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Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies are encouraged to incorporate field research, both local and abroad, into their interdisciplinary curriculum. Below is a list of recent and upcoming opportunities, including offerings by UW departments, UW affiliated programs, and non UW programs. Contact an Environmental Studies advisor to find out how these opportunities might fit into your plan of study, and read the Getting Started page to learn more about study abroad.
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PoE Sponsored Programs
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
India
*Choices and Change in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Last offered Summer 2006 - offered by the Program on the Environment
Study the complex issues encircling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Travel in the refuge, learn from and speak with native peoples, industry and government representatives and scientists. For more information, visit the website.
*Comparative International Perspectives on Cities and the Environment - Australia/Canada
Last offered Summer 2006 - offered by the Program on the Environment and UW Tacoma
The field course will introduce students to international approaches to urbanization and the environment in three growing coastal metropolitan areas through the examination of urban and environmental issues in 1) Seattle-Tacoma, WA, USA; 2) Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and 3) Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Specific topics are chosen to integrate a range of interrelated urban and environmental topics.
(Last offered Winter 2006. For more information, visit the course website)
*Chemistry, Climate Change, Culture
UW Exploration Seminar in
Brazil
Late Summer 2007- Offered by the Program on the Environment and Chemistry
This course will provide an opportunity for science undergraduates to apply their disciplinary knowledge in a completely unfamiliar context, reaching across disciplinary boundaries to link their natural science expertise to related questions in the social sciences and humanities. We will examine environmental policy and environmental justice issues encountered from the local (urban air quality) to the global (climate change) scale. For more information, visit the course website. (Chemistry Requirement: at least Chem142/152).
*A Bold Experiment in Urban Renewal and Sustainability
UW Exploration Seminar in Bogota, Colombia
Late Summer 2007- Offered by the Program on the Environment
Students in this seminar will work on guided research projects that emphasize topics of their choosing in the areas of transportation, libraries and learning, ecosystems, environmental quality, and the built environment. With privileged access to the locations around the city of Bogota, Colombia, and to the people who have designed and who carry out this work, the course will explore what is special about the Bogota approach, and lessons that are of value to the rest of the world. For more information, visit the course website.
*Communication and the Environment in Rural Greece
Summer 2007- Offered by the Program on the Environment and the Department of Communication
This course investigates communication practices on the part of governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations, scientists, academics, political entrepreneurs and citizens as they try to assess, persuade and affect human interactions with the environment in the local township of Kimi, on the eastern seaboard of the Greek island of Euboea. For more information, visit the course website.
*Ecology & Society in India
Autumn 2007 - offered by the Program on the Environment and Jackson School of International Studies
This autumn program takes place in the Indian Himalaya. In a unique partnership with the non-governmental organization, the Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG), UW students will study forest ecology, sustainable development and introductory or intermediate Hindi. The opportunity to do service learning extends the academic focus to subject areas of each students choosing. Students will live in groups of five in rented houses in the area near CHIRAG'S new Orakhan campus and be immersed into the local culture. For more information, visit the Jackson School of International Studies website.
*Place, Permanence and Community: An Interdisciplinary Learning Experience in Southern India
Winter 2007 - offered by Comparative History of Ideas, Program on the Environment and Political Science
This program takes place in Auroville, India. Coursework will include two classroom courses focusing on problems facing the integration of art with urban design, ecological concerns, and cultural perspectives. A "service learning" course will engage students in day-to-day work on sustainable development, community building, design and planning, and other activities. The quarter will include introductory/orientation and reflective/evaluation work at either end of the stay in India. For more information, visit the course website.
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Africa
Sustainable Development & Modes of Empowerment in Northern Ghana, UW Jackson School of International Studies/ African Studies
Summer 2007
In addition to learning about the culture and society of Northern Ghana, students will learn about sustainable international development and get hands-on service learning/internship experience working on projects with a local NGO in Ghana's Upper West Region, focused on health, education and livelihood security. Open to all UW students. For more information, visit the program website and see the online program brochure. Application deadline is April 16th, 2007.
SIT (School for International Training)
The School for International Training offers programs on coastal ecology in Zanzibar; wildlife ecology in Tanzania; ecology and conservation in Madagascar and Botswana. See the SIT website for more details.
SFS (The School of Field Studies)
The School for Field Studies offers programs on wildlife management and public & environmental health in Kenya; wildlife ecology in Tanzania; ecology and conservation in Madagascar and Botswana. See the SIT website for more details.
Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Namibia, IE3
CCF works to preserve the habitat and future of not only the cheetah, but its total environment and those of other animals as well as the farmers in rural Namibia. Interns are expected to participate in a variety of general tasks and operations of the program. An additional focus area is assigned based on the student's background and interests. Hands-on work with the cheetah and other wildlife is sporadic. Interns are assigned general tasks including computer work (data entry, record keeping, correspondence, reports), education programs (teacher training, presentations, school talks), and animal care (domestic animals and occasionally cheetahs). For more information, see the IE3 Global Internships website.
Sustainable Community Development in Senegal, Living Routes
Study sustainable international development in areas of your major interests in Senegal and engage with development professionals, Senegalese student partners and rural villagers belonging to the Senegal Ecovillage Network. Get hands-on experience in ecological technologies and community dynamics in several rural villages. As members of Senegal's ecovillage network, these villages are working to improve their quality of life while preserving their ancient culture, restoring their environments and improving their economies and social services. For more information, visit the Living Routes website.
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Carribean
Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation in Bonaire, CIEE
This program is designed for students with biology-related majors who have completed at least one year of biology or environmental science and seek an innovative classroom and field-based academic program focused on diverse tropical ecosystems in the Southern Caribbean with a focus on marine plant and fish life. For more information, visit the CIEE website.
Marine Resource Management Studies in the Turks and Caicos Islands, (SFS)
The Center for Marine Resource Studies is exploring ways to improve the sustainability of exploited marine resources and the protection of the near pristine coral reef ecosystem at South Caicos. Our research monitors the stocks of lobster and conch, the condition of coral reefs and the populations of reef fish. Our goal is to provide the local community and tourism developers with advice that will help sustain the traditional fishing economy as well as minimize the environmental impacts of growing tourism on the terrestrial and marine environments. For more information, visit the SFS website.
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Central America
Costa Rica Field Studies: Tropical Ecology & Community, UW Tacoma
Summer 2007
The program will introduce students to issues in tropical ecology, focusing on balancing production (e.g. agriculture) and rainforest conservation. This 12-credit course is centered around a two-week stay in the rural village of Mastatal, in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica. Students will stay in communal bunk facilities at the Rancho Mastatal Environmental Learning Center for most of the tour; a few days will be devoted to exploring the coastal environment in and around Manuel Antonio Park, a few hours to the west. Pre- and post-tour activities and presentations on the UWT campus (in June and August, respectively) will comprise the rest of the coursework. For more information, visit the program website.
Forest Ecology in Costa Rica, UW College of Forest Resources
Spring 2007
This program continues on-going UW assessment of the ecological resources of a new national park, the effects of the park on development in the local communities, and issues of international sustainable development. The program consists of 15 integrated credits that link biological, physical and community assessment approaches. The emphases this year will be on sustainable agriculture, restoration, and sustainable building. For more information, visit the program website.
Guatemala Community Service Project, UW Department of Landscape Architecture Design/Build Program
Autumn 2007
This program offers students a unique opportunity to live and study in one of the world’s most interesting cities. The program is designed to meet two primary goals: first for students to explore, observe and study this unique urban center and the surrounding country and second to work with a unique social service agency to design and create a unique landscape. Participants from all backgrounds will gain skills in design and construction as well as have opportunities to pursue studies in other relevant areas of interest, such as social work, public art, or architectural history. Spanish is helpful but not required. Experience in design and/or construction is not required. Homestay accommodations with a Guatemalan family in Antigua gives participants the opportunity to develop their Spanish skills and learn more about local culture. For more information, visit the program website.
SFS (School for Field Studies) in Central America
The School for Field Studies offers programs on natural and cultural ecology in Belize; biodiversity, conservation and development in Costa Rica; development and conservation and marine ecology in Panama. Contact the SFS office for more details.
Las Cruces Biological Reserves in Costa Rica, IE3
Las Cruces Biological Station manages 266 hectares for purposes of resource conservation, research and education. The station protects a watershed and an island of native vegetation, and works to contain some areas of livestock and agricultural development. Interns participate in station research projects and educational activities. Majors: biology, environmental sciences, sustainable resource management, forestry, or horticulture. (Language requirement: Spanish equivalent to two years of university level study). For more information, visit the IE3 Global Internships website.
Tropical Ecology & Conservation in Costa Rica, CIEE
Gain extensive research experience conducting an independent research project of over a month in duration in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Students will visit many of Costa Rica’s natural reserves and live in a biological station the shadow of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve with other CIEE students. Main topics of study include: Ecology, Humans in the Tropics, Independent Study, Spanish Language, Tropical Biology, Tropical Diversity, Tropical Ecology. For more information, visit the CIEE website.
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North America
*Comparative International Perspectives on Cities and the Environment - Australia/Canada
Summer 2007 - offered by the Program on the Environment and UW Tacoma
The field course will introduce students to international approaches to urbanization and the environment in three growing coastal metropolitan areas through the examination of urban and environmental issues in 1) Seattle-Tacoma, WA, USA; 2) Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and 3) Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Specific topics are chosen to integrate a range of interrelated urban and environmental topics.
(Last offered Winter 2006. For more information, visit the course website)
*Choices and Change in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Summer 2006 - offered by the Program on the Environment
Study the complex issues encircling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Travel in the refuge, learn from and speak with native peoples, industry and government representatives and scientists. For more information, visit the website.
Friday Harbor Laboratories
Friday Harbor Laboratories (FHL), part of the University of Washington, offers coursework for undergraduates, post-baccalaureates and graduate students. Spring and autumn sessions run a full academic quarter (10-11 weeks) with courses and research apprenticeships targeted to undergraduates and post-baccalaureates. In summer FHL offers 6 graduate-level courses plus 1 undergraduate-level course. Summer courses generally run 5 weeks in one of two summer sessions. To learn more, see the Friday Harbor Laboratories website.
Cascade Ecology Institute
The Cascade Ecology Institute offers a summer learning experience in the Pacific Northwest's unique living laboratory. Students can earn up to sixteen credits transferable from the University of Washington. Three modules will be offered during the Summer Quarter 2006, all taught by College of Forest Resources faculty. Courses for the 2006 program include: Ornithology, Ecosystem Management and Entomology. For more information, see the Cascade Ecology Institute website.
(Last offered: Summer 2006)
Leadership for Social Change in Huehuecoyotl, Mexico, Living Routes
Study abroad in Mexico and learn the skills needed to bring a group together around a common vision and effect positive change. Working with "usos y costumbres" (traditional ways of doing things), students assess the needs of the emerging ecovillage at Huehuecoyotl or a neighboring national forest and design and complete a community service project that will benefit those who live in the area. In addition, you will be introduced to the values, history and sustainability of both the ecovillage and the surrounding towns of the Tepoztecan mountain region of central Mexico. For more information, visit the Living Routes website.
Permaculture at Sirius in Massachusetts, USA, Living Routes
Learn how to create sustainable, productive, and beautiful human environments using natural ecosystems as models. Permaculture is an evolving and expanding design system for ecological living, integrating plants, animals, buildings, people, and communities. Through experiential, participatory and classroom learning, participants will explore the relationships between personal, social, and ecological sustainability in the rich context of life at the Sirius Community - an educational and spiritual Ecovillage in scenic western Massachusetts. For more information, visit the Living Routes website.
Yucatan Cultural Ecology, Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI)
This one-week spring break course will explore the cultural ecology of the present-day Yucatec Maya, their adaptation to a unique tropical forest environment, and their links to a two thousand-year history involving dramatic environmental and cultural change. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Coastal Ecology & Culture in the Baja Peninsula, (WRFI)
December 2006 through January 2007
This program is a sea kayak-based exploration of the natural history of Baja California emphasizing marine and desert ecology and local culture. Short hikes into the rugged nearshore environment provide opportunities to study the various adaptations of Sonoran plants and animals in a region where rain may not fall for several years. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Ecology & Policy of the Tongass in the Alaskan Rainforest, (WRFI)
This six-credit course takes place in the heart of the Tongass and is designed to immerse you in the landscape and the issues affecting it. Students study terrestrial and marine environments as well as public lands policy and administration. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Desert Canyons & Cultures in the Colorado Plateau, (WRFI)
March through May 2007
This course allows students to backpack through spectacular red rock canyons, float down winding rivers, and meet the people that call this region home. Course content focuses on desert ecology, land use history, and wilderness ethics to Native American history and philosophy, geography, and the current environmental issues the people and this region face. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Human Land Relations: Montana Afoot and Afloat, (WRFI)
September through October 2007
On this 12-credit undergraduate course, students will explore their personal relationships with the natural world by examining historical and current land use issues in Montana. Students will learn about: traditional and contemporary Native American culture; the exploration and discovery of the region; the history of the agricultural frontier and the culture of current farming and ranching, both organic and industrial; public lands management and natural resource policy; and historical and current industrial activities and the resulting environmental impacts and concerns. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Energy Alternatives for a New Century in Montana, (WRFI)
May through June 2007
This course will travel through Montana by bicycle to explore urgent ecological, social, and economic issues associated with energy production and use. Our means of travel will give us a unique perspective and an appropriate pace while we deeply examine these issues. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Action in Montana, (WRFI)
The snow-capped mountains and crystal-blue rivers of the Flathead Reservation in Northwest Montana serve as the setting for our hands-on exploration of traditional Native American perspectives and knowledge. Through field-based activities, discussions with tribal elders and personal exploration, students will come away with a heightened understanding of the vital cultural perspectives and practices of modern American Indians, which provide powerful models for conservation, restoration and sustainability efforts. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Restoration Ecology, Wild Rockies in Montana, (WRFI)
Yellowstone National Park: Restoration Ecology, Wild Rockies Field Institute
This course explores the scientific, cultural and philosophical bases of restoration ecology through a combination of field investigations, readings, work projects, and meetings with land managers, and broadly considers means to restore healthy relationships between humans and the rest of nature. As a class, students will participate in restoration projects to benefit habitats in and around Yellowstone National Park, including efforts to reduce the non-native and ecologically harmful lake trout populations. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
Conservation and Community: Yellowstone to Yukon, (WRFI)
July through August 2007
This course examines conservation at both a broad regional perspective and at the local landscape level, with the goal of finding a comprehensive understanding of these issues. Backpacking trips will take students through core habitat areas where they will learn about local natural history, population biology, and disturbance ecology. For more information, visit the Wild Rockies Field Institute website.
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South America
*A Bold Experiment in Urban Renewal and Sustainability
UW Exploration Seminar in Bogota, Colombia
Late Summer 2007- Offered by the Program on the Environment
Students in this seminar will work on guided research projects that emphasize topics of their choosing in the areas of transportation, libraries and learning, ecosystems, environmental quality, and the built environment. With privileged access to the locations around the city of Bogota, Colombia, and to the people who have designed and who carry out this work, the course will explore what is special about the Bogota approach, and lessons that are of value to the rest of the world. For more information, visit the course website.
*Chemistry, Climate Change, Culture
UW Exploration Seminar in
Brazil
Late Summer 2007- Offered by the Program on the Environment and Chemistry
This course will provide an opportunity for science undergraduates to apply their disciplinary knowledge in a completely unfamiliar context, reaching across disciplinary boundaries to link their natural science expertise to related questions in the social sciences and humanities. We will examine environmental policy and environmental justice issues encountered from the local (urban air quality) to the global (climate change) scale. For more information, visit the course website. (Chemistry Requirement: at least Chem142/152).
CIMAS in South America
CIMAS offers programs on conservation ecology , public health development, and alternative development & social change in Ecuador. See the CIMAS website for more details.
Living Routes in South America
Living Routes offers programs on permaculture in Ecuador and Fair-Trade & Bio-Cultural Regeneration in Peru. See the Living Routes website for more details.
SIT (School for International Training) in South America
The School for International Training offers programs on Amazon resource management in Brazil; economic development & globalization in Chile; comparative ecology & conservation in Ecuador. See the SIT website for more details.
Equilibrio Azul in Ecuador
Interns work on a number of fisheries and coastal projects based in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador and the nearby Machalilla National Park, a coastal forest and marine park in the southern part of the province of Manabi. Projects may include: taking daily fish haul data and price and sales information from local subsistence fishermen, especially for shark and rays; take data on sea turtle nesting locations, conditions and numbers
(December-March). (Language requirement: minimum of two years college level Spanish). For more information, please email IE3 Global Internships Regional Director for Latin America.
Fundacion Jatun Sacha in Ecuador, IE3
Interns work in one of 10 biological reserves at the coast, the Amazon, or the highlands. Activities including data field research, environmental education, community service, plant conservation, agroforestry, and reserve maintenance along with the smaller objectives that include the promotion of biodiversity conservation, research, education, and other community programs. (Language requirement: minimum of two years college level Spanish). For more information, please contact Monya Lemery.
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Australia / New Zealand and the South Pacific
*Comparative International Perspectives on Cities and the Environment - Australia/Canada
Summer 2007 - offered by the Program on the Environment and UW Tacoma
The field course will introduce students to international approaches to urbanization and the environment in three growing coastal metropolitan areas through the examination of urban and environmental issues in 1) Seattle-Tacoma, WA, USA; 2) Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and 3) Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Specific topics are chosen to integrate a range of interrelated urban and environmental topics.
(Last offered Winter 2006. For more information, visit the website.)
SIT (The School of International Training) in the South Pacific
The School of International Training offers programs on natural & cultural ecology and sustainability and the environment in Australia. See the SIT website for more details.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife in Australia
Interns choose from a wide range of existing research projects currently being conducted throughout the Queensland region of Australia. Projects range from monitoring frog populations to tropical plant reforestation to working as rangers in marine turtle rookeries or in the Outback regional parks. Current project descriptions are available on the Queensland Parks and Wildlife website. Housing can available depending on the site. For more information, contact Cynthia Engel.
International Ocean Institute in Townsville, Australia with IE3
The IOI is a policy organization that provides an interface between science and the social sciences on issues relating to the sustainable use of coastal and ocean resources. Interns will assist with workshops, conferences, and publications in areas where their interests best match those of IOI. Interns will be expected to complete an individual project relating to policy issues during the term of their internship. For information, please visit the IE3 Global Internships website.
Castle Rock Environmental Studies Program in Australia/ New Zealand
The Castle Rock Environmental Studies program is a study abroad semester that travels from the mountains of North Carolina to Western Australia during the fall, and to New Zealand in the Spring. It is an Environmental Humanities program dedicated to exploring cross-cultural understandings of the relationships between human beings and nature. For more information, visit the Castle Rock website.
Tropical Rainforest Studies in Australia, SFS
The Center for Rainforest Studies is exploring the biodiversity benefits of restoration, the cost efficiency and ecological effectiveness of rainforest restoration site management practices and restoration planning in a riparian zone. With the results of this research and our replanting projects, we will help to connect and create corridors between existing rainforest fragments, protect local drinking water sources and share best site management practices with rainforest restoration researchers worldwide. For more information, visit the SFS website.
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East Asia
UW Sichuan Program
The University of Washington-Sichuan University Program on Scientific, Engineering and Social Challenges to the Environment in the US Pacific Northwest and Southwest China (the UW-Sichuan Program for short) is a pilot project of the UW Worldwide Initiative. Launched in Autumn 2000, UW-Sichuan Program, in collaboration with our partner Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, currently focuses on five research areas: biodiversity, water resources, forest ecology, environmentally-friendly (eco-) materials, and human-environment interaction. For more information, please visit the program website.
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South Asia
*Ecology & Society in India
Autumn 2007 - offered by the Program on the Environment and Jackson School of International Studies
This autumn program takes place in the Indian Himalaya. In a unique partnership with the non-governmental organization, the Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG), UW students will study forest ecology, sustainable development and introductory or intermediate Hindi. The opportunity to do service learning extends the academic focus to subject areas of each students choosing. Students will live in groups of five in rented houses in the area near CHIRAG'S new Orakhan campus and be immersed into the local culture. For more information, visit the Jackson School of International Studies website.
*Place, Permanence and Community: An Interdisciplinary Learning Experience in Southern India
Winter 2007 - offered by Comparative History of Ideas, Program on the Environment and Political Science
This program takes place in Auroville, India. Coursework will include two classroom courses focusing on problems facing the integration of art with urban design, ecological concerns, and cultural perspectives. A "service learning" course will engage students in day-to-day work on sustainable development, community building, design and planning, and other activities. The quarter will include introductory/orientation and reflective/evaluation work at either end of the stay in India.
For more information, visit the website.
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Southeast Asia
Development and Globalization in Thailand, CIEE
Learn about a broad range of issues — effects of dams and mining, urban slums, people living with HIV/AIDS, organic farming, human rights, social movements, and NGOs— primarily from a grassroots perspective within the social and political context of a developing country. For more information, visit the CIEE website.
Natural and Ecology in the Mekong Delta, SIT
Explore the ecological and cultural resources of the Mekong Delta, an intensely cultivated landscape flanking the longest river in Southeast Asia. Students examine wetlands, soil, mangroves, shrimp farms, aquaculture, migratory bird habitats, freshwater swamps, and grasslands, and explore issues of sustainable development, pressures on natural resource exploitation, and ecotourism in Viet Nam and Cambodia. For more information, visit the SIT website.
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Europe
*Communication and the Environment in Rural Greece
Summer 2007- Offered by the Program on the Environment and the Department of Communication
This course investigates communication practices on the part of governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations, scientists, academics, political entrepreneurs and citizens as they try to assess, persuade and affect human interactions with the environment in the local township of Kimi, on the eastern seaboard of the Greek island of Euboea. For more information, visit the course website.
Funded Study in Denmark
SCAN|DESIGN Fellowship Program Spring Semester 2007 & 2008 (win and spr qtr)
The ScanDesign fellowships for Graduate and advanced undergraduate students for study in Denmark during the Spring Semester 2008 (applications will also be considered for Fall 2007). The $10,000 fellowship ($15,000 for graduates) allows students to earn UW credit for coursework taught in English at distinguished Danish educational institutions. Of particular interest is the program at Aalborg University in Sustainable Energy Management and Planning.
For more information, contact Marianne Stecher-Hansen, Department of Scandinavian Studies or Anni Fuller, Office of International Education. Application Deadline: May 30, 2007. For more information and see the program website.
The Copenhagen Classroom 2007: An Interdisciplinary Program of Study in Denmark
This 12-credit, intensive four week course focuses on Danish Innovations – Tracking the Process in four academic disciplines: Literary Translation, Cinema Studies, Transportation Mobility, and Architecture and Urban Design. The site of the course will be the city of Copenhagen and the Øresund region, which joins Denmark to southern Sweden. This course includes a 3-week intensive Danish course at the University of Copenhagen. The program was featured in University Week. For questions, contact Professor Marianne Stecher-Hansen, Program Director or Jan Krogh Nielsen, on-site coordinator. Notice the scholarships available! Application Deadline: April 2.
SIT (School for International Training) in Europe
The School for International Training offers programs on renewable energy, technology and resource economics in Iceland; development studies & public health and international studies, organizations and social justice in Switzerland. See the SIT website for more details.
Human Challenge of Sustainability in Findforn, Scotland, Living Routes
Spring and Autumn Semesters
Examine the skills, understanding and practices that are vital to community living at Findhorn - one of the best places to study abroad for sustainability studies and holistic education in the U.K. Findhorn, located on the scenic north coast of Scotland, is an Ecovillage of 400 people renowned for its environmental consciousness, spiritual and personal growth, arts and creativity, education, and global responsibility. For more information, visit the Living Routes website.
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