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Monday, January 13, 2020
Marine biology field course in South Africa
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to study biodiversity and further your marine biology skills this year in the kelp forests of South Africa? Cape RADD facilitates a 2 week and 4 week field course for students who want to learn more about the marine environment, conservation and research through hands on field experience and diver development. The Cape RADD course runs every month and includes training in multiple data collection and field operation techniques, theoretical workshops on analysis techniques and tools like R and GIS. Come spend a month abroad, scuba diving and freediving in one of the most beautiful parts of the world.
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Visit www.caperadd.com or email info@caperadd.com for more details.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Monday, August 6, 2018
[Course update] BISC-586 | Biological Oceanographic Instrumentation
Prof. Dale Kiefer and Prof. Jim Moffett will teach BISC-586 this year. They will be focusing on three general areas:
Highlight of the class: The Hutchins Disaster Movie
Course Syllabus
- Observations at sea from ships, autonomous vehicles, drifters and satellites.
- Shipboard experimentation and process studies, including incubators, sediment traps and plankton nets
- How to use large data bases like the World Ocean Atlas, BCO-DMO, NODC. the GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product and NASA's ocean color data base. And Beta - test a new proteomic database developed by Mak Saito.
Highlight of the class: The Hutchins Disaster Movie
Course Syllabus
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
Primate Behavior and Conservation Field Courses in Costa Rica 2018
DANTA Tropical Biology Field Courses 2018
Do you have an interest in wildlife, tropical ecology and/or conservation?
Are you looking to gain valuable field experience?
Would you like to learn about other cultures?
Would you like to learn more about yourself?
Danta is pleased to announce our 2018 field courses in tropical biology. Our course are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen interest in tropical ecosystems and conservation, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis.
DANTA operates on a cooperative and collaborative teaching model with multiple international instructors on each course. Co-instruction allows for more individualized instruction, and the sharing and appreciation of different ideas. Visiting scholars are often incorporated into the curriculum to broaden student experience.
As much of our advertising is done by word-of-mouth, we encourage you to spread the word by forwarding this information to students or friends who may be interested in our programs.
For more information, please visit our website at www.DANTA.info and/or email conservation@danta.email or conservation@danta.info. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter. For an alumni perspective on our programs, please see our new blog DANTAisms http://dantablog.wordpress.com/.
Hope to see you in Costa Rica!
Methods in Primate Behavior and Conservation
Dates: July 13–July 28, 2018
Program Fee: $2600
Application deadline: Summer Session: June 1, 2018
Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with field experience in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. This course will be held at Osa Conservation’s Piro Reseach Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa peninsula. As the one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few places in Costa Rica that has jaguar, puma, sea turtles and four species of monkey (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and squirrel monkey).
The learning experiences for the course fall into four main categories: field exercises, seminars, lectures, and applied conservation. The field exercises and seminars provide instruction and experience in: (1) methods of measuring environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (2) methods of collecting and analyzing the behavior of free-ranging primates, (3) assessments of biodiversity and (4) techniques for estimating population size. Lecture topics will cover the behavior and ecology of Old and New World primates from an evolutionary perspective. Selected lecture topics include primate sociality, feeding ecology, taxonomy, rain forest ecosystems and conservation. Service learning is a large component of all our programs. Students will gain experience in applied conservation through participation in Osa Conservation’s reforestation, sustainable agriculture and wildlife monitoring programs (big cat and sea turtle).
During the course participants will visit a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation, and take a boat tour of the Golfo Dulce for dolphin viewing and snorkeling. We overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. All within country travel is in cooperation with Planet Conservation, our sustainable travel partner. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.
Enrollment is limited to 15 students. The course is open to both credit and non-credit seeking students. University credit can be arranged through your home institution.
Primate Behavior and Conservation
Dates: June 15-July 11, 2018
Program Fee: $3500
Application deadline: June 1, 2018
Guest Speaker: Dr. Eckhard Heymann
Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with field experience in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. The course will be conducted at Osa Conservation‘s Piro Research Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa peninsula. As the one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few sites in Costa Rica that contain 4 species of primate (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and squirrel monkey). Four species of sea turtle also nest along its beaches. Please help us protect this unique region which is of international conservation concern.
The learning experiences for the course fall into five main categories: field exercises, independent research, discussions, lectures and applied conservation. The first half of the courses is devoted to learning ecological field techniques, while in the second half students develop, carry out and present data from their independent research projects. Many of our participants have gone on to present their work at national and regional conferences. The field exercises and seminars provide instruction and experience in:(1) methods of measuring environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (2) methods of collecting and analyzing the behavior of free-ranging primates, (3) assessments of biodiversity and (4) techniques for estimating population size. Lecture topics will cover the behavior and ecology of Old and New World primates from an evolutionary perspective. Selected lecture topics include primate sociality, feeding ecology, taxonomy, rain forest ecosystems, conservation, climate change and sustainability. Participants gain experience in applied conservation through participation in Osa Conservation’s reforestation,and sea turtle breeding and monitoring programs.
During the course participants will visit a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation, and take a boat tour of the Golfo Dulce for dolphin viewing and snorkeling. We overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. All within country travel is in cooperation with Planet Conservation, our sustainable travel partner. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.
Enrollment is limited to 15 students. The course is open to both credit and non-credit seeking students. University credit can be arranged through your home institution.
Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability
Dates: July 13-28, 2018
Program fee: $2600
Application deadline: June 1, 2018
Course Description
The proximate and ultimate causes of declines of rain forest habitats and biodiversity will be examined through a combination of direct observations in the field, lectures, and critical reviews of the literature. Topics will include the role of hunting, logging, agriculture, disease, predation, expanding human populations and their consumption of natural resources as they affect forest and biodiversity conservation. Emphasis will be on sustainable solutions and how today’s human societies can endure in the face of climate change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations.
The majority of the course will be conducted at Osa Conservation‘s Piro Research Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa Peninsula. As one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few sites in Costa Rica that contain 4 species of primate (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and the Central American squirrel monkey). Four species of sea turtle also nest along its beaches. Students gain hands-on experience through participation in Osa Conservation’s sustainable agriculture, wildlife monitoring and reforestation programs. Problems of various land-use activities will be evaluated with side trips to an oil palm plantation, a coffee plantation, and small-scale agricultural plots.
During the course participants will visit a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation, and take a boat tour of the Golfo Dulce for dolphin viewing and snorkeling. We overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. All within country travel is in cooperation with Planet Conservation, our sustainable travel partner. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.
Enrollment is limited to 15 students. The course is open to both credit and non-credit seeking students. University credit can be arranged through your home institution.
Do you have an interest in wildlife, tropical ecology and/or conservation?
Are you looking to gain valuable field experience?
Would you like to learn about other cultures?
Would you like to learn more about yourself?
Danta is pleased to announce our 2018 field courses in tropical biology. Our course are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen interest in tropical ecosystems and conservation, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis.
DANTA operates on a cooperative and collaborative teaching model with multiple international instructors on each course. Co-instruction allows for more individualized instruction, and the sharing and appreciation of different ideas. Visiting scholars are often incorporated into the curriculum to broaden student experience.
As much of our advertising is done by word-of-mouth, we encourage you to spread the word by forwarding this information to students or friends who may be interested in our programs.
For more information, please visit our website at www.DANTA.info and/or email conservation@danta.email or conservation@danta.info. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter. For an alumni perspective on our programs, please see our new blog DANTAisms http://dantablog.wordpress.com/.
Hope to see you in Costa Rica!
Methods in Primate Behavior and Conservation
Dates: July 13–July 28, 2018
Program Fee: $2600
Application deadline: Summer Session: June 1, 2018
Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with field experience in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. This course will be held at Osa Conservation’s Piro Reseach Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa peninsula. As the one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few places in Costa Rica that has jaguar, puma, sea turtles and four species of monkey (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and squirrel monkey).
The learning experiences for the course fall into four main categories: field exercises, seminars, lectures, and applied conservation. The field exercises and seminars provide instruction and experience in: (1) methods of measuring environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (2) methods of collecting and analyzing the behavior of free-ranging primates, (3) assessments of biodiversity and (4) techniques for estimating population size. Lecture topics will cover the behavior and ecology of Old and New World primates from an evolutionary perspective. Selected lecture topics include primate sociality, feeding ecology, taxonomy, rain forest ecosystems and conservation. Service learning is a large component of all our programs. Students will gain experience in applied conservation through participation in Osa Conservation’s reforestation, sustainable agriculture and wildlife monitoring programs (big cat and sea turtle).
During the course participants will visit a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation, and take a boat tour of the Golfo Dulce for dolphin viewing and snorkeling. We overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. All within country travel is in cooperation with Planet Conservation, our sustainable travel partner. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.
Enrollment is limited to 15 students. The course is open to both credit and non-credit seeking students. University credit can be arranged through your home institution.
Primate Behavior and Conservation
Dates: June 15-July 11, 2018
Program Fee: $3500
Application deadline: June 1, 2018
Guest Speaker: Dr. Eckhard Heymann
Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with field experience in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. The course will be conducted at Osa Conservation‘s Piro Research Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa peninsula. As the one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few sites in Costa Rica that contain 4 species of primate (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and squirrel monkey). Four species of sea turtle also nest along its beaches. Please help us protect this unique region which is of international conservation concern.
The learning experiences for the course fall into five main categories: field exercises, independent research, discussions, lectures and applied conservation. The first half of the courses is devoted to learning ecological field techniques, while in the second half students develop, carry out and present data from their independent research projects. Many of our participants have gone on to present their work at national and regional conferences. The field exercises and seminars provide instruction and experience in:(1) methods of measuring environmental variables, including assessment of resource availability, (2) methods of collecting and analyzing the behavior of free-ranging primates, (3) assessments of biodiversity and (4) techniques for estimating population size. Lecture topics will cover the behavior and ecology of Old and New World primates from an evolutionary perspective. Selected lecture topics include primate sociality, feeding ecology, taxonomy, rain forest ecosystems, conservation, climate change and sustainability. Participants gain experience in applied conservation through participation in Osa Conservation’s reforestation,and sea turtle breeding and monitoring programs.
During the course participants will visit a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation, and take a boat tour of the Golfo Dulce for dolphin viewing and snorkeling. We overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. All within country travel is in cooperation with Planet Conservation, our sustainable travel partner. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.
Enrollment is limited to 15 students. The course is open to both credit and non-credit seeking students. University credit can be arranged through your home institution.
Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability
Dates: July 13-28, 2018
Program fee: $2600
Application deadline: June 1, 2018
Course Description
The proximate and ultimate causes of declines of rain forest habitats and biodiversity will be examined through a combination of direct observations in the field, lectures, and critical reviews of the literature. Topics will include the role of hunting, logging, agriculture, disease, predation, expanding human populations and their consumption of natural resources as they affect forest and biodiversity conservation. Emphasis will be on sustainable solutions and how today’s human societies can endure in the face of climate change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations.
The majority of the course will be conducted at Osa Conservation‘s Piro Research Station in Costa Rica’s spectacular Osa Peninsula. As one of the largest tracts of rain forest north of the Amazon (roughly 400,000 acres in the Osa Conservation Area), it is renowned for high species diversity. It is one of only a few sites in Costa Rica that contain 4 species of primate (mantled howler monkey, black-handed spider monkey, white-faced capuchin and the Central American squirrel monkey). Four species of sea turtle also nest along its beaches. Students gain hands-on experience through participation in Osa Conservation’s sustainable agriculture, wildlife monitoring and reforestation programs. Problems of various land-use activities will be evaluated with side trips to an oil palm plantation, a coffee plantation, and small-scale agricultural plots.
During the course participants will visit a wildlife rehabilitation center, sustainable chocolate plantation, and take a boat tour of the Golfo Dulce for dolphin viewing and snorkeling. We overnight on the Boruca Indigenous Reserve where we will learn about the community and their traditional lifeways, and help with needed projects. All within country travel is in cooperation with Planet Conservation, our sustainable travel partner. Every effort is made to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices into our day-to-day operations, field courses and overall mission.
Enrollment is limited to 15 students. The course is open to both credit and non-credit seeking students. University credit can be arranged through your home institution.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Sunday, January 8, 2017
National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity Spring 2017 Programming
Click here to view our full schedule and to register
online.
In addition, any faculty, graduate students, or post-docs interested in registering to become NCFDD members under your Institutional Membership, please direct them to register online here.
In addition, any faculty, graduate students, or post-docs interested in registering to become NCFDD members under your Institutional Membership, please direct them to register online here.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
New BISC-599 Course! Convergent Biosciences
For Spring 2017
BISC-599 | Convergent Biosciences (Units: 3)
Mondays and Wednesdays
9 AM-10:30 AM
Room: TRF113
BISC-599 | Convergent Biosciences (Units: 3)
Mondays and Wednesdays
9 AM-10:30 AM
Room: TRF113
Course Description
This course will provide students with a unique transdisciplinary perspective on how the convergence of the Arts, Engineering and Sciences are necessary to enable innovation and to address complex, global problems in healthcare. Working on projects, pitching ideas, and discussions are all major components of the course, which will help students to learn why going beyond boundaries and disciplines is necessary for cutting edge research and futuristic technology development. Invited lecturers are an essential part of this course, as they will provide a variety of opinions from many different fields and perspectives.
Learning Objectives
● Students will have a better understanding about the convergence of Arts, Engineering and Sciences, including both how to create interdisciplinary collaborations and how to best utilize the strengths of each field. They will learn from various examples about the importance of these collaborations, not just within one’s own discipline, but across disciplines to expand to engineering, life and physical sciences, and cinematic arts.
● The course will help students learn the necessary skills for initiating and maintaining collaborations via projects and discussions with scientists and artists from both academia and industry.
● Students will understand the importance of the Arts to communicate scientific ideas and their own research in a more effective way.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Spring 2016 Course Offering | BISC-587
The Department of Biological Sciences will be offering its Communications course again next Spring, which is open to both grad students and undergrads. Please e-mail the instructor, Myrna Jacobson (myrnaj@usc.edu), if you are interested in registering.
BISC-587 (Flyer & Course Syllabus)
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
5th International Course in Microbial Ecology, Venice (Italy)
Dear
Microbial Ecologist,
We
are proud to announce the 5th International Course in Microbial Ecology, this
year entitled “Deciphering microbial
diversity and function in the environment through Next Generation Sequencing”
(October 6-10, 2014), which will take place at the Institute of Marine Science,
National Research Council in the old town centre of Venice, Italy.
The
course builds on the successes of the four previous courses (former “SItEmicro
Course in Microbial Ecology”) and is dedicated to advanced master students, PhD
students, post-docs and young researchers interested in aquatic and terrestrial
microbial ecology, and in bioinformatics. The course will focus on the use of
next generation sequencing datasets for the study of microbial communities,
under the guide of experienced international researchers. Participation is
limited to 30 applicants.
The
course will train microbial ecologists in the analysis of the structure and
function of environmental microbial communities by using molecular tools. The
techniques covered include sample collection and processing, DNA extraction,
PCR of ribosomal genes, quantification/analysis of environmental DNA, amplicon
(marker gene) data generation and analysis using different tools (QIIME,
Mothur) and metagenomics.
Detailed
information is provided in the flyer attached to this email, and at the
official webpage of the course: www.microbeco.org.
Updates on the registration procedures, the selection of the successful applications,
the final program and preliminary materials for the course will be periodically
published on the website and on the next numbers of the SM Newsletter.
We
look forward in seeing you in Venice.
Sincerely,
The
Organizing Committee
Gian
Marco Luna
Stefano Amalfitano
Manuela Coci
Gianluca Corno
Monday, November 25, 2013
BISC-419 Environmental Microbiology
Instructors: Prof. Katrina Edwards & Assist. Res.
Prof. Jason Sylvan
With
guest lectures by Dr. Jean-Paul Baquiran
This class will focus on fundamental aspects of microbiology
as they apply in an environmental context.
Our principal textbook will use Brock’s Biology of Microorganisms, but
we also draw heavily from other resources and the primary literature. Topics to be covered in the lecture portion
of the class (T, Th) include:
- · Introduction to and History of Environmental Microbiology
- · Methods in Microbial Ecology
- · Marine Biogeochemistry and the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and iron
- · Carbon fixation mechanisms and pathways
- · Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic microbiology
- · Food Webs in microbiology
- · Applied microbiology and technology
- · Terrestrial microbiology
- · “observatory” science
- · The deep subsurface biosphere
- · Extreme environments
- · Recent advances
This class will have alternating Laboratory Demonstrations
and Discussions on Fridays, which may or may not overlap directly with the
lecture topics. This portion of the
course will also include two field trips to nearby locales.
Please contact Katrina Edwards kje@usc.edu
for more information.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
BISC-499: From Developmental Biology to Regenerative Medicine
Course description:
This course focuses on general mechanistic principles that underpin development, maintenance and repair of body systems from worms to man. We will discuss critical experimental studies that frame the current view of animal organization, and the application of knowledge-gained to the goals of regenerative medicine. Lectures will be supplemented with a study of groundbreaking papers from the primary literature.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
ANNOUNCING BUCO 633 - Writing a Journal Article for Publication
This coming Fall semester, we will be offering a course designed
to support graduate students throughout the University as they go through the
process of re-writing papers they've written for publication in academic
journals. To enroll in the class, non-business students just have to
follow the directions at the top of the page in the Schedule of Classes (http://web-app.usc.edu/soc/20133/buco),
meet a few minimum requirements, and fill out and submit a non-business student
application as directed.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Summer Study Abroad Program in Italy
The Gerontology program is offering a Summer 2013 Study
Abroad course in Genoa, Italy. The course, GERO 499: Nutrition,
Genes, Longevity and Disease is open to students of all majors and is
excellent for students interested in health and wellness. We are holding an
information session on Monday, Feb. 4th at 12PM in GER 230. Please forward
this message along with the attached flier to any and all students that may be
interested in this opportunity. Thank you so much!
Best,Saemy Son
Admission Counselor
USC Davis School of Gerontology
Phone: 213-740-1728
Email: saemson@usc.edu
Monday, December 13, 2010
Course Offerings
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