Dear Students,
Wildlands Studies, a popular Environmental Field Studies program
with UCSB and ES students, has a few final spaces available
on our spring programs in Nepal and French
Polynesia, and enrollment is open with space available on
all programs for summer and fall 2026, as well as winter
and spring 2027. This is a great window for students to
apply.
We are pleased to offer several new and returning programs this
year, including a unique new Indonesia Islands program this
summer, a Fall 2026 new Thailand program focused on
human–elephant relationships, and our long-standing Belize
program, now offered winter 2027.
Please see below for more info.
- Eric
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Discover
New Cultures and Research Opportunities
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Wildlands Studies offers international
environmental
field programs that combine immersive,
place-based
learning with hands-on
research and upper-division
academic
credit.
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Spring 2026 Program
Availability
We have a few final spaces
available on
our spring
programs
in Nepal and French
Polynesia. It's not too late to join us
next quarter!
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New &
Returning
Programs
We are pleased to
offer several
new and
returning
programs this
year,
including a
unique new Indonesian
Islands program this summer, a Fall
2026 new Thailand program focused on
human–elephant
relationships,
and
our long-standing
Belize program, now offered Winter
2027.
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Stories
From The Field
This past fall, our
Outreach
Manager and WS
Thailand alum
of 2014, Erisy
Watt, spent
several days
with the New
Zealand
program in
Fiordland
National Park.
During the visit, she
joined the
group on the
Milford Sound
cruise, hiked
to glacier-fed
lakes, and
attended
lectures and
heard students
present their
final research
projects.
After nearly a decade in
leadership
roles with
Wildlands
Studies
programs,
spending time
with the group
in the field
was a powerful
reminder of
the
transformative
impact of
immersive,
field-based
learning. She
was so happy
to meet such a
passionate and
engaged group
of students!
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Enrollment is open with space
available on
all
programs for Summer and
Fall 2026, as well as Winter and
Spring 2027. This is a great window for
students to
apply.
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Not
all classrooms
have
four walls.
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Wildlands Studies | PO Box 2098
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CA 95001 US
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Erisy Watt (
she/her)
Outreach Manager, Wildlands Studies
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Eric D. Zimmerman (he/him)
Student Services Manager, Lecturer
Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara
To schedule a Zoom advising appointment visit:
https://tinyurl.com/8nrcckds
"Work Hard ~ Play Harder!"
