Albright faculty members sometimes provide off-campus experiences for students. All students, including freshman, are eligible to attend provided that you meet GPA requirements. For each of these trips there is a deposit fee and you will have to pay for your airfare as well as other expenses. Please refer to the following professors for further information.
Introducing a field study course within the Peruvian Amazon offered through the Biology and Sociology Departments at Albright College. The course is designed to introduce the basics of ecological and anthropological field design. The exploration culminates in 10-day student projects within the Tahuayo-Tamshiyacu Reserve in the Amazon Basin of Peru. The Reserve is a communal (community-based) reserve comprised of tropical river, lowland rainforest, wetlands, and several native villages. Dr. David Osgood (Dept. of Biology) and Dr. Barty Thompson (Dept of Sociology and Anthropology) lead this course available for college credit or professional/personal development (more details).
Martinique:Located in the Caribbean, this French-speaking island is a blend of European, African, Indian, and Caribbean influences. You will learn about the island's culture by visiting and studying numerous sites including the rain forest, Fort-de-France, the capital Saint-Pierre and Mont Pelée, the Mangrove swamps, and the Environmental Museum in Riviére Pilote. Although Martinique is predominantly French speaking, you can complete all course requirements in English. For the approximate cost please check with the trip coordinator. This program will be offered in rotation with the Dominican Republic trip. The next time you can participate in this trip will be during January of 2007. For more details stop in our office for a brochure or contact Professor Adam John at ajohn@alb.edu.
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Hawaii: Learn through experience in Maui. This is the best place in the world to see the very surface-active endangered humpback whale. You will study the biology and behavior of these whales while you directly observe and record their spectacular behaviors from a shore station and from boats in Maui. You will learn and apply the principles of field research design as you participate in an ongoing field study on the impact of boats on the behavior of humpback whales. This trip is offered every Interim term. For the approximate cost and more information, please check with the trip coordinator, Professor Marsha Green at mgreen@alb.edu.
Bahamas: Students will experience a ten to twelve day visit to the island of San Salvador, Bahamas, the traditional and historic landing site of Columbus in 1492. San Salvador Island, the outermost Bahamian Island, is a fine example of a Latin American/Caribbean Island ecosphere. The off-campus travel will offer a unique opportunity for students to visit and learn about the island where first landfall by a Western European, Christopher Columbus, occurred. Students will reside at the Bahamian Field Station, a former military base converted to a tropical research station. For the approximate cost or more information please check with the trip coordinator, Professor Phillip Dougherty at pdougherty@alb.edu.
: : Click here to see some photos from our 2003 trip to San Salvador Island : :
Dominican Republic: This trip was offered for the first time during the Interim of 2004. This interim course provides students with a first-hand opportunity to study the Spanish-speaking nation of the Dominican Republic from an interdisciplinary perspective. Following three two-hour seminars to be held during the fall semester, students will travel to Samana, DR for three weeks to study language, culture, gender, race, power and identity issues, and economics. Prerequisites: SPA302 and Junior/Senior Spanish Concentrator or permission of the instructors. For further information, contact Professor Kathy Ozment at kozment@alb.edu.
