Field Study

Your learning takes place outside of the classroom on a field study program. Field study can include a wide variety of research methods, ranging from culturally-acceptable interviewing techniques to quantitative data collection.

Key acronyms to look for: SFS, SIT
 

You will:

• Focus on a specific academic theme
• Learn interactively
• Produce original research for an honors thesis or complete an internship/practicum
• Learn practical quantitative and qualitative research methods in both the human and physical sciences
• Abstract concepts discussed in a classroom setting can be explored in practical ways in the field
• Only take a set few classes with other U.S. students
• Have less time for independent travel on the weekends