17th Tropical Disease Biology Workshop in Ecuador                      2010

Dr. Joan Cunningham, Program Director
Summer  2010
July 25th to August 6th 2019
- up to 5 quarter credit hours
(approximate dates, subject to change and cancellation)
Non-credit option available

Course Requirements and Information

This course is offered as  5 (summer) credit hours or Non-credit option

• Eligibility:

  • All students from institutions of Higher education (Undergraduate, graduate, medical, non-degree) are welcome to participate.

  • Admission into the program is contingent on:

    • evaluation of application

    • written statement by TDI

    • good academic standing

• Registration:

  • Education abroad office will register participants after payment of deposit fee

  • Permission (acceptance into the program) is required prior to registration

• Preparation:

  • Prior to the workshop every participant will be required to attend the organizational meetings (unless not residing in Athens) or participate in conference calls, read assigned material related to tropical infectious diseases and other topics, and to be prepared to share knowledge with the group during the course of the workshop.

  • Information related in organizational meetings will be made available to out of town participants via e-mail/web.

• Evaluation:

  • Each participant will be expected to participate in the different activities and to contribute with their observations during discussions.

  • Each participant will be required to take turns taking digital pictures with  the group's camera. These digital pictures will be given to participants in a CD-ROM after completion of the program.

  • Each participant is required to keep a journal during the trip and, upon their return to the U.S., to submit a paper describing their experiences and summarizing insights they have gained. - Specific topic will be assigned by the program director.

  • Each participant is required to work in group to compile the web journal.

• Promotional and informational:

  • Participants will be asked to contribute with written material to be used in the Workshop Web Journal and other informational and promotional media

  • Consent will be asked for the use of photographs or video material depicting participants in the Web or other media.

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