Botswana: University Immersion in Southern Africa

Gaborone, Botswana

Independent study projects

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.  Below is a list of independent study projects from recent years, arranged by academic area:

Anthropology & Sociology

• University of Botswana Perception of Varioua Facilities and Majors and Their Job Obtainment Post Graduation (2011)
• The Coordination of Services for OVCs Outside Institutional Care in Botswana (2011)
• The Effects Of Criminalization On Prostitution In Gaborone (2011)
• Attitudes Towards Homosexuality In Botswana: The Paradox Of Western Imposition (2008)
  
• Social Movement Theory and the Removal of the Basarwa (2008)
  
• Innocent Victims of a Non-Discriminatory Disease: An Evaluative Case Study of Tlamelo Trust Orphan Center (2008)

Arts & Language

• Art: a Nation’s Most Precious Heritage (2011)
• Weaving, Learning, and Sticking Around: An Exploration of Project Longevity and Co-operative Challenge with the Oodi Weavers (2009)
  
• Preservation of Tswana Music and Dance: Concepts of Identity (2009)
• Setswana Hip-Hop:   Lekwalo la me go Motswako (My Letter to Motswako) (2008)
  
• Changing Architecture in Botswana (2008)
  

Development & Nation Building in Africa

• Identifying the Challenges to Sovereignty in Botswana (2008)
  
• Beyond States or Markets: Government intervention in Botswana's Development (2008)

Economics & Business

• The Impact of Individuals' Motivations on Cooperation, Output, and Productivity for NGO's (2011)
• Assessing the effects of fluctuation in Pula exchange rates on the possibility of Dutch Disease in Botswana (2010)
  
• An Evaluation of Botswana's Monthly Allowance for University of Botswana Students (2010)
  
• Evaluating the Utilization of Microcredit Opportunities:  A Study of Street Food in Botswana (2010)
• Shopping, Consumption and Personal Identity in Gaborone (2008)

Education

• Teaching Creativity and Critical Thinking in Botswana (2011)

Environmental Studies

• Greywater reuse and its application for small-scale irrigation in Botswana (2011)
• Privatizing the Commons: Innovative Approaches to Renovating the Park System in Gaborone, Botswana (2008)

Health Care and Public Health

• Community participation in the Botswana Healthcare system (2011)
• Future Medical Demographics in Botswana (2011)
• Plans and Motvations of Pre-­-Health Students at the University of Botswana (2011)
• The Direct and Indirect Cost of HIV on the Individual adjusting for family support structure (2011)
• Knowledge, Education, and Social Factors Regarding HIV-Risk Behaviour at the University of Botswana (2011)
• Primary School Student’s Responses to Botswana’s National HIV/AIDS Curriculum (2011)
• Nutritional Adequacies of Student Diet: Suitability of University Refectory Meals for HIV Positive Students (2011)
• Urbanization and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Students at the University of Botswana (2011)
• Public Health Messages targeted at youth in Gaborone and its Surrounding Villages (2011)
• Counseling Resources for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Gaborone (2011)
• An Analysis of Anti-HIV/AIDS Campaigns in Uganda and Botswana:  Why What Works For One Does Not Work For Another (2010)
  
• Qualitative Study of HIV/AIDS-related Stigma:  Attitudes and Perspectives in Botswana (2010)
• Bringing HIV/AIDS Care Home: Investigating the Value and Impact of Community Home-Based Care in Botswana (2008)
  
• Towards Vision 2016: Assessing the Impact of the Government PMTCT Program on Infant Survival in Botswana (2008)
  
• Urbanization and Mental Health in Botswana:  Analysis of Mental Health Care (2008)
  

International Relations and Globalization

• Globalization of Higher Education: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Students at the University of Botswana (2010)
  
• Cultural Imperialism through Children's Media in Botswana (2010)
  

Politics and History

• Student and National Government at the University of Botswana (2011)
• Zimbabweans in Botswana: A Study of Legal and Illegal Immigration (2008)
  
• In Search of a Culture Not Your Own:  The Achievements and Setbacks of Public History in Gaborone, Botswana (2008)
  
• Women Members of Parliament in Botswana (2008)

Women and Gender Studies

• What Influences Female Gender Traits?: Youth Groups and Female Gender Identity in Botswana (2011)
• The disparity between World Health Organization guidelines for reproductive health and location specific socio-cultural contexts:  a case study from University of Botswana (2011)
• Basadi at Work:  Narratives of Professional Women in Gaborone, Botswana (2010)
  
• Starting from the Streets:  Football and Gender Identity Among University of Botswana Males (2010)
  
• Who's Taking Care of Baby?  Young Mothers' Attitudes Toward Legal Child Custody (2010)
  
• The Price of Being Female:  The Link Between Colonialism and Gender Inequality in Botswana (2010)
• Social Capital as Collateral, Control, or Corollary for Women’s Finance House Botswana and the Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency: A Comparative Study (2009)
• Naming Their Realities: The Important Struggle of Women in the Developing World A Case Study—Emang Basadi Women’s Association (2008)
  
• The Newfound Violence Towards Women (2008)
  

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