Jan's Course Description

This course requires 2 components.

• An 8 week course of study in preparation for the trip, and participation in activities presented while in Cape Town.
  

• In the eight week course leading up to the trip to Cape Town, students will learn about the history, economy, and political events leading up to the demise of the apartheid system, including the role of African youth in the struggle.

• Participation in the study abroad experience: Through a week of intensive study, discussion, field trips, and experience with local cultural events, students will learn about the variety of cultures, family issues, and living conditions in the Cape Town area, including life in its overcrowded and poverty-stricken townships.
  

• The final two weeks of the trip will be spent volunteering in Cape Town and surrounding townships, working with community organizations that provide education and support for women and care for children orphaned by the AIDS crisis in South Africa.
  

• Throughout the trip, group discussion will continue, focusing on the dynamics of integration, education, and globalization in the Cape Town area after apartheid, as well as comparison of the implementation of human development and child development theory and practice in place in South Africa and the United States today.

• Assignments for Week #1:
  
  • Long Walk to Freedom Abstract is due 10/13!
  • Begin to read House on Tyne Street for next week's discussion
    

Cape Town

Mandela's Cell

St. Anne's Home