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Scholarships Available!

Scholarships will be awarded based on financial need and academic merit. Awardees will be expected to share about their experiences upon their return.

Scholarship application deadline for Spring Break 2025 trip will be November 1, 2024.

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Take One or Both Classes

These classes are UC and CSU transferrable, and can be taken as Pass/No Pass. BIO 030 when taken with BIO 030L satisfy UC and CSU Natural Sciences with Lab requirement.

Offered Online Spring 2025	Lab Courses Offered Spring Break 2025
BIO 030 (3.0 Lecture) The amazing diversity of life in the tropics is the subject of this introductory level class. Students explore rainforest inhabitants and their relationships, and learn about their value and conservation. This lecture course may be taken with or without BIOSC 030L, Tropical Ecology Lab.	BIO 030L (1.0 Lab) In this introductory level class, students carry out research methods that ecologists use to observe and investigate tropical ecosystems.  This lab section is for students who also enroll in BIO 030 in Spring 2024. If you want to take the study abroad trip without taking BIO 030 in Spring 2024, take BIO 031L (see information below.)
BIO 031L (1.0 Lab) Offered Spring Break 2025 in Costa Rica Students who take BIO 031L are not required to complete BIO 030, the lecture course in Tropical Ecology. BIO 031L has the same course description as BIO 030L.

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Program Costs for Spring Break Trip

Program fee for travel to Costa Rica over Spring break 2025 including airfare, lodging, meals, transportation, entrance fees, and all activities are still being determined and estimated to be approximately $2800 Full scholarships are available! 

Students must have a current and valid passport.