MAYMESTER: COMMUNITY & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1ST

The Social Work: Community and Social Development Maymester program in Accra, Ghana has been re-located to Cape Town, South Africa for spring 2015 only. As we continue to monitor the Ebola crisis in West Africa, information for 2016 and beyond will be announced at a later date.

•   S W 360K / S W 395K / AFR 374C / ANT 324L / WGS 340 | Community and Social Development. Carries an Ethics and Leadership and a Global Cultures flag. Meets major elective for Social Work and Women & Gender Studies; meets major requirement for African & African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology. Course is open to all majors.
•   S W 119 | Maymester Seminar: SAF. Taken during the spring semester preceding the program.

  This program engages students in service learning projects working alongside social entrepreneurs in South Africa’s townships who are driving social and economic development in their own communities. Students will engage in collaborative service learning projects working alongside local social entrepreneurs who provide services or products in areas such as arts/dance, business/communications, technology/engineering, education, health, etc. In addition, students will be exposed to educational excursions and local lecturers to learn about the context of poverty and power and empowerment in post-apartheid South Africa.

  Faculty Director

  Dr. Dorie Gilbert, an associate professor in Social Work and African and African Diaspora Studies , and is a faculty fellow in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. She is the Director of the Institute for Community Development, an organization that joins interdisciplinary scholars, students and community members to implement projects abroad and locally using the service learning academic model. In 2012, the course earned the Tower Award for Outstanding Service Learning Course.

  Information Sessions

   Wed-Sep 24, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CLA 0.128  Tue-Sep 30, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CAL 221  Wed-Oct 01, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CLA 0.128  Wed-Oct 15, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CLA 0.128

Questions? Email Arelis Palacios: Palacios@austin.utexas.edu or visit world.utexas.edu/abroad for more information.