UVA Study Abroad in Southern Africa
May 19-June 14, 2009
South Africa and Mozambique: the People, Culture, and Environment
A summer study abroad course taught by Bob Swap (Envi Sci), Carol Anne Spreen (Curry School), and an international team of instructors!
You'll travel for four weeks in South Africa and Mozambique, learning about the history, human rights, and critical issues facing southern Africans and the world today.
>Earn a total of 6 graduate or undergraduate credits
>Interact with and learn first-hand from a variety of leading social activists, researchers and scientists in Southern Africa
>Participate in lectures and field visits facilitated by three South African universities
>Experience a range of field visits to farmers' cooperatives, villages, schools, museums, and more
>Work on a service-learning, community engagement project
Do not miss this remarkable opportunity to gain a first-hand appreciation of the range of critical environmental, social, and political issues facing southern Africa. Led by faculty members from Environmental Sciences and the Education School, this program offers students a unique multidisciplinary perspective on the intersection of people, cultures, environment, and education in the region.
While travelling in South Africa’s Gauteng, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga Provinces and Mozambique’s Gaza Province, we will attend lectures facilitated by South African partner universities (WITS, University of Venda, WITS Rural Facility). Additionally, we will make exciting and enlightening visits to power plants, farmers’ cooperatives, townships, villages, museums, and schools. By traveling throughout the region, students will have the chance to better understand the contrast in peoples and landscapes from the low- and high-veld.
Students from all schools of the university are encouraged to apply, including graduate students! Students are highly encouraged to take Professor Swap’s J-Term course or Professor Spreen’s Spring course to prepare for the summer course.
The deadline for admission is March 15, 2009. Space is limited!
Contact Robert Swap (
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