Programs operated by St. Olaf College
Semester Options
Environmental Science in Australia & New Zealand (program paused for 2026)
Program Director: Dr. Paul Jackson, Chemistry & Environmental Studies
Interim Options
BIES 286 Tropical Ecology and Sustainable Land Use (Costa Rica)
Campus Coordinator Dr. Seth Binder, Economics & Environmental Studies
January 2017 Blog
ASES 277 Environmental Sustainability in Asia (Japan)
Campus Coordinator: Dr. Kathy Tegtmeyer Pak, Asian Studies & Political Science
January 2015 Blog January 2016 Blog January 2018 Blog
ASES 396 Environmental Research in Asia (Japan)
Campus Coordinator: Dr. Paul Jackson, Chemistry & Environmental Studies
Other interim and semester opportunities:
Biology in South India (fall semester)
Art 261 – O’Keefe’s Art and New Mexico
Bio 253 – Water in Morocco
Bio 281 – Winter Ecology
Bio 282 – Desert Biology – Bio 282
Bio 287 – Island Biology in the Bahamas
Bio 288 – Equatorial Biology
Pysch 227 – Environmental Psychology in the Rocky Mountains
Programs offered by Organizations in which St. Olaf participates
Semester Options
Associated Colleges of the Midwest: Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities
Campus Coordinator:
Associated Colleges of the Midwest: Tanzania: Ecology & Human Origins
Campus Coordinator: Dr. Abdulai Iddrisu, History
HECUA: Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Justice
Campus Coordinator: Dr. Nancy Thompson, Art & Art History
HECUA: Community Internships in Latin America
Campus Coordinator: Dr. Christopher Chiappari, Sociology & Anthropology
Please check with the ES Chair about obtaining St. Olaf credit for all off-campus programs.