Study Abroad

In Barbados

Earn six credits during the summer on the island of Barbados, experiencing and examining at first hand fascinating aspects of the society and culture of this independent Caribbean nation, small in size, and great in history, in social and economic development, as well as in natural beauty. The program will be directed by Dr. E. Anthony Hurley, a native Barbadian and a professor in the Department of Africana Studies.

 ACADEMIC COMPONENTS

Program participants will receive six upper-division credits for the following courses: AFH 390 G /AFS 421– Topics in Africana Studies: Inside the Caribbean – The Barbados Experience, and AFS 487 – Research in Africana Studies.

 SCHEDULE

The program will begin in July with pre-departure orientation and instructional sessions at Stony Brook during the first week and debriefing and post-return sessions in August. Students will spend three weeks in Barbados (July 18 – August 8) where formal classroom instruction will be integrated with structured and unstructured field work. The program will be held during the Crop-Over festival (Barbados’s annual carnival), which features a variety of new musical performances, a parade of costume bands, and street dancing. Other activities will include narrated tours to historical and cultural sites such as: Barbados Museum, Sugar factory, Slave houses, Plantation Museum, Houses of Parliament, Marine Museum (Belairs), Pelican Village, Barbados Gallery of Art, and Harrison’s Cave, as well as a Historical Tour of Bridgetown. Local experts will provide narration and instruction for these activities.

 ACCOMMODATION

Students will be lodged in halls of residence at the University of the West Indies – Cave Hill.

 COST: Program Fee (includes lodging, field trips, etc.): $3,000. 
Air-fare, tuition not included                                                         

Eligibility:
All students in good academic standing may apply. Language Proficiency is not required
For more info, contact Program Director: E. Anthony Hurley, Ph.D 632-7470
Or Study Abroad Advisor: 632-7030

Contact:
Study Abroad Program/Barbados
Office of International Academic Programs
Stony Brook University
E 5340 Melville Library
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3397
(631) 632-7030
studyabroad@sunysb.edu 

In Ghana
Earn upper division credit in Africana Studies    
Work with distinguished faculty from Stony Brook University

Location:
Students are based in Accra, Ghana’s capital and largest city, with a weekend excursion to Kumasi, home of the Ashanti Palace

Living Arrangements:
Students are housed in the University Guest Center at the University of Legon

Eligibility:
All students in good academic standing may apply. Language Proficiency is not required
For more info, contact Program Director: E. Anthony Hurley

Contact:
Study Abroad Program/Ghana
Office of International Academic Programs
Stony Brook University
E 5340 Melville Library
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3397
(631) 632-7030
studyabroad@sunysb.edu 

Events:

Scholarship Awards; Bliss Verdon and Richard B. Moore May 25, 2011, SBS S-244

Commencement and Convocation; May 25, 2011, SBS S-244

News:

Congratulations to the first graduates for the Graduate Certificate in Africana Studies

Congratulations to Dr. Dawn P. Harris on her Appointment to full time faculty

Congratulations to Dr. Dawn Harris on the award for a Presidential Mini Grant

We welcome a new Visiting Assistant Professor for Fall 2011 Dr. Zebulon Miletsky