Tanzania: the country ... travels

Field sites: Northern Tanzania

In the city: Dar es Salaam ... the University

Living arrangements

Links ... maps ... photo album

Program timeline and course listing

Courses: Kiswahili ... Human Evolution ... Ecology of the Maasai Ecosystem ... Methods course and Field project

Academic info: eligibility ... credit and grades ... faculty ... costs ... how to apply

Contacts: campus program advisors... ACM office

Methods Course and Field Project

Fall 2008
Instructor: Program Director, (To be announced)
Required, 4 credits

Right: Students examine animal bones in the Serengeti. (Photo courtesy of Jon Wagner)

Below: Students with two Maasai warriors at a ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Genevieve Werner)

Methods Course

In Dar es Salaam, the Methods Course covers research methods and project preparation, including development and creation of a project proposal. Students will also receive general information about contemporary Tanzanian society and culture.

Field Project

In the field, students conduct individual projects in human ecology, biology, paleoanthropology, archaeology, zoology or sociocultural anthropology. Topics depend on student interest and faculty expertise. In some cases, students work within the existing projects of Tanzanian or visiting experts.

Upon their return to Dar es Salaam, students analyze their data, write final reports, give public presentations, and create museum displays or posters for local distribution.

The photo album has pictures from the field sites and of wildlife in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.

Right: Taking notes in the field at the Endulen camp. (Photo courtesy of Gary Wagenbach)

Field project on intestinal parasites -- Meghan Milbrath and Alison Smith examined the prevalence of intestinal parasites in Maasai children. They are shown here with children in Endulen village. (Photo courtesy of Alison Smith)

Past project topics

Abstracts of field projects completed by Tanzania Program participants in previous years are available in the Tanzania field project directory.

Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that any particular project will be available in a given year. In addition, there are many other projects that students might pursue.