Biology Majors can count more than two of their approved
Study Abroad or Tropical Ecology courses towards the Biology
Major.
study abroad programs
The University of Pennsylvania
has a close relationship with the University
of Edinburgh in Scotland, enabling students to spend their
junior year there. Edinburgh has a fine program in genetics
and
molecular biology and students interested in these areas
would find suitable courses that would be accepted for credit
toward the Biology major at Penn. Students interested in this
opportunity must take BIOL 101 and 102 or BIOL
121 and 122 and all required math, physics and chemistry courses
by
the end of
their sophomore
year. Students would be able to enroll in advanced Biology courses
when they return to Penn for their senior year. Majors should
discuss their program plans with the Undergraduate
Chair or their Major Advisor as soon as they start to consider
the possibility of study in Edinburgh.
Other study abroad programs which offer strong coursework in
biology include Imperial College,
King's College, Queen
Mary College, Royal
Holloway College, and University
College, all parts of the University of London and located
in or near London. In addition, we recommend Oxford
University in England and the National
University of Singapore. Finally,
we recommend James Cook University
and the University of Melbourne
in Australia, both of which offer marine ecology field courses,
as well as many other types of biology courses.
Contact the Office of International
Programs (3701 Chestnut Street, suite 1W, 898-9073) for
additional information.
tropical ecology
field courses: Penn courses and summer courses
BIOL 400 (Field Botany) is taught fall semester, odd years;
students get experience identifying plants using field keys and
also prepare herbarium specimens of local flora. BIOL 465 (Ecological
Techniques in Conservation) is a spring course, taught during
spring break in Virginia near Shenandoah National Park.
For students who are interested in taking summer field courses,
we suggest that you select one of the above courses or a
field course offered by one of the recommended field stations
listed
on the web or from the
Biology Department Academic
Office, Leidy Lab room 102. This list includes university
field stations in the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains, marine
field stations on the East Coast, California, and Bermuda, and
field stations at a variety of other sites throughout the
United
States. The Academic Office has brochures describing these field
stations and the courses they offer. If you wish to count
one
or two of these field courses toward your major, you should follow
the usual procedures for obtaining transfer credit (see Restrictions
on CGS, Transfer, and Summer Courses).
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