Students are encouraged to participate in opportunities to travel abroad. Both majors and minors may take 3-6 hours of study abroad courses by participating in one of three seminars-Ghana Seminar on Music and Art, Benin Seminar on History and Cultural Arts, or Burkina Faso Seminar with its French language emphasis.

The Music and Art of Ghana
MUCH W470/ MUCH W586 (4 credit hours)
        

During this workshop, students are emersed in a contemporaryAfrican context from the perspective of the arts in order to experience the vitality of the west African spirit. Students will study music dance, and visual arts in Ghana, West Africa. The class will spend one to two weeks at a cultural arts institute near the nation's capital, Accra, with the remainder of the time in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti peoples, and farther north in the Dagomba region. Students will participate in morning and evening music and dance lessons, with opportunities during the day to study other arts, such as batik making, kente weaving, adinkra cloth making, and wood carving. The class will also attend local events such as funerals, rituals, and social dance clubs, during which music and art play primary roles.

For more information, contact Dr. Steven Cornelius
at scornel@bgnet.bgsu.edu or (419) 372-2519
or Dr. Rebecca L. Green at rlgreen@bgnet.bgsu.edu

French Programs in Burkina Faso
FREN 470/ FREN 682 (3 credit hours)

Dr. Opportune Zongo (center) and participants in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Summer 1998).

The two-week Spring, and three-week summer study programs in Burkina Faso are offered through the Department of Romance Languages. Courses are conducted in French. For the two-week Spring program, students are taken to Burkina Faso after attending a January to March French program in France. The three-week program, worth six credit hours, is held in the summer and designed only for students who have spent at least one semester in a French-speaking country. For both programs, students attend morning classes taught by Burkinabe professors of the University of Ouagadougou and go on excursions most afternoons and weekends. A final exam in each course concludes the program.

For more information, contact Dr. Opportune Zongo at ozongo@bgnet.bgsu.edu or

(419) 372-7396

The History and Art of the Republic of Benin, West Africa
HIST 495/586/587 (6 credit hours)

Dr. Lillian Ashcraft-Eason and participants in Cotonou, Republic of Benin (Summer 2002).

The History Department of Bowling Green State University offers a three and a half week summer seminar in the Republic of Benin, West Africa. In cooperation with Benin's National University, this seminar provides studies in Beninese cultural history and creative arts. Undergraduate and graduate students across all disciplines, as well as interested individuals from the general public, are invited to participate. Students will be accompanied by BGSU professors and participating faculty from the National University of Benin during group travel nd scheduled activities.

More Info

For more information, contact Dr., Lillian Ashcraft-Eason at lashcra@bgnet.bgsu.edu or 372-8120.