Off Campus Study

Ohio Wesleyan University in Tanzania. This program based in Dar es Salaam includes extensive study of African cultures, field experiences, and travel throughout
Tanzania and Kenya. Academic work for the program includes courses in East Africa Cultures; African Medical Systems; Women, Development and the Environment; and
Swahili. Students may participate in an internship with a professional social service or a research institution. The program will be offered Spring 2025. For further information,
contact Dr. Randolph Quaye, Black World Studies, Director of the Ohio Wesleyan University program in Tanzania.

Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives:

• Students will develop the ability to conceptualize BWS as a distinct discipline. This includes developing concepts, theories and perspectives to reflect critically on other traditional scholarship as it relates to Africa and the African diaspora.
• Students will have the ability to develop a minimum level of competence in writing and oral expression in Swahili and to use that language to understand the customs, traditions and values of east Africans through the BWS study abroad program in Tanzania.
• Students will develop the ability to conduct research by using basic quantitative and qualitative approaches to investigate a specific social problem (s).
• Students will have the ability to develop in depth- knowledge of other cultures, and through that, a greater understanding of their own.
• Students will develop the ability to write and to use writing as a tool to engage others in and outside the classroom.

Major Requirements

Requirements for the Black World Studies major include:

• BWS 105  and BWS 200X (Critical Race Theory) pending CAP approval.
• One course from Category I: African
• Three courses from Category II: African-American
• Four courses from Category III: Electives

Courses in Categories I and II may also be used as elective courses for the major and minor.