Semester in Paris: French Language
Curriculum and Faculty
Most of your coursework while on this program is focused on language acquisition, including grammar and phonetics. Regardless of background, all students take a placement test at the beginning of the program which will place them into the appropriate level courses, given their language skills.
The Semester in Paris: French Language program is offered both in the Spring and Fall.
- Fall Semester: 12 weeks: A2 - Language and Civilization plus one or two 3-credit courses from the Catholic University of Paris (14-17 credit hours)
- Spring Semester: 12-weeks: T2 - Language and Civilization (12-15 credit hours)
Course Curriculum - Fall Semester
Students
enrolled in the Fall Semester attend the A2 course curriculum at the
Sorbonne (11 credits) and 1-2 courses from the Catholic University of Paris (3-6 credits).
Core Curriculum
Students take 120 hours of Language, 20 hours of
Phonetics and 30 hours of Civilization lectures.
For the Civilization lectures, 48 hours is considered the normal track.
More highly motivated students may choose to take 72 hours of
Civilization lectures. Only for exceptional cases will students be
allowed to take 96 hours of Civilization lectures.
Semester in Paris: French Language & Culture - Fall Sorbonne Curriculum
Electives (select 1-2 courses)
Elective options at the Catholic University of Paris for the Fall Semester are listed below. They are divided by French-level.
Students will be required by the ILCF to take an online placement exam to find their appropriate level of French: Beginner, Elementary (E1-3), Intermediate (I1-3), Advanced (A1-2) or Superior.
ELEMENTARY (E) through INTERMEDIATE LEVELS (I1-3)- Discovering Art (E2 to I1)
- France from the 16th to the 20th Century: Painting, Literature, Music (E3 to I2)
- Introduction to French History (E2 to E3)
- Discovering Paris (E1 to E3)
- Current Events in France (E2 to E3)
- Culture and Religion in France (E2-I1)
- Paris Cinema (E1 to I1)
- Professional Communication I (E1 to E3)
- French Speaking Skills Using Theatre Techniques (E2 to I1)
- French Through Songs (E3 to I2)
INTERMEDIATE (I) through ADVANCED (A) or SUPERIOR (S)- Art in France, from the Renaissance to Impressionism (I2 to A2)
- Art and Architecture in France from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment (I2 to S)
- Adventures of Art in France in the 20th Century (I2 to S)
- The Sources of 20th Century Art (I3 to S)
- Overview of French Literature and Ideas (I1 to I3)
- Three Great Figures in Literature / Philosophy: Voltaire, Hugo, Sartre (I2 to S)
- History of Philosophical Ideas (I3 to S)
- French Contemporary Literature (I3 to S)
- French History: 13th – 19th Century's Main Periods (I1 to I2)
- History of 20th Century France and French People (I2 to S)
- Europe in the Past, Europe of Today (I2 to A1)
- French Figures of Fashion and Design (I2 to A2)
- Nouvelle Vague Cinema French New Wave : History and Themes (I2 to S)
- Contemporary French Cinema (I3 to S)
- The French Press and Media (I1 to A1)
- France, How it Functions (I2 to A2)
- Socio-economic Current Events (I2 to S)
- French for Hotel and Tourism (CFTH) (I1 to I3)
- Professional Communication II (I1 to I3)
- Synthetic Writing and Argumentation (I2 to I3)
- Introduction to English-French Translation (I3 to S)
ADVANCED (A) through SUPERIOR (S)- Overview of Art History: Program Preparatory for Art History School of the Louvre (6 credits) (A1 to S)
- Overview of Culture History: History, Literature, Geography, Culture events France and the world; Program preparatory the School Louvre ( 6CREDITS!) (A1 to S)
- Culturally Defining France and the French Perspective (Fall, 1st semester) (A2 to S)
- Structure of Literary Texts: How a Literary Text is Made (A2 to S)
- Introduction to General Linguistics (Fall Only) (A1 to S)
For syllabi, please contact us at
Support@GlobalSemesters.com and we can send you the ILCF’s catalog which includes all the courses syllabi.
Course Curriculum - Spring Semester
Students
enrolled in the Spring Semester attend the T2 course curriculum at the
Sorbonne (12-15 credits).
Course Curriculum
Students take 120 hours of Language, 25 hours of
Phonetics and between 48 and 96 hours of Civilization lectures. For
the Civilization lectures, 48 hours is considered the normal track.
More highly motivated students may choose to take 72 hours of
Civilization lectures. Only for exceptional cases will students be
allowed to take 96 hours of Civilization lectures.
Semester in Paris: French Language & Culture - Spring Sorbonne Curriculum
