Program description

Program Type: Faculty-ledProgram Directors: Dr. Lisa Wood, lswood@uark.edu Dr. Kathi Jogan, kjogan@uark.eduProgram Application Deadline: February 1, 2020Program Dates: August 9 - August 19, 2020*Program Costs: (Est.) $3,500 + Airfare (Est.) $1,400 + UA Tuition*Course Credit: 3 Credit Hours - ANSC 410V/ANSC 510V, AFLS 401V/AFLS 401V(H), ENSC 401V/ENSC 401V(H), BIOL 496V/496V(H)*Prices and travel dates to be confirmed by January 1, 2020.

This faculty-led study abroad course is designed to give students an opportunity toexperience firsthand the unique flora and fauna that have existed on the Galapagos Islands for centuries. Visiting the Galapagos Islands is like walking in the footsteps of noted naturalist, geologist, and biologist, Charles Darwin. Students will participate in a 10-day study tour to the Galapagos Islands where they will engage in learning experiences that explore the geologic formation, human inhabitation and delicate Galapagos ecosystems.

GalápagosExploring Darwin’s LegacyAugust Intersession 2020

To learn more about this program and apply, visit bumpersinternational.uark.edu or contact one of the program directors.

Navigate your path!

• Experience how the residents on the Galapagos Islands live lifestyles that help preserve the natural life and environment. • Visit the Charles Darwin Research Station. • See Darwin finches and lava lizards and then take a boat to Floreana Island. • Go to Black-Sand Beach to see the diverse wildlife, unique landscape, plants and the marine life in the waters surronding the Galápagos. • Travel by speed boat to Isabela Island to see the six active volcanoes. • Hike to the rim of Sierra Negra Volcano to see the largest basaltic caldera in the Galápagos.

• Explore the first UNESCO World Heritage Site - Quito’s old town was founded in the 1500s atop Incan ruins. UNESCO touts Quito as having “the best-preserved, least altered historic center in Latin America.”

“I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.” ~Charles Darwin

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