Admission requirements
At least the first year (60 ECTs) must have been completed.
Description
The aim of this seminar abroad is that the students experience African societies in multiples ways:
1. Through participating in an African University;
2. Learning a second African language;
3. Following the obligatory course Research in Practice.
In principle, the semester abroad is in second semester of year 2;
1. Students take 15 EC courses and will learn a second language worth 10 EC at one of the Universities below;
University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
USSEIN Campus Kaffrine, Senegal
South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya will also be an option
- Students must submit a proposal of their trip to the Examination Board. The lecturers of the programme can be appraoched for contacts.
- The Africa trip is subsidized.
- Students need to take the obligatory course Research in Practice (5EC).
Please note that it is not possible to choose a different University other than from this list.
Course objectives
Students experience an African environment and show their capability to study a language; they will also acquire research skills.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Studenst follow the course Research in Practice simultaniously during their Study in Africa.
Assessment method
The students have to show that they have followed 15 ECTs of content courses with good results;
The students have to show that they have followed 10 ECTs of language acquisition courses with good results;
The students need to take the obligatory course Research in Practice
Assessment
Courses at the University abroad: 15 ECTs.
Language acquisition: 10 ECTs.
Weighing
Resit
There is no resit; the stay in Africa is obligatory.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
Not applicable.
Registration
Not applicable.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Reuvensplaats
Remarks
Not applicable.