TIMETABLE FOR SUMMER SESSION
"GLOBAL STUDIES" FIELD COURSES
Below is a tentative timetable of tasks and events for enrolling and participating in Summer session field courses for the "Global Studies in Plant Biology" program. A separate timetable operates for Fall-Winter intersession field courses. The Summer session program events pertain specifically to travel preparations and the mandatory workshops, and do not include the PBIO 405 seminar schedule in which students must also participate.
| Time Period | Task or Event |
| Spring qtr | |
| Before qtr ends | Information session held on upcoming "Global Studies" programs |
| Winter qtr | |
| Week 1 | Second information session held on upcoming "Global Studies" programs |
| Before qtr ends |
Students arrange financial aid for field course tuition and expenses; students register for spring quarter seminar (PBIO 405/693) |
| Spring qtr | [Students enroll and participate in PBIO 405/693 seminar as well as all mandatory concurrent workshops] |
Week 1 |
Organizational meeting for field course participants to discuss airline fares and ticketing, passports and visas, Study Abroad forms; students download and complete all forms from "Global Studies" web site |
| Week 2
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Instructors purchase airline tickets; students submit application materials (including fees) for passports during workshop, pre-register for immunizations [for international courses only] |
| Weeks 3 - 5 | Students return completed Study Abroad forms to instructors, get immunizations and get prescriptions for medications [for international courses only]; workshops on conversational language skills, research methods and hypothesis testing, field course itinerary and packing |
| Week 6 | Students submit application materials (including fees) for visas during workshop [if needed] |
| Weeks 7 - 10 | Remaining conversational language workshops, all-day hike at Stroud's Run or nearby natural area, first aid and safety workshops |
| Week 10 | Last-minute details and Athens-Columbus airport transportation arranged, airline tickets disbursed |
Before |
Students enroll in Undergraduate Research (PBIO 404) |
Summer qtr |
FIELD COURSE!!! |
| Fall qtr | [Students participate in group PBIO 404 undergraduate research projects] |
| Week 1 | Organizational meeting for lab research projects and lab times, web page design nights |
| Week 2 | Debriefing session |
| Week 3 | Potluck and slide show |
| Week 5 | Students construct web pages on highlights of field course |
Prepared by Harvey Ballard; last revised 26 July, 2001
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