IES: Semester/Year in Paris

  France

• Paris: 
Paris

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer 
Dates: Sept-Dec, Jan-June

Description: Since 1950, IES has been building quality study abroad programs and introducing U.S. students to new places, studies, and ways of thinking. A non-profit educational organization, IES offers high academic standards and extensive financial aid in almost 30 programs throughout the world.

IES Paris combines rigorous language study for students at the intermediate or advanced French language level with area studies courses in Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences. All IES courses are taught exclusively in French by French faculty and focus on increasing students' verbal and written fluency. Students may complement IES courses with courses at a number of leading French universities, a school of fine arts, and a school of music. They may also participate in internships for academic credit. The IES Paris Center is located on one of Paris' oldest market streets, rue Daguerre, near the Montparnasse train station. The program was founded in 1962, and enrolls 80 to 100 students each semester and approximately 50 students in the summer.

Highlights: * IES courses in a broad range of disciplines including Economics, History, Literature, Theater, Political Science, Art History and Cinema with a special academic focus on the Francophone world.
* Field trips to locations such as the Loire Valley, Fontainebleu, Ile-de-France, the Renaissance castles of Azay-le-Rideau and Chenonceau, and Morocco.
* Opportunity to enroll in l'University de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), l'University Paris VIII (Vincennes Saint-Denis), l'Institut Catholique, l'Institut d'Etudes Politique-Paris, l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris/ Alfred Cortot, and l'Atelier Nicolas Poussin.
* Internship placements at leading French businesses and organizations that have included Amnesty International, Act Up, Paris, Canal Plus, UNICEF, Assemble Nationale, Coeur de Femmes and Flammarion Publishing.
* IES Center located on a charming market street in the Montparnasse area of Paris.
* Homestays with French families

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: Inquire for more info.

Experience Required: no