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Summer Study Abroad Opportunities in Ghana
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Temple University, International Programs
Temple University in Ghana: West African Civilization & Aesthetics

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This 6-week program is intended to investigate aspects of the historical, literary and artistic bases of West African civilization. It offers students the opportunity to learn about African history, politics, literature, music, dance and theater through academics and personal cultural experiences.


Ghana: Urban Ethnomusicology
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Study the influence, impact, and evolution of musical forms in Ghana. Music plays a central role in traditional and contemporary cultural expression in Ghana, where it often has a multi-dimensional meaning, and includes dance, song and drama.


University Studies Abroad Consortium
African Studies in Accra, Ghana

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The summer Ghana program offers one 6 week session for students who wish to combine formal coursework with an unsurpassed opportunity to visit Ghana's most important historical landmarks and to live in a rich cultural environment. Students will also have the opportunity to visit Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city and home of the Ashanti kingdom. Field trips to sites of cultural significance, including a rain forest, slave castles, beaches, and the largest man-made lake in the world.


New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
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Our summer program in Ghana offers students the opportunity to study performance and arts and culture while living in this West African country. The program is offered in collaboration with faculty from the University of Ghana and the National Theatre.
Students earn 8 points (credits).



College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS)
CCIS Program at the University of Ghana

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The program will consist of 3 weeks of guest lectures by faculty from the Institute and other departments of the University of Ghana, and guided visits to historic and cultural sites throughout Ghana, This course is designed to introduce students to the long history and rich cultures of Ghana through an intensive, interdisciplinary curriculum.


Youth For Understanding USA
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Spend your summer in Accra, Ghana's bustling seaside capital of three million. During your six-week stay, you will have numerous opportunities to learn about Ghanaian history, culture, and people through a unique blend of homestay, community service projects, and travel.


Cooperative Center for Study Abroad
CCSA Ghana Program

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The Ghana Program will be based in Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi, with excursions to sites such as Akosombo and Ashanti Gold Mines.

San Jose State University
Photojournalism in Ghana

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  • Explore Real World multimedia journalism with editor from National Geographic Magazine
  • Produce compelling multimedia stories in the field and on deadline
  • Learn the importance of discipline with time, shooting, and gathering information necessary to advance the story
  • Learn the importance of research, organization, adjusting, adapting and patience


University of Memphis
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This program includes field trips within Accra and also to Cape-Coast, Elmina, Akosombo, Kumasi

S & S Human Resources Development (HRDev)
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Trainees are placed with organisations/institutions, for the duration of the internship/training. The interns/trainees may or may not be paid.

The University of Georgia
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Duration - 4 to 8 weeks

University of Alabama
Alabama in Ghana

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The course explores how cultural norms and values in African societies shape and influence environmental discourses. It is based on the assumption that culture is intimately bound up with the basic social, economic, and institutional processes that give rise to environmental problems in any society. It is open to all majors.

Amizade Global Service-Learning
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Throughout the course we will partake in service opportunities working with the Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana (VOLU) as well as cultural immersion activities including community discussions, Ghanaian dances, games and African singing.


University of South Florida
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Join USF Professor Kofi Glover on a two-week study tour to his native Ghana. The program features a broad range of activities and field trips to include organized sightseeing and excursions to museums, palaces, rural villages and other sites of historical and cultural importance.

Cross Cultural Collaborative, Inc.
Summer Programs in African Arts

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CCC,Inc. is an educational non-profit that places people from different life experiences in an environment where they can exchange ideas and find universal connections. We offer summer programs in African textiles, ceramics, etc. combined with visits to museums and places of cultural interest.

North Carolina State University
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This program is based at the University of Ghana in Legon, with field trips to Cape Coast, Kumasi, Lake Volta/Akosomba, Kakum National Forest.

University of Cape Coast
Study Abroad Summer and Fall Programmes

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All courses are taught in English, with the exception of the Twi Language course.Some courses offered are Ghana Arts and Culture, Africa in Dispersion, Pan-Africanism and Nationalist Movements in Africa, Women and Development in Africa, Introduction to Oral Literature and the Twi Language interspersed with local excursions to historical areas including the Cape Coast and Elimina Castles.

University of Alabama at Birmingham
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An opportunity for students to experience and understand the connections between Africa-the continent-and the African diaspora.The course will take students to Accra, Cape Coast and Elmina to see first-hand where the majority of Africans were sent from the continent into enslavement in the new world.

University of Arizona
Topics in World Music Cultures

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Students immerse themselves in a contemporary African context from the perspective of the arts. In order to experience the vitality of the West African spirit, participants study music, dance, and culture of Ghana.

Blastours
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We offer international travel services to groups and individuals traveling to and within Ghana. We offer custom-made programs to meet the specific requirements of each individual group.

University of Alberta
West Afrcian Ethnomusicology, Dance, Language and Linguistics

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The University of Alberta is hosting a Summer Abroad Program in West African music, dance, language and linguistics taught at the University of Ghana. The program also includes a two week ethnomusicological field school in the village of Dagbamete.

Duke Summer Program: Ghana: Accra
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This is a six-week, two-course program on history, culture and everyday life in Ghana.

UMass Boston
West Africa Today: History, Culture and Society

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Guest lecturers from Ghanian and Beninois universities will discuss the complexities of the culture. Participants will engage in service-learning projects on English literacy and Early Childhood Education, as well as study and learn about the rich culture, history, spiritual traditions and complex society of these two West African countries.

Projects Abroad
Teaching in Ghana

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We offer voluntary placements overseas in areas such as teaching, conservation, care, business and journalism in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo and Ukraine

Loyola Marymount University
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This program offers students the personal and spiritual experience of a lifetime while visiting historic sites and monuments, sacred shrines, festivals and ceremonies, traditional medical practitioners and research centers, kente weavers, stool carving villages and enjoy excellent Afrikan cuisine.

Rust College
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Program is designed provide participants with the opportunity to live and study many cultures of West Africa (Ghana, The Gambia and Senegal).

Amizade Global Service-Learning
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This program pairs academic work in literature with service work. The academic work for the program focuses on 'Non-Western' literature, proposing a number of critical contexts in which the literature can be brought into dialogue with contemporary theories of international development and globalization.

Summer Sessions - University of California, Davis
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Ghana offers many opportunities for experiencing the unique features of West African culture. This course focuses on cultural issues, history and challenges to development in West Africa with special emphasis on the nation of Ghana. Through field trips, discussions, and guest lecturers, students will study topics relating to various aspects of Ghanaian culture, significant moments in Ghanaian history, and contemporary development in Ghana.

Giet Cultural Academy
Exchange Programs

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Kennesaw State University
University of Cape Coast

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Cultural Anthropology: Global Perspective
World Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Survey of African Literatures
Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
Internship*
Arts in Society: Music
Internship*

*Internships available in Development Work, Slavery and Related Histories.


Davidson College
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During a period of six-weeks, participants in the Davidson Summer Program at the University of Cape Coast will be immersed in modern and traditional Ghanaian life. The program includes a one-credit course, a performing arts course, a service project, and excursions into other regions of the country. Ghanaian professors and artists will teach all classes.