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Burch Field Research Seminars

Burch Field Research Seminars combine faculty scholarship and undergraduate teaching to produce unique hands-on learning experiences in changing locations stateside and around the globe.

All Burch Field Research Seminars are open to UNC undergraduates (with sophomore status or greater) and a 3.0 GPA.

Spring 2013

Burch Seminar in Washington, DC:
Domestic and International Affairs Internship Program

Application Deadline

September 20, 2012

Faculty Director

Professor Dan Gitterman, Department of Public Policy

Courses

  • Seminar on Domestic and International Affairs (6 credits)
  • Internship (6 credits)

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Summer 2013

Burch Seminar in Vienna, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo

The Role of International Organizations in Conflict Resolution and Democracy Building in the Balkans

Application Deadline

February 14, 2013

Faculty Director

Professor Bob Jenkins, Department of Political Science

Courses

  • Conflict and Intervention in the Former Yugoslavia (3 credits)
  • Research in European and International Security (3 credits)

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Burch Science Seminar in London, UK
How We Know What We Know: The Relationship Between Observation and Theory

Application Deadline

February 14, 2013

Faculty Director

Professor Tomas Baer, Department of Chemistry

Courses

  • How We Know What We Know: The Relationship Between Observation and Theory  (3 credits)
  • Independent Study in Biology, Chemistry, Geology, or Physics (3 credits)

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Burch Seminar in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden

Sustainability and Environmental Planning

Application Deadline

February 14, 2013

Faculty Director

Professor Greg Gangi and Professor Elizabeth Shay, Institute for the Environment

Courses

  • Environmental Infrastructure and Planning in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden (3 credits)
  • Sustainability in Germany, Sweden, and Denmark (3 credits)

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Burch Seminar in Rwanda and The Hague

Human Rights and International Law

Application Deadline

February 14, 2013

Faculty Director

Professor Tom Kelley, School of Law

Courses

  • Genocide, Human Rights, and International Criminal Law (3 credits)
  • Law and Society in Rwanda (3 credits)

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Burch Field Research Seminar in Cherokee Country

Application Deadline

February 14, 2013

Faculty Director

Professor Chris Teuton, Department of American Studies

Courses

  • Cherokee People: The East  (3 credits)
  • Cherokee People: The West  (3 credits)

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Fall 2013 Study Abroad Fair

Friday, September 13, 2013

Great Hall in the Student Union