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Primate Studies Field School (Directory Program)

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  • Locations: Kigali, Rwanda
  • Program Terms: Summer
  • Program Sponsor: University of Arizona 
Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English Click here for a definition of this term Class Status: 2-sophomore, 3-junior, 4-senior, 5-grad student
Housing Options: Other Program Type: study abroad
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Program Description:

This four-week primate studies field school is based in Rwanda, one of Central-East Africa's most progressive countries and home to several species of monkeys and apes, including the famed mountain gorilla.  Students will go on adventure treks to observe gorilla families and golden monkeys on the slopes of the extinct Virunga volcanoes, follow groups of chimpanzees, black and white colobus and guenon monkeys in an afro-alpine jungle, and go on Safari to watch wildlife and study troops of baboons and vervet monkeys in a savanna setting.

In this course, students will study the dynamics of primate social relationships and their connection to social systems and local ecology,  while learning how a variety of quantitative field observation techniques and data gathering tools are used to describe and analyze social interactions, social systems, and environmental features. The program promotes a strong interdisciplinary and comparative approach to primate family systems, combining perspectives from evolutionary biology, psychology, anthropology, and human development.

- See more at: http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/primate-studies-field-school#sthash.dRBue1PW.dpuf