Bahamas Capstone
This is an awesome two-week, summer workshop on the island of San Salvador, Bahamas!
The objective of this 4-hour course is to introduce the botany/zoology/biology student to the flora of the tropics as it compares with the more familiar, temperate vegetation of the middle United States. Topics covered include families of tropical plants, ecology, economic botany, and marine botany.
To be counted as a capstone, this course must be taken between your junior and senior years, or during your senior year. The capstone is open to all majors.
Prerequisites:
An introductory course in botany, zoology, or general biology. An upper
level plant taxonomy course is helpful. Permission of the instructor is
required to register.
Price:
Cost for this course is subject to change from year to year, and varies
depending upon in-state or out-of-state tuition.
Staff:
Dr. Michael A. Vincent
Dr. R. James Hickey
Contact Information:
If you have further questions, please contact Dr. Vincent at vincenma@muohio.edu
or by telephone at 513-529-2755, or Dr. Hickey at hickeyrj@muohio.edu.
Dr.
Hickey gets ready to go snorkeling
Class
of 2001 explores an underground batcave
Dr.
Vincent (middle) and friends pose for a picture
Class
of 2001 visiting the landing spot of Christopher Columbus
On Green Caye Island, you get to see iguanas
like this one
A typical Bahamenian Beach.
You know you want to go here!