Cal-Wood Education Center in Colorado offers an outdoor course that synthesizes and applies information learned in a classroom context to an authentic, complex, and dynamic environmental setting. Instruction is delivered with direct lecture, hands-on activities, guided exploration, field trips and guest speakers. Students base/tent-camp in a beautiful mountain location, hike daily, and participate in an intensive educational experience. Class size is limited to 16 students so register early to reserve a space. Course 1: June 8-21; Course 2: July 6-19, 2008
Summer research (BIOL-30200) is available. There is no guarantee of faculty sponsorship, and summer research for credit must be arranged well ahead of time with the faculty sponsor. Students will give their research presentation and submit a written report in the subsequent fall semester. Students choosing this option may not receive pay for their summer work.
Noncredit Summer Research: A student who conducts summer research in an internship or other paid position in the biology department may petition to the Curriculum Committee to waive the 302 requirement. The student must make up the three credits in another biology course. Students will give their research seminar during the subsequent fall semester.
The Department of Biology offers a number of summer research opportunities for biology and biochemistry majors.
Funding Sources:
These students are selected on the basis of class rank, academic performance, academic background, and research experience. Some faculty members obtain their own funding through research grants and may hire students independent of departmental funds and based on their own criteria. For this reason it is important that you speak to professors as soon as possible if you wish to work in a particular lab. There may be a waiting list for some labs.
The starting date depends on the program and the research supervisor. The programs are for 10 weeks of full-time research. Students who participate in the summer research program in the department will receive a stipend of between $3000-3500. The student is responsible for housing and food costs. Since the research is full-time, it is expected that the student will have no other outside employment or summer school courses.
These positions were made possible through a variety of funding sources including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), USDA (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture), Biodiversity Research Grant, Clinton-Ford Endowment, Ithaca College DANA Student Intern Program (applications due early in February), New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG), and State Wildlife Grants.
Read the project descriptions carefully, and discuss projects that interest you with faculty members. Be sure to get specific information about the project, time required, what is expected of you, type of techniques used, background required. Please note that some of the projects will not be carried out at Ithaca College and, therefore, require travel to study sites.
Petitions to waive the 302 requirement must be received by the Curriculum Committee at the completion of the research project. A petition to the Curriculum Committee must include the following items:
The Curriculum Committee reserves the right to deny acceptance of a waiver petition if it feels that the student has not demonstrated completion of an appropriate research experience.
