Tuition, room and board and $3800 travel fee. Passport and immunizations if needed.
Sequential SST
India
Theme: Ecological Justice
What to expect:
- Explore habitats from lowland forests to alpine meadows, and everything in between
- Study ways that people have lived sustainably in these places for centuries… and ways that they haven’t
- Experience the social, linguistic, religious and ethnic diversity of the world’s most populous democracy
- Trek across a Himalayan ridge with the support of porters and donkeys
- See the Taj Mahal
- Apply lessons from the other side of the world to your own life in Northern Indiana
Upcoming Terms & Trip Leaders
- May Term 2026-27 – Jonathon Schramm and Luke Kreider
- Offered every other year
Destination Course Specifics
This course will provide an outstanding opportunity to explore the connections between social structures, economic opportunities, and ecological realities in a diverse and fascinating area of north India. We’ll travel from Delhi into the middle Himalaya, including a porter-supported trek through remote villages up to 12,000’ above sea level.
Additional Courses to Complete SST theme
- GLST 241: Foundations, Environmental Sociology OR Ethnography
- GLST 271, Community Engaged Learning, Environmental Disaster and Response with Mennonite Disaster Service, OR Appalachia Build
- GLST 300: Global Issues, Ecological Justice
All courses are 3 credit hours. GLST 241 and 300 are on campus.
Study AbroadWildlife and Humans Side-by-side
We’ve spent almost two days in this area where the Ganges River comes out of the mountains and journeys across the plains. The Ganges’ role in bringing life to the whole of north India (through depositing mineral-rich silt in its annual…
Study AbroadHeading north to Uttarakhand
We impressed ourselves and each other by gathering promptly at 5:30 a.m. to drive to the train station for the six-hour trip to Haridwar. Once there, we loaded the buses and drove to Rishikesh, a town considered the world capital…
Study AbroadDelhi: Human and Wild
This first day of the trip is also our only full one in Delhi, the national capital. It’s a huge city, full of life and activity. It’s easy to see the human footprint, but look a little closer and the...