PARIS INTENSIVE! INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE FRENCH IN PARIS! (RL 118)
This 5 week, 6-credit course is designed for students who have placed into Intermediate French I or who have completed one year of Elementary French at B.C. Students will live and study in the heart of Paris,immersing themselves in the language and the culture. This course enables students to fulfill their foreign language requirement quickly, allowing them to qualify for enrollment in more advanced courses in the fall, further study abroad or grants for graduate work abroad. Students will spend 15 hours each week in language classes taught by Boston College faculty. Afternoons and weekends are free, for the most part, but are usually spent exploring the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Institut du Monde Arabe, Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur and other sites of historical importance. Students will be housed at a youth hostel in the Latin Quarter, the BVJ du Quartier Latin. A weekend excursion to Alsace in Eastern France is also planned. To ensure fast progress towards oral proficiency, students will be asked to sign a pledge to speak nothing but French throughout their stay. Read more...
This program is offered through the Office of International Programs.