Tuesday, September 4, 2007
A-School to Hold J-Term Course in Ghana
Associate Professor of Architecture Maurice Cox and Associate Professor of History Scot French, with the assistance of architectural historian Gina Haney, will be directing the 2008 January-Term Course AAS 403Z/ARCH 595 Community as Classroom: Urban Studies and Service Learning in Cape Coast, Ghana. The course will be sponsored jointly by the Woodson Institute and the School of Architecture.
The course is the University?s only upcoming travel opportunity in Africa. The curriculum has been designed to "transform the community into a classroom," which will engage students in a number of site-specific service learning projects with Cape Coast local civic leaders and community stakeholders. The goal is to not only create a meaningful learning opportunity for UVa students, but also to leave something behind which will truly be "useful" to the Cape Coast community.
Fifteen third and fourth-year undergraduate students will be admitted to the program which is open to all schools in the university.
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