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Wesleyan OIS - Study Abroad Info
AFRICA
 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.
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