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This course provides an education abroad experience that will enable students to learn about
tropical ecology and conservation while visiting Costa Rica. Students will learn to design and
conduct field research generating and testing problem-solving hypotheses. Also, they will visit a
variety of tropical environments and meet scientists conducting research in the tropics.
This course is designed for undergraduate students in Biology or related fields who have already
taken Biodiversity (BSCI 10110) and Biological Foundations (BSCI 10120) and for graduate
students with an interest in tropical biology or field ecology.
If you want to learn more about this course click on Course description. If you want to learn
more about the sites visited during this course click on the link to each site.
Course Description
Reserva Biológica Alberto
Manuel Brenes (San Ramón)
Arenal Volcano
La Selva Biological
Station
Palo Verde Biological Station
Campanario Biological
Station