 | | Two highly endangered primates, the Tana River Red Colobus and the Tana River Mangabey, are only found in the Tana River Primate National Reserve. |  | |  |  | During your four week program in Kenya, you will study indigenous animals and their habitats on the Laikipia Plateau region of central Kenya, including Mugie Ranch, and the Tana River Primate National Reserve on the coast.
| Course Highlights: |  |  | Students will spend the mornings and afternoons in the field using various behavioral methods to observe and record primate behavior. |  | Lecture topics include: African Ecosystems, Primates, Ecology of Relationships, African Herbivores, and Conservation of Communities. |  | Your program starts in the capital city of Nairobi, and then moves to different sites across Kenya including a savanna woodland ecosystem, wildlife sanctuaries and reserves, and a tropical dry forest. | | Dates |  |  | Application timetable: | | | Applications should be received by April 1, although admission is rolling and spaces do fill up. Applying by April 1 is best. |  | Summer | | | Arrival: August 3, 2009 Departure: August 28, 2009 | | Cost (Summer 2009) |  | | NJ residents: | $4500 | | Non-NJ residents: | $5000 | Tuition, most fees, housing, most meals, excursions, and basic medical insurance are included in this fee. Travel to and from Kenya, summer session fee ($136), major medical insurance, and all personal expenses are not included in this fee. | |  |  | | |