Join faculty leader Dee Denver for an information session to learn more about this eight-week, 14-credit, OSU faculty-led program in Nepal!

During this program, students will investigate how biodiversity and Buddhist cultures come together through an immersive experience in the Gaurishankar Conservation Area of the Himalayas. This protected area is home to red pandas, pangolins, snow leopards, and other imperiled species. The group will visit multiple majestic Buddhist monasteries in Gaurishankar, and perform biodiversity research projects nearby in small groups as part of the experience. We will integrate genome-scale research activities into the projects using cutting edge DNA sequencing technology. Throughout the course, students will learn about and integrate knowledge across Western scientific frameworks of biodiversity and Buddhist perceptions of nature. Students will engage with and learn from conservation scientists, indigenous community members, academic scholars, and Buddhist monastics and thinkers in Nepal.