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Program Provider: School for Field Studies (SFS)
Program Site: The Center for Rainforest Management Studies, located near the town of Yungaburra in the Atherton Tablelands of northern Queensland.
Duration: Fall or Spring. Fall semester runs from early September to mid December; Spring semester runs from early February to early May.
Description: The School for Field Studies is a leader in field-based international education. Its mission is to deepen students' understanding of the relationships between environmental sustainability, social justice, and economic development. The Australia program offers about 25 American students per semester the opportunity to address rainforest management issues.
The astonishing diversity of Australia’s rainforest makes it an extraordinary laboratory for studying rainforest management and restoration. Although the ecological and economic benefits of rainforests are well known, much less is understood about the ability to restore them once they have been cut. The main goal of this program is to develop rainforest restoration strategies and practices that benefit both the ecosystems and human communities of the Atherton Tablelands. Conservation challenges and cutting-edge management strategies developed here will likely serve as a model for the rest of the world’s tropical rainforests.
Academics: Students enroll in four courses: Rainforest Ecology, Principles of Forest Management, Economic Policy and Socioeconomic Values, and Directed Research. Courses involve a great deal of hands-on fieldwork, and the directed research projects provide invaluable experience for students interested in graduate studies or work dealing with the environment.
Course load and Credit: Students enroll in four courses and may earn up to 16 units.
Environmental Studies majors and minors do not earn major or minor credit on this program. While they are welcome to attend this program, if seeking major or minor credit they should explore special off-campus programs offered through the USC Deparment of Environmental Studies as well as semester study abroad programs in which they are directly enrolled at a foreign university (such as the Univeristy of Queensland in Australia, the University of East Anglia in England, etc.).
Accommodations: Students share eight-person cabins.
Activities and Other Program Features: Students do a weekend homestay with an Australian family. Field work involves students with the local community. This is a 12-week intensive program that requires students to work on Saturdays. There is a one-week mid-semester break.
Eligibility: Minimum 3.0 GPA. Students must have completed at least one college-level ecology or biology course and be at least 18 years old.
Estimated Semester Cost:
Tuition.............................$13,447
Additional Expenses*...........$9,645
Total................................$23,092
Cost Updated: 6/10/08
Text Updated: 8/19/08
*Additional expenses include estimated costs for airfare, room and board, books and supplies, health insurance, and personal expenses (which can vary greatly from student to student). USC financial aid, scholarships, and tuition remission may be applied to program costs. Please visit the Office of Overseas Studies for more detailed cost information.
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