| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 51.51 |
| Liaison | Kirk Hemphill |
| Submission Date | Feb. 12, 2024 |
Florida Institute of Technology
AC-5: Immersive Experience
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Ken
Lindeman Professor, Sustainability Studies Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences |
Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that is one week or more in length?:
A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:
The Dept. of Ocean Engineering and Marine Systems offers a sustainability-focused immersive program in the Amazonian rainforest of Peru during the summer. The class, Neotropical Archaeoecology of the Andes Amazon, is hosted by a leading paleo-climate expert, Dr. Mark Bush, and focuses on impacts of human activities on past and present ecology, and is over one week in length. Paleo-climatology is integrated with modern ecology to compare sites with and without past human impacts, with applications to modern climate adaptation concepts. Students also conduct field techniques that include forest census in megadiverse environments.
Website URL where information about the institution’s immersive education programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
This occurred was taught between 2021 and 2023. There are several other immersive courses that could be included in this credit, including Coral Reef Ecology, Ecosystem Studies of the Pacific Northwest, and Ecology of the Galapagos.
This occurred was taught between 2021 and 2023. There are several other immersive courses that could be included in this credit, including Coral Reef Ecology, Ecosystem Studies of the Pacific Northwest, and Ecology of the Galapagos.
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