The Luce Semester at Dickinson College

Watershed-Based Integrated Field Semester

Goals and Structure of Program

Goals and Structure of Program
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Class schedule, 2006
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Goals established by faculty and staff for the Luce Semester:

  • Develop an understanding of the deep connections between natural resources and humans from multiple perspectives and within an immersion experience.
  • Train students in ecosystem analysis field techniques through extensive hands-on experience with a variety of ecosystems in different climatic zones.
  • Expose students to the cultural contexts in which environmental problems are created and in which solutions are conceived and implemented.
  • Engage students in meaningful, long-term community projects with people who, by virtue of their diverse experiences, have much to teach us.

Summary of the Structure of the Program:

It is a single, interdisciplinary, integrated course, for the equivalent of a students’ normal 4-course load.

    Generally, students will receive credit for:
    ES 330 (Policy)
    ES 335 (Aquatics)
    ES 310 (Applied Estuarine Management)
    ES 501 (Independent research)

    Students who have already taken Policy will receive a credit for an advanced policy course; students from other majors or with other needs will work with faculty to customize their course credit.

It will involve classroom activities, community-based field work research, independent research, and travel within the Chesapeake Bay watershed and lower Mississippi River Basin, including:

Nine weeks of study in Chesapeake Bay watershed (8 at home and 1 week within the mainstream of the Bay).

Three weeks of study in the lower Mississippi River Basin.

Independent research, most of which will be centered on community-defined environmental problems and done in conjunction with ALLARM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, see our Frequently Asked Questions.

If you have PowerPoint, click here to view a presentation about the Luce Semester by Prof. Wilderman, from October 2006:

Click here to see a presentation by Lauren Imgrund (former director of ALLARM) created in Fall 2004: