Western Washington University
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Nepal
Fall 2021, 2022
Learn about Himalayan biodiversity, conservation, and ethnobiology. Spend seven weeks in Nepal in the remote mountainous Rasuwa District and learn about the unique culture of the Tamang people and influences of Tibetan tradition https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/biocultural-diversity-nepal

Thailand, Vietnam
Spring 2022
During this intensive two-month field program, students will gain an in-depth understanding of the global geopolitical system that guides local development and international policy, as well as learn directly from those living in communities facing these challenges firsthand. We will explore various participatory approaches to development, governance, and community building in cooperation with local partners. This will include learning directly from those working to protect indigenous knowledge, cultures, and practices. Through an intellectually and physically rigorous schedule of cultural study, intercultural interactions, and reflection, the course promises to be both unique and transformative. https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/community-environment-and-development-se-asia

Bahamas
Summer 2022
Redfish School of Change and The Island School have teamed up to offer an unusual learning experience focusing on climate action leadership, fisheries, and sustainability education at The Island School (TIS) on Eleuthera Island.
https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/bahamas-climate-action-and-island-school

Canada
Summer 2022
Take part in this immersive fieldwork opportunity focused on Salish Sea biodiversity, conservation biology and ethnoecology to experience the rich array of diversity in our own backyard. This four-week program, run in partnership with InPlace Ecocultural Learning Institute, includes three weeks of outdoor, field-based study and a week of travel in First Nation, Native American, and Settler communities in the inland marine waterways of Washington and British Columbia.
https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/uscanada-field-school-salish-sea-biodiversity-culture-conservation

Ecuador
Summer 2022
The Honors in Ecuador program offers students the chance to study the natural and human history of Ecuador, taking into account the region’s rich biodiversity and its long history of human civilizations. Coursework will be in English, and the two courses will explore how nature and culture interact in the Andes, the Amazon basin, and the Galapagos.
https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/honors-ecuador

Greece
Summer 2022
The program focuses on applied sustainability studies of Mediterranean urban and island communities in Greece. We begin with explorations of public spaces in Athens as well as the historic and contemporary cultural elements of the city. We then shift focus to the study of traditional medieval villages of Aegean and Ionian Island communities. The course emphasizes studies in sustainable development and includes field investigations, studies of village form, and current issues facing Greece. In our residency stay in Ithaca, students will contribute to an ongoing sustainable development plan for our case study village as part of our continuing research in Ithaca. The planning study has won best student planning study by the American Planning Association and the Planning Association of Washington.
https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/applied-studies-mediterranean-sustainable-development-greece

Italy
Summer 2022
This multicultural, excursion-rich, and food business/planning focused program offers intensive study and numerous field trips in a major European business and cultural center: Florence, Italy and surrounding countrysides.  https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/business-and-food-cultures-italy-entrepreneurship-sustainability-and-heritage-florence-and

Mexico
Summer 2022
Based in San Miguel de Allende (Guanajuato state), the program studies food heritages and business and sustainability challenges. Also: Neoliberal policy and programs and effects on business and the environment—export agriculture and groundwater extraction, fluoride and arsenic contamination, Mexican politico-economic history, land reform, and narco-corruption, and migration and organizing: community-led solutions and models.   https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/international-business-and-environmental-sustainability-mexico

Vietnam
Summer 2022
By the end of the course, students will have a variety of practical skills that will be valuable in their future research and careers, as well as understand how grassroots community development can aid in creating more sustainable, long-lasting solutions to the challenges we face around the world.      https://studyabroad.wwu.edu/program/peacebuilding-sustainability-development-vietnam

Spain
Spring Semester 2022
Various sustainability focused courses
https://find.apiabroad.com/study-abroad/spain/barcelona/international-studies-program/
Costa Rica
Summer 2022
Live on the edge of the world-famous Costa Rican cloud forest in Monteverde, where you'll learn about sustainable economic development, environmental engineering, and other science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-related topics. Course: DEVE 3001 MTVE: Sustainable Development for the Tropics https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/programs/costa-rica/monteverde/summer-sustainability-environment

Australia
Academic, Calendar Year 2021-22
Various courses and internship available
https://wwu-sa.terradotta.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=13416

UK/England
Fall Semester 2021
Various courses available https://search.isepstudyabroad.org/Program/Detail/4148e1e5-3488-4428-ba04-0961a92814fa?ProgramTypeId=2

Spain
Summer 2022
Various internship placements https://www.theinterngroup.com/destination/internships-in-madrid/

Belize
Summer 2022
By the end of the program, all of us will have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of Belize's extraordinarily rich ecological and cultural diversity, and we will have developed the ability to apply scientific field methods and observation across a variety of conservation contexts and sensitively explored the human dimensions of wildlife stewardship. https://www.wildlandsstudies.com/belize

Nepal
Spring Quarter 2022
By the end of the project, each of us will have acquired field experience in rich, important wildlife habitat; developed an understanding of the ecology, behavior, and habitat needs of key wildlife species; learned a great deal about the geography of a spectacular mountain region; and gained practical experience with conservation management in Nepal’s dynamic, rapidly changing society. https://www.wildlandsstudies.com/nepal

Thailand
Winter Quarter 2022
This project presents a singular opportunity to assess issues that affect coastal and marine environments in Thailand and Indonesia, to investigate the habitat firsthand, and to develop possible strategies to solve problems posed by resource extraction, coastal development and climate change. By the end of the project each of us will have gained an in-depth understanding of many coastal and marine animal species and about indigenous seafaring culture groups. https://www.wildlandsstudies.com/thailand

Ecuador
Winter Quarter 2022
By the end of the project team members will have a deep understanding of the Ecuadorian natural and human landscapes, the human activities that threaten their biological integrity, and the efforts underway to restore and protect the country’s natural environment.
https://www.wildlandsstudies.com/ecuador

Austria
Academic Year 2021-2022
https://wwu-sa.terradotta.com/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=11658

Norway
Academic Year 2022-2023
https://wwu-sa.terradotta.com/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=13281

UK/Plymouth
Spring Semester 2022
https://wwu-sa.terradotta.com/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=13404