Students visit the Tiputini Biodiversity Station and explore Yasuni National Park in the Amazon, visit a shrimp factory and fishing village on the Pacific Coast. The highlight of the trip is a weeklong visit to the Galapagos, home of the Charles Darwin Station and some of the most distinctive species on earth. Connaughton and Munson Summer Session at Kiplin Hall During a three-week summer excursion to North Yorkshire, students experience the poetic landscape of England. Hiking the remote hills of the Lake District and exploring the moors, students literally follow the footsteps of Romantic poets as they study the literature of that period. Students stay at Kiplin Hall, the ancestral home of Maryland's Calvert family.
Participants earn three credits.
This five-week summer program is an introduction to archaeological fieldwork methods and to the theoretical concerns of anthropological archaeology. Includes participation in archaeological survey and excavation as well as lectures, readings, and writing assignments. A minimum obligation of 20 hours per week is required. Sites will focus on North American native people and colonial U.S. history in Maryland. May be repeated once for credit.