BOTSWANA

School for International Training Kalahari Ecology and Conservation- Semester Program
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Includes independent study suitable for E&ES or anthropology majors.

 

Pitzer College in Botswana

This program moved from Zimbabwe due to internal unrest.
Fall or spring. 4 credits. Setswana language, independent study and African studies courses;  University of Botswana courses available in the spring, including some science options.

CAMEROON

School for International Training - Cameroon Development and Social Change (Dschang and Yaounde)
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Wesleyan requires French 112 or the equivalent. Life and culture, independent study suitable for anthropology or a number of other fields.

GHANA

SUNY College at Brockport University of Ghana Exchange (Accra)
Full year only. 4-5 credits per semester in social sciences and humanities. Appropriate for people who want a real immersion in African university life and who are independent and highly motivated.

School for International Training - Ghana Arts and Culture
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits, strong focus on theater, music or the visual arts in Africa. Intensive Twi language, independent study suitable for arts, sociology or anthropology credit. 

School for International Training - Ghana History and Cultures of the African Diaspora
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Focus on human migration, including the slave trade as well as contemporary migration and Ghanaian history and society.

KENYA

School for International Training - Kenya Swahili Studies and Coastal Cultures (Nairobi; Mombasa; Malindi; Lamu; Zanzibar)
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Swahili language, focus on East African coastal society, including Islam and some emphasis on the arts, life and culture, independent study.

Kalamazoo College Study in Kenya (Nairobi)
Fall or full year. 4 or 8 credits. Courses in social sciences and humanities at the University of Nairobi, independent study and internship.

Saint Lawrence University Kenya Semester Program (Nairobi)
Fall or spring. 4 credits. Prerequisite of one African Studies course. Required Swahili and field study/internship plus 2 other courses, usually in government or African history.

School for International Training - Kenya: Development Health and Society (Nairobi)
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Swahili language, rural development, focused on Nairobi with a village stay.

School for Field Studies - Wildlife Management Studies
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Wildlife management, wildlife ecology, environmental policy and socioeconomic values, directed study project.  Restricted to SISP, Biology and E&ES majors.

MADAGASCAR

School for International Training - Madagascar Ecology and Conservation

Fall or spring. 3.5 credits.Wesleyan requires that students have the equivalent of 4 semesters of college level French. Seminar on Madagascar's ecology, French language study, independent study. Restricted to biology, E&ES and SISP majors and students working on the Certificate in Environmental Studies.

SENEGAL

Kalamazoo College in Senegal (Dakar)
Fall or full year only. 4 or 8 credits. Requires French 112 or the equivalent. Courses on French language and African culture at the Institut Français pour les Étrangers, direct enrollment in courses at the Université de Dakar, independent study and internship.

SOUTH AFRICA

School for International Training - Durban Reconciliation and Development
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. In close association with the University of Natal (UND). Zulu language, focus on understanding the consequences of apartheid and the reconstruction of South African society.

University of Cape Town
Fall or spring or full year. Direct enrollment at UCT, an excellent research university. Wide range of courses in humanities, social sciences and sciences. Some background in African Studies preferred. Students can take language courses in Afrikaans, Zulu or Xosa.

TANZANIA

School for International Training- Tanzania Wildlife Conservation and Ecology (Arusha, Moshi, Serengeti Park)
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Requires previous course work in biology or E&ES. Swahili, field-work based environmental studies.

School for International Training - Zanzibar Coastal Ecology
Fall or spring. 3.5 credits. Requires previous course work in biology or E&ES. Swahili language, field-work based environmental studies.