Belize

ANTH 355/555

January 2,2009- January 14, 2009

Belizean societies, cultures, and prehistory will be the focus of a 12-day Study Tour hosted by Anthropology professor, Dr. Sandra Faiman-Silva. Students will learn about Belize’s richly diverse ethnic populations: Garifunas, Mayans, Creoles, and Mennonites.  Students will practice cross-cultural investigations and participate in daily life with Mayan and Creole families, during home stays at an indigenous Mayan village in Toledo District and a Creole community in Orange Walk.  An intensive educational program in the Garifuna community of Hopkins Village will introduce students to the Afro-Caribbean Garifuna peoples.  As part of an academic program at Galen University in San Ignacio, students will learn about sustainable development in this small developing country, and travel to the Mayan classical ruins at Caracol.  Rounding out the Tour will be visits to Mayan ruins at Cahal Pech and Altun Ha, a class on Mayan healing, Garifuna drumming instruction, and a guided river ride through the Baboon Sanctuary inhabited by Belize’s rainforest-dwelling primates.

The Study Tour:

à   Academic program @ Galen University

à  Visits to prehistoric Mayan archaeological sites

à  Overnight stays at Mayan and Garifuna villages 

à  Visits to primate jungle habitats

à  Mennonite farming village

à  Garifuna drumming, midwifery;  Mayan healing

à  Sustainable Development

à  Multicultural investigations

Estimated Program Cost

Fulltime BSC Students

All fulltime BSC students will be awarded a scholarship of $1,038.65. This scholarship money will cover tuition and fees as well as a portion of trip. The  total cost for fulltime BSC students after the applied scholarship money will be $2,500.00*. There will be an additional fee for insurance.

Non BSC Participants

The cost for non BSC participants will be $2,775.00* plus tuition and fees. Tuition and fees for AY 2008-2009 is $763.65 for a 3 credit course. There will be an additional fee for insurance.