Most of the courses offered combine field work and theory and are planned to both introduce novice students into the different field work techniques and to allow non-novice students gain additional experience in field research in the tropics. One course in the biological sciences and one in anthropology are designed to be research classes in which all enrolled students participate in the same original research topic but are assigned different tasks, according to their level of expertise, and their particular interests. Other courses do have a field work component, but students in those classes are not expected to write publishable material. Overall, this is a Program for dedicated students highly interested in field work. As an important component of this Program, all participant students are housed with local families.
All homes are at a walking distance from the university centre.
Summer Programs at Tropical Studies are biology oriented and taught in English. Students may also be able to do their own independent research under the supervision of a professor in the field. Click here to go back to our Tropical Studies Home Page.