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Public Extension & Outreach Courses

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Anyone can be a student at the Desert Studies Center! The DSC often hosts weekend courses on desert-related topics. These courses are great for educators, practicing professionals, and anyone interested in learning more about the natural and cultural history of the Mojave Desert.

Course listings and registration are available through the UC Riverside Extension Office. In many cases, courses can be taken for Continuing Education or Extension credits. Course fees usually include lodging and meals at the DSC. Listings are typically posted 3-6 months in advance. 

Symposium

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Previous public course offerings have included: 

  • • Bats of Southwestern Deserts 
  • • Birds of the Mojave Desert 
  • • Mammal Tracking in the Mojave 
  • • Photographing the Eastern Mojave Desert 
  • • The Art and Science of Flintknapping 
  • • Insects and Other Arthropods of the Eastern Mojave 
  • • Reptiles of the Eastern Mojave 
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The DSC has also been used as a location for science-based education and nature films, including a visit by Sir David Attenborough to film scenes about foraging behavior of kangaroo rats for the BBC Life of Mammals series.
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The BBC also filmed another short vignette about kangaroo rats, starring Dylan Tennant, an undergraduate researcher at DSC, for their online program BBC Earth Unplugged.
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Kangaroo Rat

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