THE SEA AROUND US: EAS 475

dates:              JUNE 23 - JULY 7, 2008

credit hours:    4 semester credits

total cost:        $4,920 (includes room, board and tuition)
 

Prerequisite:
One semester of oceanography and/or marine biology or permission of instructor.

The course is a intensive, hands-on, survey of the natural history of the oceans, including their geological and biological history, major physical and biological processes, major taxonomic groups of marine organisms and their evolutionary history, and the dynamics, patterns, and processes of the evolutionary processes that have shaped these groups and their history.

Faculty:
Dr. Warren D. Allmon: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University;
and Director, The Paleontological Research Institution