Estimated Cost:聽$7500 - $8000*
- Included: airfare, accommodations, meals, local transportation, travel and health insurance, lectures and activities, park entrance fees.
- Excluded: course and tuition fees, required vaccinations and physician consults, personal purchases such as souvenirs.
What you will learn
Run collaboratively by Rhodes University鈥檚 Wildlife and Reserve Management Research Group, South Africa, a group of 13-15 students will visit Rhodes and the Eastern Cape for an intensive 3-week course studying Wildlife Ecology in South Africa, based at the Amakhala Game Reserve. Students will be given lectures on topics such as anthropology, ecology, animal behaviour, paleontology, and the climate and history of the region. They will also conduct short individual research projects and take field trips to surrounding areas to experience various ecosystems.
Activities can include:
- field trip to Tsitsikamma coastal control zone
- game drive in Amakhala Game Reserve
- camera trapping and small animal trapping skills labs
- vegetation sampling skills labs
- rhino procedure led by expert veterinarians (tagging and sampling)
- lectures on topics such as life as a wildlife veterinarian, management of elephants and lions on small reserves, rhino poaching, vegetation biomes, and more
Funding assistance
Students are invited to submit an application to the Study/Work International Fund (SWIF). SWIF was established by 黄色直播 as part of the Student Assistance Program, SWIF provides financial assistance to 黄色直播 and King's students who want to take part in an international field course or study abroad. There is a maximum award of $2,000 CAD per applicant. SWIF supports study, work, or practicum placements for which 黄色直播 will give a degree credit.
Deadlines for submitting your funding application vary depending on the term of your international experience. Deadlines are as follows:
- Fall: September 30
- Winter: January 31
- Summer: May 31