SOUTH AFRICA

COUNTRY: South Africa

PROGRAM NAME: Alternative Energy in South Africa

PROGRAM TRAVEL DATES: June 9-26, 2012

PROGRAM COST: $5274 (summer tuition not included)

PROGRAM COURSES: TEC 3535-145: Renewable energy Design and Installation in South Africa (3 credits)
                                           TEC 3540-145: Alternative Energy Use in South Africa (3 credits)

PROGRAM COURSES PRE-REQUISITES: None

PROGRAM LEADERS CONTACT INFORMATION:
Dr. Jeff Ramsdell, TEC, 262-6662 or ramsdellje@appstate.edu
Dr. Brian Raichle, TEC, 262-2949 or raichlebw@appstate.edu

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
This program will increase student awareness of the relationships between technology and society. These relationships will not just be discussed in class, but also experienced first-hand through the meetings and excursions while in-country in South Africa. The program will focus on examining the appropriateness of technologies for sustainability in South Africa. Students will examine how technologies affect the well-being of the South African nation and people. While the effects of many technologies will be studied, emphasis will be placed on renewable energy technologies including: solar thermal, photovoltaic, and biogas generation technologies.

Students will actively participate in a community development project to provide either domestic hot water or cooking gas from a renewable source to Lebone Land, an orphanage for children whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS. The time in country will provide experience with processes and materials used to implement renewable energy technologies in developing nations, and exposure to the difficulty in completing a project without all of the resources typically available in the U.S. Students will also be exposed to the culture, as well as the socio-economic problems that citizens of South Africa face. Comparisons will be made of actual daily life and foreigners' perceptions of tourist areas, metropolitan areas, and rural villages.
If you would like more programmatic information not included in this standardized description, please contact the program leaders directly.

PRE-TRAVEL CLASS MEETINGS:
Dates and times TBA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Please E-mail the trip leaders above; for more details go to the WebSite:

http://international.appstate.edu/education/aoep/South_Africa_TEC_S12