Grants may be used during the spring and summer 2000, but must be used before August 1, 2000. If interested, send a letter of application briefly describing your project, the dates you would like to come to Madison, the expected duration of your stay, and an estimate of transportation and other costs. Please enclose a curriculum vitae. Courses include intensive language, thematic seminar, field study seminar, and an independent study project. SIT programs are available to college sophomores, juniors, or seniors, who are in good academic standing at any college or university and who have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 and at least one year of college-level course work at the time of application.
Scholarships are available.
The University of Pennsylvania's African Studies Center is sponsoring a Summer Abroad program in Dar Es Salaam for Summer 2000. Courses range from Government and Politics, Development, History and Sociology to Indigenous Healing, Theater Arts, and Kiswahili Language and Culture. Field trips will be organized for each course within and around Dar Es Salaam. The African Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania seeks an Associate Director beginning July-August 2000.