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Description: Tanzania will be the setting for this three week tour that strives to convey a sense of the enormous cultural and ecological diversity that exists in the African continent today. Accompanied by the tour director, participants travel to different parts of Tanzania to observe and partake in daily life, including a weekend home-stay with host families. Areas to be visited include: the Olduvai Gorge and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tarangire National Park, The Usamabara Mountains, and Pangani on the beautiful Indian Ocean coastline. 

Dates:  Tentatively May 16-June 3. 

Cost:  Approximately $4,150.00, inclusive of airfare, ground transportation, accommodation (bed and breakfast), all program related activities (e.g., international programs fee, game park and museum entrance fees), travel insurance and most meals. 

Prerequisites:  All participants must have a minimum 2.5 GPA and at least sophomore-level standing. 

Registration for Credit:  Participants have the option of registering for 3 credit hours of Anthropology 390. Those who do will be required to turn in a final project to receive credit. Tuition and fees will be paid in addition to the tour cost. Contact Minnesota State University Moorhead's Division of Continuing Studies at (218) 477-2182 for details.

Application deadline: March 21. A $250 deposit must be paid upon registration. Due to the small size of the program, space is extremely limited, so apply early and do not wait until the deadline. Balance of fees is due no later than April 1. 

Director: Dr. Bruce Roberts, who has been traveling to Africa since 1988, leads the tour. In addition to having conducted extensive anthropological research in Kenya, Dr. Roberts has taken student groups to Kenya in the summers of 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001and to Tanzania and Kenya in 2004. 

For further information please contact:

Bruce D. Roberts
Department of Anthropology and Earth Science
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN. 56563 
Telephone: (218) 477-2043
FAX: (218) 477-2593
E mail: robertsb@mnstate.edu
Website http://www.mnstate.edu/robertsb

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 Last  modified 01/23/07
by Bruce Roberts
robertsb@mnstate.edu