IFR’s field schools offer hands-on, experiential learning in a variety of disciplines and locations around the world. Our academically rigorous and culturally immersive programs award up to 8 semester credits to help you fulfill degree requirements and further your career in the field sciences or beyond.

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US-Alaska: Environmental Storytelling

Overview Journey by ship through the “storied geography” of Alaska’s Inside Passage, studying narratives that record struggle and survival in an ice-carved landscape highly [...]

US-Alaska: Paleontology Expedition

Overview Join this exciting expedition to explore the geology and paleontology of coastal Alaska. The program starts with one week of online coursework to give [...]

US-IL: Cahokia Excavation

Overview Step back in time and explore Cahokia, a once-thriving Indigenous city that rose to prominence between A.D. 1050-1350 in present-day Illinois. Situated in the [...]