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SATA South Africa 2006
Program Description
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CC student surround a baobab tree
on SATA South Africa 2002
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There are few countries in the world experiencing the type of political, social, economic, and cultural transformation that South Africa is presently undergoing. SATA South Africa 2006 offers students the chance to become immersed in the life of a developing country whose history is intrinsically interesting and at the same time inseparably a part of major currents in world affairs. A SATA program to Cape Town will provide the Connecticut College students with a unique experience. This is the fourth SATA to the University of Cape Town. Professor Marc Zimmer will be the faculty member directing the program, his third SATA to the University of Cape Town (UCT). The UCT semester starts in mid-February and ends in early July. There will be an orientation program provided by UCT.
Arrangements
As in all SATA programs, each student’s financial arrangements and obligations, mainly the comprehensive fee and financial aid, are the same as they would be if he or she were staying at Connecticut College for the semester. The SATA South Africa 2006 program includes round-trip travel from New York, room and board in Cape Town, and all group field trips in South Africa. Accommodation close to the university will be provided.
Courses offered in 2006
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University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Students of all majors are urged to apply to this program. Prof. Zimmer will work with interested students to assist them in course selection.
All students will be required to take:
SA 3XX:
South Africa: No Easy walk to Freedom, 4 credits. Apartheid and
post-apartheid life as seen through novels and autobiographies of black
and white South Africans. A study of Nelson Mandela, the prisoner, negotiator
and president. Books by Andre Brink, J.M. Coetzee, Miriam Mathabane, Albie
Sachs and Alistar Sparks. Twenty hours of Community Service. Field trips
to local cultural events and sites may include theater, cricket matches,
Table Mountain and Robben Island.
Students will also be required to take at least two courses at the University of Cape Town. See following link for a list of courses typically taken. Prof. Zimmer will also be teaching environmental chemistry, CHM 316.
Excursions 2006
SATA South Africa 2006 students will depart as a group from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York or Logan Airport in Boston on approximately February 5, 2006. Besides numerous local excursions, such as climbing Table Mountain and caving, there will be a larger trip during the South African fall break (early April). On the last SATA South Africa 2002, the UCT group went to Botswana and Victoria Falls.
Connecticut College students interested in SATA South Africa 2006 should contact Professor Zimmer or Shirley Parson in the Office of International Programs, Fanning 113.