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The foreign study program in southern Africa highlights the global teaching
and perspective of the Environmental Studies Program. Each fall term, twenty
students are admitted to a regional program designed to give them firsthand
experience with issues of population/health, land and water use, wildlife
management, ecotourism, and resource management across southern Africa. All
students take three courses: ENVS 40, which addresses the issues of development
and conservation both in the classroom and in field research; ENVS 42, which
offers a comprehensive view of the political and social context of initiatives
for development and environmental conservation with an emphasis on regional
problems and regional opportunities for solutions; and ENVS 84, which is a
culminating seminar taught by the Dartmouth faculty director and requires an
extensive, independently researched term paper. Various African experts also
lecture and lead field exercises during the term. Approximately half of the
term is spent in field research, including at least two extended field research
trips to sites of environmental interest in two or more of the region’s
countries. Students examine wildlife management in the national game parks,
water projects and their influence on agriculture and wildlife, and community
based programs for economic development and environmental
protection.
CURRICULUM
ENVS 40: Natural Resources and Environmental Issues in Southern Africa
ENVS 42: Social and Political Aspects of Development Conservation in Southern
Africa
ENVS 84: Seminar on Environmental Issues of Southern
Africa
Living Accommodations
While in the program’s base city of Pretoria, South Africa, students live in
homestays with local families. During their extended field trips, AFSP
participants (students and Dartmouth faculty) stay in tents.
FACULTY CONTACTS
Bill Roebuck, Jack Shepherd, and Ross Virginia
PREREQUISITES for the AFRICA FSP
ENVS 2 or the equivalent
ENVS 39 or ENVS 65, with permission
And at least one of the following courses (availability
subject to change; check the ORC and with the Environmental Studies Program
office for updated list):
AAAS 11: Introduction to African Studies not offered 07F-09S
AAAS 14: Pre-Colonial African History (identical to HIST
5.1) 07F
AAAS 15: History of Africa Since 1800 (identical to HIST
66) 08W
AAAS 41: Women in Africa (identical to WGST 36) not
offered 07F-09S
AAAS 42: Women, Religion and Social Change in Africa and the African Diaspora
(identical to REL 14, WGST 44.3) not offered
07F-09S
AAAS 43: Indigenous African Religions (identical to REL
50) not offered 07F-09S
AAAS 44: Culture and Change in Post-Colonial Africa (identical to ANTH
36) 08S, 09S
AAAS 45: Africa: Ecology and Development (identical to GEOG
40) 08W
AAAS 47: Politics and Political Economies in Africa (identical to GOVT
44) 08S, 09S
AAAS 46: The History of Modern South Africa (identical to HIST
67) 08S
AAAS 48: Nationalism and De-colonization in Modern Africa (identical to
HIST 68) not offered 07F-09S
AAAS 50: Colonialism, Development and the Environment in Asia and Africa
(identical to HIST 75, ENVS 45) 08W, 09S
COMP 51: African Literatures 07F, 09S
Related Courses of Interest:
ANTH 3: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 51: Colonialism and Its Legacies in Anthropological Perspective
BIOL 16: Ecology
BIOL 27: Animal Behavior
CHEM 63: Environmental Chemistry
EARS 26: Hydrology and Water Resources
EARS 28: Environmental Geology
EARS 55: Remote Sensing (identical to GEOG 55)
ENGS 41: Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
GEOG 20: Economic Geography and Globalization
GEOG 58: Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
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