Winter Session: December 28, 2009 – January 8, 2010

In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, the University of
Arizona’s Office of Study Abroad & Student Exchange is offering a unique
faculty-led winter session program in Ghana. This program is designed for
students interested in astronomy and anthropology, particularly in an African
context.

This intensive program aims to teach students to do cutting-edge astronomy
research from anywhere in the world that has an internet connection. Students
will learn how to use publicly available archival data from ground and
space-based telescopes.  In addition, students learn how African have
traditionally viewed the heavens and the role the sky has played in their
societies through hands-on cultural astronomy research in Cape Coast and the
surrounding communities.

Through this course, students can earn between 3 and 9 credits in Astronomy or
Anthropology. Courses will be held for 12 days in Cape Coast to be followed by
two weeks of independent study upon return.  Students may choose to take one,
two of three of the following courses:

•    ASTR/ANTH 345 Cultural Astronomy: Africa
•    ASTR 300 The Universe at Your Fingertips: Research in the Survey Age
•    ASTR 204 Great Debates in Astronomy

The program will be based on the University of Cape Coast campus in the coastal
Ghanaian city of Cape Coast.  Located on the Gulf of Guinea, approximately 75
miles from the capital of Accra, Cape Coast is one of Ghana’s most historic
cities and is home to Ghana’s most vibrant fishing culture.  Much of the beach
is consumed with crowds of fishermen in traditional canoes, intertwined by a
sea of fishing nets.

Applications available through The University of Arizona Office of Study Abroad
& Student Exchange (520) 626-9211, www.studyabroad.arizona.edu
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Harmony DeFazio, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

NOTE : Applicants from the Africa should contact Prof. Buah-Bassuah in the Department of Physics at the University of Cape Coast for details on application and possibilities for funding.  His email address is: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it