Auburn University
Auburn University
Office of International Education Biological Sciences Nanette E. Chadwick
Auburn University
 
Stations
2008 Program:

Jan. 1
  • Announcement of Jordan program opportunity
Feb. 1
  • Application deadline for student participants
March 1
  • Notification of acceptance to student participants
April 1
  • Deadline for commitment to participate and notification of alternate participants
  • Telephone discussions with participants to select topics for individual projects
  • Enrollment of non-certified participants in basic scuba courses near their homes
April 15
  • Students turn in short list of articles and begin to read and develop their hypotheses
May 1
  • One month before travel
  • Scuba courses to be completed by all non-certified participants
  • Deadline for submission of trip forms (scuba, visa, medical, etc).
  • Continued discussions as students refine hypotheses and develop research proposals
May 15
  • Written research proposals due for individual student projects
June 1
  • Departure to Jordan
July 1
  • Return from Jordan (see detailed program description for timeline in Jordan)
July 15
  • Written research reports due and grades assigned for AU summer session credits
Aug. 1
  • Deadline to submit initial post-trip evaluation forms
Nov. 1
  • Deadline for oral presentations by student participants to home institutions