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Study Abroad

To learn more about upcoming courses, or the experiences of our students from this year’s course, please select one of the below links:

Tracing Darwin's Path Series

Since 2006, students from University of North Texas (UNT) and various other Chilean and U.S. universities have been participating in the Tracing Darwin’s Path field experience, held in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve. This innovative, interdisciplinary study abroad program is coordinated by the Omora Sub-Antarctic Research Alliance in association with UNT, the Universidad de Magallanes (UMAG) and the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB).
The courses are based at the UMAG in Punta Arenas and the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in Puerto Williams, Chile.

The previous classes in the series have focused on nature writing, ethnoecology and biocultural conservation while tracing the path of Darwin as he sailed the Beagle Channel.

The class will center on the subject of the watershed, including its ecology, conservation, use and ethics. Students from diverse backgrounds, including anthropology, journalism, biology, philosophy and art, have taken the course to date.

To attend this adventure and learning experience, please contact Kelli Moses, UNT-OSARA Program Assistant for more information at osara@unt.edu

student hiking

UNT-OSARA Program Assistant, Kelli Moses, hiking in the Los Dientes de Navarino mountain range with students. December 2008. Photographer Alexandria Poole, Chile-UNT Archive

Continuing the interdisciplinary theme of the course, we asked students of both the biology and philosophy portions to write about their experiences in Chile.  Throughout the website you will find short essays and stories from undergraduate and graduate students, international voices from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and the many professors and others who are part of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve effort detailing the philosophies and projects ongoing in the area.

penguins

Magallanes Penguinos of Otway Sound.  Photographer Alexandria Poole, Chile-UNT Archive.