Grand Tour

Why postpone going abroad until after graduation?  Have you ever wanted to combine your studies with your travel plans? Well now you can! The Grand Tour allows you to combine studying with traveling. Being enrolled at Stenden gives you the opportunity to study in Africa, Europe, the Middle East or Asia.

The Grand Tour concept originated between the 16th – 18th Century in Europe where young men travelled as an addition and enrichment to their education.  They visited main cities renowned for their rich cultural life, thus it become referred to as the Grand Tour.  The aim is to become familiar with the customs, values and traditions of other people, to develop relationships with people in the international field and most importantly, to acquire knowledge.
 
The Grand Tour allows you to work on your education and combined with this, you have fun and meet people.  Various study options are available to you, so email us to find out more.
 
The Grand Tour – it opens your eyes, mind and heart to all things great and small.
 

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Open to all third year students from Stenden, this module provides an opportunity to learn more about a unique tourism product – wildlife lodges. The module will challenge you to design your own lodge and cover all management aspects related to it. Different visits to an assortment of lodges should inspire you, where PBL sessions and different workshops and lectures provide you with all the theoretical knowledge required. Offered every module and may be combined with Wildlife Management or Tourism Development.

Lodge Management

 

Wildlife management offers a life-changing experience. The module takes place at Madolo’s, a game lodge close to Alicedale and situated on the grounds of the multi-award winning Shamwari Game Reserve. Through many different excursions, workshops, lectures, assignments and PBL you will learn about environmental management in general and wildlife specifically. The campus grounds are isolated but beautiful, featuring a swimming pool and braai area. Offered every module and may be combined with Lodge management or Tourism Development.

Wildlife Management

 

This minor semester is only for the true enthusiasts of wine. Explore the past, present and tomorrow of an industry as old as humankind.  Stenden South Africa, in partnership with the prestigious Cape Wine Academy proudly presents a new semester that opens up formal studies in wine and leads to the threshold of a Wine Masters qualification. At the end of this minor you will be a wine expert and a force to be reckoned with in the wine industry.

Advanced Wine Studies

 

Stenden South Africa offers a minor in Tourism Development for those wishing to broaden their industry perspective. Tourism development and its future will be discussed and focus is on regional tourism development in the picturesque Eastern Cape, where unspoilt nature provides excellent tourism development potential.

Tourism

 

Open to all Stenden students from management programmes, the Entrepreneurship semester provides a truly multi-cultural opportunity. This semester combines community development and business management principles allowing students to develop their strategic, training and consulting skills whilst working in a different culture.

Entrepreneurship