Travel Study Programs

Featured Travel Study: Costa Rica: Field Study

Travel Study Programs

Students will have the opportunity to experience Caribbean coastal lowland forest and wetlands, cloud forest, and the Pacific coast forest. Students will learn about the different plants and animals inhabiting these forests, biotic and abiotic interactions, life histories, ecological adaptations, and biogeography.

The stay at Estacion Las Tortugas Field Station will provide students the opportunity to conduct pre-planned research projects working in teams over the course of two days. Here, students will also participate in nightly patrols to help resident staff gather and protect the eggs of threatened leatherback sea turtles from poachers and collect data on nesting turtles. During the stay at Punta Leona on the Pacific Coast, students will count Scarlet Macaws at sunrise as the birds leave their roost and fly to feeding areas; this will aid conservation efforts for this threatened species.

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Credits: 3

Course: Biology 4910/5910

Program Cost: $3,370

Faculty: Dr. Diana Tomback

Have you ever been interested in attending a Travel Study program? This is an excellent way to earn credits toward your degree and take classes taught by UCD faculty! Travel Study is an outstanding way to learn about other cultures and enhance your knowledge with hands on experience.

Spring 2008 Travel Study Programs

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

United States: United Nations Human Rights Study

Summer 2008 Travel Study Programs

College of Architecture and Planning

Turkey: Planning, Urban Design, Architecture Studio: Tourism Development in Bodrum

Italy: Architecture and Urban Context of Rome

The application deadline

for summer 2008 has

passed. Winter 2008

programs will be posted

soon!