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Award #9049
Category:
Lecturing or Lecturing/Research
Deadline: August 1, 2008
Grant Activity: Teach advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in any discipline taught at a participating host institution, including arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences. Provide tutorials and student advising. Supervise graduate student research and mentor faculty. Conduct research in area of specialization.
Specialization(s): The following specializations are of particular interest: American history and African American literature at University of Buea; business management at Adventist and Catholic Universities, as well as at Universities of Buea and Douala; political science and international relations at University of Dschang and at International Relations Institute of Cameroon; biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics at Universities of Buea, Douala, Dschang and Ngaoundere. Applications are also welcome in other disciplines taught at any of the participating universities.
Language: See comments
Location: See comments
Length of Grant: 10 months
Starting Date: October 2009
Comments: Possible host institutions and their Web site address, if available, follow: Adventist University, Nanga Eboko; University of Buea, Buea; Catholic University of Central Africa campuses in the Yaounde neighborhoods of Ekounou or Nkolbisson; www.u-douala.cm for University of Douala, Douala; University of Dschang, Dschang; www.cm.refer.org/edu/ram3/univers/ungaou/ungaou.htm for University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, www.uycdc.uninet.com for University of Yaounde I, Yaounde; www.univ-yde2.org for University of Yaounde II, Soa or www.iricuy2.net for International Relations Institute of Cameroon, Yaounde. English and French are the languages of instruction at all public universities in Cameroon, except for the University of Buea, where the language of instruction is English only. French is used exclusively at both of the accredited private universities, Catholic University of Central Africa and Adventist University. Cameroon is officially bilingual, but proficiency in French is recommended even for those teaching in English.
