Students will apply geographical principles of adventure travel and global studies to learn through experience about adventure travel and conservation programs in Tanzania. Students will climb Mount Kilimanjaro with local guides, attend lectures and field trips at the College of African Wildlife, learn Swahili, and travel with local guides through National Parks and game reserves to apply academic principles to actual experiences.
Students will be staying at Mweka Wildlife College housing, hotels, and in tents and lodges while on Kilimanjaro and in the national parks.
Includes LDS, undergraduate full tuition (increased cost for graduate and non-LDS students), park fees, cost of climbing Kilimanjaro, porter fees, housing, some meals, and international health insurance coverage.
Not included: airfare (from SLC approximately $2000), some meals, and personal expenses.
Accepted students are required to participate in an international, cross-cultural preparation course (IAS 201, 1 credit hour). This evening course will be held during the second block of winter semester 2019.
Part-time and non-BYU students will need to pay an additional tuition fee of about $286 for enrolling in this prep class.
The first payment is due upon acceptance. Please refer to the 2018 Payment Information document (see kennedy.byu.edu/isp-forms/ISPpaymentInformation2018.pdf).
Jeff Durrant, professor of geography, is the faculty director of the program.
Ryan Jensen, professor of geography, is the department chair for Geography, and a co-director of the program.
Feel free to contact them with questions.