1) Wooster in Besançon

2) Study French in Quebec City at Universite Laval

3) Sweet Briar Junior Year in Paris

4) IES Paris

5) IES Nantes

6) Dickinson in Toulouse

7) Kalamazoo in Dakar, Senegal

8) Syracuse University Program in Strasbourg

---Option II--Institut International d'Etudes Françaises OR

---Option III--Université de Strasbourg

Wooster in Besançon [http://www.besancon.org/intro/francais]

• An intensive-language program for students who have had at least one semester of French and no more than four (101-203)

• Spend a semester or a summer studying French language and culture at the Centre de linguistique appliquée in Besançon, France, with students from all over the world

• Enjoy the natural beauty and cultural heritage of a mid-sized city located on the river Doubs and surrounded by the Jura Mountains

• Live with a "Bisotin" family specially chosen for you by Pam Albert, your Wooster contact in Besançon

• Learn French quickly with students with whom you share no other language

• Enjoy films, music, dancing, theatre, and weekend excursions organized by the CLA

• Earnup to 4 credits toward a French minor or major

• Leave a beginner and return at an advanced intermediate stage, ready to take upper-level courses in French

• Satisfy the language requirement for the International Relations major in a single semester

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Study French in Quebec City at Universite Laval

• Learn French in a bilingual country right across the border where they specialize in teaching French to native speakers of English
• Choose a suitable program of study, from intermediate to advanced, from the many programs offered at the Ecole des langues of the Université Laval
• At the advanced level (beyond 216) study Québecois culture and literature
• Live in a French-Speaking household or in one of the kitchen-equipped résidences at the Université Laval
• Participate in a wide range of sociocultural and athletic activities organized by Laval students
• Enjoy evenings of conversation with native French-speakers or join volunteer activities that will integrate you into Québecois society
• Experience the warmth and the joie de vivre of the Québecois

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Sweet Briar Junior Year in Paris

• A Junior-year program designed for students with sufficient prior training in French (normally four semesters of 200-level courses or higher) to allow them to be enrolled in a French university as regular students
• Join past generations of students as alumni of the oldest coeducational intercollegiate program in Paris, founded in 1948
• Be part of a highly qualified student body drawn from liberal arts colleges throughout the nation
• Take courses in all disciplines with native French students at Paris III, IV, or VII; the Faculté libre d’économie et de droit, the Ecole du Louvre, and other institutions of higher learning in Paris (individual or group tutoring organized as needed for Sweet Briar students)
• Spend the first four weeks in an intensive orientation program in Tours in the heart of the châteaux country
• Stay with selected French families in both Tours and Paris (where you are guaranteed a single room)
• Use the museums and the theatres of Paris as your classrooms in special courses offered through the Sweet Briar Program
• Listen to the comments of recent students: "J’ai adoré mes deux cours de cinéma à Paris III"; "La meilleure année de ma vie"; "L’Institut Catholique était superbe"; "J’étais très contente de mes cours à l’Université IV"; "Ma famille française était incroyable."

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IES Paris [www.iesabroad.org]

• A semester or full year program designed for sophomores or juniors with four-semesters or the equivalent of college-level French (3.0 GPA)
• Study with 80-100 other students selected from the 140 colleges and universities that make up the IES consortium
• Take courses from native French professors at the IES Center, located on the rue Daguerre near Montparnasse (one of the oldest market streets in Paris), in French language, art history, cinema, economics, French and Francophone Studies, history, literature/theater, political science, and sociology
• Students who are sufficiently advanced may also take courses in the humanities or social sciences at the Université de Paris III or VII and study music at the Ecole Normale de Musique or art at the Atelier Nicolas Poussin
• Stay in French homes located throughout the city; home stays include breakfast daily and 2-3 dinners a week
• Take part in walking tours of Paris, field trips to the Loire Valley châteaux, and a variety of cultural events
• Earn credit for internships, including English-language teaching assistantships in French schools

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IES Nantes [www.iesabroad.org]

• A semester or full year program designed for sophomores or juniors with four-semesters or the equivalent of college-level French (3.0 GPA)
• Study with 50-60 other students selected from the 140 colleges and universities that make up the IES consortium
• Study on the only American program located in the city, which means that English is rarely heard on the streets
• Enjoy living in the sixth largest city in France, located 30 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and 2 hours from Paris and recently ranked among the top cities in France for quality of life
• Take courses from native French professors at the IES, which maintains a strict "French Only" policy, in French language, art history, history, international business, literature/theater, political science, psychology, and sociology
• Students who are sufficiently advanced may also take courses at the Université de Nantes in literature, social science, or science and math; courses are also available in business and music/music history
• Stay in French homes located throughout the city; home stays include breakfast daily and 5 additional meals a week
• Earn credit for teaching English in local collèges (junior high) or lycées (high school); additional internship opportunities may also be available
• Enjoy field trips to the Mont Saint-Michel and the Muscadet vineyards

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Dickinson in Toulouse

• A full year or spring semester program primarily designed for juniors who have four semesters or the equivalent of college-level French
• Program overseen by a Dickinson professor who serves as resident director and on-site academic advisor
• Take advanced courses in French language, literature, and civilization taught by faculty from the Université de Toulouse at the Dickinson Study Center
• Enroll in courses at the Université de Toulouse, the second largest university in France; the Institut Catholique (history, religion, philosophy); the Institut d’études politiques (an international program selected by two former Wooster students); the Conservatory of Music; or the Fine Arts School
• Participate in the popular internship program with placements available in business, marketing, public administration, journalism, education, and other areas
• Stay with carefully selected families and be matched with a second family to experience local culture to the fullest
• Enjoy life in "la ville rose," France’s fourth-largest city, located in the heart of southwestern France and recently voted the city outside Paris in which the French would most like to live
• Visit the sites of the regions, including the medieval city of Carcasonne, Romanesque churches, fortified villages, and prehistoric caves with splendid artwork

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Kalamazoo in Dakar, Senegal

• A program designed for juniors with a sufficient level of French to enroll as regular students at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop, the oldest university in Francophone Africa, and with the personal maturity to function in a society very different from that of the U.S.
• Preference given to students with a demonstrated interest (courses and co-curricular activities) in African Studies
• Although study options include a "long term" (mid-Sept. to Feb.) program, Wooster students who do not wish to lose a semester of study should select the "extended term" program (mid-Sept. to May)
• Required courses include "Sustainable Development in Sénégal," "Histoire d’Islam," Wolof, and the "Integrative Cultural Research Project" (research project or unpaid internship) plus at least 3 credits in university electives
• Choose between a homestay (including all meals) or a university dormitory room in housing arranged by an on-site supervisor; strict vegetarians may live in a house owned by Kalamazoo
• Run by a college whose study abroad programs were ranked #1 in the 2003 US News & World Report college rankings
• Live in one of Africa’s most cosmopolitan cities, often thought of as a melting pot of African culture, located just minutes away from the Atlantic coast

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Syracuse University Pprogram in Strasbourg

---Option II--Institut International d'Etudes Françaises OR

---Option III--Université de Strasbourg

• A semester , summer, or full year program of immersion into the French university system designed for students with intermediate/advanced-intermediate proficiency (Option II) to advanced proficiency (Option III) in the French language
• Study intensive language and cultural studies at the IIEF of the Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg with an international student body (intermediate preparation) or take regular courses at the Université de Strasbourg in a variety of fields (advanced preparation)
• Live with a French family (all breakfasts and evening weekday meals included) in Strasbourg or the immediate outskirts, directly accessible by bus
• Live in the "carrefour de l’Europe," the literal and geographical heart of an emergent integrated Europe, home of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights
• Profit from the many cultural opportunities available in the city where Gutenburg set up his press and Mozart played the organ
• Widespread use of English both in the streets of the city and at the Syracuse University Center may make this a less appropriate choice for French majors and minors than other programs; please consult your French professor

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