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Study Abroad Programs
and Courses Offered
New opportunities
available
The UF International Center is now accepting applications for an unprecedented
number of UF sponsored Study Abroad Programs at the Paris Research Center.
A unit expressly designed to create and facilitate international initiatives
across campus and across the disciplines, the Paris Research Center is
an integral and exciting new component in the University of Florida's
commitment to international activities and academic excellence. We offer
the opportunity to enroll in: Intensive Week-Long Study Programs over
Spring Break, 1-2 Week Intensive Study Abroad Programs during the May
Intersession, Summer Study Abroad, and Fall and Spring semester-length
programs. These innovative programs for intensive study abroad in Paris
were expressly created to provide in-depth on-site international experiences.
All UF students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher are encouraged to apply!
Programs Offered at the Paris Research Center
FALL SEMESTER
- International Affairs and the Public
Sphere
(UF Credits: 12-16).
Application Deadline: TBA
(September – December 2010) A new international
opportunity for UF students, the International Affairs and the Public
Sphere (IAPS) program is designed for students who seek to gain an
international perspective and to prepare for the global challenges
and opportunities of the 21st Century. Courses are offered in cooperation
with the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Department
of Political Science, and the Department of Public Relations of the
College of Journalism and Communications.
- Landscape Architecture
at the Paris Research Center
(UF credits: 9-12)
Application Deadline: TBA
(September – December 2010) — A unique
opportunity to explore landscape architecture and urban design in Paris.
A full semester design studio explores rational and minimalist design
methodologies supported by experienced faculty and guest French professionals
in the field. Design studio work is complemented with tours in Paris
and its surrounding regions, France and other European countries.
SPRING SEMESTER
- Honors
in Paris
(UF credits: 12-15)
Apply Today!
(January 6 – May 14, 2010) — An
exciting partnership between the Honors Program and the PRC
offers the opportunity for high achieving students to enroll
in challenging, interactive UF courses, enhanced by numerous
excursions, guest speakers, site visits, tours and many other
activities. The curriculum of this semester-long interdisciplinary
program is tailored around the theme: Engagements
with Modern France: Images, Texts and Cultures.
- Intensive
Weeklong Study over Spring Break
(UF credits: 2)
Application deadline: TBA - Space is Limited: Apply Early!
(March 7 – 13, 2010) — Innovative
programs for intensive study abroad in Paris expressly created to provide
in-depth on-site international experiences. They include: 7 activity-rich
days in Paris with classes given on-site at the cultural, historical
and political institutions you are studying, 6 nights in hotels, numerous
group meals, site visits, cultural activities and UF credit. Spring Break
2010 courses include:
Identity, Politics, Education, and Culture: African
Americans in Paris
(AFA 4905, 2 credits) Professor Stephanie Evans
The
Saxophone in Paris: Then and Now
(HUM 4956, 2 credits) Professor
Jonathan Helton
History of Documentary Film: The French Connection
(RTV
4930, 2 credits) Professor Churchill Roberts
Representing the Streets
of Paris: A Cinematic City
(ENC 4956, 2 credits) Professor Maureen
Turim.
- May
Intersession Programs
(UF credits: 2-3)
Application deadline: TBA -- Apply Early!
(May 2 – 8 and May 2 – 15, 2010) — Innovative
programs for intensive study abroad in Paris expressly created to provide
in-depth on-site international experiences. They include: 13* activity-rich
days in Paris with classes given on-site at the cultural, historical
and political institutions you are studying, 13* nights in hotels,
numerous group meals, site visits, cultural activities and UF credit
(*6 days, 6 nights for weeklong program). 2010 courses include:
- ONE WEEK PROGRAMS
- Commodities to Cafés: Agricultural
and Food Markets in France
(AEB 4931, 3 credits) Professor David Barber (1 week)
- The Legacy
of Pasteur
(ALS404, 2 credits) Professor Valérie
DeCrécy
(1 week)
- Rediscovering Dark Age Paris: The City’s
First Millennium from the Perspective of Its Excavators (1789-present)
(HIS 4956,
2 credits) Professor Bonnie Effros (1 week)
- TWO WEEK PROGRAMS
- Readdressing
the Classics: An Atelier, Recontextualizing the Masterpieces of
Paris
(ART 2930; ART 3807; ART 4930; ART 5905, 3 credits) Professor
Richard Heipp (2 weeks)
- Dateline: Paris – Documentary Filmmaking
101
(JOU 4930, 3 credits) Professor Boaz Dvir (2 weeks)
- The Architecture
of Paris: Experiments of Place
(ARC 3291/6911, 3 credits) Professor
Nancy Clark (2 weeks)
- Americans in Paris
(ENC 4956, 3 credits)
Professor Andrew Gordon (2 weeks)
- Sociolinguistique dans la ville:
Interaction et variation
(FRE 3224, 3 credits) Professor Hélène
Blondeau (2 weeks).
- World Heritage in Practice
(January through April, 2010) — For
the better part of a millennium, Paris has thrived as a work of art,
a working metropolis, and a global magnet … reinventing itself
with each époque. The WORLD HERITAGE IN PRACTICE program is
enhanced by its setting in Paris among world-renowned museums and architectural
monuments, reinforced by the presence of the foremost world cultural
organizations headquartered in the city, including UNESCO, International
Council on Monuments and Sites, and the World Monuments Fund.
SUMMER SEMESTER
- Summer Study
Abroad
(UF credits: 6-7)
Application deadline: TBA -- Apply Early!
(June 13-July 23, 2010) — Students spend
six weeks immersed in the rich environment of Paris where they will
live and study. Classes are given daily at the Paris Research Center
and each program offers students 6-7 credits, numerous group activities
and meals, cultural activities, site-visits, and guest lectures by
distinguished scholars in their fields of study. All courses have been
designed by specialists in their fields and have been selected for
academic excellence. Summer courses include:
- Intensive Intermediate
French at the Paris Research Center
(FRE 2274, 6 credits) Instructor
TBA
- History as Landscape: Film in Paris
(ENG 4133, 4 credits) Professor
Scott Nygren
- Temples of Modernity: The Spectacle of the Museum
(HIS 4956, 3
credits) Professor Mark Thurner
- Lieux de mémoire:
Transitions et discontinuités de l’ancien régime à la
révolution
(FRE 4956, 3 credits, taught in French) Professor
Brigitte Weltman-Aron
- Beginning French at the PRC
(FRE 1144, 3 Credits) Instructor
TBA
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