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Curriculum

Due to an academic calendar change at the University of Dar es Salaam, Brown has amended our former program to match the Brown semester calendar dates and has carefully chosen an exciting curriculum designed to engage our students in topics including Development Studies, Public Health, African Literature, and History. The semester curriculum will be preceded by an intensive four-week Kiswahili language course and an orientation to historic and contemporary issues in Tanzania and the city of Dar es Salaam. Students are required to continue their Kiswahili studies throughout the semester/year while enrolling in four additional courses taught in English.

Prescribed Program of Study

Kiswahili Language

During the four-week orientation period, students will receive three hours of instruction per day for a total of 60 contact hours. During the semester program, students will receive one hour of language instruction per day for a total of 65 contact hours. These two components will be graded separately and then combined into one final grade for the entire program. Kiswahili classes will be arranged according to students’ language levels. Students may not opt out of the language orientation.

Conflict, Peace Building and Development

This course examines the implications of conflict on the developmental process. Students are given tools to discuss and analyze these implications as they investigate the history of conflicts and conflict management in Africa from the standpoints of competing theoretical perspectives.

Society, Culture and Health

This course offers a comparative analysis between modern Western allopathic medicine and the medical practices of the developing world. Through the lens of sociological and anthropological research, students are given a critical view of social responses to disease and health care.

African Literature or Tanzanian Literature in English

This course aims to engage the students in a critical review of selected African literary works, written in English, and asks questions related to societal relevance and representation both inside and outside of the African continent.

History of East Africa or History of Tanzania

The focus of this course will be the political, economic, and social forces which transformed the East African region or Tanzania specifically from pre-colonial times to its present state.

*Global Independent Study Project (GLISP)*

Qualified Brown University students may be eligible to conduct a guided independent study in lieu of one of the courses listed above (excluding the Kiswahili language class which is required for ALL students). Interested students should inform the Office of International Programs at Brown during the application stage. For more information, please visit the following webpage: http://www.brown.edu/Administration/OIP/programs/gis/

Due to scheduling conflicts between the U.S. semester calendar and the academic calendar at the University of Dar es Salaam, students will not be able to enroll directly in courses at the university.

Credit

Students will receive an official Brown transcript listing “S” (Satisfactory) for each of the 5 courses they successfully complete with a grade of C- or better. The Brown Transcript will award 4 Brown Credits total for a full semester course load. This is equivalent to 16 semester hour credits.

Brown Program Academic Calendar

NOTE: The academic calendar below is an approximation. Specific dates may vary.

• Fall Semester: early August – mid-December
• Spring Semester: early January – mid-May
• Academic Year: early August – mid-May