UGA STUDY ABROAD: EXPLORE EARTH IN
ARGENTINA
PAMPAS
TO THE ANDES PROGRAM
"For
Students with a Passion for the Outdoors"
Fall
Information
Sessions for Summer 2010
Drop-In: Tuesday
November 3, 9:30
AM- 5:00PM.
DI Table across from Jittery Joe's.
Miller Learning Center
Hour Long Informatin Session
Tuesday November 10, 4:00 - 5:00 PM.
Room 200A, Geography
Geology Building
 Location: Buenos
Aires, Rio Cuarto, Mendoza and nine other smaller towns along an E-W
transect
of the country that takes you from the Pampas Plains to the Andes
Mountains
in the boundary with Chile.
Core Courses:
GEOL 1121: Earth
Processes
and Environments - 3 credits;
GEOL 1121L:
Earth
Processes
and Environments Lab - 1 credit;
GEOL 1122:
Earth
History of
Global Change - 3 credits
GEOL 1122L:
Earth
History
of Global Change Lab - 1 credit.
Science Electives:
GEOL 3100:
Geology of Argentina
- 3 credits
GEOL 3200/GEOL
3200L: Rocks
and Minerals - 3 credits
Language:
SPAN 2001:
Intermediate Spanish
Enrollment
in a minimum of 6
credit
hours is required.
Affiliated
Host Institutions:
SEGEMAR (Servicio
Geologico
Minero de Argentina), Asociacion Geologica de Mendoza
 Instruction:
Students take classes with UGA faculty and members of the affiliated
host
country institutions. No knowledge of Spanish required. The instruction
form consists of lectures and field work. Two thirds of the classes are
carried out in the field across the Pampas Plains, Pampean Ranges,
Precordillera,
Cordillera Frontal and Cordillera Principal geologic units in
Central-Western
Argentina.
Unifiying
Theme: The
Program focuses on the human impact on the physical environment caused
by the prospection, development and use of Earth's Resources within the
context of natural change through geologic time. Participation in the
program
will help students realize that Earth is and has always been a very
dynamic
system and that even though geologic processes are not affected by
political
boundaries, how people adapt, react and relate to their physical
environment is determined to a large extent by their cultural,
social-economic
and political environment. The areas in which students will be able to
make comparisons are multiple: earthquake prone areas
and building codes, development in floodplains, waste disposal, mining
and land reclamation, mitigation and adjustment measures related to
mass
wasting, water management, oil exploration and exploitation, to name a
few.
 Estimated
Cost:
Approximately $
3,750.
Cost may change if there are significant differences in the dollar
exchange
rate in Argentina. Program fee includes
housing at hotels, or cabins, some meals, domestic
airfare
and ground transportation, health insurance, excursions and cultural
events.
International airfare and tuition are not included. Out of state
students
pay in-state tuition.
Scholarships
and Finalcial
Aid:
If you qualify for
the
HOPE scholarship, HOPE funds can be used to pay tuition and a book
allowance
for the Study Abroad Program. Other scholarships may be available.
Please
find more information about shcolarships and financial aid at the
Office
of International Education Finacial Aid site.
Application
Deadline:
Third Monday of
February, February 15, 2010. Late
applications will be considered if the program is not full. Apply early
to insure your spot in the program. Application period starts in
November 2009. Download an application form,
and submit the completed form, application fee and required
documentation to the program Director by the application
deadline.
Transient
Students:
Please visit the Office of
International Education site to find details on the application
process for transient students. Students need to be admitted to the
University of Georgia as transient students by filling a separate
application, specific deadlines apply.
Other Details:
Courses are open to
students
in any discipline, also open to non-UGA students. Some of the
excursions
include dinner and tango show in Buenos Aires, visit to local arts and
crafts markets, tour of Buenos Aires downtown, a day at a "estancia" (a
ranch) to enjoy barbecue, horseback riding and typical songs and
dances,
visit to archeological sites viewing pictographs and petrogliphs left
behind
by the primitive inhabitants of the region, visit to Talampaya National
Park, and Ischigualasto World Heritage Site, designated by UNESCO for
its rich early dinosaur and mammalian
fauna.
UGA Faculty:
Dr. Marta
Patino-Douce
Dr. Alberto
Patino-Douce
For
information and application forms contact: 
Dr. Marta
Patino-Douce
(Program Director)
UGA Geology in
Argentina
Program
Department of Geology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30605
Phone: (706) 542-2399
FAX: (706) 542-2425
E-mail: mapatino@uga.edu
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