PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

• Open to beginning, intermediate, advanced and superior level French speakers
• Open to freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors
• Completed API application
• One letter of recommendation
• One official transcript
• A minimum 2.75 G.P.A. is required
• Classes taught in French
• Housing: Local host families, dorms and studettes
• Meals: host families and/or CROUS meal stipend card
• Entry requirements: Valid passport

TOTAL CREDITS AVAILABLE PER TERM

• 3 semester credits per session, 6 for both sessions

EXCURSIONS

SUMMER 1

• Chantilly
• Giverny & Normandy Coast
• Roussillon

SUMMER 2

• Champagne
• Provence
• Versailles

All summer students in Paris will also have two cultural activities per week through API.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Students in the Language and Culture Studies Program complete a combination of French language and phonetics courses. The average class size is twenty students. A student’s French level is determined by a placement exam administered upon arrival by the Sorbonne.

TRANSCRIPTS

Transcripts are issued by the Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne. If a student’s home university requires a U.S. school of record, they can receive a transcript from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

SORBONNE SUMMER LANGUAGE AND CULTURE PROGRAM

Semester credits per subject are listed below.