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Field Sites

To advance our missions in undergraduate education, environmental research and community outreach, the Institute has established a network of field sites with locations in North Carolina and abroad. The field site program is coordinated through the Study Abroad Office of the College of Arts and Sciences. Each site focuses on themes specific to that community or region and provides a semester-long opportunity for students to explore real-world issues through a combination of course work, field trips, group research projects and internships with local organizations. Challenges facing host communities help shape the curriculum at each site, and the results of research by UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and students are shared with community partners.

The UNC Study Abroad Office in the College of Arts and Sciences coordinates applications for attendance at all Institute field sites. For more information on any site, select from the links below or to the left.

Field Site Location Awards Available Apply
Albemarle Ecological Field Site Manteo, NC YES Apply Now
Highlands Field Site Highlands, NC YES Apply Now
Morehead City Field Site Morehead City, NC YES Apply Now
Summer Program in Cambridge Cambridge, UK YES Apply Now
Thailand Field Site Bangkok/Chiang Mai, Thailand YES Contact Site Director
Field Experiences
Summer Burch Program in the Sierras Sierra Nevadas, USA NO Contact Greg Gangi
Coral Reef Ecology & Management St. John, US Virgin Islands NO Contact Greg Gangi
Summer Field Program in Siberia Siberia, Russia NO Apply Now

For more information on any aspect of environmental field sites at Carolina, contact the Institute's Office of Field Sites led by Director of Student Affairs, Greg Gangi. His office is located in Miller Hall, adjacent to the Carolina Inn on the UNC campus (on the corner of McCauley and Pittsboro Streets).

Greg Gangi
Director of Academic Programs
Institute for the Environment
CB# 1105, 103 Miller Hall
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1105
919-962-9805 (direct)
919-966-9920 (fax)
E-mail: ggangi(at)email.unc.edu