[Coral-List] APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENSION!!! Undergraduate Semester Abroad Program in Tropical Marine Ecology & Conservation

[Anouschka van de Ven]

Dear 
Coral-listers:
 
If you know of undergraduate students that would be 
interested in a semester of study in Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation; 
please pass this notice along to them.  
Students with an interest in Independent Research experience and 
Scientific Diving are especially encouraged to apply.  Enrollment is limited to 12 
students.The application deadline has been extended to December 1st 2008.

 
Thanks in advance,
Rita Peachey
 
Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation Semester Abroad: 
Bonaire, Spring 2009
Undergraduate Study Abroad Opportunity in the Caribbean 
The Tropical Marine Biology and Conservation study abroad 
program is accepting applications for spring semester.  Students register 
for 17 semester hours: Coral Reef Ecology (4), Scientific Diving (4), 
Environmental and Cultural History of Bonaire (2), Marine Conservation Biology 
(3) and Independent Research (4).  
The program description can be found using the following link: 

http://www.cieebonaire.org/courses.html
 
The Scientific Diving course provides dive training that 
prepares students for AAUS certification at their home universities.  Students will receive the following 
training in the Scientific Diving course: Open Water, Advanced Diver, Rescue 
Diver, Emergency First Responder, CPR + First Aid, Dan Oxygen Rescue, underwater 
photography and videography, night diving, and underwater navigation.  Students will learn internationally 
recognized monitoring protocols including REEF and AGRRA.  
 
Independent Research provides students with the 
opportunity to conduct a research project of their choice in marine science and 
to publish the results in a student journal, PHYSIS: Journal of Marine 
Science.  A copy of the journal 
can be downloaded on the following page:   http://www.cieebonaire.org/physis.html
 
Prerequisites: Overall GPA 2.75 or better, 2 semesters of 
biology, chemistry, geology, ecology or environmental science and a nationally 
recognized open water SCUBA certification (or a PADI referral – you can do your 
check out dives in Bonaire).  The 
deadline for application to the spring semester program is December 1st 2008.
 
Interested students should contact Rita Peachey Director 
of CIEE Research Station Bonaire at RPeachey at ciee.org or call 1-800-40-STUDY.  The study abroad office at your 
institution will assist you with registration.  
_____________________________________

Rita BJ Peachey, 
PhD
Director, 
CIEE Research Station Bonaire
Kaya Gob DeBrot 21
Kralendijk, Bonaire, 
Netherlands Antilles
rpeachey at ciee.org 
www.cieebonaire.org
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