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
Sustainable Triangle Field Site	Chapel Hill, NC	YES	Starting Fall 2008
Thailand Field Site	Bangkok/Chiang Mai, Thailand	YES	Apply Now
Field Studies
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	Contact Greg Gangi

Field Sites and their suitability for different concentration areas:

Albemarle Field Site - Decision-making and Environmental Infrastructure
Cambridge Field Site - Energy, Environmental Infrastructure and Environmental Decision-making
Highlands Field Site - Ecology and Environmental Infrastructure
Morehead City Field Site - Ecology, Earth System Science and Environment and Health
Sustainable Triangle Field Site - Sustainability and Environmental Infrastructure
Thailand - Energy, Environmental Infrastructure and Sustainability

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 on the 6th floor of the Bank of America on Franklin Street, across from the Carolina Coffee Shop.

Greg Gangi
Director of Academic Programs
Institute for the Environment
CB# 6116
137 E. Franklin Street, Room 672
Bank of America Building
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-6116
919-962-9805 (direct)
919-966-9920 (fax)
E-mail: ggangi(at)email.unc.edu