Australian Experience—Great Barrier Reef is a 4-week program that takes place from mid-July through mid-August. The focus is on learning by experience. Field trips to key locations along the Queensland coast include seminars and supervised assignment components.
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How to choose your courses
As a student in Australian Experience—Great Barrier Reef, you will take the following course:
Australian Environmental Issues: Management and Sustainability
This course focuses on habitats and species of flora and fauna in the subtropical and tropical areas of Queensland as special case studies in the management of environment and ecology. You will examine some of the history of environmental issues, as well as current thinking about best management practices. Addionally, you'll compare the threats to the rain forests of timber-getters old and new, and of the growing ecotourism of recent years. Local experts will provide an introduction to issues in the management of coastal and reef ecology.
Among the goals:
- Provide an overview of the physical and social geography, the climate, and other key environmental factors facing plant, animal, and human life in Australia’s tropical and subtropical coastal and forest areas
- Explain key ecological issues facing land animal populations and marine life on this part of the Australian coast
- Show the ecological impact, past and present, of the demands of the modern economy, especially tourist activities
Course load: 1 class (3 US credits)