The Barkley and Clayoquot Sound region of Vancouver Island provides a laboratory for exploring the relationship between ecosystems and the local economy. The focus of the SFS Coastal Studies program is on issues related to community watershed planning and management in coastal ecosystems. Days are spent in a combination of lectures, field exercises, and research in temperate forests, lakes, beaches, and coasts.
Every student completes and presents a directed research project.
Accommodation is provided in shared rooms. Based at the Marine Biological Laboratory Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole, Mass., this program is designed to introduce students to environmental science from the perspective of ecosystems ecology. Students also participate in two seminar series and conduct and independent project. Students also participate in an interdisciplinary seminar and choose one elective from advanced courses. Opportunities for independent research.