Study Abroad in Peru during Summer 2024
Are you ready for an adventure? Experience Peru in Summer 2024 with TU Professor Harald Beck. This program provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students to conduct ecological research in the heart of the Amazonian rainforest in Peru. Participants will spend time in the city of Cuzco and visit different major tropical ecosystems to study their abiotic, biotic, and ecological settings. After a 3-day boat trip on the Manu River, students will arrive at the remote Cocha Cashu Biological Station in Manu National Park – one of the largest and most pristine rainforest reserves in the world.
At the site, students will carry out their independent research projects in teams including data collection, statistical analyses, and writing a journal style manuscript. Participants will also have the opportunity to interact with other researchers from national and international research institutions while staying at the field station. Through lectures, seminars, and hikes, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of tropical ecology and be exposed to the Peruvian culture and people.
Program highlights include a visit to the lost city of Machu Picchu, a bus trip across the Andes mountain range, and numerous hikes and night-walks to explore the different local tropical habitats.
Participants will choose to take either BIOL 447 Tropical Field Ecology (6 credits) or BIOL 547 Tropical Field Ecology (6 credits; grad only) with Prof. Harold Beck.
The application deadline is March 15, 2024. Full program details and the application are available in Horizons.
For more information, contact Prof. Beck. You can also contact the TU Study Abroad & Away Office by email, by calling 410-704-2451, or by online chat at towson.edu/abroad.
Tags: Department of Biological Sciences, How Big Is Your World, Peru, Study AbroadCategorised in: Students
This post was written by Campbell, Nicholas S.