Africa in the World: Summer Course in Ghana

SECOND SUMMER SESSION
IGS 599 Section 04      
Dates:  July 2012  
3 Credits
Open to Graduates and Undergraduates                                                                                      
On location in Ghana
Professor Edmund Abaka                                      
305-284-8783

EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Monday, April 2, 2012
PRIORITY CONSIDERATION DEADLINE:  Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Address Africa’s relations with the USA. Focus on Africa’s social, political, economic, and cultural issues. Begin your studies on Blackboard and continue them on site in Legon, Ghana. Course includes lectures by faculty from the prestigious University of Ghana (Legon) as well as excursions to the picturesque forts and castles that dot Ghana’s coastline, the Asantehene s Palace at Manhyia, Kumasi, the Centre for Kente weaving at Bonwire, and the Kakum National Park. All lectures and presentations are in English.

Note: In addition to tuition, students also pay for their airfare, meals, admission to cultural programs, and housing.