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
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
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