Southern African Study Aboard Program
Program: Culture, Society and History of Southern Africa
Dates: Summer Quarter 2006 June 12 to July 5, 2006 (tentative)
Location: South Africa (Cape Town, Durban and the Natal region, Johannesburg, Victoria Falls)
Cost: $4,100 est. (includes roundtrip airfare from Columbus to Johannesburg, in-country air travel, accommodations, breakfast and guided travel to selected sites in South Africa, Botswana and Zambia). Students are also required to be registered as full time students during Spring Quarter 2006.
Be sure to take a look at our South African Study Abroad Photo Album, photos taken by a previous student on this study abroad program.
The Program:
This program is an extension of an interdisciplinary course (AAAS 485.01/705.01: Southern Africa: Society and Culture) to be offered by the Department of African American and African Studies during Spring Quarter 2007. In this course students will explore the predominant cultural, social, economic, and historical themes of the Southern African region through lectures, fireside group discussion, films, and other related activities. Students will critically examine conflicts and struggles arising from settler colonialism, apartheid, and conflict resolution in the region's postcolonial condition. Immediately following Spring Quarter exams, students will travel to Southern Africa to visit and study sites of social, cultural, and historical importance.
Location:
Southern Africa is famous for its rich agricultural lands and mineral resources, its historical sites such as the Great Zimbabwe, evidence of Africa's ancient civilizations, and its ecological and conservation sites such as the Victoria Fall, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The region also offers unique examples of the patterns of human migration, European expansion and settlement, and is an interesting site for the struggle for freedom and justice, and nation building. It is therefore an ideal site for the study of contemporary Africa, and the sites a sampled representative of the region, have been selected because of their situation within the history and politics of their time, and its reflection of the general social context of the African life.
Resident Director:
Professor Lupenga Mphande Associate Professor of African American Studies and Director of African Languages Program, Professor Mphande will teach AAAS 485.01/705.01 and will accompany students to Southern Africa.
Eligibility:
Currently enrolled, full-time Ohio State students in good academic standing are encouraged to apply. Students with at least 45 quarter hours of credit by the time of departure (Fall Quarter 2007) will receive priority.
Courses and Credits:
Accepted students are required to take (or have take) AAAS 485.01, or 705.01 which are the prerequisite course for the study abroad program to Southern Africa and are offered in Spring Quarter 2007. OIE will enroll students in IS 697 for 8 credit hours. Upon successful completion of the program, these 8 credits will be converted to AAAS 485.02 or AAAS 705.02
For successful completion of the study abroad program, students will need 13 quarter hours of credit as follows:
AAAS 485.01 Southern African Society and Culture 5 quarter hours
AAAAS 485.02 Southern African Society and Culture 8 quarter hours
AAAAS 705.01 Southern African Society and Culture 5 quarter hours
AAAAS 705.02 Southern African Society and Culture 8 quarter hours
Note: AAAS 485.01 may apply toward the GEC requirement.
Accommodations:
Students will stay in modest, well located hotels throughout the study program. Breakfast will be provided. Students are responsible for their own lunches and dinners.
Program Costs:
The estimated program fee for the 2007 Southern African Study Program is $4,100. The program fee includes international and in-country airfare; hotel accommodations; all breakfasts; and all in-country field trips, travel, and entrance fees. Students are responsible for predeparture expenses such as passport fees and immunizations, as well as lunches, dinners, and personal expenses in-country.
OIE Study Abroad Grants and Scholarships:
The Office of International Education offers limited grant funds to Undergraduate and graduate study abroad students. Grants are based on Financial need. The average award ranges from $100 to $300. Please consult the OIE Study Abroad Application for more details. Deadlines are the same as the program deadline.
Financial Aid:
If you are an eligible student and are paying fees at Ohio State for at least half-fime enrollment in an officially recognized Ohio State study abroad program, you will be able to receive most forms of federal, state, and university-controlled financial aid. For further information, please visit the office of Student Financial Aid, 517 Lincoln Tower, call 614.292.0300, or visit their website at http://sfa.osu.edu/index.asp.
New and renewal financial aid applicants are encouraged to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) electronically at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov by March 1 priority deadline. Once you are accepted to participate in an Ohio State study abroad program, you are encouraged to schedule an appointment with a Financial Aid Courselor at 517 Lincoln Tower at least one full quarter before you depart.
Medical Insurance:
All students participating on OSU study abroad programs will receive supplementary medical insurance, through HTH Worldwide Services. Students are requared to maintain their regular insurance coverage while participating on OSU study abroad programs. Following University procedure, you will automatically be assessed a fee each quarter for OSU Student Health Insurance unless exemption is requested. The provider and terms of the health insurance for study abroad are subject to change.
Application Deadline:
The application deadline is February 9, 2007. Please return your completed application to the Office of International Education.
Program Coordinator:
Laura Joseph
Office of International Education
Oxley Hall
1712 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614.292.6101
joseph.184@osu.edu
Study Abroad Advisers are available on a walk-in basis at the following times:
Monday-Friday 10 AM - 12 noon and 1 PM - 4 PM
OSU reserves the right to change without notice any statement in this handout, concerning but not limited to rules, policies, tuition, fees, curricula, and courses.
It is the policy of OSU not to discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age or handicap in matters of admission, employment, housing, or services in the educational programs which it administers in accordance with civil rights legislation.
Updated information: November 16, 2005
