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FIELD RESEARCH-ORIENTED COURSES IN MARINE MAMMALS SCIENCE NEW- DOWNLOAD FRC INFORMATION PACK NEW The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI is happy to announce the new 10 days-long, Field Research-oriented Courses in Marine Mammals Science (FRC).
FRC provide an in-depth, hands-on immersion into the field of marine mammal science and more particularly bottlenose dolphin research. These new academically intensive training courses abroad are developed with varied curricular designs and varied instructional strategies in order to meet specific learning goals. These training courses are specifically designed for those people (students and graduate) seriously interested in pursuing a career in marine mammal science.
Courses are participatory in nature and are designed to stimulate inquiry and active learning. The new and exclusive FRC learning model helps students to connect the conceptual material presented in each course to case studies, learn field research techniques, collect and analyze field data, and develop holistic and critical thinking skills. Each course combines exclusive lectures, hands-on boat-based and computer exercises, assignments and tests. Students will be trained during FRC in a wide range of areas including scientific data collection, field research concepts and methodology, computer orientation, use of statistical analysis, presentation and report of findings, and much more.
The aim of each FRC is to give the participants sufficient knowledge to apply the appropriate specialized non-invasive dolphin research techniques, analyze, give an interpretation of the results, and a final presentation. You might well leave a course with a research project to carry out in a location of your choice!! The courses are limited to 6 students to ensure individualized instruction, so they provide an opportunity for students to interact closely with the course instructor(s), and to collaborate with other students who share the same interests. FRC are also addressed to groups (scientists, University students) and language, fee and dates can be arranged with BDRI to suit the groups’ requirements. Dolphin research courses can be used for academic or vocational purposes, but students are solely responsible for making all arrangements for receiving relevant credit(s) as a result of completing the training course. FRC are divided in three exclusive training courses:
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This training course provides an in-depth, hands-on immersion into the field of marine mammal science and more particularly bottlenose dolphin research. FRC 1001 surveys an extensive amount of information, theories and ongoing investigations concerning the different methods available to characterise the status of a coastal bottlenose dolphin population. This course also contains various hands-on boat based and computer exercises. |
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| This advanced course provides an in-depth, hands-on immersion into the field and laboratory methods for behavioural ecology and communication of bottlenose dolphins. This training course aims to provide specialization in behavioural methods, focusing in particular on bottlenose dolphin social behaviour and communication, achieving an integrated approach to the understanding of the behavioural complexity of this species. The course contains various hands-on boat-based and computer exercises. |
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A science-based response to the conservation problems created by interactions between human activities (fisheries, aquaculture and tourism) and dolphins depends critically on accurate knowledge of the impacts caused by the interactions. In that sense, this advanced course provides an in-depth, hands-on immersion into the field and laboratory methods available to study these interactions. This field research-oriented course surveys an extensive amount of knowledge and ongoing investigations concerning marine mammals conservation and ecological modelling, achieving an integrated approach to address human-bottlenose dolphin conflicts and advice on mitigation. The course contains various hands-on boat-based and computer exercises. |
"Be part of the BDRI while playing a part in the Conservation and Research of Bottlenose Dolphins and their Environment" |
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LEARN ABOUT ... Dolphin research courses, volunteer opportunities, internships abroad, Master's & Bachelor's thesis, dolphin expeditions, researcher for a day, dolphin conservation and other programs related with bottlenose dolphins. |
DISCOVER ... The BDRI carry out year-round research programs in ecology, conservation and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins along the north-eastern coast of Sardinia, Mediterranean Sea, Italy. Discover dolphins communication, marine mammals biology... |
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