| Winter 2025: Tanzania ART |
| January 03, 2025 - January 27, 2025 |
| This program is closed. Please contact the faculty director for more information. |
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| Meetings | |
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| Interest Meetings: |
| | 02/12/2024 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Willard Hall 007 | |
| | 02/28/2024 | 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | https://udel.zoom.us/j/5050843095 | |
| | 03/04/2024 | 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | https://udel.zoom.us/j/5050843095 | |
| | 03/14/2024 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Recitation Hall 101 | |
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| Orientation Meetings - attend ALL of the following: |
| | 09/25/2024 | 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM | Taylor Hall 022 | |
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| Program Notes | |
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| This program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants. Interview appointments and acceptance decisions are at the discretion of the faculty director. |
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Note: Please check program pages regularly or follow @UDGlobal on Instagram or Twitter for updated information on applying for a 25W study abroad program.
Please review the CGPS COVID-19 Updates page before applying to a study abroad program.
All applicants must have a valid passport by the program’s application deadline. Your passport’s expiration date must be more than six months after the program ends. If you do not have a current passport, apply through the U.S. State Department. It takes an average of 10-13 weeks (3-4 months) to process a passport.
Traveling and studying abroad during a global pandemic poses new challenges and requires accepting a higher level of uncertainty than in the past. Students who choose to study abroad at this time must be prepared to adapt to the evolving situation and must take responsibility to act in accordance with the rules, regulations, and recommendations of UD, their program leadership, and legal authorities of their home and host country. Due to the rapidly changing and unpredictable global and local response to COVID-19, these rules, regulations and recommendations are subject to change at any time.
The University will continue to monitor the ongoing situation with COVID-19 (coronavirus) as we approach the departure date for this program. Please reach out to your program coordinator or faculty director with questions and continue to monitor the UD coronavirus webpage for updates. If UD decides to cancel a study abroad program, we will communicate directly with affected students. |
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| Program Description | |
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Study documentary photography and art for social change in Tanzania, an African nation rich in indigenous cultures and spectacular wildlife. Students will enjoy hands on photographic workshops and working with communities involved in collaborative art projects that stimulate social change.
Once in Tanzania, your safari will take you to the National Parks and reserves of Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangire for documentary photography amid the savanna. The parks contain spectacular concentrations of wildlife that are habituated to vehicles, allowing close observation of various aspects of animal behavior including foraging, social interactions within species, and multiple-species interactions. While on tribal lands the indigenous people will be your guides taking you to culturally significant areas like hidden caves of Maasai warriors, Singing Rocks of the Hadzabe Hunter/Gatherers and waterfalls of the Iraq people. Daily field excursions will be supplemented with nightly campfire discussion about art for social change, culture, photography and conservation issues.
Students reside in shared tents when we stay on tribal lands and in shared rooms in lodges during most National Park excursions with meals provided at all locations.
Whether you’re interested in documentary photography or art for social change, the Winter Session in Tanzania is your chance to capture the splendor of African animals in their natural environment and understand the ethics and principals of photographing local people. You will learn firsthand about the real, practical challenges involved in the survival of various ethnic groups and how individuals are creating works of art as a sustainable source of income.
Students should budget extra for vaccinations, laundry services at the lodges, equipment for this program, and a visa to enter Tanzania. Students will be required to bring binoculars, sleeping bag/sleeping pad, hiking shoes, two water bottles, a fleece, raincoat, hat, sunglasses, and hiking clothes. Students should also budget an additional $110 for the necessary visa to enter Tanzania.
The Program Fee includes all lodging, all meals and drinking water, ground transportation in Tanzania, and international health insurance.
The Program Fee does NOT include airfare to/from Tanzania, nor airport transfers within the U.S. The program officially begins when students arrive in Tanzania. Students will receive detailed travel instructions after acceptance, explaining how and where to purchase their plane ticket. See the Cost section below for estimated airfare. |
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| ACCESSIBILITY: Participants with disabilities should know that accessibility and accommodation in some program locations may differ from the United States. Transit systems and legacy building construction practices may not meet U.S. accessibility standards, and alternative access to public transportation, buildings, or public sites cannot be guaranteed. But UD students with disabilities are welcome and encouraged to study abroad. Review these questions with the Office of Disability Support Services to determine whether this program can meet your accommodation needs. |
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| Program Courses | |
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| Students must enroll in all credit-bearing courses for a grade. Only the UNIV (zero credit) course may be taken pass/fail. Audit registration is not permitted on UD Travel Study. Please refer to the University Catalog to verify requirements and prerequisites |
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| Honors credit may be available. Check with the faculty director and the Honors program for approval (check before departure). |
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| All students must enroll in at least 6 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course. |
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| ART 289-070: Documentary Photography (3 credits) |
| Introduces critical issues and practices in documentary photography and video. Explores the influence of social documentarians. Examines the relationship of word and image, the role of photo editors and the development of the photo-essay through discussion and studio experience. |
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| ART 324-070: The Art of Social Change (3 credits) |
| 20th Century international liberation artists’ works are examined from interdisciplinary perspectives. Students will observe and write about art works using behavioral science methods. Interaction with contemporary social change artists and one visual project are part of the course. |
| Satisfies the following requirements: |
| | University Social Science Breadth |
| | Arts and Sciences - Group C |
| | Multicultural |
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| UNIV 370-095: Study Abroad - Tanzania ART (0 credits) pass/fail |
| Students are asked to reflect upon changes in their knowledge, skills, and attitudes that occur due to their study abroad experience. |
| Satisfies the following requirements: |
| | Discovery Learning |
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| Requirements | |
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Applicants should have a G.P.A. of at least 2.0 (on a 4.00 scale).
Meeting these minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance, which is based on academic quality and demonstrated ability to contribute to the objectives of the program. Early application is encouraged. |
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For all participants, a formal application is necessary, including at least one recommendation. An interview may be conducted in person or by Zoom.
A transcript is required from Non-UD applicants only. Non-UD students, please email a copy of your official transcript to the Program Coordinator.
Study abroad at the University of Delaware is highly competitive. Please review the study abroad acceptance process. If you are not selected for your first choice program, we encourage you to apply to another program. |
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| Costs | |
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How much does it cost?.
- University of Delaware Tuition/Fees for one Winter Session
- Travel Study Program Fee
- Usually covers: housing, all program-related excursions and some meals (check with the program's faculty director for details).
- Does NOT cover: airfare to/from the program site and ground transportation to/from the U.S. departure airport. For planning purposes only, we estimate roundtrip airfare to be approximately $2,000.00.
- Plan ahead for how to pay for travel study, and make sure you understand the costs associated with your program.
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When and how do I pay?
If you are offered acceptance to the program, you will have 3 days to withdraw without financial penalty. After the 3 days have passed, you will be officially accepted to the program, and CGPS will post the full Program Fee and Tuition/Fees to your UD student account.
- An initial payment of $1000.00 will be due in mid-May.
- The balance of the Program Fee and Tuition/Fees will be due in early January.
- Payments are submitted through My Finances in UDSIS.
- All charges, once posted to your account, are considered non-refundable.
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Other important things to note:
- Program Fees are subject to change until the group's departure date. Final Program Fees may increase due to unforeseen local cost increases, fluctuations in exchange rates, or changes in the group size.
- CGPS reserves the right to cancel a program at any time due to under-enrollment, safety/health/security issues, staffing issues, or any other relevant reason. If your program is cancelled, you will receive a full refund of all Program Fees paid.
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| | Delaware Resident | Non-Delaware Resident | | Final Tuition based on current year | $3,648.00 | $9,798.00 | | Final Program Fee | $8,670.00 | $8,670.00 | | UD Registration & Activities Fee | $30.00 | $30.00 | | Total to be charged to UD account (final) | $12,348.00 | $18,498.00 | | Plus Airfare Estimate (purchased separately) | $2,000.00 | $2,000.00 |
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| The rates above may not apply to you if you are a UD graduate student during the time you are studying abroad. Please refer to http://www1.udel.edu/finaid/rates.html for the appropriate rates. |
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| Scholarships | |
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| Financial need-based scholarships are available to UD undergraduates on a competitive basis. To be considered, students must have a current FAFSA on-file with Student Financial Services. For more details, please see our scholarships page. |
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| Deadlines | |
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| All charges, once posted to your account, are considered non-refundable. Payments are submitted through My Finances in UDSIS. |
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| Submit Program Application by 5pm on | April 20, 2024 | | Acceptance and Scholarship Announced | May 03, 2024 | | $1,000.00 Initial Payment Due * | mid-May | | Program Fee Balance, Tuition and Fees Due | early January |
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| *All students will receive an email when they are accepted to a program and will have 10 days from that notification to make their $1,000.00 Initial Payment. |
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| Please note that this program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants. |
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| Contacts | |
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| Jon Cox |
| Faculty Director |
| Art |
| 104 Taylor Hall |
| 610-563-1410 |
| joncox@udel.edu |
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| Program information is subject to change at any time. Please check this web site periodically for updates. |
