Burch Field Research Seminars offer some of the most adventurous, hands-on, off-campus educational experiences in the world. They showcase the relationship between faculty research and undergraduate education by combining traditional course work with active, experiential learning. A changing roster of seminars is offered each year in destinations both foreign and domestic. Please check back frequently for new offerings. |
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Burch Seminar in Alaska and Iceland: Global Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Summer 2010 (mid June – early August)
Faculty director: Dr. José Rial (Department of Geological Sciences)
Courses offered: Global Climate Change (4 credits), Energy Resources (4 credits)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status and 3.0 GPA or higher
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Burch Seminar in the Cherokee Nation: Cherokee History, Language and Culture
Semester: Summer 2010 (5 weeks, mid May – mid June)
Faculty director: Dr. Malinda Maynor-Lowery (Department of History)
Courses offered: Cherokee Language and History (3 credits), Cherokee Cultural Studies (3 credits)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status and 3.0 GPA or higher |
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Burch Seminar in Vienna, Bosnia and Croatia: International Organizations and the Balkans
Semester: Summer, 2009 (6 weeks, mid June – early August)
Faculty director: Dr. Bob Jenkins (Director, Center for Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies)
Courses offered: Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia (3 credits), Selected Topics in Russian and Eastern European Studies (3 credits), Independent Research (3 credits)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status and 3.0 GPA or higher |
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Burch Seminar in Brazil: Conservation Biology, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Semester: Summer 2009 (7 weeks, mid June – early August)
Faculty director: Dr. Seth Reice (Department of Biology)
Courses offered: Conservation Biology (3 credits), Field Ecology (4 credits)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status and 3.0 GPA or higher
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Burch Seminar in Rwanda and the Hague: Conflict, Reconciliation, Justice, and International Law
Semester: Summer 2009 (6 weeks, mid May – early July)
Faculty director: Dr. Donna LeFebvre (Department of Political Science)
Courses offered: Human Rights and International Criminal Law (3 credits), Culture and History of Rwanda and Uganda (3 credits)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status and 3.0 GPA or higher
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Honors Study Abroad programs offer Carolina undergraduates the opportunity to live and study in some of the world′s great cities. Like Burch Field Research Seminars, most of these programs are led by UNC faculty. Students also take courses with distinguished faculty from some of the host countries′ most renowned universities.
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Honors Program in London & Oxford
Semester: Summer (6 weeks, late June –early August)
Faculty director: Dr. Christopher Armitage (Department of English and Comparative Literature)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status and 3.0 GPA or higher
Courses offered: Shakespeare and Drama (3 credits), Independent Study (3 credits, optional) |
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Honors Program in Rome
Semester: Summer (5 weeks, early June – early July)
Faculty director: Dr. Lucia Binotti (Department of Romance Languages)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status and 3.0 GPA or higher
Courses offered: Art History (3 credits), Renaissance Literature (3 credits)
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William D. Weir Honors Fellowships in Asian Studies (Beijing, China)
Eligibility: Open to all UNC-CH undergraduates with at least sophomore status, a 3.2 GPA or higher, and at least 3 semesters of Chinese language
Program Dates: February - August 2010.
Courses offered: Intensive Chinese language (Spring, 12-18 credits), Internship (Summer)
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