2027 Costa Rica Field School - Biology
Take a first-year Biology course at Douglas College* in Winter 2027 – then spend one week in beautiful Costa Rica!
Travel to Costa Rica with your instructor and your peers to discover the abundant biodiversity of the region while earning up to 5 Lab Science credits. Your homebase will be the Chilamate Rainforest Eco Retreat from where you join such interesting activities as an Ethnobotany class, a talk with a local biologist and sample local sustainably-grown chocolate and fruit.
Enroll in one Douglas course (January - April): BIOL 1100 - Trends in Biology (4 credits) or BIOL 1110 - Principles of Biology: The Biosphere (5 credits) *Can’t attend the in-person class? Apply for Costa Rica portion only. You can earn a scholarship of up to $2,000 CAD!Program Dates: February 13-21, 2027 Application deadline: November 1, 2026
Included:
- Douglas College instructor
- Excursions
- Dorm-style accommodation
- 3 Meals (except on travel days)
- Local transportation
Emmerson about 2025 Costa Rica Field School:"My highlights were definitely all our walks with the guides. I got to speak to a lot of them and nerd out with a lot of them, to be honest. They were incredible and seemed to have super powers. We would wander out into the rain forest and from across the river, a hundred yards away, they would point to a shape in the trees and go, "oh it's this animal". And then they would set up their telescope and show us the animal, which we could not see from that far."You can watch the full testimonial here: https://youtu.be/pd89o3eeFlo?si=yzGUdazrZmqIP44SHighlight video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOITmtQTmwg
