Emory University: Emory Environmental Field Studies in Africa Program

The major goals of the Environmental Field Study Program will be to translate theories and principles taught in class into practice in the field, promoting the students' awareness of the connections and global interdependence among human and natural systems. The program will use an interdisciplinary approach to analyze and integrate the ecological, social, political, and economic aspects of the systems under study. The group will spend three weeks in Namibia and one week in Botswana. During that time, they will visit different ecosystems and use them as case studies to learn about major environmental issues of that region. Lectures, two quizzes,field research, independent projects, short papers, and workshops will be used in this field study.