Dakar Orientation
A weeklong orientation precedes the semester. Meetings, lectures, and guided tours are set up to familiarize students with every aspect of the program: academic goals, cultural life of the city, museums and library facilities, transportation network, banks, post offices, stores, etc. The host family and the student adviser provide a constant supply of information about the city and its surroundings.
“The Wells program is one of close integration into Senegalese society, the centrepiece of which is a long homestay. I have learned about myself and the world while studying here, and feel that I have gotten to know Dakar pretty well. The course load is interesting and valuable, but allows an appropriate amount of time of out-of-the classroom explorations.” —S.A., Brown University