Study the ecological patterns and human influences affecting Australia’s two most diverse environments: the Wet Tropics Bioregion and the Great Barrier Reef.
WHY STUDY NATURAL AND CULTURAL ECOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA?
Situated between the Wet Tropics Bioregion and the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns is the ideal base for exploring this incredibly diverse region and its human inhabitants. In this globally significant ecological setting, you will learn to read the landscape and conduct marine, terrestrial, and anthropological fieldwork in a cross-cultural context.
Travel throughout North Queensland, exploring different ecosystems with high biodiversity and landscape values. From bushland to rainforest to the Great Barrier Reef, you’ll practice fieldwork techniques and observe some of Australia’s unique animal species. Through the program’s strong partnerships with researchers, you’ll have opportunities to network, build skills and experience, and participate in an existing research project.
Please visit the SIT Study Abroad website for details on the program highlights and details of coursework, educational excursions, and housing.
MONEY MATTERS
SIT is an all-inclusively priced study abroad program – including academics costs, excursions, accommodations and meals, airport transfers, and health insurance. Be sure to discuss how study abroad costs are handled at your school with your study abroad advisor and read the website for more specific information.
SCHOLARSHIPS
SIT has awarded an average of over $1.3 million in scholarships and grants to SIT Study Abroad students in the past three years. All scholarships and grants are need-based. Awards generally range from $500 to $5,000.
CONTACT SIT STUDY ABROAD
· Visit our website: studyabroad.sit.edu
· Request more information or email us: studyabroad@sit.edu
· Call an admissions counselor: 888-272-7881
· Contact a former student.
· Apply to SIT
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 Natural and Cultural Ecology
Northern Queensland is a world vastly different from the rest of the island continent. The region is home to Australia's tropical lowland rainforest - geologically the oldest in the world - as well as tableland plateaus and the incredible coral and marine life of the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef. Northern Queensland's ecological richness and diversity are due in part to its isolation from the rest of the world for all but the last two centuries. The global significance of this region has been recognized by UNESCO, which listed Queensland's rainforests and reefs as World Heritage sites.
Through this interdisciplinary program, you investigate the ecological patterns and processes of the terrestrial and marine environments of tropical northern Queensland. Lectures, workshops, and field-based activities help you weave together an in-depth understanding of the natural ecology of the region with an appreciation of the historical and contemporary social pressures and natural resource exploitation issues affecting human communities in the region. |
