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The Biology department offers three field-oriented courses.  Both require permission of the instructors.

Bio-220 Biology of Maya Mexico, taught by E. and R. Dawley, is part of the UC in Mexico semester being offered by Ursinus College for the first time in the spring of 2008, and again in 2010. We will examine coral reefs, coastal waters, and lowland and highland forests, focusing on animals and plants of particular importance to the ecosystem they inhabit and to the Maya people, past and present.

Bio-320 Biology of the Neotropics is a 17-day field course taught by E. and R. Dawley, that runs in in Costa Rica every other January (odd years; 2009, 2011, etc.). We visit all the major tropical ecosystems, including rain forest, montane forest, seasonally dry forest, and tropical marine habitats. Picture is from the 2002 trip on the ridge above the Palo Verde biological station. 

Bio-330 Marine Biology is offered every year by Dr. J. Sidie.  This course is a field-oriented study of  important marine habitats and biodiversity.  The course meets on campus during the spring semester and at a marine field station of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole MA following the spring semester.