High School Courses in Conservation for College Credit

Greetings from the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation!

You may know that SMSC—a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution and George Mason 
University—
offers summer courses for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in conservation, environmental
science,
biology, and related topics. We wanted to introduce you to our pair of upcoming immersive programs so that
you could share this information with interested students.


Our high school courses are residential, so students stay in our recently built residence hall within the
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. There is no better place to live and
learn about the world of conservation from some of the leading experts in the field! Each of our Summer 2020
 courses is worth 2 college credits. The courses won’t overlap, so students may take one or both.


CONS 100: Introduction to Field Conservation Ecology
June 21 – 28 (2 credits) | Registration Fee: $2,300
Get hands-on field experience in conservation, and define an ecological research question with a conservation
practitioner.

CONS 110: How to Be a Better Naturalist
July 19 – 25 (2 credits) | Registration Fee: $2,100
Describe field marks for a variety of animal and plant taxa, deploy observation and monitoring equipment,
and apply conservation techniques to the natural world near your home.

Included with the course costs are:

·         all program lodging and meals;
·         all course fees, entrance fees, and field-trip costs during the program; and
·         complimentary round-trip transportation between Front Royal, VA and Dulles International
 Airport (IAD) on arrival/departure dates.

Registration is open now through mid-May. Students and parents can register using the red button at the 

top of the page here. 

If you could use a stack of our physical info cards (e-version attached), I’ll gladly drop some in the mail for you.
Just reply with the best mailing address. We love sharing information about our programs, so if you,
 instructors at your institution, your students or their parents or guardians have any questions, please don’t
 hesitate to reach out.


Wishing you a fantastic spring,

--

Robert Barrett

Assistant Director of Recruitment and Outreach

Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation
184 Farm Road, Front Royal, VA 22630

(540) 635-0460 | rbarret@gmu.edu

 

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