The Wrangell Mountains Center is pleased to announce the Alaska Wildlands
Studies Summer Field Program. Please pass this on to any of your qualified
and potentially interested undergraduate students.
The Alaska Wildlands Studies Summer Field Program is an intensive field
course focusing on the ecology, geology, and local culture of the rugged
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. The seven week course is taught
through the Wrangell Mountains Center, a private, non-profit, environmental
institute located in the historic mining town of McCarthy, in the heart of
the park. The nearby peaks, glaciers, alpine valleys and subalpine forests
provide an ideal setting for hands-on fieldwork, while the rich cultural
history of the park provides a fascinating setting in which to conduct research.
Students will gain a thorough understanding of ecological and geological
principles in the context of the local wilderness environment through a
combination of classroom lectures and rigorous field exercises. Using this
skill set, students and faculty will collaborate to design field research
projects based on each students individual interests. Using their field
data, students will complete a final paper and presentation of their
results. Participants earn 12 semester units (18 quarter units) of
transferable, upper division college credit through the California State
University Monterey Bay. This credit has been successfully transferred to a
wide range of colleges and universities to satisfy ecology and biology
degree field requirements and geology field camp requirements.
Alaska field studies program participants receive credits for three courses:
Environmental Wildlands Studies (ENVS 370 A), 4 semester units
Wildlands Ecological Evaluation (ENVS 370 B), 4 semester units
Wildlands Environment and Culture (ENVS 370 C), 4 semester units
Participants will receive a letter grade (or a pass/no pass on request)
based on 1) assigned field exercises and daily entries in field journals; 2)
formal presentations at group seminars; 3) written examinations; 4) written
term paper; and 5) completion of required readings.
Program Costs:
Program Fee: $2395 plus $75 application fee, due 5/15/09
Estimated in-county expenses: $1525 per person for land transportation,
fuel, lodging, field activities/permits, course materials.
Scholarships and financial aid are available for this course. For
scholarship information or for more details regarding the course and
location, please visit our websites at:
http://www.wrangells.org/aws.html
http://www.wildlandsstudies.com/5.html.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about the
program.
Sophie Gilbert, Faculty Megan Gahl, Faculty and Academic Coordinator
sophielgilb...@gmail.com ga...@unb.ca
