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OSPCPTWN 18: Xhosa Language and Culture

History of the Xhosa language; understanding Xhosa culture and way of life. Listening, speaking, reading and writing, combined with the social uses of the language in everyday conversations and interactions. Intercultural communication. Content drawn from the students¿ experiences in local communities through their service learning/volunteer activities to support the building of the relationships in these communities. How language shapes communication and interaction strategies.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 2 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 6 units total)

OSPCPTWN 20: Supervised Service-Learning

For students not enrolled in Cape Town course-based service-learning. Opportunities with Cape Town Centre¿s community partners: Western Cape NGOs, government agencies, or other community-based civic groups. Bi-weekly seminars for discussion, critical reflection, and integration of experiences with Cape Town studies and cultural discoveries.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 3 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 6 units total)
Instructors: McMillan, J. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 22: Preparation for Community-Based Research in Community Health and Development

For students intending to engage in community-based research in South Africa in the summer following spring study quarter in Cape Town. Approaches and methods of collaborative, community-based research; qualitative data gathering and analysis methods in community-based research; effective collaboration with community partners and data sources; race and privilege in community-based research. Identifying research partners and sponsors; articulating potential research questions; and planning research projects.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Stanton, T. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 23: History and Politics of South Africa in Transition

Key issues in contemporary South African politics including: South Africa¿s negotiated settlement; the sustainability of democracy in South Africa; the heterogeneity of South Africa; and questions of agency and subordination globally and locally.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom

OSPCPTWN 24: Targeted Research Project in Community health and Development

Two-quarter sequence for students engaging in Cape Town-sponsored community based research. Students undertake substantive community health or development investigations in collaboration with the Stanford Centre¿s community partners: Western Cape NGOs or government agencies, or community -based organizations or groups. Projects designed to build knowledge and skills for students and to respond to needs of Centre partners in the community. Winter Quarter focus on research methods; Spring Quarter focus on implementation and research.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 5 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 10 units total)
Instructors: Stanton, T. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 27: Service Learning Practice

Prerequisite: OSPCPTWN 20 or permission of instructor
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: McMillan, J. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 32: Adult Learning, Development, and Social Change: Service Learning in the South African Context

Adult learning and its role in community social action; development; service learning. Micro contexts of people's daily lives and experiences in the context of an emergent democracy; understanding possibilities of community action and mobilisation for social change. Service in a historically marginalised community near Cape Town to understand realities of everyday life in informal settlements, to engage with education in a developmental context, and to gain insight into sociopolitical factors that shape social action and learning.
Terms: Win, Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-EDP
Instructors: McMillan, J. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 34: The Effect of HIV/AIDS on the Fate of Vulnerable Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Current status of children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub Saharan Africa. Scope and characteristics of the HIV pandemic, and how it impacts the larger society, communities, and the extended family. Fate of children with a mother diagnosed with HIV; issues around stigma of testing, and treatment. Statistics of epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa; response of communities, governments, and NGOs; impact of programs designed to address needs of vulnerable populations. Consequences of grief and trauma, as well as malnutrition and starvation, on the well being of vulnerable children.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Solvason, H. (PI)

OSPCPTWN 35: Political Economy of Aids

Introduction to AIDS epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment; social and historical roots of AIDS in Africa; relationship between AIDS, sex and poverty; AIDS policy in South Africa (including AIDS denialism and the problem of stigma in rolling out antiretroviral treatment); demographic modeling of the AIDS epidemic (using publicly available modeling packages: EPP, Spectrum and ASSA2003lite); AIDS leadership at national and civil society level and financing the fight against AIDS.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom

OSPCPTWN 36: The Archaeology of Southern African Hunter Gatherers

Archaeology, history and ethnography of the aboriginal hunter gatherers of southern Africa, the San people. Formative development of early modern humans and prehistory of hunters in southern Africa before the advent of herding societies; rock paintings and engravings of the subcontinent as situated in this history. Spread of pastoralism throughout Africa. Problems facing the descendants of recent hunter gatherers and herders in southern Africa, the Khoisan people.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI, GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci
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