A wide selection of classes is offered in wildlife ecology and management, socio-political issues in sustainable development, and environmental policy. Students are taught by both resident faculty and local experts, including wildlife researchers, government officials, resource mangers, and local professors. Courses are built around interdisciplinary case studies focusing on local environmental problems and feature a combination of lectures, field study, and research.
Every student completes and presents an individual directed research project.
Students are housed in a rustic base-camp, located on a game ranch on the high plains forty minutes from Nairobi, which is fully equipped for group living and studying. Involvement with indigenous communities is offered on numerous field trips to the various regions of Kenya. Commitment to understanding environmental issues. Willingness to live and work in groups.