Credits:
  • Earth Sciences/Geology: ENV 457 or 557
  • (3 credits) or Biological Sciences: BIO 457
  • (3 credits) or BIO 699 (1-3 credits)

    Final Grades:
    The student's final grade is based on the following:

  • Quality of student participation in activities on San Salvador Island;
  • An approximately 20-page paper on the five marine habitats and associated biological communities studied on San Salvador;
  • An approximately 20-page paper on an independent research topic of the student's choice based on field observations on San Salvador followed by a literature review of the topic at the student's campus.