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The University of Chicago's winter-quarter program in Cape Town, one of South Africa's most beautiful and dynamic cities, is devoted to the study of African history and culture. At the heart of the program is a three-course civilization sequence, "African Civilization in Africa," treating African history, politics, and cultural anthropology (with some emphasis on the modern South African experience) and buttressed by a series of excursions. The focus of the third course is Kruger National Park, an extensive game preserve that has become central to environmental and land management debates in South Africa. An extended visit to Kruger National Park is the chief component of this course. In addition to the civilization sequence students will take a fourth course, "South Africa: History to Cultural Literacy," designed to explicate the linguistic and cultural landscape of South Africa. Clearly South Africa itself, a liberal democracy coping with the legacy of an oppressive, racially discriminatory regime, is central to this program, and students will be afforded an opportunity, through a series of lectures and site visits, to observe and discuss its efforts at nation-building and social restructuring. Most class meetings will be at the Bo-Kaap Museum in central Cape Town.
Housing:
Students will be housed in shared rooms in small guesthouses in Tamboerskloof, a residential neighborhood near the City center. This arrangement includes daily breakfast and some dinners per week.
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Participants in the Cape Town program will receive three credits for the civilization sequence. This sequence meets the College’s civilization requirement. If students have already met the civilization requirement, they may use these credits as electives. They also receive one credit for the "History and Cultural Legacy" course, which may be used in the anthropology major or as an elective. Course titles, units of credit and grades are placed on the student's Chicago transcript.
Registration and Tuition:
Students remain registered full-time in the College and pay regular College tuition, the Cape Town program fee and the non-refundable study abroad administrative fee required of all participants in Chicago's programs abroad. For precise figures, see Study Abroad Program Fees.
Financial Aid:
Students retain their financial aid eligibility while abroad. However, two expenses--the study abroad administrative fee and the round-trip airfare--are not underwritten by College financial aid. On the other hand, since students cannot be expected to work part-time in South Africa, the self-help component of their financial aid package does not include a term-time employment factor.
Eligibility and Application:
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The program is designed for undergraduates in good standing who are beyond their first year in the College. While the program stipulates no minimum grade-point average, an applicant’s transcript should demonstrate that they are a serious student who will make the most of this opportunity.
Because of the considerable demand for the Chicago civilization programs abroad, no student may participate in more than one of these programs. Each application is examined on the basis of the student's scholastic record, personal statement and academic recommendation.
A student accepting an offer of admission is expected to secure his or her place with a non-refundable study abroad administrative fee.
If you would like to discuss the Cape Town program and the possibility of participating in it, you are invited to contact Sarah Walter (Harper 207A; 834-3753).
Statements contained on this site are subject to change without notice.
