Natural History in La Fortuna & Curú National Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica
Spring Break

This course offers students the opportunity to explore biodiversity hand conduct field studies in tropical rainforest, Pacific dry forest, Pacific rock reef, and Pacific mangrove swamp ecosystems of Costa Rica. This trip is done on
Spring break.

Dr. Reuben Goforth

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Conservation Biology & Biodiversity Restoration in Columbia
Summer

Students will have hands/eyes-on exposure to Colombian tropical ecology and ongoing projects for the conservation/restoration of the extraordinary biodiversity distributed across habitats ranging from the Andean forest to marine and marshland sites on the Caribbean Coast.

Dr. Reuben Goforth

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International Natural Resource Issue in Canada's Pacific Northwest
Summer

This is a joint course for students from North Carolina State University, Swedish University for Life Sciences (SLU), and Purdue. Topics that will be studied are forestry, fishing, and wildlife challenges and opportunities. Students will gain a holistic and thematic view on sustainable use and management of natural resources for different geographic, ecological and social conditions

Dr. John Dunning
 Dr. Tomas Höök  Dr. Doug Jacobs​ 

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Environment & Culture Exploring in the Galapagos Islands & Ecudaor
Summer

This course will introduce the unique environments and the culture of the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador while integrating ecological topics including biodiversity, adaptation and evolution, biogeography, endemicism, and conservation biology. Students will learn about the history of the islands, explore diverse ecosystems, and will see wildlife species including giant tortoises, marine iguanas, sea lions, whales, Galapagos penguins, sea turtles. 

Dr. Liz Flaherty

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