Earn three credits in two weeks, while immersing yourself in the beautiful environment and climate of the southern Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina.
The Highlands Biological Station, an inter-institutional research center of the University of North Carolina, is offering its 2014 series of summer courses and workshops that can be taken for undergraduate OR graduate credit toward your academic program. The following list of field-based courses and workshops are focused on the diversity of organisms in the region with special emphasis on identification and collection techniques as well as principles of evolution, ecology and conservation. Scholarships, Grants-in-aid of research for graduate students, and summer internships also available. Highlands, North Carolina, is located in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, at an average elevation about 3,800 feet, and situated near the Nantahala National Forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee Indian Reservation, Appalachian Trail, and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
For more information and to apply, visit www.highlandsbiological.org/summer-2014/ or call 828-526-2602.
Spiders of the Southern Appalachians
July 7-19 - Dr. Kefyn Catley, Western Carolina University
This course will present a comprehensive introduction to spider systematics, morphology, behavior, physiology, and ecology. Afternoons are devoted to fieldwork, with the objective of assembling a significant collection of the extraordinarily rich local spider fauna while studying spider ecology and behavior. Most evenings will be available for students to work on identification. Working in small groups students will be required to undertake a short, supervised self-selected research project investigating some aspect of spider biology, the results of which will be shared at the end of the course.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology, ecology, or permission of instructor.
The Highlands Biological Station, an inter-institutional research center of the University of North Carolina, is offering its 2014 series of summer courses and workshops that can be taken for undergraduate OR graduate credit toward your academic program. The following list of field-based courses and workshops are focused on the diversity of organisms in the region with special emphasis on identification and collection techniques as well as principles of evolution, ecology and conservation. Scholarships, Grants-in-aid of research for graduate students, and summer internships also available. Highlands, North Carolina, is located in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, at an average elevation about 3,800 feet, and situated near the Nantahala National Forest, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherokee Indian Reservation, Appalachian Trail, and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
For more information and to apply, visit www.highlandsbiological.org/summer-2014/ or call 828-526-2602.
Spiders of the Southern Appalachians
July 7-19 - Dr. Kefyn Catley, Western Carolina University
This course will present a comprehensive introduction to spider systematics, morphology, behavior, physiology, and ecology. Afternoons are devoted to fieldwork, with the objective of assembling a significant collection of the extraordinarily rich local spider fauna while studying spider ecology and behavior. Most evenings will be available for students to work on identification. Working in small groups students will be required to undertake a short, supervised self-selected research project investigating some aspect of spider biology, the results of which will be shared at the end of the course.
Prerequisites: Introductory biology, ecology, or permission of instructor.
