May 16, 2011 to May 31, 2011
Price: $5,395 including round-trip transportation from designated departure cities
Application Deadline: February 25, 2011
Early Application Deadline: $100 Discount for applications received by February 11, 2011!
Credit: 3 hours
At the southern-most tip of the world, experience a country which will turn your preconceptions upside down. Join the CCSA South Africa Summer Program and escape the heat of our summer in a place where winter comes in June, where gold and diamonds can’t match the richness of the native culture and natural beauty, where African, European and Indian peoples after much strife are shaping a unique nation and culture which plays host today to many world events, including most recently the World Cup.
By combining this intensive study abroad experience with course-specific directed study activities preceding and/or following the travel portion of the program, students may earn three semester hours of college credit.
ACCOMMODATIONS & MEALS
Participants in the South Africa Summer Program reside in local hotels and dormitories as well as research station facilities, if appropriate. Accommodations are based primarily on double occupancy with occasional use of multi-bedded rooms; single rooms may be available at an additional price. Daily breakfasts and some additional meals are included in the program price.PROGRAM COSTS
The price of the South Africa Summer Program is $5395. This includes health insurance, round-trip transportation from designated cities, accommodations, daily breakfast, program excursions, airport transfers and some additional meals.
Most meals, other than breakfast, are at the participant’s own expense. A minimum of $400 should be budgeted for meals, additional transportation, entrance fees and departure tax (if applicable). Participants should also budget additional funds for personal expenses such as souvenirs and independent travel, based upon their individual spending habits.
Tuition is not included in the program costs detailed above. Please refer to Registration/Tuition & Fees for additional information. All prices are subject to change in the event of unanticipated increases in airfares, monetary exchange rates or other changes in program costs. In some cases, program items may be deleted in lieu of a price increase.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE & DEADLINES
Applicants are encouraged to apply well in advance of the February 25, 2011 application deadline, as priority is given to early applications. Notification regarding acceptance to the program will be sent shortly after receipt of the application and deposit in the CCSA central office.
For students from outside the CCSA consortium, notification will follow receipt of the application, deposit and additional application materials. Confirmation of specific course selection will be provided approximately three weeks after the application deadline.
NOTE: A $100 reduction in the program price will be awarded to those who submit their applications before or on February 11, 2011. This discount will be applied to the final payment due on April 20, 2011.
A $200 deposit is due at the time of application.
A first payment of $2500 to cover the airline ticket price and deposits on arrangements in Australia is due by the application deadline date, February 25, 2011.
The second and final payment of $2695, plus single room price (if applicable), is due by April 20, 2011.
Please familiarize yourself with the Cancellation Policy. Checks should be made payable to “CCSA.” Please consider your cancelled check as receipt for payment. Returned checks will incur a $20 penalty fee. CCSA also accepts Visa and MasterCard.
PASSPORT & VISITOR VISA INFORMATION
The government of South Africa requires that U.S. citizens acquire visitor visas for travel to South Africa . Visa processing will be coordinated through the CCSA office. A current passport is required to apply for a visitor visa; therefore, it is crucial that participants apply for passports as early as possible.
Please refer to the Passport & Visitor for additional information.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The following is a description of the course of study offered for this CCSA program. Applicants may register for courses offered by professors from any member institution. Students are encouraged to e-mail faculty to learn more about the classes.
ENGLISH/LITERATURE
Literature & Sport: Reading & Writing World Soccer
The “global game” deserves a global stage, and this course delivers. One year after South Africa’s hosting the 2010 World Cup tournament, our course commemorates “football’s” planetary importance by “Reading and Writing World Soccer.” After an interdisciplinary survey of the sport’s scholarship, we turn our attention to soccer’s various literary forms: poems, sketches and fables, as well as stories, player biographies and experimental prose. Out in the “field,” we will explore soccer’s diverse cultural meanings in metropolitan Johannesburg and Cape Town. Students will cap their travels in a formal football journal, in which they reflect on the significance of their experiences. Prerequisite: one semester composition required; one prior literature course preferred
(3 cr. hrs., UD, Dr. David Faflik, [david.faflik@sdstate.edu], South Dakota State University)