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July Session: Tropical Forest Ecology Pitt in Ecuador Summer Application Deadline January 20, 2018 Apply
(For BYU July Session see: BYU Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture)
Academics
All students take 2 classes for (6 credits):
BIOSC 1220 Tropical Forest Ecology (3cr)
This 3-Credit course provides a solid foundation in tropical forest ecology. It is designed to prepare students to carry out research on the interaction of plant and animal communities and to engage the serious challenges facing neotropical forests. Students will learn to compare pristine to altered forests identifying key factors in forest decline and regeneration. Students will examine each of the diverse elevational zones that comprise the Amazonian watershed. The highlight will be a visit to Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, an untouched area of the Amazon with the highest bio-diversity on earth.. Two Semesters of general biology required.
Biological Research Course: 3 cr. research component tied to Tropical Forest Ecology. Students work in pairs out in the forest on a research project identified in conjunction with faculty.
Photographs of animals in the Yasuni
Cost
Cost : In-State; $4,900; Out-of-State: $5,100 (Includes lodging, 3 meals per day 6 credits of tuition in country travel and excursions).
Itinerary
Monday July 2
Tuesday July 3
Wednesday, July 4
11:30 PM Arrive in Quito Shuttle to Real Audiencia
Thursday, July 5
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Tour colonial Quito (founded 1535)
12:00 Lunch At Hotel Real Audiencia
1:PM Bus to Andes and Amazon Field School
2:00 PM Visit Guango Hummingbird Lodge (See 11 species of humming birds in large numbers.)
2:00 Lunch in Baeza
3:30 Hike in the Cloud Forest
6:30 PM Arrive at the Andes and Amazon Field School
7:00 PM Dinner
Friday, July 6
Cloud Forest Yanayacu
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5
7:00 Diner
Saturday, July 7
Travel to Iyarina
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Sunday, July 8
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Monday, July 9
at Estación Científico Yasuní
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Tuesday, July 10
Hike in the Forest
Lecture on Tropical Rain Forests
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Wednesday, July 11
Canoe to Estación Científico Yasuní
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner Bus to Iyarina
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Thursday, July 12
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Friday, July 13
Free Day
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Saturday, July 14
Free Day
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Sunday, July 15
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Monday, July 16
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner Lee Dyer at Iyarina
Tuesday, July 17
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Wednesday, July 18 Lee Dyer at Iyarina
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Thursday, July 19 Lee Dyer at Iyarina
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Friday, July 20 Lee Dyer at Iyarina
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Saturday, July 21 Free Day
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Sunday, July 22 Free Day
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Monday, July 23 Strangler Fig & Other research projects
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Tuesday, July 24 Strangler Fig & Other research projects
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Wednesday, July 25 Strangler Fig & Other research projects
8:00 Breakfast
9-12 Class
1:00 Lunch
2-5 Class
7:00 Diner
Thursday, July 26
Friday, July 27
Saturday, July 28
2:30 AM Bathe in volcanic hot springs
Travel to the airport