Course Enrollment
Limits: This course is limited to a maximum of 10 students, no more
than 5 of which will be transient (i.e., non-UT) . You must obtain permission
from Gilbert before enrolling. You must also obtain a personal research
permit for work in Costa Rica and Corcovado Park before entering the
field site.
Course Description:
This course is designed to help graduate students develop research projects
in a rainforest environment and learn the logistics of tropical field
research. After a week of general orientation to local habitats and
organisms, students focus on individual projects, discussed in regular
seminar format. Lectures on a variety of topics are presented by faculty,
students, and local researchers.