This interdisciplinary program is facilitated by upperclass students, or alumni, who are mentored by Antioch College faculty in the design of the twenty academic credits offered on this field program. EFP's do not satisfy the residency requirements. EFP student participants are eligible for a co-op term during their EFP year. The program combines academic, experiential, service, and community learning by giving students the opportunity to live and work in African-American communities in the Sea Islands of South Carolina or other places in the rural South. Some of the topics investigated are the concepts of race, cultural identity, cultural pluralism, economic and political structures in these distinct African-American communities.
Students live with host families and complete a community service project with local people.
Students conduct independent research projects on topics such as urban migration, environmental racism, community organizing, and other topics.