Earth and Life Coevolution in 加拿大

Students depart with the group from 韦德体育app官网 and travel by van to Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Ontario, 加拿大, for a field-based experience on the coevolution of life and earth where one of the world’s best rock records for these events is readily accessible.

Travel in Ontario, 加拿大, begins with exploration in 瓦瓦，一个盛产……的地区 gold and iron ore with sites of 古老的 叠层石, banded iron formations, and Snowball Earth. The group travels to Elliot Lake, 森林采伐中心, 矿山复垦专业知识, and advanced manufacturing with 古老的 glaciations with drop stones and fossilized ripple marks; and to 萨德伯里, once a major lumber center and a world leader in nickel mining, to visit uranium and cobalt mines, examine the history of rare earth elements and oxygen concentrations, 古老的 叠层石、减震锥.  

The study trip concludes in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with visits to examine sites showing recent evidence of glaciation events and fossiliferous beds.

要求: 

平均绩点:没有

课程: BIO 3343: Earth and Life Coevolution (2 credits)

Course prerequisites/co-requisite: BIO 1300 or CHEM 1440 or PHY 1060 or ENV 3090. The course counts as a lab credit for Biology majors.

Course format includes six on-campus meetings followed by a seven-day field trip. The field experience is on the coevolution of life and earth over long geological time scales (astrobiology). 学生将观察, 讨论, and analyze the geological record of planetary- scale glacial-interglacial events in relation to evolutionary innovations in life, 气候变化, microbial ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles.

The field trip associated with the course will be a combination of driving, 有时一连好几个小时, 和步行. 因此, it requires an ability to walk and stand for at least one hour, 在凹凸不平的地面上行走, 并携带基本的野外装备(i.e. backpack with water, rain gear, notebook, rock hammer).

Students will reside in dormitory rooms at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and at Laurentian University when in 萨德伯里.

All meals are included in the program fee. Students may choose to purchase snacks and extra meals independently. 

学费:2学分

You will be charged for these credits on your eBill at your normal rate of tuition.

项目费用:1500美元

To be paid to OU on our MarketPlace payment system and includes: round trip transportation (van), 住房和大部分膳食, local transportation and all excursions while in 加拿大, 还有健康保险.

额外费用:325美元

You will need additional funds for these expenses not covered by program fee. 数额是估计的.
食物:50美元
Incidental personal expenses: $100
Passport (if you don't have one): $175

Scholarships and 金融援助: You are able to use financial aid to cover your full cost of attendance to this program (tuition, program fee and additional costs). Scholarships are also available through your study abroad application.