Southern Africa Study Abroad: Biodiversity Conservation and Ecotourism (RENR 400/ ESSM 485)

This is a 6 credit hour eclectic study abroad program for undergraduate students who wish to obtain a first-hand knowledge about the complexity of biodiversity conservation and ecotourism in an Africa country. Students experience a broad suite of factors affecting biodiversity conservation in a developing country; students gain an appreciation of the complexity of interactions among biophysical and human factors affecting nature tourism; students observe the role that public, communal and private land tenure systems play in biodiversity conservation and nature tourism; and students experience a high degree of human diversity in a multi-cultural society.