The department has an off-campus program that takes students to Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. The FSP runs every spring and has a maximum enrollment of 16. Professor Ben Forest will leasd the trip in 2000. The FSP forges strong links with the Geography Faculty at Charles University in Prague, whose members will teach one course on the regional geography of the Czech Republic in the New Europe.
Students also get one credit for conducting a set of field projects in and around Prague.
The third course they take is an independent study advised by the Dartmouth faculty member. Prague is one of the most intriguing cities in the world today in a country undergoing profound social and economic transition. Prague contains architecture from the early 12th to the late 20th century. The main urban plan for what is now the city center was set in place by Charles IV in the late 1300's. Application requirements include 2 letters of recommendation.