SMC Study Tours

Programs are led by SMC instructors and award college credit. All overseas study programs—along with their dates and prices—are subject to change, and programs are also subject to cancellation. Prices do not include airport, security, or departure taxes. For up-to-date listings and details, please call (310) 434-4159, or visit SMC’s Overseas Study Programs website (www.smc.edu/studyabroad).

South Africa

Professors Barbara Baird and Frank Dawson

Four-week study program in South Africa will be held during Winter 2008 in Johannesburg and at the University of Cape Town. Includes a safari in Kruger National Park; sightseeing visits to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela’s house, Soweto, and the Apartheid Museum; and scenic and cultural tours of Cape Town. For details, call Barbara Baird at (310) 434-4530 or Frank Dawson at (310) 434-4585.

Study Program • Call for dates • $4,000 (est.)

Natural History & Marine Biology of Costa Rica

Professor Ed Tarvyd

One-week study tour in Costa Rica explores neotropical fauna and flora, biogeography, ecology, and marine ecosystems of Costa Rica, including Central America’s Cenozoic geology, volcanism, tropical rainforest canopies, and history and impact of human inhabitation. Also includes near-shore and offshore marine ecosystems. For details, call Ed Tarvyd at (310) 434-4716 or (323) 870-2548, or Sandy Kemp at (310) 571-6104.

Information Sessions: • Sat, September 9, October 13, November 3,
December 1, January 12, February 9 • 9am • Free • Science 134

Study Tour • April 4-13 • $2,179

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