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Cape Town
 South Africa is a land
extolling the paradox of great physical beauty in tandem with complex human struggles. The Cape Town program offers the visiting student an opportunity to study on site some of the challenging historical and contemporary issues of South Africa. These include topics in history, sociology, politics, economics, development, race relations, multiculturalism, gender studies, and science and technology.
African languages are also available.
The CIEE Arts & Sciences Program in South Africa is based at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The university was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and during the 1920s it became the University of Cape Town. A large site on Cecil Rhodes’s magnificent hillside estate in Rondebosch was set aside for its campus. The campus has beautiful buildings with sweeping lawns, pathways, and trees. The university is South Africa’s leading research university, and boasts a high standard of academic excellence and a fine international reputation. The university has an enrollment of 19,000 students who study in some 100 departments in six faculties. Although UCT was classified as a “white university” during the apartheid era, it now is fully integrated. The language of instruction is English.
Dates: Fall semester: early July to mid-November.
Spring semester: late January to late June.
Fields of Study: Full university curriculum includes African languages and literatures, archaeology, chemistry, classics, dance, drama, economics, environmental science, fine art, gender studies, geological sciences, history, history of art, life
sciences, linguistics, music, philosophy, political studies, Afrikaans and Netherlandic studies, psychology, religious studies, social anthropology, sociology, mathematics and statistical sciences.
Eligibility: Junior standing and 9.0 GPA required.
A college-level background
course with African content is highly recommended. The
national applicant pool may be competitive, and CIEE gives preference to the
most qualified applicants.
Number of Students: Approximately 4 Pomona students.
Pomona students are part of a competitive national pool. CIEE group totals approximately
80-100. University enrollment approximately 21,000.
Academic Program: The program begins with a required orientation, which includes lectures on South Africa, practical tips on living in Cape Town, activities organized by CIEE and UCT, and information sessions on university organization and courses. During the semester students enroll in a full-time academic program of regular UCT courses. Students select from extensive listings of 200-level (second year), 300-level (third year) or 400-level (honors) courses, one of which must focus on South Africa. Normally, 300-level or 400-level courses should be in the student’s major subject. Pomona will award credit at the 100 level only for courses in African languages. No credit is awarded for courses in dance.
The program must total at least 16 semester credits (equal to 4.0 Pomona credits). Credit is allocated as follows: 100-level courses carry 0.75 Pomona credits per course; 200-level courses carry 1.0 Pomona credit per course; and 300-level/400-level courses carry 1.5 Pomona credits per course.
Living Arrangements: Students live in UCT residences
with South African students or in off-campus houses with other CIEE students. Meals are self-catered, and a meal allowance is provided by Pomona College.
Students may also choose to live with a host family. In homestays, weekday
breakfast and dinner and all weekend meals are provided. Pomona provides a meal
allowance for weekday meals. Pomona also provides a transportation and taxi allowance.
Faculty Liaison: Betsy Crighton
Internet Links:
http://ciee.org/program_search/program_detail.aspx?program_id=134&type=part
www.uct.ac.za/
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Cape Town - Globalization and the Environment: South
Africa
The Macalester-Pomona-Swarthmore Consortium Program offers its students a unique opportunity for focused study on the theme of "Globalization and the
Environment: South Africa." The program has been designed by environmental
studies faculty of these three liberal arts colleges in consultation with the
University of Cape Town (UCT). The program's overall educational purpose
is to enable participants to gain a deeper
understanding of the natural world and its interconnections with human activity.
To do so, students will grapple with the philosophical , scientific, social,
aesthetic and ethical dimensions of the program theme. The academic
program provides high-quality teaching, discussion, reading, educational
excursions, and includes an optional directed study project.
The program is based on two key concepts.
Globalization is the dynamic and complex process involving
the universal laws of science across diverse environments and the particular
challenges confronted by local populations as they engage with the natural
world. Environment investigates the physical and biological
systems of the planet and its connection with the human condition.
Students will investigate how this has been expressed over time and across cultures,
with a specific focus on South Africa.
Dates: Spring semester only: early January to
late June.
Fields of Study: Environmental and geographical science,
oceanography, botany, zoology, archaeology, history, philosophy and anthropology.
Eligibility: Students should have a declared major in
a field relevant to the program theme.
An advising session with the Director of Study Abroad is required prior to
submission of the Study Abroad Application. Students should call the OSA
to schedule an appointment. Preference is given to students with a 10.5 GPA.
Preference will be given to students who have completed four semesters of
Environmental Studies-related courses, of which at least two are in Natural
Sciences and at least one is in the Social Sciences. Students with academic coursework emphasizing international and
environmental studies are especially encouraged to apply.
Number of Students: 3 to 5 Pomona students.
Total group 12.
Academic Program:
The program begins with the core seminar, Globalization and the Environment. This course is required of all participants and is taught
in two parts: Part 1 by the Consortium Visiting Professor, and Part 2 by the
program's Academic Affairs Coordinator. The seminar includes field trips, films and
other educational activities related to the seminar theme (1.0 Pomona course
credit.) When the UCT semester begins in mid-February, students enroll in
at least two regular university courses that support the theme of the program.
These should be at the 300 or
400 level (1.0 Pomona credit each.) The program also offers participants
an opportunity to do a Directed Study Project either individually or in small
groups. A list of project topics from 2009 is available in the
Office of Study Abroad (1.0 Pomona
credit.)
Living Arrangements: Students will live with
international students from many other parts of the world in self-catered houses
in the general vicinity of UCT.
Faculty Liaison: Gene Fowler
Internet Links:
http://www.macalester.edu/internationalcenter/studyabroad/southafrica/
www.uct.ac.za/
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