Highlights

Explore the oceanographic and environmental factors that affect coral reefs and carbonate sediment-producing organisms!

For a geologist, it is critical to understand the relationships between environments and the sediments (solid remains of organisms, such as stony corals, many forms of algae, mollusks (clams and snails), and single-celled calcifying organisms), because it is these sediments that later become carbonate rocks (limestone and dolostone). These relationships are important because much of our petroleum, natural gas, and even groundwater are derived from the pore spaces in carbonate rocks. Ultimately, the original environment in which these organisms lived provides the first order control of the size and distribution of this pore space that later becomes reservoirs for these vital natural resources.

Explore global climate change as recorded in rocks and soils on Bermuda.

When the Pleistocene ice sheets advanced covering areas such as Wisconsin, the volcanic atoll that is Bermuda stood as much as 150 meters higher above sea level, and thick soils developed on the island. These soils contain the shells of well preserved land snails which were studied by the paleontologist Stephen J. Gould, and from which he developed the idea of punctuated equilibrium as a mechanism of evolution.

Travel to the Island of Bermuda.

During the trip we will be based at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (BBSR). We will spend about 6 hours per day in the water and/or visiting outcrops on land, about 3 hours per day in the laboratory studying samples that we collected during the day, and about 2 hours per day in a lecture room discussing the geology, hydrology, and oceanography of Bermuda.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$:

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The more who sign up for this program, the lower the cost per participant will be. You can help lower your cost to study abroad by recruiting friends and classmates to join you in this experience!

Program Fee Estimate
USD t.b.d.

Expenses in U.S. Dollars
100 USD Application Fee (200 USD for out-of-state applicants)
100 USD Passport & Pictures
USD t.b.d. Airfare
varies: Immunizations
USD t.b.d. Total Pre-travel Expense Estimate (plus immunizations)

Expenses in Foreign Currency (Bermuda Dollar = BMD)
BMD 50 Meals (occasional dinners--possibly 2; meals in airports)
BMD 5 Local Transportation (bus fare)
BMD 100 Personal Spending Money (BMD 50 - BMD 100)
BMD 155 Total Expense Estimate while Abroad

USD t.b.d. Total Estimated Expenses

* Indicates the expense will appear on your UW Oshkosh student account.

Program fees cover course-related expenses (no tuition is assessed); BBSR accommodations as listed on the itinerary; most meals (participants will be responsible for covering one or two dinners while in Bermuda & meals eaten in airports); local transportation costs and entrance fees as listed on the finalized itinerary; pre-travel orientation; and international health insurance. The program itinerary may be tentative and will not be finalized until approximately two weeks before departure.

Program fees do not cover items not specifically mentioned above such as trip cancellation and baggage insurance; passports; immunizations; airfare between the U.S. and Bermuda International Airport; 1 or 2 dinners plus meals eaten in airports; local transportation costs not associated with the itinerary; and all expenses of a purely personal nature. Estimates for some of these expenses have been included. Fees for a single room are available upon request.

Credit Available

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This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.