SIT South Africa - Durban website
Advisor/Important notes:
- SIT programs offer students the opportunity to dive deep into a specific academic topic! These small (15-25 student) programs run on a fixed course model where all students are enrolled in the same courses. SIT highly values experiential learning and makes an effort to get you out of the classroom and into your host community as much as possible. A key component of these programs are the Internship or Independent Study Project that students complete during the last month of their global study semester.
- Durban is located along the coast of the Indian Ocean.
- More comparatively focused on government and policy—looking at South African politics compared to Mozambique. This program also discusses memory and commemoration.
Who to contact:
- SIT Program Contact - Abigail Fox (abigail.fox@sit.edu)
- SIT Contact a Former Student Page
- Contact a returned Gettysburg student
Program Highlights:
- Explore career paths while engaging with diplomats and NGOs working in international relations to learn about South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy.
- Witness the mechanics and dismantling of South Africa’s apartheid system.
- Travel to Mozambique to learn about its role in the struggle against apartheid.
- Examine South-South relations and political and social developments through the lenses of various partnerships and governing bodies such as BRICS and the African Union.