Student Vacancies
Antarctic Study Abroad Course
Michigan State University
Application Deadline: Friday, 5 November 2005
For further information, please go to:
http://studyabroad.msu.edu/programs/antarcticscience.html
Due to several last minute cancellations, there are a few remaining
places available for undergraduate students on Michigan State
University's study abroad course going to Antarctica and Patagonia
during the 2004-05 winter break.
The aim of the course is to further students' knowledge of Antarctic and
Southern Hemisphere System Science, how processes like climate change
are impacting this region, and how change in the Antarctic region
effects the rest of the globe. The 6 credit course is held over a 3-week
period and departs Detroit on 18 December and returns on 10 January.
During the course, students will spend 11 days on board an
ice-strengthened tourist ship that will take them across Drake Passage
to the Antarctic Peninsula where they will observe first hand a variety
of Antarctic wildlife including penguins, seals, whales, and a range of
seabirds, ice bergs and glaciers, international research stations, and
historic whaling settlements. The remainder of the course is spent in
Southern Patagonia near the city of Ushuaia, Argentina where a series of
lectures and daily field trips to museums, several sites in the southern
Andes, and several national parks will be conducted. Field safety,
sampling, and instructional activities will be given on field trips.
Assessment is based on the examination of pre-assigned reading materials
and lectures, field exercises, and oral presentations and essays related
to group and individual projects.
Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, 5 November 2004.
If you cannot assemble an application by this deadline, but are
seriously interested in joining this course, please contact one of the
faculty below and a brief deadline extension may be considered. If you
have questions, please contact:
Dr. Craig Tweedie
Department of Plant Biology
100 N. Kedzie Hall
Phone: 517-355-1285
E-mail: tweedie [at] msu.edu
Dr. Vanessa Lougheed
Department of Zoology
369 Giltner Hall
Phone: 517-432-8084
E-mail: loughee2 [at] msu.edu
Dr. John Schwartz
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
334 Natural Resources Building
Phone: 517-353-9568
E-mail: schwartj [at] msue.msu.edu
Please note that this is the second time the course has been offered and
it may not be offered for the next few years due to faculty transitions.
For more details, please visit:
http://studyabroad.msu.edu/programs/antarcticscience.html
Read journals and see photographs taken by students on last year's trip at:
http://www.ael.msu.edu/antarctica/journals.html
If you wish to be a part of this year's class, submit an application to
the study abroad office at:
http://studyabroad.msu.edu/applications/index.html