Field Courses and Study Away from Wheaton

Wheaton Affiliated Programs -

Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport - Students learn about the sea by taking courses in Marine Ecology or Oceanography, Maritime History, Literature of the Sea, and Maritime Policy. Classroom lectures in Mystic, CT are supplemented by field studies on the coast of California and Oregon, the island of Nantucket, and while sailing at sea for two weeks. All credits transfer to Wheaton and financial aid is available through Wheaton. Semester long program. One or two Wheaton students usually enroll each semester.

Semester in Environmental Science at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole - Students study terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems ecology and microbial ecology with scientists from the MBL's world reknowned Ecosytems Center. Students receive Wheaton college credit and financial aid is available through Wheaton. Semester long program.


Other programs to which Wheaton students may apply:
(This is an abridged list.)

Organization for Tropical Studies - study tropical ecology along with Spanish language and culture at OTS field stations in Costa Rica. Semester program. Also offer summer courses in tropical biodiversity and ethnobiology.

School for Field Studies - Semester or summer programs in biology and environmental studies in Australia, British Columbia, West Indies, Costa Rica, Kenya, and Mexico.

Duke University Marine Laboratory - Summer

Shoals Marine Laboratory - Summer

Bermuda Biological Station for Research - Summer

Sea Education Association - Semester and summer. Study aboard a sailing vessel and in Woods Hole.

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado - Summer courses in botany, ecology, and environmental studies.

Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology at Boston University - Tropical Ecology program in Ecuador - January and semester programs.

University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories - Semester and summer courses in marine biology.

For an overview of biological field stations link to the Organization of Biological Field Stations

 

 

Content by Scott Shumway (sshumway@wheatonma.edu) and
Bob Morris (bmorris@wheatonma.edu )
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Last update: 12/2001