This program is an intensive study of the maritime and urban heritage of pre- and post-apartheid Cape Town, South Africa. Through a survey of core readings, on-site lecture presentations, coupled with visits to select places of historic import, students will explore the geographical, maritime, socio-cultural, and political history of Cape Town as well as the broad story of South Africa generally. This international experience on the Mother Continent---in one of the world's most fascinating, diverse, and beautiful cities---will contribute significantly to the homocentric character and global education of our students. Through their course of study and overall experience abroad, they will invariably discover some new dimensions of their own humanity and also its shared, interrelatedness with the humanity of South Africans and other ethnic groups in the region. In the main, of course, studying major themes of the maritime and urban heritage of Cape Town, and actually criss-crossing the Atlantic ocean, will undoubtedly be both a defining educational event and a very special transformational moment in the lives of ECU students. All ECU-registered undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply. Non-ECU students may also participate, provided they register as visiting students at ECU.

• Costs: about $4,500 inclusive of all costs a few incidental costs including books and spending money; details to follow
• Financing: http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/StudyAbroad/SA/Financing.pdf
• Immunizations and Passports: http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/StudyAbroad/SA/Passports.htm
• Draft Itinerary: http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/StudyAbroad/SA/Itinerary.pdf
• Syllabus: TBA