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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · taught by aestes · returned 5 results
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AFST 101 Ecology and Anthropology Tanzania Program: Elementary Swahili 7-8 credits
Elementary Swahili introduces students to the communicative use of Swahili, emphasizing communicative competence in real contexts. Ninety percent of instruction is conducted in the target language. Vocabulary and grammar are taught in context. Instruction pays attention to the cultural information in relevant contexts of communication. The main learning/teaching styles used include role plays, prepared presentations, interactive lectures, classroom conversations, and dramatization. In addition to the class textbook, authentic source materials are used, such as pictures, songs, short stories, poems and essays. Student assessment is continuous, and includes classroom participation, homework, written exams and oral exams.
Formerly LCST 101, Participation in Ecology & Anthropology in Tanzania
- Fall 2023
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Participation in Ecology & Anthropology in Tanzania
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ENTS 255 Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program: Field Methods in Ecology and Anthropology 3-4 credits
This course enables students with interests in both Ecology and Anthropology to conduct studies in partnership with Tanzanian host communities. The challenges facing cultural groups and socio-ecological systems in northern Tanzania are inherently multi-disciplinary, and students must be able to bridge disciplines. This Field Methods course provides students with a common set of skills from both the ecological and anthropological disciplines to be applied in their Independent Study projects. Topics covered in the course include: introduction to research ethics; conducting a literature review; design and implementation of data collection protocols and survey questionnaires; summary, analysis and presentation of qualitative and quantitative data.
Participation in Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program
- Fall 2023
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Participation in Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program
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ENTS 355 Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program: Ecology and Conservation of Savanna Ecosystems in Northern Tanzania 7-8 credits
This course focuses on the foundational principles necessary to understand the ecology and conservation of savanna ecosystems in northern Tanzania, and the important roles that people and protected areas play within them. The course is based on the premise that a thorough understanding of Tanzania’s ecosystems and the challenges facing them cannot be achieved without understanding the human and political contexts in which they exist. The course incorporates primary literature, frequent guest lecturers, stakeholder interactions and student-facilitated discussions. The experiential, site-based approach allows students to gain insight into the practical application of ecological concepts in monitoring and maintaining savanna ecosystems.
Participation in Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program
- Fall 2023
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One Anthropology, Biology or Environmental Studies course or instructor consent
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ENTS 392 Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program: Independent Research 3-4 credits
Students spend three weeks of the program working on a field research project with a small team of other students. The research projects are designed to be carried out in collaboration with local communities, NGOs or regional research organizations. The multi-disciplinary nature of the projects encourages students to identify roles on the team which align with their academic interests and abilities. Projects may be carried out over a number of years, giving each year’s students the opportunity to build on the research carried out in the previous year. Students present their research at the end of the ISP.
Participation in Ecology & Anthropology Tanzania Program. Post fall term module
- Fall 2023
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Environmental & Technology Studies 255
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SOAN 326 Ecology and Anthropology Tanzania Program: Cultural Anthropology of East Africa 7-8 credits
The course introduces students to East Africa–its geography, people groups, and their cultures. The focus will be on the peoples of Tanzania and their linguistic groupings. We shall look at what scholars and the citizens themselves say about their origins, social, economic, ecological, and modern conditions. The course explores the history, social structure, politics, livelihood and ecology, gender issues, and the changes taking place among the Maasai, Arusha, Meru, Chagga, and Hadzabe cultural groups. Homestays, guest speakers, and excursions in northern Tanzania offer students and instructors enviable interactions with these groups and insights into their culture and socio-ecology.
Participation in Ecology and Anthropology Tanzania Program
- Fall 2023
- International Studies
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One Anthropology, Biology or Environmental Studies course or instructor consent