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Program Details

roatan turtle June 7 – June 22, 2012

GPA Requirement: minimum 2.5
(or program director’s approval)
Credits: 3 semester hours

 

Program Director Contact Information:


         
Roy S. Houston
         
rhouston@lmu.edu

 

Program Fee: 

       Summer 2012: $4,780*

       *All Program Fees Subject to Change

 

Fee Includes:

  • Tuition
  • Housing (June 9-22 Only)
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (June 9-22 Only)
  • Round Trip Airfare (LAX - Honduras)
  • Use of Scuba Tanks, Air and Weights

Housing & Meals

 

Living facilities for students are provided by Anthony’s Key Resort, adjacent to the institute. Students are housed in louvered bungalows with porches and hammocks overlooking the lagoon reefs. Each unit has a ceiling fan, 24-hour electricity and hot water. Laundry services are available for a small fee. Accommodations are based on quadruple occupancy. Just a short walk away is the open air dining room where breakfast, lunch and dinner are served. Meals are a mixture of North American and local cuisines. In addition, students have full access to the resort’s recreational facilities.
Note:  There is a required Roatán Marine Park reef fee of $10 for each student.


Tentative Itinerary

LMU Campus
Lectures (LMU Campus) June 7-8
Travel from LAX to Roatán June 9

Roatán 
Check in and orientation: June 9
Coral Reefs:  Intro, check out dive, lectures 
Mangrove / seagrass / field work on snorkel             
Coral Reef Ecology:  Lectures / exams 
Scientific Diving:  Lectures, dives 
Group field projects, data analysis 
Roundtable discussion, service project 
Final exam, island tour 
Travel from Roatán to LAX: June 22