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Botswana: University Immersion in Southern Africa

Gaborone, Botswana

Independent study project

ACM program faculty or University faculty - 4 credits

Each student plans and completes an independent study project under the direction of the ACM program faculty or a member of the University faculty. Projects are expected to emphasize interviews and field observation. Students prepare written reports and make an oral presentation to the group. Students are encouraged to formulate projects to fit their individual interests.

Independent Study Projects, Spring 2008

  • Identifying the Challenges to Sovereignty in Botswana
  • Bringing HIV/AIDS Care Home: Investigating the Value and Impact of Community Home-Based Care in Botswana
  • Setswana Hip-Hop:   Lekwalo la me go Motswako (My Letter to Motswako)
  • Naming Their Realities: The Important Struggle of Women in the Developing World A Case Study—Emang Basadi Women’s Association
  • Social Capital as Collateral, Control, or Corollary for Women’s Finance House Botswana and the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency: A Comparative Study
  • Privatizing the Commons: Innovative Approaches to Renovating the Park System in Gaborone, Botswana
  • Beyond States or Markets: Government intervention in Botswana's Development 
  • Zimbabweans in Botswana: A Study of Legal and Illegal Immigration
  • The Newfound Violence Towards Women
  • Changing Architecture in Botswana
  • Social Movement Theory and the Removal of the Basarwa
  • In Search of a Culture Not Your Own:  The Achievements and Setbacks of Public History in Gaborone, Botswana
  • Attitudes Towards Homosexuality In Botswana: The Paradox Of Western Imposition
  • Women Members of Parliament in Botswana    
  • Towards Vision 2016: Assessing the Impact of the Government PMTCT Program on Infant Survival in Botswana
  • Innocent Victims of a Non-Discriminatory Disease: An Evaluative Case Study of Tlamelo Trust Orphan Center
  • Shopping, Consumption and Personal Identity in Gaborone
  • Weaving, Learning, and Sticking Around: An Exploration of Project Longevity and Co-operative Challenge with the Oodi Weavers
  • Urbanization and Mental Health in Botswana:  Analysis of Mental Health Care

Botswana: University Immersion in Southern Africa

Will Gallmeyer I chose the ACM Botswana program because I wanted to study in an industrializing country, and get outside my "comfort zone". As it turns out, Botswana is a really comfortable place to be! It's a very peaceful country, and people there are very friendly. Botswana is rapidly acquiring the western socioeconomic system spread through globalization. Many people in Gaborone speak English, eat spaghetti, wear jeans, and stay current on international news events. Rural areas are less "globalized," and there is much to learn from people there, too. Botswana also has some of the most fantastic wildlife in the world, with the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, the Nxai Salt Pans, and the Okavango Delta as just a few must-visit destinations.

—Will Gallmeyer, Botswana, Spring 2008

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