SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

Although the San Francisco Community College District has attempted to determine the accuracy of this brochure, the district does not assume any liability with respect to the contents of the brochure.

Courses offered together with other related matters contained herein, are subject to change without notice by the administration and/or Governing Board of the San Francisco Community College District for reasons related to enrollment, finances, scheduling, dates, costs or for any other reason, at the discretion of the District. The District further reserves the right to add, amend or repeal any of its rules, regulations, policies and procedures. Travel, housing, meals and other logistical arrangements are provided by a contracting agency not affiliated with San Francisco Community College District.

Participants will be required to sign a travel request and release which will exonerate the district from any liability. The District assumes responsibility only for providing a supervising instructor and appropriate academic units for courses. All courses are subject to approval by the governing board of San Francisco Community College District. All students must enroll for course credit (credit/no credit option available when indicated in the catalog); no auditors are allowed. Units and course grades will be award by City College of San Francisco.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS

Geographic Expeditions, Inc., its owners, agents, employees, and affiliated companies (GE), hereby give notice that they act only as agents for hotels, transportation companies, land operators, and suppliers of travel services, and assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever in connection with the operation or service of any aircraft, motor vehicle, boat, other conveyance, inn, lodge, or hotel which may be used wholly or in part, for services to GE's trip members. GE, its operators, airlines, and agents will not be responsible for any act, error, or omission, nor for any injury, loss, accident, delay, inconvenience, irregularity, or damage which may be occasioned by any cause whatsoever, including acts of nature, civil disturbance, government restrictions, or failure of any means of conveyance to adhere to published schedule.

GE reserves the right at any time, either prior to or after departure, to, in its good-faith discretion, change or reprice any tour, trip, or expedition. This includes, but is not limited to, the right of GE to alter or omit any part of the itinerary, to substitute hotels or leaders, or to change any means of conveyance without notice and without allowance of refund, with the liability for increased costs if any to be borne by trip members.

If GE decides to cancel any tours due to acts of insurrection, strikes, acts of God, or any other cause beyond the control of GE, refunds will be based upon the difference between the original trip price and the cost of services already provided. GE reserves the right to accept or reject any person as a trip member at any time.

Trip members grant GeoEx express permission to take photographic records of their trips for promotional and commercial use.

Participant Responsibility: Trip members assume the responsibility to select/design a trip most appropriate to their physical abilities and interests. Members are responsible for being in sufficiently good health to undertake their trip and may be required to obtain a physician's release to participate in the trip. Members re also responsible for studying all pre-departure information; for bringing all detailed equipment and clothing; for conforming to standards of personal hygiene to minimize the risk of traveler's disease -- as set by the trip leader; for acting in a manner considerate of fellow group members and the countries visited. Smoking is not permitted on buses, cars, below decks, or on boats, tented camps, and other designated non-smoking areas.

Airlines Responsibility: The airlines concerned are not to be held responsible for any act, omission, or event during the time passenger is not on board their planes or conveyances. The passenger contract in use by the airline concerned, when issued, shall constitute the sole contract between the airline and the purchaser of their programs and/or passenger. Similar responsibility as noted above applies to all types of carriers.