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Academics
- Attend classes at Paul Valéry University.
- Choose between a language and culture program, an integrated studies option, or a summer language study.
- Improve your French language skills.
Academic Structure
Program type: Take classes at Paul Valéry University and choose between four program options. Instruction is in French by French faculty.
Level: Various Levels
Term:
- Language and Culture Option: Fall & spring semester
- Integrated Studies Option: Fall and spring semester, academic year
- Summer Session: four or eight weeks
Prerequisites:
- Language and Culture Option: 2–6 semesters of college-level French
- Integrated Studies Option: 4 semesters college-level French for fall semester, 5 for spring semester
- Summer Session: No language prerequisite
Courseload:
- Language and Culture Option: 16–18 credits*
- Integrated Studies Option: 16 credits*
- Summer Session: 4–10 credits
*NOTE: Fall and Academic year students take an additional 3-credit pre-session course
Coursework
Pre-Session
All semester and academic year students begin their studies by enrolling in a pre-session intensive language and culture program at Paul Valéry University. This program includes excursions and numerous opportunities to practice conversing in French. A detailed description of the pre-session and each level of instruction is available here.
Program Tracks
In addition to the optional Global Identity course and pre-session (fall/academic year only), coursework on the program depends on your program track.
Optional Course
Global Identity: Connecting Your International Experience with Your Future
This optional, 1-credit online course will provide opportunities for you to make meaning of your learning abroad experience and prepare you to communicate your intercultural competence to future employers, graduate schools, or law schools. As global connectivity becomes increasingly important, you are asked to think beyond the borders of your own perception and better understand the world based on the new ideas and experiences to which you are exposed. Your ability to work in a multicultural setting and to succeed in different cultural contexts is vital to your future. This course will help you apply these skills to your post-graduation plans. The course is taught online with University of Minnesota instructors. Registration information will be provided with the program pre-departure orientation materials. The cost of the course is included as part of the program fee.
Academic Planning Form
University of Minnesota Students ONLY
University of Minnesota French majors and minors meet with the French Department undergraduate adviser at a special session (just prior to the program orientation) to discuss course equivalencies to list on the Academic Planning Form. As a result, you do not need to submit this form to the Learning Abroad Center in advance. In general, French majors and minors receive credit for any upper-division course with French or Francophone content in language, linguistics, literature, culture, or civilization.
Summer students and students on the Language and Culture option register for pre-approved University of Minnesota French language and/or civilization courses that apply towards major and minor requirements.
Academic Fit with a University of Minnesota Degree PlanCLA students need two years of language to get a BA, and Study Abroad in Montpellier is a great way to study French.
Many courses have already been reviewed to meet Liberal Education requirements. Go to the Liberal Education Database to search for courses or submit ones for approval.
Study Abroad in Your Major advising resources tell you why University of Minnesota faculty think study abroad is important for a particular major, what the department wants students to think about when selecting a program, and gives helpful academic planning hints. There may also be profiles of students who studied abroad in your major.
This program appears as a special recommendation on the following Study Abroad in Your Major advising resources:
If your major is not listed above, talk to an adviser.
Last modified on May 20, 2008 |