Beaufort Signature Travel Courses - Graduate
open to graduate students 
open to undergraduate students
During fall semester students can travel to Panama or California over an extended Fall Break; during spring semester they can participate in courses with travel to Baja, Singapore, Trinidad, Panama, and Hawaii. Space is limited. Duke Marine Lab staff work with students to ensure fair distribution of slots for undergraduates and graduates. Additional travel costs apply.
BIOLOGY 207AL. Experimental Tropical Marine Ecology (Panama)*
Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
A week-long experimental field course in Panama to study Tropical Marine Ecology during Fall and Spring Break.
BIOLOGY 207BL. Marine Ecology of the Pacific (San Francisco)*
Fall 2009
Fall break trip to San Francisco to study the marine ecology of the California coast.
ENVIRON 227. Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles (Trinidad)*
NS, STS
Spring 2010
Conservation and management of endangered sea turtles with 7-day field expedition to Trinidad.
ENVIRON 298.62 Urban Tropical Ecology (Singapore)*
Spring 2010
Experiential field oriented seminar studying the human ecology, tropical diversity, disturbed habitats and invasive species of Singapore.
ENVIRON 324. Marine Conservation Biology (Hawaii)*
Spring 2010
Examine the challenges associated with managing and conserving protected, threatened and endangered marine species using the sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds of the main Hawaiian islands as case studies.
ENVIRON 328. Governance of Social-Ecological Systems (Baja)*
Spring 2010
Spring class with trip to Baja, Mexico
* Beaufort Signature Course; additional travel costs apply
