Hello everyone, I apologize for the cross-posting. However I wanted to share the following information:
OTS is offering several graduate level courses for 2015. All are accredited courses, meaning students that participate will receive academic credit. OTS is a consortium of over 50 universities worldwide so credits from our courses are recognized by all the member institutions (http://bit.ly/1078fLg). The course catalog can be found here http://bit.ly/1nl5E8k Courses offered for 2015: An Introduction to Tropical Ecology: -Coordinator: Jane Zelikova -Course duration: 4 weeks (December 29, 2014 - January 24. 2015) -Deadline: September 30, 2014 -Credits: 4.0 Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes: -Coordinator: Robbin Moran & Eddie Watkins -Course duration: 2 weeks (January 7 -22, 2015) -Deadline: October 1, 2014 Ecología Tropical y Conservación: -Coordinator: Federico Chinchilla -Course duration: 7 weeks (January 12 - February 21, 2015) -Deadline: OPEN ENROLLMENT Biodiversity Conservation through the Lens of Indigenous Communities -Coordinator: Claudine Sierra & Mariana Altrichter -Course duration: 2 weeks (May 24 - June 9, 2015) -Deadline: February 3, 2015. Systematics, Ecology, Evolution and Uses of Palms -Coordinator: Andrew Henderson, Henrik Balselv, Chuck Peters, Scott Zona -Course duration: 2 weeks (May 25 - June 7, 2015) -Deadline: February 3, 2015. Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach -Coordinator: TBD -Course duration: 6 weeks (June 8 - July 19, 2015) -Credits: 6 credits awarded by the University of Costa Rica -Deadline: February 3, 2015 Sistemática de Plantas Tropicales -Coordinator: TBD -Course duration: 5 weeks (June 30 - Agosto 3, 2015) -Credits: 6 credits awarded by the University of Costa Rica -Deadline: February 3, 2015 Payment for Ecosystem Services: Putting Theory into Practice in Costa Rica (http://bit.ly/1a13abb) -Coordinator: Erin Sills<http://cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/directory/sills.php> -Course duration: 2 weeks (May 25 - June 8, 2015) -Credits: 2 semester credits awarded by the University of Costa Rica -Deadline: February 3, 2015 Ecology and Evolution of Coleoptera (Beetles) -Coordinator: Christopher Carlton, Richard Leschen, Nathan Lord, & Victoria Bayless -Course duration: 3 weeks (June 5 - 24, 2015) -Deadline: February 3, 2015 Inquiry in Rainforests: an in-service program for teachers (http://bit.ly/1aJyauv) - Coordinator: Barbara Bentley and Joe Levine - Course duration: 2 weeks (July 8 - 21, 2015) - Application deadline: March 1, 2015. Monitoring Tropical Forest Dynamics In A Changing Climate -Coordinator: Johanna Hurtado (http://www.teamnetwork.org/) and Susan Letcher (Bio<http://openscholar.purchase.edu/susanletcher/>) -Course duration: 2 weeks (July 21 to August 3, 2015) -Course Credits: 2.0 -Application Deadline: February 3, 2015. Monitoring Terrestrial Vertebrates Using Camera Traps: Field and Analytical Techniques -Coordinator: Johanna Hurtado (http://www.teamnetwork.org/) -Course duration: 2 weeks (August 3-13, 2015) -Course credits: 2.0 -Application deadline: February 3, 2014, followed by rolling admission until full. Andrés Santana Graduate Education Department Organization for Tropical Studies San Pedro, Costa Rica. 676-2050 (506) 2524-0607 ext. 1511 Skype: andres.santana_otscro www.ots.ac.cr<http://www.ots.ac.cr/> twitter: @ots_tropicaledu<https://twitter.com/ots_tropicaledu>
