Course 7: Transitional Justice
Field of Study: Political Science
- Among the pressing challenges facing societies emerging out of war or authoritarianism is how to respond to human rights violations perpetrated in the mayhem of conflict. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission represents one model that has been both celebrated and heavily critiqued. Offered by a practitioner who has worked with the UN in the African Great Lakes region, Nepal, and north Africa, this course sets the commission in historic and comparative context, critically highlighting questions about truth recovery, justice, reparations, and enabling non-recurrence.
- Can be Topped up with 1 US/2 ECTS Credits
Course 8: Present Imperfect: Negotiating Identities in Film and Literature
Field of Study: Film and Literature Studies
- This course explores the ways in which South African film and literature register and reflect socio-political conflicts and tensions. Students will engage with classic and contemporary South African poems and short stories, as well as a novel and three films, in order to explore how these fields of cultural production serve as a means of questioning and negotiating identity in South Africa.
- Can be Topped up with 1 US/2 ECTS Credits
Course 9: Understanding HIV in South Africa: A Health & Social Justice Perspective
Field of Study: HIV/AIDS Management
- This interactive course aims to develop a global understanding of HIV and AIDS, gender and sexuality through a health and social justice perspective. We will have a specific focus on the South African experience, evaluating how far have we have come regarding HIV and Aids, gender, sexuality and health social justice in post-apartheid South Africa.
- Can be Topped up with 1 US/2 ECTS Credits
Course 10: China in Africa
Field of Study: International Relations and Chinese Studies
- This course offers a comprehensive introduction to China's engagement on the African continent. The course includes an overview of Chinese investments on the continent, including infrastructure, extractive industries and trade relationships; it also examines China-Africa relations within the context of global groupings such as BRICS and FOCAC, the role of historical and political relations and the growing role of Chinese security within Africa. The course familiarizes students with the controversy surrounding the relationship, including issues of labour and environmental degradation as well as mechanisms which African countries draw on to command more co-operative interaction.
- Can be Topped up with 1 US/2 ECTS Credits
Course 11: Biomedical Engineering – Designing solutions for African health (Course framework tbc)
Field of Study: Engineering
- Biomedical engineering involves applying the concepts, knowledge and approaches of virtually all engineering disciplines to solve or improve healthcare related problems. The challenges created by the diversity and complexity of living systems and the unique context of South Africa, require creative, knowledgeable, and imaginative people working in multidisciplinary teams to monitor, restore and enhance normal body function. In this course students will be exposed to healthcare challenges faced in South Africa and will work together in teams to help address these issues using novel engineering approaches.
- Can be Topped up with 1 US/2 ECTS Credits
Date of Programme: 17 June – 15 July 2022 (All 3 Electives) (Or only attend selected Elective)
Academic Weight: 2 US Credits / 4 ECTS Credits (Per Elective)
(Students who choose to do the full 3.5 week Programme with all 3 Electives will receive 6 US Credits/ 12 ECTS Credits.)
Top up Credits: All Electives have an optional 1 US Credit/2 ECTS Credits Top Up option.
(This means that each Elective becomes 3 US/ 6 ECTS Credits)
Language: English
Requirements:
- Minimum GPA Requirement of 2.8
Can be Topped up with 1 US/2 ECTS Credits