11-30-2008, 09:19 PM
Hello!
In just two days my son leaves for a 2 month visit to South Africa. He would like to put together a proposal for an independent study so he can get some credit for the trip. Last quarter he worked 40-50 hours a week to earn money to afford this trip, and was also enrolled as a full-time student at RIT. He was so busy he wasn't able to put together a course. Actually, he had some things done toward it, but the focus of his trip has now changed and he is unable to follow up with his original ideas. He has an anthropology teacher that is open to sponsoring his course if he can submit some kind of syllabus.
Because his plans are very open and free-flowing, he's having a hard time coming up with how to present an ind. study. He has a number of contacts that know he is coming and will contact them in-country to help with whatever volunteer work he can do. Some of the things he has planned include traveling to Zimbabwe with a wedding party (bride is S. African, groom is Zimbabwean), taking supplies to an AIDS orphanage and helping out there for awhile, working on a farm that is seeking to help develop sustainable communities in rural areas, studying race relations and reconciliation, networking with various churches and ministries to assess the needs of local populations, and visiting lots of South Africans as he endeavors to learn more about their culture and way of life.
Any ideas as to how to make this an "academically worthy" course? He enjoys reading and loves to write. Sorry this is so last minute - we've been out of town the past couple of weeks and haven't had a chance to research this much. By the way, he has clepped 3 courses and will do 2 more in the spring after he returns from S. Africa ;-)
Thanks for your help!
Julie
In just two days my son leaves for a 2 month visit to South Africa. He would like to put together a proposal for an independent study so he can get some credit for the trip. Last quarter he worked 40-50 hours a week to earn money to afford this trip, and was also enrolled as a full-time student at RIT. He was so busy he wasn't able to put together a course. Actually, he had some things done toward it, but the focus of his trip has now changed and he is unable to follow up with his original ideas. He has an anthropology teacher that is open to sponsoring his course if he can submit some kind of syllabus.
Because his plans are very open and free-flowing, he's having a hard time coming up with how to present an ind. study. He has a number of contacts that know he is coming and will contact them in-country to help with whatever volunteer work he can do. Some of the things he has planned include traveling to Zimbabwe with a wedding party (bride is S. African, groom is Zimbabwean), taking supplies to an AIDS orphanage and helping out there for awhile, working on a farm that is seeking to help develop sustainable communities in rural areas, studying race relations and reconciliation, networking with various churches and ministries to assess the needs of local populations, and visiting lots of South Africans as he endeavors to learn more about their culture and way of life.
Any ideas as to how to make this an "academically worthy" course? He enjoys reading and loves to write. Sorry this is so last minute - we've been out of town the past couple of weeks and haven't had a chance to research this much. By the way, he has clepped 3 courses and will do 2 more in the spring after he returns from S. Africa ;-)
Thanks for your help!
Julie
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