ANTH0050, ANTH0051, ANTH0052, and ANTH0053 are the 4 constituting elements of the Turkana Basin Field School that have to be taken together and amount to a...

Turkana Basin Field School: Full Term C (ANTH0052)

ANTH0050, ANTH0051, ANTH0052, and ANTH0053 are the 4 constituting elements of the Turkana Basin Field School that have to be taken together and amount to a total of 60 credits. The Field School consists of 5 elements:  

Sedimentary Geology and Geochronology 

Ecology: Linking People and Nature  

Earth & Life Through Time 

Human Evolution 

Prehistoric Archaeology of Africa 

Of those five, the best four grades are used for credits (15 credits each). 

The Field School will be conducted at the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) in Northern Kenya. A detailed description of the current curriculum is available through the TBI website (http://www.kenyastudyabroad.org/origins/). Please note, however, that specifics of the curriculum may change depending on circumstances.  

Additional costs: In addition to return airfare to Nairobi, there is a field school fee to participate (approx £6,293.75, for all four modules). Please note that the fee listed is accurate as of going to print and may be subject to change as it depends on TBI fees and currency fluctuations. 

Turkana Basin Field School: Full Term B (ANTH0051)

Turkana Basin Field School: Full Term A (ANTH0050)

This module investigates the genesis of the modern U.S. presidency, whose contemporary power contrasts markedly with the weak institution that the framers of...

The Making of the Modern U.S. Presidency (AMER0082)

This module investigates the genesis of the modern U.S. presidency, whose contemporary power contrasts markedly with the weak institution that the framers of the American Republic—hostile to monarchy—intended to create. We begin by inquiring why, given that hostility, they created the Presidency at all, and how they sought to restrain its influence. Before 1900, the Constitution operated much as the framers had intended: most power in Washington was invested in Congress, rather than in the Presidency. After 1900, though, that all changed, and the bulk of this module is concerned with understanding why the presidency expanded so dramatically during the twentieth century, and some of the consequences of that growth. It focusses primarily on the domestic presidency, rather than on foreign policy. The module concludes by characterising the contemporary Presidency in relation to the historical patterns with which we have been concerned in previous weeks.