Tropical marine Environment course offered to US students
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Students from the University of Wisconsin-Plattville in the United States will have hands on experience pertaining to Tropical marine Environment at the University of the South Pacific.
The course UWPFJ - BIOL/GEOG 2250 Tropical Marine Ecosystems will run from 30th June – 18th July 2008 and is deemed to be an exciting experience.
This course is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Resources (IMR), School of Marine Studies (SMS), Faculty of Islands and Oceans (FIO), Lower campus.
Understanding marine environment requires a basic knowledge of biological, physical, geological, and chemical processes and how they interact. Increasingly, it also encompasses an understanding of the way marine resources can be exploited, and sustainably managed. Consequently, the investigation and understanding of the ocean requires an interdisciplinary perspective of the ocean as an integrated system.
Students will have the opportunity to learn and explore the marine ecosystems with classroom lectures and fieldtrips to mangrove areas, seagrass beds, and coral reefs. In addition, they will have a first hand experience of coastal communities' way of life, when they go and spend one night at Kiuva Village in Tailevu.
This is the first time that IMR is offering the course to US students. In the past this course has been offered to Macquarie University student in January-February each year. Since this is the first offering during this semester break, there are only 6 students enrolled in the course, one of which is a local recruit while the other five female students are from the University of Wisconsin at Plattville. It is expected that more students from the US will be involved in this course in future.
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