Reminder: The registration deadline for our 2011 Field Course in Belize is April 1st Want to become a Marine Biologist? Interested in Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation Biology? Then this May be the perfect way to spend your May-mester! Our unique field course is taught using experiential learning techniques, which totally engage and immerse students in marine research within the Belize Barrier Reef Lagoon System near Belize City, Central America. The focus of our long-term research project is the local manatee and dolphin population. However, students will also conduct their own independent research projects on a species of their choice commonly found near our base camp on Spanish Lookout Caye. Previous students have investigated crustaceans, birds, mollusks, echinoderms, mangroves, seagrass, and corals, among other taxa. This year our visiting scientist is Dr. Heather Kalb from West Liberty University in Wheeling, WV; she is a physiologist with expertise on turtles! Please follow this link to our "facebook event page" for detailed information and registration instructions: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=370432825564 Alternatively, you can download the Course Briefing PDF, which includes all forms and details, here: http://sirenian.org/2011BelizeBriefing.pdf CREDIT HOURS: The course provides 100 experiential learning and lecture hours in the field, plus approximately 35 hours of pre- fielding reading, research, and preparation; more than 45 of the 135 total hours include direct instruction by accredited university faculty. This is comparable to a 3 credit hour university course and meets the US DOE criteria as published in 34 CFR, §600.2. You must make arrangements IN ADVANCE with BOTH your advising faculty and Dr. Self-Sullivan for credit to be earned through your home university. Credit hour fees must be paid directly to your school and you must fulfill any study abroad requirements of your school. Caryn Self-Sullivan, Ph.D. Consultant: Animal Behavior & Conservation Primary Email: caryns@sirenian.org Mailing Address: 200 Stonewall Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22401-2110 Mobile: 540.287.8207 | Fax: 888.371.4998 Adjunct Faculty, Nova Southeastern University NSU Email: cs1733@nova.edu http://www.fischlerschool.nova.edu/ http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ President & Co-founder, Sirenian International, Inc. http://sirenian.org/caryn.html