Please note: deadline for applications has been extended to March 23, 2012
This field school has been organized in concert with proven collaborators, both academic and community partners in the Komi Republic. It will comprise of nine (9) credits and will involve five days of intensive coursework prior to traveling to Moscow. From Moscow students will spend 30 days traveling past the Arctic Circle to the reindeer herding camps of the Russian tundra. Between these two locales, students will observe and learn in greater detail the social, cultural and environmental challenges facing the populations of northern Russia.