Dates: June 8-22, 2009
Credits: 4 (issued through Cornell University)
Course limit: 15 students (undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, teachers)
Application and scholarship deadline: 15 February 2009
Cost (tuition, room, board, boat transportation, fees): $4,372
Anatomy & Function of Marine Vertebrates
The Shoals Marine Laboratory (run jointly by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire on Appledore Island, Maine) invites applications to its summer field course on the anatomy and function of marine vertebrates.
The course is designed to introduce students to a comparative study of
the principal organ systems of vertebrates (i.e.,
fishes, sea turtles,
marine birds, marine mammals) that are specifically adapted to the
marine environment. Rather than focusing only on description of
anatomical structure, the anatomy of structures will be integrated with
function, biological role, and evolutionary relationships. Laboratory
exercises cover osteology, dissection, behavior and biomechanics.
Faculty:
Dr. Frank Fish Department of Biology, West Chester University
Dr. Willy Bemis Cornell University, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
AND Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory
Join students at the Shoals Lab from all over the US and the world in studying on Appledore Island this summer. Financial aid and scholarships are available. Apply early to receive first consideration for aid.
Paid research internships are also available to undergraduates: deadline Feb. 15, 2009
For more information:
shoals-lab@cornell.edu (Tel: 607-255-3717).
For other courses offered in summer 2009, see our
complete course listing