will be coordinated by the course organizers for the duration of the class.
In addition to the logistics costs, there is a lab fee of $500.
The AMS facility here at UCI can accept personal checks made to 'UC Regents' or we can also invoice you at your university if you need to pay the course fee by purchase order. Details on payments will be updated in a future email.
ACCOMODATIONS
People from out of town will be staying in campus apartments called the Hotel UCI (site not yet updated for 2008). These furnished apartments will be shared by 4 people and have a full kitchen plus internet access. Cost is approximately $25/person per night.
Hotel UCI is labelled Campus Village Housing on the map (see below). There is a main office/rec area in the middle of the housing complex. This office is staffed and will provide you with a key and directions to your apartment.
TRANSPORTATION
The most convenient airport for travel is the Santa Ana/John Wayne Airport (SNA). This is 5-10 minutes from campus. It is possible to fly to LAX (but not recommended). If you do make a ticket to LAX, you will be responsible for arranging your own transportation to UCI. There are airport shuttles from LAX that can be reserved online (http://www.supershuttle.com/htm/cities/lax.htm) and it takes at least 1 hour and $50 to make the trip one way.
For those people traveling from out of town, make sure that you have sent your flight itinerary to Ted Schuur. To get to Hotel UCI, you can take a taxi from the airport (approx. $10), but you will need to give the driver specific street instructions once on campus, or show the map provided below. They will not likely know the directions to Hotel UCI.
For those people driving from out of town, please go directly to the Hotel UCI and ask about parking. Or for information in advance, please look at the UCI parking website.
OTHER
Download a map of UCI campus here.
You are reponsible for your own food for most of the course. There are nearby grocery stores for you to buy food. Also, there are plenty of restaurants for lunch and dinners nearby. At the beginning of the course we will distribute maps showing locations of restaurants and stores. Some meals will be provided for group dinners (see course schedule of events).
You will not need a car for this class. If you do bring a car, you will have to pay for a campus parking permit. More information about parking permits can be found here.
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