Description

Wildlife Conservation Expeditions:

* Courses focus on wildlife management, sustainable resource utilization, ecosystem & biodiversity conservation, reserve & resort management, capture & care of wild animals.

Vets-in-the-Wild Expeditions:
* Courses focus on wildlife veterinary science, wildlife diseases and medicine, capture & care of wild animals, breeding of rare species, wildlife rehabilitation, ecosystems & biodiversity conservation.

Special Program Features:
* These are short-term field study expeditions
* Students receive hands-on experience throughout Southern Africa while taking courses for credit from the U. of Pretoria and interacting with professionals in their fields of study.

Highlights

With ten faculties and 550 academic programs, the University of Pretoria is the biggest residential university in South Africa. Today, it provides training for 50,000 students. Ecolife Expeditions is an extension program of the Centre for Wildlife Management at the University of Pretoria, and has been conducting short-term field study programs for international students since 1999. Two study programs are currently presented, the Wildlife Management program, and the Vets-in-the-Wild program. Aimed at students of biology, conservation, eco-tourism, environmental science, natural resources, park management, wildlife management, veterinary science, zoology, wildlife rehabilitation or a related field, these study programs offer an exciting, hands-on, in-depth, and educational experience, taking students behind-the-scenes in the wildlife field in Southern Africa. The expeditions are in the form of a camping safari, and the duration is around 3 weeks. Students interact with rangers, veterinarians, and researchers working in the field, giving them insight into life, successes, and problems associated with conservation in Africa today. This field based course becomes increasingly more "hands on" as the group becomes accustomed to the challenges and rigors of traveling in the bush. The activities are practical and designed to expose participants to various facets of the African experience. One day students may identify plants and learn about their uses; the next they might take part in an erosion prevention project or visit a local school.

Students might take two or three trips to the same lion kill in order to watch the incredible succession of animals work over the carcass, or spend an evening with some Zulu villagers to learn the art of tribal dancing and story-telling. By the end of the program, students will have an appreciation for the complexity and inter connectedness of life in Africa and will have a clearer understanding of the issues and realities facing African wildlife today.

Here are some of the places you might visit on these programs:
* Rhino and Lion Park
* Blyde Canyon Reserve: Swadini Resort
* Shangana Village, Hazyview, Mpumalanga Province
* Kruger National Park
* Onderstepoort & DeWildt Wild Cheetah and Wild Dog Breeding Centre
* Imbambala Loskop Dam Game Reserve
* Lory Park Zoo & Owl Sanctuary
* Johannesburg Zoo
* Mokopane Breeding Centre

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

• Animal Science
• Biology (general)
• Conservation And Preservation
• Ecology
• Veterinary Medicine/science
• Zoology & Wildlife Sciences

Cost in US$:

Wildlife Conservation 2012: 5,150 dollars; Vets-in-the-wild 2012: 5,150 dollars

Program Fees Include:

Tuition, accommodation, meals, land transportation during program, course materials, camping equipment, permits and entry fees, group activities

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Other

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Transcript
• Written Application

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