Java Field Intensive (JFI): Tropical biodiversity and sustainability
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Java Field Intensive – UGM Tropical Summer School
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SID305 or SID505
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Indonesia
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15
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2 weeks
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OS-HELP
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Friday 28 May 2020
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Dr Penny Wurm
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This two-week field intensive focuses on topical biodiversity and sustainability issues one of the worlds biodiversity hotspots. Java is one of the world’s most densely populated places on earth. The Java Field Intensive (JFI) presents a cross-cultural international learning experience for students interested in these issues, via experience in Indonesia. The Faculty of Biology, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta, Java, is our host partner for this unique field intensive. UGM is one of Indonesia’s most respected and highly ranked universities.
CDU students will join students from Indonesian and other South-East Asian universities for a summer school at UGM. This conference-style summer school includes seminars, workshops and field tours. UGM also offers an optional one-week language and culture course before the start of the intensive, offered on campus at the UGM Language and Culture Centre https://inculs.fib.ugm.ac.id/.
The Java Field Intensive is available to both undergraduate and master students. Students enrol in ENV305/ENV505 Environmental Intensives at CDU. Assessments will be marked by CDU staff, to create pathway for unit credit towards your program of study. UGM staff will teach and mentor students throughout the intensive and provide feedback and guidance on assessment items.
Students from universities other than CDU can attend through cross-institutional enrolment into these units.
Contact: penny.wurm@cdu.edu.au or 08 8946 6355
Date: TBA
Numbers: Maximum of 15 places available
Duration: 14 days (optional additional week for language training is available )
Applications due date: TBA
Funding: OS-HELP loans for domestic Australian students
More information: Visit the UGM Summer School website at https://iscbiotrop.biologi.ugm.ac.id/