The program incorporates both classroom work and a field study placement in a rural community. Course topics, taught in English, include theories and topics of development, cross-cultural seminar, national and regional history, economics, and culture. In Kenya, students also study intensive Swahili. In Senegal, participants are expected to have a working knowledge of French and also study intensive Wolof. Field study placement categories include public health, education, environmental protection, social services, women in development, agriculture, and small business.
Housing is in homestays with local families.
An interdisciplinary program in the natural and social sciences offering undergraduates the rare opportunity to conduct field work in some of the world's greatest paleoanthropological and ecological sites. Students divide their time between the University of Dar es Salaam and the Northern Region of Tanzania. Courses include Swahili, human evolution, ecology of the Serengeti Plain, and research topics. An ACM Program. Preference given to students with backgrounds in prehistory and anthropology.