Study Abroad Programs in South Africa for International Students 2021 Update

This 3-week field course provides you an opportunity to explore Cape Town’s highly innovative social innovation landscape, and to address social innovation topics in partnership with local entrepreneurs and civil society leaders in Langa Township.
GEI’s Social Innovation Labs in countries such as Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, and Vietnam aspire to drive collective social impact in the host countries by researching, designing, and implementing out-of-the-box solutions with and for local communities.
Student teams first develop key skills through classroom learning, workshops, field visits, and general cultural immersion.
You then spend two weeks working in interdisciplinary service-learning teams to address a specific social innovation topic in partnership with local entrepreneurs and civil society leaders.
These topics derive from our ongoing Social Innovation Lab and Social Enterprise Incubator projects.

This Summer Study Abroad program will take you through the history of South Africa showcasing how the oppressive regimes of colonialism and apartheid affect Social and Economic issues.
Spend time in various local communities to gain insight into challenges being faced in South Africa today. Guest lectures and local experts will shed some light on current developments.
Practical engagements will help students to compare the theoretical aspects of the program with reality. Study Abroad Programs in South Africa.

This 3-week field course is designed to highlight the crucial role of leadership development in the pursuit of social justice and sustainable development – through the lens of youth artists. You will be introduced to the social change model of leadership development and explore key concepts of community leadership.
You will work with youth development organizations in Cape Town in order to develop leadership qualities. The first week focuses on skills development through classroom learning, workshops, field visits, and general cultural immersion. Among others, you will receive leadership training by field experts and study social-emotional competence.
The second and third weeks then consist of the practical application and multiplication of your new skills through service-learning activities with adolescent youth of Xhosa descent. The highlight will be the planning and production of a concert as an entrepreneurial development opportunity.

The program begins with leadership and activism training in Washington, D.C., prior to traveling to South Africa. Home to exceptional leaders and activists, South Africa provides a fascinating backdrop for investigating the dynamics of political and social change.
Through leadership workshops, seminars, and field visits to sites of historical and cultural significance, you will build on the training you received in Washington.
Examine current South African politics as well as issues of racial, ethnic, and gender-based discrimination. You will have the opportunity to meet with South African youth of different ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds who are working to advance change on issues of local and global relevance.
Discover the role that the city of Durban has played in South African history, including in the struggle against apartheid. Visit Cape Town, Johannesburg, rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal, the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi nature reserve, and the Drakensberg mountains.

The IFP is a platform for emerging practitioners and researchers to gain experience in the field within an academic environment. The IFP’s extended field stays are unique among international affairs programs in the United States.
In the course of nine weeks, students work and conduct research with community-based organizations, NGOs, international organizations, and governmental agencies. Study Abroad Programs in South Africa.
The topics range from community development, policy advocacy, citizen journalism, and post-conflict state-building to urban planning and long-term monitoring and evaluation.
The IFP is designed to extend learning beyond the classroom. Students get firsthand field exposure to a multiplicity of perspectives, ideas, and people through orientation, field trips, guest speakers, professional internships, faculty-supervised projects and research, and day-to-day interactions.

The Wildlife & Conservation program is aimed at students studying wildlife conservation, biology, zoology, ecology and natural sciences.
During the program students will have the chance to spend a lot of time in the African bush, learning from professionals in the conservation field in South Africa.
We aim to offer you exposure to a wide variety of African wildlife and include activities like game capture, field ecology lessons, and a field pathology and wildlife diseases workshop. This program is accredited through the North-West University in South Africa and is worth six transferrable academic credits.

The HCBM is an NQF level 5 (120 credits). HCBM – HCBM is for those considering a management career in banking, or who have been working in the banking business and want to progress into general bank management. Upon qualification, learners will be able to apply basic management principles within a banking environment. This qualification may be used as entry into a BBA degree
Eligibility: NQF level 4 qualification (e.g. Senior Certificate/O Levels) or 23 years + 2 years of work experience and Basic computer skills International Baccalaureate.

Get professional experience at a human rights organization and examine the legacy of apartheid and the ideas, values, and practice of social justice in South Africa.
Cape Town is a hub of human rights organizations. You’ll experience how human rights advocacy plays out in the wake of deep legally enforced racial discrimination and economic and political exclusion.