DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Policies and Recommendations for Off-Campus Study

The Department of Biology urges its majors to think carefully about their educational goals for their undergraduate years. When those goals have been defined, majors frequently find that some of the goals can best be achieved through off-campus study. If off-campus study would be helpful in reaching those goals, we urge students to consult with their adviser and departmental OCS liaison or other members of the department about:

The off-campus program(s) that can best meet those goals.
The best semester to study abroad. The department has no preferred semester for off-campus study.

All classes to be credited toward the major must be pre-approved by the chair of the department. Approved classes taken off-campus can count toward fulfilling area requirements for the major.

Majors may transfer toward their major requirements a maximum of 8 credit hours for a semester of off-campus study, or 12 credit hours in total from off-campus programs, including credits transferred from other institutions.

The department recommends that majors consider the following programs and universities to meet their academic goals for off-campus study:

Colby or Colby-Associated Programs

CBB programs in the life sciences in London, Quito, or Cape Town
Colby-in-Cork (Ireland)
School for Field Studies Center for Sustainable Development Studies in Costa Rica
Semester in Environmental Science (SES) in Woods Hole, MA

Field Programs

All School for Field Studies (SFS) programs
Certain School for International Training (SIT) programs:

Australia: Conservation and Resource Management

Australia: Natural and Cultural Ecology

Belize: Natural and Cultural Ecology

Botswana: Ecology and Conservation

Brazil: Amazonian Ecology and Natural Resource Management

Ecuador: Comparative Ecology and Conservation

Madagascar: Ecology and Conservation

New Zealand: Biodiversity and Conservation

Panama: Development and Conservation

Tanzania: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Tanzania: Zanzibar: Coastal Ecology
Organization for Tropical Studies Undergraduate Study Abroad Program in Costa Rica

Universities

In Europe:

University College London

Oxford University

Cambridge University

University of Edinburgh

University of Glasgow

University of St. Andrews

Denmark's International Study Program (DIS): Marine Biology and Ecology

In Australia:

James Cook University

University of Melbourne

University of New South Wales

University of Western Australia

In New Zealand:

University of Otago