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Graduate Courses in Costa Rica 2007 - 2008
Important Dates and Deadlines





Course Name and number

Coordinators

Semester Credit Hours*

Course Duration

and  Dates

Application

Deadline **

Traditional Courses

Sistemática de Plantas Tropicales

OTS-18 (in Spanish)

(2007)

Robbin Moran

Mauricio Bonifacino

 

6 credits

UCR

5 weeks

Odd years

June 13-July 16, 2007

November 6, 2006

Ecología Tropical

OTS-2 (in Spanish)

(2008)

Alejandro Farji

 

7 credits

UCR

6 weeks

January 16-February 25, 2008

June 15, 2007

Tropical Biology

OTS-1

(2008)

Erika Deinert

8 credits

UCR

8 weeks

January 25-March 18, 2008

October 12, 2007

Tropical Plant Systematics

OTS-9

(2008)

Brad Boyle

Robbin Moran

6 credits

UCR

5 weeks

Even years

June 11-July 14, 2008

March 22, 2008

Specialty Courses

Tropical Lichens as Models to Study Ecological Communities Using Multivariate Techniques

 

Robert Luecking

 

2 credits *

 

2 weeks

September 10-23, 2007

July 16, 2007. Extended to July 27, 2007.

***

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Agroecology

 

Gabriela Soto

 

2 credits *

 

2 weeks

October 11-20, 2007

August 17, 2007

***

Wetland Ecology

 

Thomas Crisman

 

2 credits *

 

2 weeks

Next offering in 2008

To be announced

Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes

 

Robbin Moran

James Watkins

 

2 credits *

 

2 weeks

January 9-23, 2008

August 31, 2007 ***

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Estuarios Tropicales y su Cuenca:  aspectos físicos, químicos, biológicos y de manejo (in Spanish)

 

José Vargas

 

1 credit *

 

1 week

February 18-23, 2008

October 31, 2007 ***

Neotropical Herpetology

Mo Donnelly

Craig Guyer

 

2 credits *

 

2 weeks

May 16-27, 2008

February 15, 2008

***

Conservation and Biodiversity

Genetics

James Hamrick

John Wares

 

2 credits *

 

2 weeks

May 18-31, 2008

February 15, 2008

***

    *  University credits from Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) for traditional courses.  For shorter specialty courses, credits must

        be prearranged through participant’s home institution

  **  Notification date is within 30-45 days after the application deadline for traditional courses and within 15-20 days for specialty courses

***  Followed by rolling admission




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