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Earn Your Core 7 Lab Science in Puerto Rico!

Study Introduction to Biology in the Caribbean in Summer 2022.

Have you heard about TU’s study away programs yet? Did you know that you can fulfill your Core 7 lab science requirement and study introductory biology in the Caribbean this summer? Drs. Faith Weeks and Alondra Diaz will explain the program to Puerto Rico in detail in these upcoming information sessions in the Science Complex, room 3131:

Tuesday, February 22^nd at 6pm
Monday, February 28^th at 6pm
Friday, March 4^th at 12pm
Thursday, March 10^th at 6pm

As a student on the program, you will:

• explore unique ecosystems and interact with local plants and animals in Puerto Rico;
• learn about ecology, evolution, genetics, and the scientific process;
• conduct authentic research while hiking in a cloud forest and kayaking a bioluminescent bay;
• discover La Parguera mangroves and El Yunque National Forest;
• take both BIOL 120 Principles of Biology – Lecture (3 credits) and BIOL 120L Principles of Biology – Lab (1 credit) to fulfill a Core 7 requirement.

Program details are available at towson.edu/horizons. Interested students should email the faculty directors Prof. Faith Weeks and Prof. Alondra Díaz-Lameiro – Towson University Department of Biological Sciences. Students can also email the Study Abroad & Away Office at studyabroad@towson.edu or chat with us live during normal business hours on our webchat.

Read to apply? Complete the online application by March 15, 2022. Admissions are rolling.

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This post was written by Villamar, Katherine H.