Go my Sons and Daughters, buy yourselves stout shoes. Get away to the mountains, the valleys, the shores of the seas, the deserts and the deepest recesses of the Earth. In this way and no other, will you arrive at a knowledge of the true nature of things.     
              -Petrus Severinus

So much of who we are is where we have been.   
              -William Langewiesche

UAM Summer 2009

 Athabasca Falls near Jasper, AB

Canadian Rockies Field Course

Offered by the

University of Arkansas at Monticello

 June 14 - June 23, 2009

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

This trip will require that you have a current passport.

UAM will offer the following field courses for credit during a ten-day trip to the Canadian Rockies during the first summer term of 2008.

COST:$1495.00 plus tuition ($342.00 per 3 hour undergraduate course, $495.00 per 3 hour graduate course) and airfare to Seattle, WA. This price covers ground transportation, lodging, meals allowance, entry fees. Non-Arkansas residents (except those from Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Tennessee) may have to pay an out-of-state fee of $417.00 per undergraduate course and $597.00 per graduate course. UAM does have a limited number of non-resident scholarships available to cover the out-of-state fee. The $1495.00 figure is based on estimates related to the cost of lodging, meals, mini-van rental fees, fuel costs, and entry fees. We are hoping to be able to reduce this cost, but during these unstable economic times it is hard to know what be going on 6 months from now.

Important Note to In-Service Teachers: These courses qualify for "No Child Left Behind" funds from your school district or educational cooperative.

Undergraduates should check with the Financial Aid Office, Harris Hall - 870-460-1050 about assistance.


    Athabasca Glacier                 Athabasca Glacier                Icefield Parkway            Banff, AB            Jasper Tramway            Lake Moraine       Sea to Sky Highway          Vancouver, BC         Seattle, WA
 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

BIOL 358V Natural History - 3 hours credit. Field course in biology of natural ecosystems.

ESCI 358V Natural History - 3 hours credit. Field course in geology.

GEOG 354V Field Course - 3 hours credit. Field course in cultural and physical geography.


GRADUATE COURSES

EDFD 5293 Special Topics Workshop - 3 hours credit. Course designed to enhance the content background of elementary teachers K-6 in the sciences and social sciences. Hands-on field work will be emphasized.

GSCI 5043 Advanced Geology - 3 hours credit. A survey of the materials of the Earth's crust and the processes and agents that modify them. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks and the National Science Standards.

GSCI 519V Special Topics: Flora and Fauna of the Canadian Rockies - 3 hours credit. Identification and classification of the plants and animals of the Canadian Rockies. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks and the National Science Standards.

GSCI 5263 Advanced Field Biology - 3 hours credit. Field survey of the plant and animal kingdoms emphasizing recognition and natural history of local flora and fauna. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks and the National Science Standards.

GSCI 528V Special Topics in Advanced Science Teaching - 3 hours credit. Course designed to provide an integrated, thematic approach to the sciences. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks and the National Science Standards.

GSCI 539V Special Topics: Geology of the Canadian Rockies - 3 hours credit. History of the Earth as interpreted by rocks and fossils will be explored. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks and the National Science Standards.

GSCI 559V Field Geology - 3 hours credit. Field observations and methods of collecting data about the materials of the Earth's crust. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks and the National Science Standards.

GEOG 5113 World Geography - 3 hours credit. Field survey of the physical, political, cultural and economic characteristics of the western Canadian Provinces. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks.

HIST 581V Field Study - 3 hours credit. Field survey of historic sites focusing on the western Canadian Provinces. Special consideration will be made to work within the guidelines of the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks.
 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Natural History of the Canadian Rockies – 3 units of continuing education.

FACULTY

Jim Edson (Ph.D. in Geology, Tulane University) has three years of teaching experience at the 6-12 grade level and thirty-two at the college level. He is a professor of geology and science teaching methods for elementary teachers at UAM. He is past-editor of the Arkansas Science Teachers Association newsletter, Science Lines. He is considered to be gneiss, but not to be taken for granite! 
John L. Hunt (Ph.D. in Zoology, Auburn University) has seven years of teaching experience at the college level.  He is an assistant professor of biology at UAM.  He has extensive field research experience in birds and mammals in the southeastern and southwestern United States and Mexico.  He is the only person you are liable to meet who has been bitten by a vampire bat, which may explain his strange lack of skin coloration.

Bill Shea (Ph.D. in History, Rice University) has thirty-five years of teaching experience at the college level. He has excavated archaeological sites at Jamestown, led Civil War battlefield tours for the Smithsonian Institution, survived a camel caravan in Mongolia, and directed Arkansas history summer programs for K-12 teachers at UAM. Warning: He brakes for historical markers!
 

ITINERARY  (under construction)

Map

Only selected sites are listed in this brief itinerary. A more detailed itinerary will be provided later. Lodging will be two persons per room. Overland travel will be by minivans.

 
June 14 Day:  1 Fly into Seattle, WA. On your own to explore Seattle. Organizational meeting around 8 p.m.
Sunday Night:1 Days Inn 19015 Int'l Blvd S Hwy-99S & S 188th SE, Seattle, WA 98188 206-244-3600
June 15 Day:  2 Leave Seattle, travel to Vancouver, B.C. for lunch. Travel with stops on the "Sea to Sky" highway to Whistler, B.C. Whistler will be one of the 2010 Winter Olympics sites.
Monday Night:2 Crystal Lodge http://www.crystal-lodge.com/ 800-667-3363
June 16 Day:  3 Morning in Whistler, then continue on to Kamloops, British Columbia, CA
Tuesday Night:3 Holiday Inn Express http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/ykaex 877-863-4780
June 17 Day:  4 Jasper, Alberta, CA
Wednesday Night:4 Sunwapta Falls Resort http://www.visit-jasper.com/SunwaptaFallsResort.html 888-828-5777
June 18 Day:  5 Jasper, Alberta, CA
Thursday Night:5 Sunwapta Falls Resort http://www.visit-jasper.com/SunwaptaFallsResort.html 888-828-5777
June 19 Day:  6 Golden, British Columbia, CA
Friday Night:6 Super 8 - Golden 250-344-0888
June 20 Day:  7 Golden, British Columbia, CA
Saturday Night:7 Super 8 - Golden 250-344-0888
June 21 Day:  8 Bellingham, WA
Sunday Night:8 Super 8 - Ferndale/Bellingham, WA 360-384-8881
June 22 Day:  9 Drive to Seattle and spend the afternoon in town.
Monday Night:9 Days Inn 19015 Int'l Blvd S Hwy-99S & S 188th SE, Seattle, WA 98188 206-244-3600
June 23 Day: 10 Fly Home
Tuesday Night:10 Home
     
     
     
     

 

Additional details about the 2009 Canadian Rockies Field Course, including eligibility, financial assistance, UAM registration, what to pack, etc., will be provided on request. If you have any questions at this time, please contact:

Dr. John Hunt: E-mail: huntj@uamont.edu
P.O. Box 3480 Phone: 870-460-1466 (Office)
Monticello AR 71656-3480 FAX: 870-460-1316 

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