Summer Field Studies
From Austria to Vietnam, explore your passions right at the source.
With faculty-led field studies taking place across the world each summer, discover how as a Rollins student you can, further your interests, expand your worldview, and enhance your experiences in the classroom.
Summer 2025 Field Studies
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Colombia: Innovation in Colombia
Delve into Colombia’s rich imperial history, tumultuous recent past, and the evolving dynamics of its traditional extractive economy. Colombia is witnessing a transformative shift with the emergence of innovative tourism and tech start-ups.
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Costa Rica: National Parks and Protected Areas
Explore the differing habitats and management strategies associated with the wide variety of protected areas in Costa Rica, including national parks, national wildlife refuges, large and small private preserves, and biological corridors. Lower Cost Option!
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Dominican Republic: Water, Sanitation, and Health (WaSH)
Travel into rural communities in which water projects are being implemented to reduce the incidence of water-related diseases. Learn to test water to make sure it is potable and how people are trying to solve the problem at the household level. Lower Cost Option!
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Italy: Tombs, Temple, and Cathedrals: Christians and Pagans
Investigate religious practices, both Pagan and Christian, through visits to archaeological sites, museums, and churches. Explore Etruscan tombs, Greek and Roman Temples, Underground Shrines to Mithras, and much more.
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Philippines: Global Citizenship
Learn how the Philippines are at the forefront of global citizenship and actively working on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Engage with locals throughout Manila and hear what global issues Filipinos are addressing and the innovations they have developed and how they are globally connected.
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Rwanda: Rural Education
Live and work side by side with children, families, teachers, and villagers in rural Rwanda for two weeks on selected projects to include: community gardening, health, and nutrition initiatives, co-teaching in community schools, English teaching, and more.
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Scotland: Performance and Design at Edinburgh Fringe
Be a part of the international theatre scene at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! Go on a day excursion to the Scottish Highlands and attend a variety of unique performances at The Fringe, while experiencing the culture and history of Edinburgh, Scotland, and its ties to the international theatre scene.
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Vietnam: Culture and History
Experience the history of Vietnam, including the American involvement in the country, and how that history has shaped the culture and economy of the modern nation. View the ruins of the Champa empire, hike with Tay natives along the Laos border, explore the palaces of the Nguyen dynasty, and more.
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US: Maine - Marine Biology Laboratory
Study North Atlantic marine life at the Darling Marine Centre in Maine. Investigate the ecology, diversity, biogeography, and oceanography of coastal marine ecosystems with particular emphasis on rocky shores, mudflats, estuaries, and salt marshes.
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