Biology of Invertebrates in the Bahamas
BIOL 337 + 337L – June 3 – 17 2019 (tentatively)

Learn your marine invertebrates while snorkeling everyday on a small island called San Salvador in the Bahamas archipelago!

For more information, see a Syllabus and a 2016 video and 2018 video.  Application is open for 2019 here (do a search on “CofC in the Bahamas Summer 2019”)

This is a study abroad option of an upper-level course that is offered to biology majors. It is a core biology course and a requirement for marine biology majors. The course description is the following: “Classification, morphology, physiology, behavior and life histories of invertebrates. Laboratory work will emphasize the study of living material from the local fauna.” We will travel to Nassau (1 night at the beginning and end), and stay at Gerace Research Marine Station in San Salvador, Bahamas for 12 nights. This marine laboratory has all the appropriate research and teaching facilities for intensive field exploration, husbandry of some organisms, and dissecting microscopes. College of Charleston is an affiliate institution of Gerace Marine Laboratory. Each day, we will have a lecture in the morning for 1-2 hours, travel to the field for 3-4 hours, and then come back to dissect and examine animals. San Salvador is a small island with easily accessible marine (seagrass, coral reef, high-salinity inland lakes) and semi-terrestrial habitats (mangroves).

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 111/BIOL 111L, BIOL 112/BIOL 112L, and BIOL 211/BIOL 211D.
Co-requisite(s) or Prerequisite(s): BIOL 305, MATH 250 or equivalent course in statistics.

Lecture and Laboratory: Each day, we will have a lecture in the morning for 1-2 hours, travel into the field for 3-4 hours, and then come back to draw, dissect and examine animals. San Salvador is a small island with easily accessible marine (seagrass, coral reef, high-salinity inland lakes) and semi-terrestrial habitats (mangroves).