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PERUEnvironmental ScienceSummer 2025Earn 3 credits in Issues in EnvironmentalScience (ENVR 1302) while exploring thePeruvian Amazon with your ACC classmatesand Professor Mark Shepherd.SESSION AND DATESChoose a study abroad program. You canbrowse all programs at our website.1.Complete an advising session startingSeptember 3, 2024. 2.Complete and submit an application via email.3.Complete an interview with program facultyleader. 4.Student participants must abide by all programrules and regulations.Program dates, itinerary, and fees are subject to change.Program fees are non-refundable.Virtual One-on-One Advising Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30am–12:30pm and 1:30pm–3:30pmVirtual Group Advising Sessions:Fridays9:30am–12:30pm and 1:30pm–3:30pm Asynchronous Video Advising Sessions:Pre-recorded (available for current ACC students)Application deadline is February 6, 2025.Acceptance is on a first come, first served basis. Itis recommended that you complete advising andall application requirements as soon as possible.Maximum number of participants is 15.ACC International Programs faculty-led studyabroad programs are a welcoming and inclusiveenvironment for all students.STEPS TO APPLYFINANCIAL AIDBenjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship($5,000 maximum) Gilman - McCain Scholarship ($5,000maximum) Fund for Education Abroad Scholarships($1,500 maximum)Includes:AccommodationsGround transportation to/from itineraryactivitiesExcursions and entrance fees per itineraryAll meals at the biological stationInternational travel health insurance24/7 logistics support and emergencyassistanceA $400 non-refundable deposit, applied towardsthe program fee, is required to secure a spot onthe program. Program fee payment deadline is February 27, 2025 via ACC Marketplace. Students are also responsible for the followingexpenses NOT included in the program fee:Round-trip airfare from Austin to Cusco, PeruACC course tuition, fees, and booksMeals not included in program fee Personal expensesPassport and visa fees (if applicable)Vaccinations (if applicable)18 years or older by program departure dateGood academic standing by end of Fall 2024Prerequisites: ENVR 1301 with at least a C Contact any ACC campus Financial Aid Office ifyou have questions about eligibility.PROGRAM FEE - $2,375ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSOTHER SCHOLARSHIPSACC STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPSwww.austincc.edu/studyabroad512.223.7114studyabroad@austincc.edu@ACCStudyAbroadSession: First 5-week Summer Session 2025Class at ACC before departure: June 2 - June 12Program in Peru: June 14 - July 2ACC Board of Trustees' Study Abroad Scholarships,($1,000) Tyler Center for Global Studies Study Abroad Fellowships,($2,500)Applications due February 13, 2025

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Biological Station16 nightsDear Students,This summer, you are invited to join me in theAmazon rainforest of Peru to studybiodiversity in a unique ecosystem thatcontains far more species per unit area thanany other area on earth. More birds, moretrees, more butterflies, more ants, more frogs,and more everything. You will not just learn about biodiversity; youwill experience it. We will take early morninghikes to watch screeching scarlet macaws,blue headed parrots, orange cheeked parrots,dusky-headed parakeets, and many otherbird species. We will walk through therainforest listening to the calls of howlermonkeys defending their territory, the eeriewhistling piha, and the crash of leaves astroops of capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys,and dusky titi monkeys swing from tree totree, moving through the forest. The remoteness of the rainforest will allowyou to connect more fully with cycles of lifevery different from that experienced in urbanareas in temperate climates. You can reflecton forces that shape tropical ecosystems andexamine, up close, species and processes notfound anywhere else in the world.While in Peru, we will stay at a researchstation managed by the AmazonConservation Association. Research at ManuBiological Research Station includes trailhikes, camera trapping for rainforestmammals, and water quality and fieldsurveys, among others. I look forward to you joining me in Peru.PROGRAM ITINERARYFACULTY LEADER MESSAGEPROGRAM ITINERARYSaturday, June 14Depart Austin for Lima, PeruSunday, June 15Departure from Lima, Peru to Cusco, PeruMonday, June 16AM: Transfer to Wayqecha Biological ResearchStationPM: Safety Orientation and Wayqecha CloudForest HikeTuesday, June 17AM: Wayqecha Canopy Trail HikePM: Transfer to Manu Biological Research StationWednesday, June 18AM: Manu Introductory Forest HikePM: Scientific Method and Project Instructions Camera Trapping Orientation and PreparationThursday, June 19AM: Deploy Camera Traps PM: Measuring Water QualityFriday, June 20AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveySaturday, June 21River Tour and Pillcopata PizzaSunday, June 22AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveyMonday, June 23AM: Check Camera TrapsPM: Introduction to Amphibian Ecology, Biology,and ConservationDr. Mark ShepherdAssociate Professor and Chair Earth and Environmental Science mark.shepherd@austincc.eduHighland CampusTuesday, June 24AM: Medicinal Local Guide (Leonidas Huacac)PM: Bat & Amphibian SurveyWednesday, June 25Measuring and Conserving BiodiversityThursday, June 26AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveyFriday, June 27Visit Santa Rosa de Huacaria IndigenousCommunitySaturday, June 28AM: Retrieve Camera TrapsPM: Energy Sources and Use - Climate Changeand BiodiversitySunday, June 29Free DayMonday, June 30Group Project PresentationsTuesday, July 1Transfer to Cusco to Check into HotelWednesday, July 2Program Ends. Return from Cusco to Austin orIndependent Travel*Schedule is subject to change

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Biological Station16 nightsDear Students,This summer, you are invited to join me in theAmazon rainforest of Peru to studybiodiversity in a unique ecosystem thatcontains far more species per unit area thanany other area on earth. More birds, moretrees, more butterflies, more ants, more frogs,and more everything. You will not just learn about biodiversity; youwill experience it. We will take early morninghikes to watch screeching scarlet macaws,blue headed parrots, orange cheeked parrots,dusky-headed parakeets, and many otherbird species. We will walk through therainforest listening to the calls of howlermonkeys defending their territory, the eeriewhistling piha, and the crash of leaves astroops of capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys,and dusky titi monkeys swing from tree totree, moving through the forest. The remoteness of the rainforest will allowyou to connect more fully with cycles of lifevery different from that experienced in urbanareas in temperate climates. You can reflecton forces that shape tropical ecosystems andexamine, up close, species and processes notfound anywhere else in the world.While in Peru, we will stay at a researchstation managed by the AmazonConservation Association. Research at ManuBiological Research Station includes trailhikes, camera trapping for rainforestmammals, and water quality and fieldsurveys, among others. I look forward to you joining me in Peru.PROGRAM ITINERARYFACULTY LEADER MESSAGEPROGRAM ITINERARYSaturday, June 14Depart Austin for Lima, PeruSunday, June 15Departure from Lima, Peru to Cusco, PeruMonday, June 16AM: Transfer to Wayqecha Biological ResearchStationPM: Safety Orientation and Wayqecha CloudForest HikeTuesday, June 17AM: Wayqecha Canopy Trail HikePM: Transfer to Manu Biological Research StationWednesday, June 18AM: Manu Introductory Forest HikePM: Scientific Method and Project Instructions Camera Trapping Orientation and PreparationThursday, June 19AM: Deploy Camera Traps PM: Measuring Water QualityFriday, June 20AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveySaturday, June 21River Tour and Pillcopata PizzaSunday, June 22AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveyMonday, June 23AM: Check Camera TrapsPM: Introduction to Amphibian Ecology, Biology,and ConservationDr. Mark ShepherdAssociate Professor and Chair Earth and Environmental Science mark.shepherd@austincc.eduHighland CampusTuesday, June 24AM: Medicinal Local Guide (Leonidas Huacac)PM: Bat & Amphibian SurveyWednesday, June 25Measuring and Conserving BiodiversityThursday, June 26AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveyFriday, June 27Visit Santa Rosa de Huacaria IndigenousCommunitySaturday, June 28AM: Retrieve Camera TrapsPM: Energy Sources and Use - Climate Changeand BiodiversitySunday, June 29Free DayMonday, June 30Group Project PresentationsTuesday, July 1Transfer to Cusco to Check into HotelWednesday, July 2Program Ends. Return from Cusco to Austin orIndependent Travel*Schedule is subject to change

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Biological Station16 nightsDear Students,This summer, you are invited to join me in theAmazon rainforest of Peru to studybiodiversity in a unique ecosystem thatcontains far more species per unit area thanany other area on earth. More birds, moretrees, more butterflies, more ants, more frogs,and more everything. You will not just learn about biodiversity; youwill experience it. We will take early morninghikes to watch screeching scarlet macaws,blue headed parrots, orange cheeked parrots,dusky-headed parakeets, and many otherbird species. We will walk through therainforest listening to the calls of howlermonkeys defending their territory, the eeriewhistling piha, and the crash of leaves astroops of capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys,and dusky titi monkeys swing from tree totree, moving through the forest. The remoteness of the rainforest will allowyou to connect more fully with cycles of lifevery different from that experienced in urbanareas in temperate climates. You can reflecton forces that shape tropical ecosystems andexamine, up close, species and processes notfound anywhere else in the world.While in Peru, we will stay at a researchstation managed by the AmazonConservation Association. Research at ManuBiological Research Station includes trailhikes, camera trapping for rainforestmammals, and water quality and fieldsurveys, among others. I look forward to you joining me in Peru.PROGRAM ITINERARYFACULTY LEADER MESSAGEPROGRAM ITINERARYSaturday, June 14Depart Austin for Lima, PeruSunday, June 15Departure from Lima, Peru to Cusco, PeruMonday, June 16AM: Transfer to Wayqecha Biological ResearchStationPM: Safety Orientation and Wayqecha CloudForest HikeTuesday, June 17AM: Wayqecha Canopy Trail HikePM: Transfer to Manu Biological Research StationWednesday, June 18AM: Manu Introductory Forest HikePM: Scientific Method and Project Instructions Camera Trapping Orientation and PreparationThursday, June 19AM: Deploy Camera Traps PM: Measuring Water QualityFriday, June 20AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveySaturday, June 21River Tour and Pillcopata PizzaSunday, June 22AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveyMonday, June 23AM: Check Camera TrapsPM: Introduction to Amphibian Ecology, Biology,and ConservationDr. Mark ShepherdAssociate Professor and Chair Earth and Environmental Science mark.shepherd@austincc.eduHighland CampusTuesday, June 24AM: Medicinal Local Guide (Leonidas Huacac)PM: Bat & Amphibian SurveyWednesday, June 25Measuring and Conserving BiodiversityThursday, June 26AM: Field SurveysPM: Field Surveys and Bat & Amphibian SurveyFriday, June 27Visit Santa Rosa de Huacaria IndigenousCommunitySaturday, June 28AM: Retrieve Camera TrapsPM: Energy Sources and Use - Climate Changeand BiodiversitySunday, June 29Free DayMonday, June 30Group Project PresentationsTuesday, July 1Transfer to Cusco to Check into HotelWednesday, July 2Program Ends. Return from Cusco to Austin orIndependent Travel*Schedule is subject to change

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PERUEnvironmental ScienceSummer 2025Earn 3 credits in Issues in EnvironmentalScience (ENVR 1302) while exploring thePeruvian Amazon with your ACC classmatesand Professor Mark Shepherd.SESSION AND DATESChoose a study abroad program. You canbrowse all programs at our website.1.Complete an advising session startingSeptember 3, 2024. 2.Complete and submit an application via email.3.Complete an interview with program facultyleader. 4.Student participants must abide by all programrules and regulations.Program dates, itinerary, and fees are subject to change.Program fees are non-refundable.Virtual One-on-One Advising Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30am–12:30pm and 1:30pm–3:30pmVirtual Group Advising Sessions:Fridays9:30am–12:30pm and 1:30pm–3:30pm Asynchronous Video Advising Sessions:Pre-recorded (available for current ACC students)Application deadline is February 6, 2025.Acceptance is on a first come, first served basis. Itis recommended that you complete advising andall application requirements as soon as possible.Maximum number of participants is 15.ACC International Programs faculty-led studyabroad programs are a welcoming and inclusiveenvironment for all students.STEPS TO APPLYFINANCIAL AIDBenjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship($5,000 maximum) Gilman - McCain Scholarship ($5,000maximum) Fund for Education Abroad Scholarships($1,500 maximum)Includes:AccommodationsGround transportation to/from itineraryactivitiesExcursions and entrance fees per itineraryAll meals at the biological stationInternational travel health insurance24/7 logistics support and emergencyassistanceA $400 non-refundable deposit, applied towardsthe program fee, is required to secure a spot onthe program. Program fee payment deadline is February 27, 2025 via ACC Marketplace. Students are also responsible for the followingexpenses NOT included in the program fee:Round-trip airfare from Austin to Cusco, PeruACC course tuition, fees, and booksMeals not included in program fee Personal expensesPassport and visa fees (if applicable)Vaccinations (if applicable)18 years or older by program departure dateGood academic standing by end of Fall 2024Prerequisites: ENVR 1301 with at least a C Contact any ACC campus Financial Aid Office ifyou have questions about eligibility.PROGRAM FEE - $2,375ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSOTHER SCHOLARSHIPSACC STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPSwww.austincc.edu/studyabroad512.223.7114studyabroad@austincc.edu@ACCStudyAbroadSession: First 5-week Summer Session 2025Class at ACC before departure: June 2 - June 12Program in Peru: June 14 - July 2ACC Board of Trustees' Study Abroad Scholarships,($1,000) Tyler Center for Global Studies Study Abroad Fellowships,($2,500)Applications due February 13, 2025

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PERUEnvironmental ScienceSummer 2025Earn 3 credits in Issues in EnvironmentalScience (ENVR 1302) while exploring thePeruvian Amazon with your ACC classmatesand Professor Mark Shepherd.SESSION AND DATESChoose a study abroad program. You canbrowse all programs at our website.1.Complete an advising session startingSeptember 3, 2024. 2.Complete and submit an application via email.3.Complete an interview with program facultyleader. 4.Student participants must abide by all programrules and regulations.Program dates, itinerary, and fees are subject to change.Program fees are non-refundable.Virtual One-on-One Advising Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30am–12:30pm and 1:30pm–3:30pmVirtual Group Advising Sessions:Fridays9:30am–12:30pm and 1:30pm–3:30pm Asynchronous Video Advising Sessions:Pre-recorded (available for current ACC students)Application deadline is February 6, 2025.Acceptance is on a first come, first served basis. Itis recommended that you complete advising andall application requirements as soon as possible.Maximum number of participants is 15.ACC International Programs faculty-led studyabroad programs are a welcoming and inclusiveenvironment for all students.STEPS TO APPLYFINANCIAL AIDBenjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship($5,000 maximum) Gilman - McCain Scholarship ($5,000maximum) Fund for Education Abroad Scholarships($1,500 maximum)Includes:AccommodationsGround transportation to/from itineraryactivitiesExcursions and entrance fees per itineraryAll meals at the biological stationInternational travel health insurance24/7 logistics support and emergencyassistanceA $400 non-refundable deposit, applied towardsthe program fee, is required to secure a spot onthe program. Program fee payment deadline is February 27, 2025 via ACC Marketplace. Students are also responsible for the followingexpenses NOT included in the program fee:Round-trip airfare from Austin to Cusco, PeruACC course tuition, fees, and booksMeals not included in program fee Personal expensesPassport and visa fees (if applicable)Vaccinations (if applicable)18 years or older by program departure dateGood academic standing by end of Fall 2024Prerequisites: ENVR 1301 with at least a C Contact any ACC campus Financial Aid Office ifyou have questions about eligibility.PROGRAM FEE - $2,375ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSOTHER SCHOLARSHIPSACC STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPSwww.austincc.edu/studyabroad512.223.7114studyabroad@austincc.edu@ACCStudyAbroadSession: First 5-week Summer Session 2025Class at ACC before departure: June 2 - June 12Program in Peru: June 14 - July 2ACC Board of Trustees' Study Abroad Scholarships,($1,000) Tyler Center for Global Studies Study Abroad Fellowships,($2,500)Applications due February 13, 2025