There are daily lectures and field trips to the diverse coral reef communities of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Students are expected to keep a daily record of their observations and projects in a field notebook that serves as the basis of their grades in the course. Students should be able to swim. Scuba training is not required, but snorkeling is taught the first day. BIOL 345 is a science-oriented course offered concurrently which requires an additional research project on the reef and has a prerequisite of at least one year of college biology.
Enrollment is limited.
The department of economics will offer an intensive summer school program in Barbados, West Indies, from May 22 to June 11, 2001. The program will offer two Bourses for academic credit, although students may take only one. Prof. Winston Griffith will present formal lectures. Local experts will make presentations on aspects of Barbadian and Caribbean industry, tourism, religion, agriculture, nemployment, trade unionism, economic integration, banking, off-shore services, the environment, technology, and public policy. Field trips and visits to the Houses of Parliament and one elementary school are also planned.