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Study Abroad | Pantanal, Brazil


Description:
Students may enroll in as many as 9 credit hours (up to 3 courses), towards any major. This will take care of all summer course requirements for your degree at FGCU. Students will learn about life in Brazil, its history, cultural heritage, and implications of environmental degradation. The Program offers hiking, piranha fishing, horseback riding, boat tour s, safari and caiman spotting. Additionally, students will visit to Blue Lake Cave (a prehistoric site) as well as indigenous reservation.

Last chance to sign up!

Applications & deposit:
Due February 29


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Program duration:
Summer Session A – May 5 to June 13, 2008 (travel time May 8-June 4)

Pantanal Brazil • 2008




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Courses:
ISS 4955 Study Abroad (obligatory)
BSC 1051C Environmental Biology
LAS 3022 Caribbean Environments
Please see Course Descriptions for more information.

About Pantanal: The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland area, and is a flat landscape, with gently sloping and meandering rivers. The region, whose name derives from the Portuguese word “pântano” (meaning “swamp” or “marsh” ), is located within the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.


Scholarship/Financial Aid: 
For travel and tuition funds, you may contact:
•Office of Research and Sponsored Programs - http://www.fgcu.edu/orsp/
•Honors’ Program at FGCU - http://www.fgcu.edu/honors/

Program fee:
$2,999 per person (Note: receive $50 discount paying deposit prior to due date)

Deposit:
$250 per person (due February 29, 2008)

Fee includes:
•Airfare
•Room and board (hotel’s web site )
•Local tours and transportation


How to apply:
 Applications available from Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences Office at Whitaker Hall 245 or download below.

Applications are due February 29, 2008.

Program Application
Click here to download the application
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader


Please bring completed application to
Whitaker 249 or fax it to 239 590 7445


For more information contact:

Noemi Creagan: (239) 590-7426 | fcreagan@fgcu.edu
David Green: (239) 590-7657 | dgreen@fcgu.edu
Suzanna Henshon: (239) 590 7547 | shenshon@fgcu.edu
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