Where: Catalina Island at the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies http://college.usc.edu/wrigley/home/index.cfm in Big Fisherman Cove
When: May 31st till June 24th
Estimated Costs: $1,007 (includes costs for meals and accommodation)
Eligibility: Freshmen and sophomore are not eligible BUT can enroll via waiver. The waiver is granted based on an interview with both instructors.
Available Fellowships: Students can apply for a SURF fellowship, which will provide $3, 000 for the students who qualify, which can be used towards paying the tuition of $5,000.
We will help you prepare the application. See http://college.usc.edu/surf for eligibility and application details.
Course details: The course will offer hands-on experience in oceanographic research with ~4 sampling expeditions planned and students will also be involved in planning, preparing and carrying out one of the expeditions as well as the sampling and measuring. There is a boat that will operate on a daily basis between San Pedro and the Wrigley station. For USC students the use is free of charge. The boat leaves the SCMI (Southern California Marine Institute) in San Pedro every morning at ~7:30 a.m. and leaves the station to return to SCMI) every afternoon at ~3:30 p.m. The passage time is ~ 1 hour 15 min. Students usually stay on the island during the week and leave for the weekends to return to the island on Mondays. Of course you can also stay on the island for the weekend.
Please contact us via email astrids@usc.edu and wziebis@usc.edu if you have any further questions or need to arrange for a waiver. If there is updates on course-specific information we will send further emails.
Hope to see you on the island,
Astrid Schnetzer & Wiebke Ziebis
