Off-campus Study Opportunities

The Biology Faculty encourages majors to consider off-campus study as part of their time at Franklin & Marshall College. Off-campus study can be a critical part of a liberal arts education. In addition, many of these programs provide specialized training that is unavailable on campus. You can learn about more opportunities by looking at fliers posted in the hallways of the LSP, as well as by speaking to faculty in the Biology Department.  To add a link, contact Dr. Ardia (dardia AT fandm.edu)

Semester Off-Campus Programs

International Programs maintains a full list of approved programs. In addition, the Biology faculty are in the process of compiling a list of courses that previous students have taken off-campus (overseas) to fulfill the requirements for the Biology major. Check back soon.

• Off-campus programs listed by the F&M Advisement Center.

Off-campus programs in field biology, ecology and environmental science:

• • School for Field Studies: Programs in Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico & Australia.
  • Semester in Environmental Science, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. See Dr. Sipe for more information.
  • Tropical Biology in Costa Rica, Organization for Tropical Studies. See Dr. Ardia for more information
  • School for International Training. Integrated environmental and cultural studies.
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internship Program in environmental research and education, Edgewater , MD.
  • UC-Santa Barbara's Wildland Studies. Worldwide
  • Michigan State University: Kellogg Biological Station, Fall semester

Off-campus programs in marine biology

• • Sea Semester, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA
  • Beaufort-2-Bermuda Semester, Duke University, NC.
  • East/West Marine Biology Program, Northeastern University, MA.
  • Catalina Semester, Catalina Island, University of Southern California.
  • Coastal Studies Semester, sponsored by Hood College.
  • Denmark's International Study Program.

Off-campus programs in biomedical science:

• • National Institutes of Health Off-Campus Study Semester, sponsored by Colgate University.
  • Undergraduate Research Semester at Los Alamos.
  • Penn State College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Internship