SAO-LAS: Stockholm Summer Arctic Program 2015
“Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic”
SCAN 386/GLBL 386/SESE 386 – 6 credits
Program Dates: June 3 – July 5, 2015
Study Abroad Office Application Deadline: January 31, 2015
Information session: Thursday, January 22, from 4-5pm (International Studies Building, Rm. 232)
In this intensive five-week program – for science and humanities students – program participants will learn about issues related to climate change and human presence in the Arctic from interdisciplinary perspectives. UIUC students participate together with students from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden and will spend two weeks in the Arctic. This year’s field sites will be located in Northern Sweden, with time spent in Kiruna, followed a stay in the Swedish mountains at the Tarfala Research Station, and ending with a stay at the Abisko Research Station near Lake Torne Träsk. Applicants should have junior status (for Fall 2015) or consent of the instructor.
Program contacts:
For questions regarding the application process, direct emails to: kmstrom2@illinois.edu Kristen Stout, Advisor for International Projects in mainland Europe.
Create an application to the program at the following address:
Sponsored by the Study Abroad Office, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Scandinavian Studies, European Union Center, Global Studies, Earth Society & Environment and INSPIRE.