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The program is capped at 22 students. Only current undergraduate students can participate in the program. Selection to the program is based on academic performance, and character references. Students must be able and willing to work within groups. Selection may also reflect the program's goal of having a balanced interdisciplinary student body.
Winter 2025 Applications are now closed. Applications for 2026 will open soon.
Program prerequisites
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HISP 218
Spanish Lang Intens-Elem
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course focusing upon all oral and written skills. An introduction to the fundamentals of Spanish grammar and syntax and to Hispanic culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Fall or Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HISP 210 or 210D1/D2 or equivalent
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maria Teresa Mascaro, Lucia Chamanadjian
- Alejandra Barriales Bouche, Lucia Chamanadjian
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HISP 210
Spanish Language:Beginners
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Hispanic Studies (Arts): A comprehensive first-level course focusing on all oral and written skills. An introduction to the fundamentals of Spanish grammar and syntax and to Hispanic culture.
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HISP 218 or equivalent
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
or equivalent proficiency;
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MATH 203
Principles of Statistics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Examples of statistical data and the use of graphical means to summarize the data. Basic distributions arising in the natural and behavioural sciences. The logical meaning of a test of significance and a confidence interval. Tests of significance and confidence intervals in the one and two sample setting (means, variances and proportions).
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- No calculus prerequisites
- Restriction: This course is intended for students in all disciplines. For extensive course restrictions covering statistics courses see Section 3.6.1 of the Arts and of the Science sections of the calendar regarding course overlaps.
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar. Students should consult for information regarding transfer credits for this course.
- Terms
- Fall 2024
- Winter 2025
- Summer 2025
- Instructors
- Jose Andres Correa, David A Stephens
- Alia Sajjad
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BIOL 206
Methods in Biology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Biology (Sci): Introduction to modern methods used in organismal biology, including ecological
sampling, experimental methods and statistics. Particular emphasis is on ways of thinking about the design of sampling programs and the analyses of data to test hypotheses using observational or experimental data.
Offered by: Biology
- Fall
- 1. 2 hours lecture, 2. 3 hours laboratory
- Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or equivalent
- Terms
- Instructors
- Laura J Pollock, Hans Carl E Larsson, Shaun Turney
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- CGPA of 3.0 and higher is recommended. The program is aimed at 400-level (final year undergraduate) students.
To apply
- Apply to the 捆绑SM社区 Panama Field Study Semester. You must submit the following documents:
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鈥� Letter of intent (maximum length: 2 pages; can be written in French or English) - PDF format only;
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鈥� C.V. (can be written in French or English) - PDF format only;
鈥� Official or unofficial university transcript - PDF format only
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Selection criteria
Applications are assessed by the 捆绑SM社区 Panama Field Study Semester professors against multiple subjective criteria, including the following:
- Cumulative grade point average;
- Program and year of study;
- Proficiency in Spanish;
- Successful completion of an appropriate course in statistics;
- A careful reading of the applicant's letter of intent.
The pool of applicants varies from year to year, because of this, the relative weighting of these criteria may also vary from year to year.
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