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Project Dragonfly

Join a community of people working to ignite ecological and social change. Through innovative courses and fully accredited master's degree programs, Project Dragonfly combines the flexibility of online courses and conservation action in your home community with unparalleled experiential learning and field study in the U.S. and across the world.

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Dragonfly at a Glance

3000+

students, staff, and alumni making a difference globally

450+

publications authored by Dragonfly students

24+

long-term relationships with world-class zoos, botanical gardens, and NGOs globally

25+

years of experience making education more inclusive and impactful

Welcome to Project Dragonfly

Housed at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Project Dragonfly is a transformative education initiative with master’s degree programs in biology, graduate courses, learning media, public exhibits, and community partnerships across the U.S. and globally. With three programs to choose from, students can tailor their learning experience to their overall goals and interests.

Our graduate students are opening new frontiers in community innovation and education while earning their master’s degrees. They work alongside nomadic herders saving wild horses in Mongolia, citizen scientists increasing pollinator diversity in the Bronx, Maasai women pursuing equity and sustainability in Kenya, and conservationists leading the recovery of burrowing owls in California. We champion inquiry-driven learning and shared action to support a better, more collaborative, just, and sustainable future.

In earning a Miami University master's degree through Project Dragonfly, you will:
  • Take coursework for your degree part-time while you work full-time
  • Earn your degree in as little as 2.5 years
  • Invest in a reasonably priced master's - the program is highly subsidized
  • Network and engage with future leaders in conservation
  • Interact with some of the world's most renowned zoos, botanical gardens, and conservation organizations
  • Take Earth Expeditions courses that include travel to global conservation hotspots
  • Join Miami alumni in gaining an accredited degree from one of the U.S.’s oldest Public Ivy League schools
  • Earn a Master of Arts (M.A.) in biology
  • Earn a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in the biological sciences
All undergraduate degrees from any background are welcome.

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Our Programs

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Advanced Inquiry Program

The Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) is an accredited a master’s degree program that fosters professional leadership, participatory education, sustainability, and conservation in the U.S. AIP students combine online courses from Miami University with extraordinary learning experiences and field study at premier zoos and botanical gardens in select communities across the nation.

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Global Field Program

The Global Field Program (GFP) is a master’s degree program that enables students to build on Earth Expeditions courses to grow as leaders in inquiry-driven education, community-engaged learning, ecological sustainability, environmental stewardship, and global understanding. The GFP combines online classes with courses that bring students, scientists, educators, community leaders, and others together at global conservation hotspots.

Students walking across the Mongolian landscape

Earth Expeditions

Earth Expeditions are stand-alone education and conservation-focused graduate courses in which students travel the globe to join world-class conservation and community projects in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Our mission is to build an alliance of individuals with first-hand knowledge of inquiry-driven, community-based learning for the benefit of ecological communities and global understanding.

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111 Upham Hall
Oxford, Ohio
Est. 1994