Marine Botany

Target Audience: Undergraduate Student


Institution: Friday Harbor Labs

Institutional Web Link: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/

Course Description: The Zoology and Botany courses (required) survey the groups of marine invertebrates, algae and plants represented in the San Juan Archipelago; natural history, adaptations, evolution, and taxonomy. Frequent local field trips to different habitats allow students to study organisms in their natural environments, and trips on the RV Centennial permit exploration of subtidal and open-water systems. Daily lectures are followed by detailed laboratory study of organisms. All students also perform organized outreach activities with local schools. A 4-day camping field trip to the exposed rocky coast of Vancouver Island enables study of the organisms on wave-swept shores. Note: all students will need a passport or equivalent paperwork to allow travel into Canada.

Course Fees and Expenses: see http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentCosts2017.html

Scholarships, Fellowships, Associated with the Course: see http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentCosts2017.html#FinAid

Funding Source: None


How to Apply: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentApplicationInfo.html

Application Closing Date: 02/01/2017

Course Begins: 2017-03-27

Course Ends: 2017-06-02