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Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies (BITS) <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The BITS programme is a joint University of the West Indies and McGill University summer field study experience. The programme aims to prepare students with knowledge, practice and mentored project experience needed to build expertise and confidence in handling development issues related to agriculture, food, environment and health. BITS involves three 3-credit, intensive courses and one 6-credit multidisciplinary project course during the summer. For more information, please see the BITS application form<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BITS Programme Schedule for 2024<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Course (s)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nCourse Code<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nDuration<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nDates<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multidisciplinary Project <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBIOL 3901<\/span><\/td>\nWeek 1-10<\/span><\/td>\nMay 22 – August 2, 2024<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Horticulture <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBIOL 2465<\/span><\/td>\nWeek 1-4<\/span><\/td>\nMay 22- June 12, 2024<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sustainable Land Use<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBIOL 2463<\/span><\/td>\nWeek 5-7<\/span><\/td>\nJune 19 – July 5, 2024<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Energy and Bioprocessing <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBIOL 2466<\/span><\/td>\nWeek 8- 10<\/span><\/td>\nJuly 10 – July 26, 2024<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barbados Interdisciplinary Tropical Studies (BITS) The BITS programme is a joint University of the West Indies and McGill University summer field study experience. The programme aims to prepare students with knowledge, practice and mentored project experience needed to build expertise and confidence in handling development issues related to agriculture, food, environment and health. BITS involves three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":7,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fst-bcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}