Students explore the differences in ecosystems between the tropical Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, coastal neotropical habitats including shorelines, mangroves, marsh and estuarine environments, coastline origins and geomorphology, and the evolution of oceans. Students also receive lectures on the study of coral reefs, intertidal, nearshore, and littoral habitat types for their biological diversity. Emphasis of lectures will be on discovering what scientists do in Oceanology. Students visit four sites in the rain forest, cloud forest, and volcano habitats, while studying ecology of tropical ecosystems. Students travel together accompanied by experienced Costa Rican biologist and Nassau Community College professors.
Accommodations are attractive lodges, double rooms with private baths.
All meals are included. Course provides an overview of the growing role of business with its political, legal, cultural, and economic influences on the rapidly changing international scene. Seminars on manufacturing, wine, perfume, glass, textile, silk production, fashion forecasting, and retailing are offered. Independent research, buying plans, and visits to major international cities are included. Works of Renaissance architecture, painting, sculpture, and other applied arts from the Renaissance will be explored in most of their original contexts.