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Program Facts

Program Type: Arizona Abroad

Credit Type: Transfer Credit

Terms Available: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer

GPA: 2.5

Eligibility: Sophomore, Junior, Senior, UA Students

Language of Instruction: English

Application Deadline: Summer 8 Week Internships: February 10, Summer 3-6 Week Sessions: February 15, Fall & Academic Year: April 1, Spring : September 1

Coordinator: Morgen Daniels

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Academics

Since enrolling its first class in 1957, our partner university in Aix-en-Provence, the Institute for American Universities (IAU), has served as a highly-regarded center for education abroad through its partnerships with over 700 public and private colleges and universities nationwide.

While selecting courses for your term abroad, please note that 1 IAU credit equals 1 UArizona credit. 

Please note that the following two courses are not transferrable to UArizona. We advise you not to enroll in them.

ART/ENG 277/377 Creative Writing: Spirit of Place

ART/ARH 319 The Mediterranean Seminar: The Perception of the Mediterranean through the Ages

Scholarships:

Arizona International scholarships: 

  • Arizona International Study Abroad Scholarships
  • Study Abroad Scholarship Tracker

Departmental scholarships:

  • College of Humanities Scholarships
  • SILLC Global Award Fund
  • Department of French Studies scholarships
  • Honors College study abroad scholarships

External scholarships:

  • Gilman Scholarship (for Pell Grant recipients)
  • Fund for Education Abroad

Summer Session Courses

Art

(Advanced) Introduction to Photography

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION C (second 3-week session). This course is designed to introduce photography as a fine art and a means of personal expressions. The emphasis in this course is on the elements of composition and editing for a final quality black and white image. Areas of concentration include: creativity, composition, use of basic camera functions, use of computer/digital imaging/editing and analyzing/critiquing the world of others. Students are expected to bring a digital camera and a laptop. Extra fee required: $150.
Partner Course Code:
ART 365C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

(Beginner) Introduction to Photography

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION C (second 3-week session). This course is designed to introduce photography as a fine art and a means of personal expressions. The emphasis in this course is on the elements of composition and editing for a final quality black and white image. Areas of concentration include: creativity, composition, use of basic camera functions, use of computer/digital imaging/editing and analyzing/critiquing the world of others. Students are expected to bring a digital camera and a laptop. Extra fee required: $150.
Partner Course Code:
ART 165C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Art Criticism and Aesthetics

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). Intensive critical and comparative analysis of works from different periods and cultures, with an emphasis on the relationship between content and form. Includes three full-day seminar/site visits. The site visits take place on one Thursday and two Saturdays. Painting and Drawing I, II or III is a co-requisite.
Partner Course Code:
ART 311A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Painting and Drawing I Foundation

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). The overarching purpose of the painting and drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. ART 311 is a co-requisite.
Partner Course Code:
ART 107A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
3

Painting and Drawing II Intermediate

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). The overarching purpose of the painting and drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. ART 311 is a co-requisite.
Partner Course Code:
ART 207A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
3

Painting and Drawing III Advanced

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). The overarching purpose of the painting and drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. ART 311 is a co-requisite.
Partner Course Code:
ART 307A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Sculpture

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION C (second 3-week session). This sculpture course will challenge students to use limited materials in creative ways to tell their story – or the story of someone else. What can you communicate to your audience through a three- dimensional portrait? This course will engage students with a variety of common materials (paper, cardboard, tape, wire, plastilina and clay) and result in an exhibition through which our class will introduce themselves or their subjects to the community. What story will you tell? Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 385C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Art History

Contemporary Art: Visual Representation of the Mediterranean

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). This course surveys contemporary art practices along the Mediterranean with a focus on cross-cultural exchange between Europe, North Africa, and the Levant. Through an array of post-war artworks, films, and texts, this course will address the role representation plays in forming our knowledge of place. Students will engage in post-colonial theory, critical-race studies, and signifying practices as a way to develop a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean basin and the complex social, historical, and political issues at play in the region. Studio visits, exhibitions, and artist talks will be an important element to this course in order to introduce students to the contemporary art community of Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, and its surroundings.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 364A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Food Studies

The Global Wine Industry: A French Immersion

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION C (second 3-week session). This intensive three-week, three-credit course is designed for students who wish to learn about the global wine industry and for those who are considering a career in wine. The course covers the fundamentals of viticulture and oenology, famous French regions including wine styles, grapes, climate, and culture. The course incorporates the business of wine including marketing, branding, consumer behavior and more. Typically includes visits to wine producers in the region. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
BUS/WS 306C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

French

Advanced French I

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION B (first 3-week session) or SESSION C (second 3-week session). Review, usage, and perfection of French. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of two years of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 301B or C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Advanced French II

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION B (first 3-week session) or SESSION C (second 3-week session). Continued exploration of nuances in French. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of 5 semesters of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 302B or C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Beginning French I

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION B (first 3-week session) or SESSION C (second 3-week session). Intensive practical introduction to French for those with little or no previous study.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 101B or C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 101 or FREN Departmental Elective, Lower division
UArizona Units:
3

Beginning French II

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION B (first 3-week session) or SESSION C (second 3-week session). Intensive practical study of more advanced components of the French language for those who have completed the equivalent of one semester of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 102B or C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 102 or FREN Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary French: The Linguistics of Everyday Language

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). Course will reflect on and undertake a series of analyses on the language forms in current practice in French society. Analytical linguistics tools will be applied to usage in current day, intercultural, youth, political, advertising, etc.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 412A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Crossing Spaces in the Intercultural Context

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). IN FRENCH. Course proposes an exploration of literary and artistic themes related to the notion of space, both personal (internal) and geographic (external), and specifically the tensions created by the crossing (“Traversée”) between one space and another.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 411A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French I

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION B (first 3-week session) or SESSION C (second 3-week session). Continued development of competence in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding spoken French. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of one year of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 201B or C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 201
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French II

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION B (first 3-week session) or SESSION C (second 3-week session). Continued development of competence in more advanced elements of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding spoken French. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of three semesters of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 202B or C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 202
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French: Living in France (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION C (Second 3-week session). Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of two to three semesters of college level French. Intensive focus on oral and written practices of French Language with a special emphasis on young and popular culture.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 211C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Women and the Mediterranean: From Myth to Modernity

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). IN FRENCH. Reviewing some of the "great books" of French literature in the forms of the novel, poetry and theatre, this course investigates the construction of gender (feminine gender in particular) through cultural cues and textual arrangement. The works thus articulate their socio-historic contexts and the individual expression of the authors studied. How do these representations reflect on the present moment?
Partner Course Code:
FRE/LIT 362A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Geography

Ecology of France and the Mediterranean Environment

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). Survey of current theories and practices in ecology. Course examines the varying processes of the Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere drawing from the example of the Mediterranean basin. Topics include geological processes and hazards, water resources, waste management, energy and mineral resources, and human impact on global climate change in this sensitive region.
Partner Course Code:
ES 200A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GEOG Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 & 2 Natural Sciences.
UArizona Units:
3

History

France During the Occupation: 1939-1945

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). The study of representations of France during World War II in history, literature and media, in both the Occupied and Unoccupied Zones, the German presence, the government in Vichy and the Resistance. Includes field studies to regional sites.
Partner Course Code:
HIS/COM 314A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Humanities

From Bordeaux to Lyon: A Trip Through the Cultural Landscapes of Southern France

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION C (Second 3-week session). Using southern cities as jumping off points, we will explore the culture—history, religion, arts, cuisine—of France. Our base of Aix-en-Provence, the hometown of childhood friends Cézanne and Zola, will allow us to explore the art and literature of the nineteenth century while Bordeaux and Béziers (Languedoc) will introduce students to France’s viticulture. From the history of the Gauls to cinema, the weekend excursions will take us to Cannes, Grasse, and others for a broad glimpse of the complexity of France’s rich cultural heritage. Field studies required for this class will take place each weekend, plan personal travel accordingly. Extra Fee required.
Partner Course Code:
HUM 301C
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HUM Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Internship

Global Internship

Course Description:
Course given as Internship (full 8-week session). Internship positions in various enterprises from small local businesses to regional chains to multinationals with offices in the Aix area. Students usually work 20-25 hours per week on site, submitting regular written reports to their professors at IAU. An upper-intermediate level of French or higher is essential. Availability depends on company offers.
Partner Course Code:
INT/FRE 341A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Sociology

Opera and Politics: Gender Dynamics and Social Representations

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). While predominantly considered an elitist art form today, opera has often been transgressive in its confrontation of divisive polemical issues. Its treatment of gender, race and religion is often versatile and complex. This course will examine both specific operatic works and the broader history of opera from musicological, sociological and political perspectives.
Partner Course Code:
MUS/SOC 307A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Fall Semester Courses

Arabic

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I

Course Description:
An introduction to the phonology and writing system of modern standard Arabic, its basic vocabulary and structure. Students will learn foundations of Arabic script and build vocabulary to read and engage in simple conversation.
Partner Course Code:
ARA 101
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARB Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II

Course Description:
This course builds upon skills acquired in ARA 101, and aims at developing reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Students will be exposed to Arabo-Islamic culture through learning the Arabic language.
Partner Course Code:
ARA 102
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARB Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Art

Altered Landscapes: A Mixed Media Studio Course (Advanced)

Course Description:
What does it mean to occupy a space? How do artists represent their experience and/or relationship to place? Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, and its surroundings will become source material for students to build a body of work exploring these questions. Students will conduct field studies and develop a personal archive of objects, photographs, and sketches that will guide their project over the semester. This course will focus on experimentation through visual language. Mark making, color, composition, shape, line and material will be understood as forms for expression. This is a two-dimensional mixed media course, focusing on collage, drawing, and painting. However, students are encouraged to introduce other media into their practice such as photography, performance, or video if they have prior experience in those fields.
Partner Course Code:
ART 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Art Criticism and Aesthetics Seminar I

Course Description:
The Art Criticism seminar offers the student access to a wide variety of images (architectural, sculptural, painted, etc.). The objective of this course is to improve critical awareness and to refine judgment based on an exploration of universal principles through visual experience. The seminar takes students into an indepth study of the basic elements of form: color, value, light and volume. Field studies included.
Partner Course Code:
ART 309
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing & Painting (Studio Art)

Course Description:
Intended for students with little or no experience in painting and drawing. Includes work from the figure, museum study, still-life, and landscape work in the Aix countryside. Additional fee required. 6 contact hours per week.
Partner Course Code:
ART 105
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing & Painting in the Mediterranean (Advanced)

Course Description:
In this course, students experiment with the techniques and approaches developed by artists working along the Mediterranean shores. Finding inspiration in the quality of the light, the particularities of the natural environment and the rich variety of its cultures, artists responded with a range of distinctive works reflecting their unique perceptions both real and imaginary. In a series of drawing and painting projects, our investigations will take us from the stratagems of classical artists in their search for harmonious proportions to the canon-breaking abstraction of Picasso’s cubist style. We will work with the expressive mark-making techniques of Van Gogh and the decorative patterns of Matisse. We will also experiment with color theory as found in the calculated pointillism of Signac and the wild brushwork of the Fauves.
Partner Course Code:
ART 321
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing & Painting in the Mediterranean (Beginner)

Course Description:
In this course, students experiment with the techniques and approaches developed by artists working along the Mediterranean shores. Finding inspiration in the quality of the light, the particularities of the natural environment and the rich variety of its cultures, artists responded with a range of distinctive works reflecting their unique perceptions both real and imaginary. In a series of drawing and painting projects, our investigations will take us from the stratagems of classical artists in their search for harmonious proportions to the canon-breaking abstraction of Picasso’s cubist style. We will work with the expressive mark-making techniques of Van Gogh and the decorative patterns of Matisse. We will also experiment with color theory as found in the calculated pointillism of Signac and the wild brushwork of the Fauves.
Partner Course Code:
ART 221
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, Lower Division, General Education: Exploring Perspectives - Artist
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing I Foundation

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 100
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 100
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing II Intermediate

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 205 Figure Drawing I
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing III Advanced I

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 300
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 301 Contemporary Drawing
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing III Advanced II

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums. Pre-Requisite ART 300.
Partner Course Code:
ART 400
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 401 Advanced Contemporary Drawing
UArizona Units:
3

Introduction to Digital Photography

Course Description:
Intended for students with little or no experience in photography, this course is designed to introduce photography as a means of personal expression and quality composition of an image. Areas of concentration include: creativity, composition, basic computer/digital imaging/editing and critiquing the work of others. Assumes no previous knowledge of photography. Assignments are to be completed with a digital camera. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 110
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 244 Introduction to Photography
UArizona Units:
3

Introduction to Drawing & Painting (Advanced)

Course Description:
This is an introductory studio art course to the techniques and approaches related to drawing and painting. Students will be encouraged to explore a variety of media, techniques, and subject matter as a means of discovering their own creative capacities while developing their perceptual as well as manual skills. Each week a new project will be presented to expose students to the varieties of relationships found between content and form. The course will include an investigation of still life, portraiture, and landscape through treatments in pen and ink, charcoal, oil pastels, and acrylics. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Introduction to Drawing & Painting (Beginner)

Course Description:
This is an introductory studio art course to the techniques and approaches related to drawing and painting. Students will be encouraged to explore a variety of media, techniques, and subject matter as a means of discovering their own creative capacities while developing their perceptual as well as manual skills. Each week a new project will be presented to expose students to the varieties of relationships found between content and form. The course will include an investigation of still life, portraiture, and landscape through treatments in pen and ink, charcoal, oil pastels, and acrylics. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 105
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, Lower Division, Tier 2 Arts or General Education: Exploring Perspectives - Artist
UArizona Units:
3

Painting I Foundation

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 130
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 100E (1.0) Surface & ART 100G (1.0) Propaganda
UArizona Units:
3

Painting II Intermediate

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 280 Painting I
UArizona Units:
3

Painting III Advanced I

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 330
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 380A MATLS & Methods in Painting
UArizona Units:
3

Painting III Advanced II

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums. Pre-Requisite ART 330
Partner Course Code:
ART 350
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 380B Contemporary Issues in Painting
UArizona Units:
3

Picasso, Matisse, and the Mediterranean

Course Description:
Understanding early 20th century art through an investigation of its sources in Mediterranean myth and reality.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 320
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Art History

Contemporary Art: Visual Representation of the Mediterranean

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION A (full 6-week session). This course surveys contemporary art practices along the Mediterranean with a focus on cross-cultural exchange between Europe, North Africa, and the Levant. Through an array of post-war artworks, films, and texts, this course will address the role representation plays in forming our knowledge of place. Students will engage in post-colonial theory, critical-race studies, and signifying practices as a way to develop a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean basin and the complex social, historical, and political issues at play in the region. Studio visits, exhibitions, and artist talks will be an important element to this course in order to introduce students to the contemporary art community of Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, and its surroundings.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 364
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

European & Mediterranean Prehistoric Art and Archaeology

Course Description:
This course deals with the apparition and the development of European and Mediterranean societies from the arrival of the first modern humans; known as Cro-Magnon, until the birth of the Celtic aristocracies at the dawn of the Roman conquest. Within the chronological framework of the course, illustrated by major archaeological sites and artefacts, topics discussed include art (cave art, prehistoric "Venuses"), genders, identities, power & birth of leadership, ancient religious beliefs (shamanism, Mother Goddess worshipping, solar cults…). Typically includes field studies to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
ARC/ARH 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

History of Museums: the Memory of Mankind

Course Description:
Housing artworks from all over the world and from all eras, museums carry memory of humanity. In the past, however, these artworks were displayed in various locations and settings such as nature, tombs, churches, palaces, and private dwellings. To understand better what is displayed in today’s museums, this course rereads history of art in relation to space/place from Prehistoric cave paintings to contemporary art centers. Field studies to several museums are an integral part of the course.
Partner Course Code:
MSM/ARH 337
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Survey History of Western Art: Prehistory to the Middle Ages

Course Description:
Initiation to the language and techniques of art history, and study of painting, sculpture, and architecture of Western art from prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages. Typically includes an excursion to sites in the region.
Partner Course Code:
ARH 231
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
3

The Mediterranean and Beyond: Cross-Cultural Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture

Course Description:
This course goes beyond the borders of empires, states and political history to discuss and analyze what makes the Middle Ages an artistic, architectural and intellectual momentum from the 5th to the 15th centuries CE. It studies the arts and architecture of various cultures and covers vast geographical and chronological scopes. We will deal with West Europe, the Islamic World, Iran, India, China, the Byzantine Empire, and the so-called Vikings (Danes). Field studies are an integral part of the course.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 340
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The XIXth Century and French Impressionism

Course Description:
With an emphasis on looking at and discussing paintings (over memorizing dates and names), this course seeks to understand what happened in France in the 19th Century in the domain of art. What was Impressionism? Why did it happen at this particular moment? And why was it centered around Paris? Students will read texts, look closely at paintings, participate in class disucssions, and attend a milti-day trip to the museums of Paris.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 381
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Business

Business Ethics in the Global Market

Course Description:
This course investigates ethical problems in business practice. Topics include personal morality in profit-oriented enterprises; codes of ethics, obligations to employees and other stakeholders; truth in advertising, whistle-blowing, and company loyalty; self and government regulation; the logic and future of capitalism; and the changing responsibilities of the manager in a rapidly globalizing business environment.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Global Marketing

Course Description:
Exploration of basic knowledge of global marketing focusing on the impact of environment on the strategies used by firms, and the understanding of consumer behavior management as it relates to the development and implementation of global marketing strategies.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG 456: International Marketing Management
UArizona Units:
3

Intercultural Management

Course Description:
Fast-paced changes in innovative management in recent years, from mono-cultural to multicultural, from mono-linguistic to multilingual, has deeply affected the needs of global business and the hiring of global nomads and experienced expatriates in our shifting companies and organizations. This course will raise awareness on managing innovative and intercultural Human Resource to achieve new 21st century goals in diversity and inclusion and new solutions to the challenges and opportunities international work forces can generate.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 303
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT 435
UArizona Units:
3

International Business Today and Tomorrow

Course Description:
Businesses face a new dynamic, one that poses significant challenges as well as opportunities–the need to “green” their products and services. Many analysts forecast that environmentally driven businesses will represent one of the world’s major forces and industries in the 21st century. This course also analyses issues of constant change by focusing on the internet and robotics, info-tech and social media in the promotional mix, legal and ethical practice, entrepreneurial activity, socially responsible business and business culture and etiquette.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Communication

Media and Conflict

Course Description:
This course examines the role media play in the progression and public perceptions of conflict. Relevant topics will include media and military intervention, portrayals of protest movements, and news and entertainment coverage of crime, rumors, domestic politics, violence, and ethnicity.
Partner Course Code:
COM/IR 316
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GLO 445 - Media, War & Peace
UArizona Units:
3

Economics

International Economics and the European Union

Course Description:
The effects of greater freedom and liquidity in world trade will be critically analyzed and explained, especially in the light of recent controversy concerning ’globalization'. We shall assess the performance of European Union, as a project of regional economic integration intended to redress many of the alleged defects of the liberalized trade model, and ask whether and how it might offer a viable solution to the need to preserve economic and social cohesion and meet institutional pre-requisites of economic development.
Partner Course Code:
ECO 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

English

The European City in Literature and the Visual Arts

Course Description:
Exploration of the rise and the establishment of the urban setting as the nexus of contemporary European culture and civilization through cinema, the novel, poetry, music, and paintings. Typically includes an excursion to sites in Paris.
Partner Course Code:
LIT/COM/ANTH 375
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Food Studies

An Overview of Wine

Course Description:
This course is designed to give an overview and understanding of the global wine industry. Coursework includes the history and culture of wine, wine vocabulary, label reading, choosing and serving wine.
Partner Course Code:
WS101
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
1

International Wine Business

Course Description:
The "International Wine Trade" course provides students with an understanding of the business aspects of the global wine trade. Subjects include business planning, finance, supply chain management, wine as an alternative investment and how the media affects the pricing and buyer/seller cycle of wine industry. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 310
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Principles of Wine Science and Sustainability

Course Description:
The main objective of this course is to provide students with the scientific principles necessary for the understanding of viticulture and oenology. Classes are tailored for students aspiring for a wine-related profession or simply as wine amateurs curious about the wonderful science behind it. Basic knowledge in chemistry, biology, ecology, biochemistry and/or any related natural science disciplines will be an asset but is not indispensable to join this introductory class. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The History and Culture of Wine in the Mediterranean

Course Description:
Viticulture and wine production have been embedded in the Mediterranean region for thousands of years and these activities have become synonymous with many local cultures. Students will study the evolution of wine from its pre-historic origins near the fertile crescent through to the modern era in the Mediterranean basin. We will learn how production methods and consumption habits developed over time and space, how a culture of wine and local identities co-evolved and how many Mediterranean countries, through regional and external forces, came to be the world’s standard bearer for the global wine industry. This class enjoys field visits and tastings of regional wines. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS/HIS 340
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Wine and Food Pairing for the Sommelier

Course Description:
This course is a combination of lecture and professional tasting and wine and food pairing. Students will learn vineyard and winemaking techniques utilized to achieve certain styles of wine. Students will learn how the structure of wine and food complete a pairing. Course includes Field Studies to restaurants, wineries, guest chefs. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS 307
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Wine Marketing and Analysis

Course Description:
This course is a combination of lecture and professional tasting to analyze the quality levels, marketing of wine, import and export, sales positioning, and pricing structures. Students will learn vineyard and winemaking techniques utilized to achieve certain styles of wine. Course includes Field Studies to wineries and vineyards. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS 302
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

French

Business French

Course Description:
Intensive training in French for business and commercial purposes, emphasizing specialized forms and vocabulary. (In French)
Partner Course Code:
BUS/FRE 311
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary France: Society, Politics & Culture (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Study of contemporary French civilization through political, cultural, and social issues.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 333
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary French Identities (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. Examining some of the main points of division as well as of unity in France today, this course explores the republican ideal, its background, the crisis it is currently undergoing and contemporary French identity(-ies).
Partner Course Code:
FRE 376
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary French: The Linguistics of Everyday Language (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. This course presents the main areas of language sciences: phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse. For each area, the main concepts are addressed in theoretical form and on the basis of practical exercises. Students will manipulate and analyse French linguistic data, but not only, they will also apply their knowledge to other languages.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 412
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Cross-Cultural Studies in Food and Culture (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of three to four semesters of college-level French. Both the Mediterranean diet and French Gastronomy have been declared by UNESCO as world heritage. This course will explore the language and the culinary customs of French cuisine, examining differences in food patterns between the US and France, the fundamentals of French and regional food and eating. A typical course will present: linguistics exercises, discussions and cooking workshops. Extra fee required
Partner Course Code:
FRE 306
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Deep-Dive into the French Language: History, Acquisition and Teaching (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. This course will introduce students to the field of second language acquisition, considering specific issues in learning and teaching French. Students will understand the roles a learner's mother tongue, motivation, memory, and personality play in the learning of a new language. They will consider how do social factors affect language learning. They will define the nature of the relationship between language and culture. Models of second language acquisition will be studied, as well as a variety of approaches to the teaching of French as a foreign language.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 379
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Dissent in the Mediterranean, from Albert Camus to Leila Slimani (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. Explores cultural productions from the French-speaking world of the Mediterranean in the 20th and 21st centuries and centers on the use of -and resorts to- the French language in the writings of dissident Mediterranean artists from 1945 on. Will include political and social dissent, national and cultural identity, the politics of language, transmediterranean dynamics, race and class, gender and sexuality, orality and textuality, transnationalism and migration, colonialism and decolonization.
Partner Course Code:
FRE/POL 417
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

France as Seen through its Movies, Post WWII to the 1970s (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four semesters of college-level French. Study of the different facets of France — from literary imagination to social issues, post WWII to the 1970’s - through a varied selection of films by great French directors. Introduction to the analysis of film techniques.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 355
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

French Children's Literature: Exploring Language, Culture, and Society (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. This course focuses on the way French children’s literature explores the creativity of language (with wordplay, for example) and the interaction between text and illustrations while giving us a historical glimpse of French culture and society and of the underlying value system that pervades children’s literature. We will study classics (Le Petit Prince, Charles Perrault’s fairy tales, la Comtesse de Ségur) and more contemporary texts (Marcel Aymé, Daniel Pennac, Sempé).
Partner Course Code:
FRE 339
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Immersive Advanced French I: Structure and Expression

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four semesters or two years of college level French. Advanced written and oral practice and grammar review. Essay topics follow a simulation enriched with a variety of documentation and multimedia activities.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 301: Pronunciation and Conversation
UArizona Units:
3

Immersive Advanced French II: Conversation and Composition

Course Description:
Intended for student who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college level. Students improve their advanced command of oral and written French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 302
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 302: Grammar, Usage, and Composition
UArizona Units:
3

Immersive Elementary French I then II

Course Description:
A year of college credit in one semester intended for those with little or no previous study. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning tied to two hours’ workshops and activities. Development of an understanding of oral French through listening and speaking practices.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 101 & 102
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 101 & 102
UArizona Units:
6

Immersive Elementary French II then Intermediate French I

Course Description:
A year of college credit in one semester intended for those who have completed the equivalent of one semester of college level French. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning tied to two hours’ practical workshops and activities. Development of an understanding of oral French through dialogue and roleplaying
Partner Course Code:
FRE 102 & 201
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 102 & 201
UArizona Units:
6

Immersive Intermediate French I then II

Course Description:
A year of college credit in one semester intended for those who have completed the equivalent of two semesters of college level French. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning tied to two hours’ practical workshops and activities. Development of oral French through conversation.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 201 & 202
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 201 & 202
UArizona Units:
6

Intermediate Elementary French

Course Description:
Intended for those who have completed the equivalent of two to three semesters of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French II

Course Description:
Intended for those who have completed the equivalent of three semesters of college level French. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning. Development of oral French through conversation.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 202
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 202: Intermediate French II
UArizona Units:
4

Intermediate French through Francophone Music and Song (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of two to three semesters of college level French. Intensive focus on linguistic and cultural comprehension as well as oral expression through music in France and throughout the Francophone world.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 218
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French: Living in France

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of two to three semesters of college level French. Intensive focus on oral practice looking at popular French culture.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 211
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Practical Elementary French I

Course Description:
Intended for those with little or no previous study.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 101
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 101 Elementary French I
UArizona Units:
3

Practical Elementary French II

Course Description:
Intended for those who have completed the equivalent of one semester of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 102
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 102 Elementary French II
UArizona Units:
3

Provencal History and Culture through its Monuments (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four semesters of college-level French. The history of Provence is rich and old. A complex regional culture, both Mediterranean and continental, where Greeks, Gauls and Romans mingled, relations we even see today in the Mediterranean Basin. The course approaches the history of Provence from the angle of art and architecture where the various artworks studied will serve as a basis for understanding the Provencal culture and civilization. Typically includes field studies to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 328
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Phonetics of Contemporary French

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of three to four semesters of college-level French. This phonetics course aims to teach the essential characters of phonemes and intonations of contemporary French and will focus on the particularities of oral language. Over sessions, several approaches will be applied (articulatory, comparative and verbo tonal methods), thus the students will become aware of the difference between the phonological system of French and the one of their own language.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 335
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 301 Pronunciation and Conversation
UArizona Units:
3

Translation and Publishing: Workshop (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. This course is designed to provide advanced instruction and supervised practice in translation from French into English and in editing work. During the course, students will be working directly with a major French publisher, translating promotional materials and original French texts that haven’t been translated into English. At the end of this course, the students will have a professional translation portfolio.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 470
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Translation and Structure I: from Colloquial to Literary

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. Translation from English to French and French to English, with constant reference to technical considerations. The course includes both theory and supervised practice of translation. Using the selected texts, we will explore the challenges linked to the place of the individual in contemporary society: identity and family relationships, identity and relationships with others, social condition, normalcy, and collective consciousness.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 401
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Women and the Mediterranean: From Myth to Modernity (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four to five semesters of college-level French. Reviewing some of the « great books of French literature in the forms of the novel, poetry and theatre, this course investigates the construction of gender (feminine gender in particular) and explore its fabrication in Mediterranean basin through cultural cues and textual arrangement. The works thus articulate their socio-historic and geographic contexts and the individual expression of the authors studied. How do these representations reflect on the present moment?
Partner Course Code:
FRE 362
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Writing after Colonialism: Literature, Power and Might (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. Explores the ongoing dialogues between French-language literary expressions and the conflicts at stake around the questions of might, power and identity. The authors studied in this class were all born in former French colonies, whether in North or Black Africa, South-East Asia or in the overseas departments and territories. Their relationship to their motherland, to France and their experience of exile and racism will be apprehended through an artistic and linguistic perspective: the students will hence appreciate Literature’s power to voice the unspeakable and write on the hidden side of History.
Partner Course Code:
FRE/LIT 414
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Geography

Ecology of France and the Mediterranean Environment

Course Description:
Survey of current theories and practices in ecology. Course examines the varying processes of the Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere drawing from the example of the Mediterranean basin. Topics include geological processes and hazards, water resources, waste management, energy and mineral resources, and human impact on global climate change in this sensitive region. Three class hours and laboratory field study throughout the area.
Partner Course Code:
ES 200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GEOG Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 or Tier 2 Natural Science.
UArizona Units:
3

Principles of Environmental Science in Society

Course Description:
This course will help students to prepare for living in the current and future society's mixture of technology and myth by presenting ideas and concepts about living systems and their environments. Policy makers and citizens’ awareness for understanding of environmental science principles is urgently needed in exercising community responsibilities to handle the environmental problems of our times. Water use, solid waste management, global warming, energy use, conservation of irreplaceable natural resources and the preservation of biodiversity are issues we will cover.
Partner Course Code:
ES 201
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENVS Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 or 2 Natural Science.
UArizona Units:
3

Global Studies

Economic Globalization: Growth and Development

Course Description:
Introduction to the economic analysis of development and growth policies intended to familiarize students with the practices and theories of economic development.
Partner Course Code:
ECO 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

History

European History: 1870–1918

Course Description:
Major social, economic, political, and diplomatic developments in European history from 1870 to 1918.
Partner Course Code:
HIS 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

France During the Occupation: 1939-1945

Course Description:
The study of representations of France during World War II in history, literature and media, in both the Occupied and Unoccupied Zones, the German presence, the government in Vichy and the Resistance. The course includes a review of French and European history from World War I until 1940, a detailed look at France's role in World War II, and a survey of French attitudes about the Occupation during the 70 years following Liberation. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
COM/HIS 314
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

French Colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa

Course Description:
This class will examine the region’s contemporary political foundations, with a focus on how the recent colonial past has helped shape the political institutions that were recently toppled.
Partner Course Code:
HIS/POL 321
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Muslim Presence in Europe

Course Description:
This course is an overview of the long-term interaction between the Muslim world and the West, not as separate entities, but with emphasis on their historic commonality, and their dialectic relation. The course focuses on the debates regarding the Muslim population in Europe, covering concepts of religion and secularism, the history of Muslim populations in Europe, legal issues, human rights, feminism, and modernity. Field study will take us to specific sites in Marseille, historically linked with the Muslim community.
Partner Course Code:
HIS/SOC 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Internship

Internship

Course Description:
Internship positions in various enterprises from small local businesses to regional chains to multinationals with offices in the Aix area. Students usually work 10-12 hours per week on site, submitting regular written reports to their professors at IAU. An upper-intermediate level of French or higher is essential. Availability depends on company offers. Flexible hours according to your course schedule.
Partner Course Code:
INT/FRE341
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Philosophy

Ethics in Society

Course Description:
This course aims to help students discover ways to come to terms - both individually and collectively - with the tensions of living in a modern globalized society. It draws on the wisdom we inherit from a lineage of great teachers and thinkers in the past, from different traditions, to seek guidance on how to live better as citizens of the world, and as human beings, confronted by rapid technological change, cultural diversity, environmental degradation, organized violence, and economic insecurity.
Partner Course Code:
PHI/POL 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHIL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Political Science

Global Environmental Politics

Course Description:
Exploration of the main environmental problems facing the international community today with an analysis of the roles of states, international organizations, multinational corporations and civil societies in the causation and solution process.
Partner Course Code:
POL/ES 309
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

International Relations

Course Description:
Introduction to international relations with emphasis on how international relations have changed as a result of globalization. Typically includes an overnight class trip in relation with a visit to a European/International Institution.
Partner Course Code:
IR/POL 303
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The International Law and Politics of Armed Conflict

Course Description:
The UN Charter vows to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” The purpose of this course is to explore how international law, international organizations, states and NGOs interact in response to armed conflict, and how such responses can contribute to, or undermine, efforts to end violence. Topics will include the origins and basic principles of the law of war, the changing nature of warfare in the 21st century, the challenges facing humanitarian aid and the prospects of peacebuilding and transitional justice. We will explore these topics through a combination of lectures, class discussions, films, literature and case studies
Partner Course Code:
POL/IR 360
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Psychology

Gender, Sexuality, and Culture

Course Description:
An interdisciplinary study that teaches students the conceptual vocabulary and skills required to analyze and think critically about gender, sexuality, gender relations, and power, and the role of culture in maintaining social norms. The course explores the questions of how gender and sexuality are constructed, how they are represented in different historical, cultural, geographic and social contexts, and how they are understood in the mental health fields. Students engage with texts from various disciplines and examine examples of the expression of these concepts in literature, history, media and film, visual art, music, philosophy, and cultural theory.
Partner Course Code:
PSY 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Human Development in Cultural Contexts

Course Description:
Study of human development from a psychodynamic perspective. Draws extensively on the theories ofsuch psychoanalytic thinkers as Freud, Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion and Donald Winnicott.
Partner Course Code:
PSY 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Religious Studies

Early Christianity in Europe

Course Description:
History of the first centuries of the Christian Church. Split between Judaism and Christianity, the influential theologians and leaders, heretical movements and their orthodox responses, waves of persecution and martyrdom, and cultural (role of women in the Early Church), artistic (oldest Christian monuments and artworks) and ecclesiastical topics (monasticism, liturgy…). Will conclude with a perspective of Modern World and focus on the Great Schism between East and West Christianity, the Avignon Papacy, the rise of protestant movements.
Partner Course Code:
REL 311
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RELI Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Course Description:
This course is a comparative study of the three Abrahamic religions; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It examines the religions’ shared aspects as well as distinct elements. The course compares the three religions along thematic lines and examines the way these three major traditions impact the modern West and the Middle East specifically. Among the themes to be discussed are: Abraham, scripture and tradition, law, the creation, God, worship, mysticism, the house of God, the tradition of head covering, homosexuality, Jerusalem, and the end of times.
Partner Course Code:
REL 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RELI Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Problem of God

Course Description:
Course offers a critical assessment of the contemporary relevance and plausibility of belief in God, against the background of an historical review of attempts to propose its philosophical basis and justification. Students will be invited to critically reflect on such perennial questions as: What is evil? Does God exist? What is the good life? Why do we have religion? What is the relationship between religion and science? Particular attention will be paid to situating the human spiritual experience within the philosophical discourse of modernity, assessing religious faith within the context of major political, social, and intellectual upheavals of our time.
Partner Course Code:
REL 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RELI Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Retailing and Consumer Science

Socially Responsible and Sustainable Fashion Management

Course Description:
The objective of this course is to investigate the many social and environmental issues of today’s fast-paced, global fashion industry and to explore ways in which we can slow it down, reduce its impact on the environment and provide urgent solutions to make it sustainable. The course takes a hands-on approach, encouraging students to explore aspects of sustainability in developing strategies and methods for the future through case studies, a visit to a sustainable fashion business, videos, and class interaction.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 323
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RCSC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Spring Semester Courses

Anthropology

Powers and Identities in the Ancient Mediterranean

Course Description:
Overview of the Mediterranean basin from the first civilizations in Egypt and Middle East up to the Roman expansion over Europe. The course objectives aim to “de-classicize” the Ancient Mediterranean history to tone down the “Mediterranean Antiquity/Greco-Roman” paradigm. As this Greco-Roman world did not appear abruptly, classes will have an equal emphasis on these “Non-Classical” civilizations such as the Etruscans, the Hittites, the Phoenicians, and the Celts/Gauls. As a result, the main direction taken for this course focuses on concepts of power and identity, which are demonstrated in politics, gender and social ideals, material culture and religious practice. Finally, bridges will be created between the concerns of the Ancients and our concerns in modern societies. Typically includes an overnight trip to Paris and/or Provence (e.g. Arles, Marseilles).
Partner Course Code:
ARC/ARH 313
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ANTH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Art

Altered Landscapes: A Mixed Media Studio Course

Course Description:
What does it mean to occupy a space? How do artists represent their experience and/or relationship to place? Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, and its surroundings will become source material for students to build a body of work exploring these questions. Students will conduct field studies and develop a personal archive of objects, photographs, and sketches that will guide their project over the semester. This course will focus on experimentation through visual language. Mark making, color, composition, shape, line and material will be understood as forms for expression. This is a two-dimensional mixed media course, focusing on collage, drawing, and painting. However, students are encouraged to introduce other media into their practice such as photography, performance, or video if they have prior experience in those fields.
Partner Course Code:
ART 294
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, General Education: Exploring Perspectives - Artist, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Art Criticism and Aesthetics Seminar II

Course Description:
Artworks and texts from varying periods and cultures throughout history are compared and contrasted to explore diverse issues such as the imagination, symbol in art, Zen principles in eastern art, motif and tradition. Field studies included.
Partner Course Code:
ART 310
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Artistic Encounters in the Mediterranean: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in European Art

Course Description:
This course will study the cross-cultural influences on European art from the 6th to the 20th centuries. We will examine Byzantine Art and Italy (Ravenna, Venice and Sicily), Islamic art and Europe (Spain, Sicily and Venice), the Ottomans and Renaissance art, Mughal paintings and Rembrandt, Orientalist paintings, Japanese art and Impressionism, and the influence of African art on Modernism. Field studies will take us to various museums in the cities of Paris and Aix-en-Provence.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 342
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Cezanne and Van Gogh

Course Description:
In-depth study of the lives and works of Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh. Typically includes site visits.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 382
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing & Painting - Intermediate/Advanced

Course Description:
Intended for students with intermediate to advanced skills in painting and drawing. Includes work from the figure, museum study, still-life, and landscape work in the Aix countryside. Additional fee required. 6 contact hours per week.
Partner Course Code:
ART 306
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing & Painting in the Mediterranean

Course Description:
In this course, students experiment with the techniques and approaches developed by artists working along the Mediterranean shores. Finding inspiration in the quality of the light, the particularities of the natural environment and the rich variety of its cultures, artists responded with a range of distinctive works reflecting their unique perceptions both real and imaginary. In a series of drawing and painting projects, our investigations will take us from the stratagems of classical artists in their search for harmonious proportions to the canon-breaking abstraction of Picasso’s cubist style. We will work with the expressive mark-making techniques of Van Gogh and the decorative patterns of Matisse. We will also experiment with color theory as found in the calculated pointillism of Signac and the wild brushwork of the Fauves.
Partner Course Code:
ART 295
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Department Elective, General Education: Exploring Perspectives - Artist, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing Foundation I

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 100
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 100A (1.0) Mapping & ART 100J (1.0) The Body
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing II Intermediate

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 205 Figure Drawing I
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing III Advanced I

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 300
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 301 Contemporary Drawing
UArizona Units:
3

Drawing III Advanced II

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio drawing courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums. Pre-Requisite ART 300.
Partner Course Code:
ART 400
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 401 Advanced Contemporary Drawing
UArizona Units:
3

Introduction to Digital Photography

Course Description:
Intended for students with little or no experience in photography, this course is designed to introduce photography as a means of personal expression and quality composition of an image. Areas of concentration include: creativity, composition, basic computer/digital imaging/editing and critiquing the work of others. Assumes no previous knowledge of photography. Assignments are to be completed with a digital camera. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 110
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 244 Introduction to Photography
UArizona Units:
3

Painting I Foundation

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 130
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 100E (1.0) Surface & ART 100G (1.0) Propaganda
UArizona Units:
3

Painting II Intermediate

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 280 Painting I
UArizona Units:
3

Painting III Advanced I

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums.
Partner Course Code:
ART 330
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 380A MATLS & Methods in Painting
UArizona Units:
3

Painting III Advanced II

Course Description:
The overarching purpose of the studio painting courses, at all levels, is to develop the student’s capacity to look both into the visible world and into themselves with the intention of transforming their vision into art. The student is led gradually toward a deeper understanding of the relationship between natural and artistic forms. This is achieved through disciplined study in the landscape, through portraiture and model work and museum study. Combined total of 6 hours of instruction per week in both the studio and outside in the landscape, as well as excursions to European museums. Pre-Requisite ART 330
Partner Course Code:
ART 350
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 380B Contemporary Issues in Painting
UArizona Units:
3

Art History

Baroque Art and Architecture

Course Description:
This course investigates European art and architecture of the seventeenth century. Known as the Baroque, this artistically rich period saw the rise of major artists including Caravaggio, Bernini, Gentileschi, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, Claude and Poussin. Best known for dramatic, narrative scenes of intense psychological and emotional power, Baroque art, in its extravagant excitement, reflects the tumultuous times in which it was created. This course looks at regional stylistic variations - Italy, Spain, Flanders, Holland, France, England - within the context of historical circumstance including new ideas about the nature of time and space, the rebranding of the Catholic Church (on the offensive after the onslaught Protestantism), the consolidation of power by an absolute monarch (Louis XIV), and the creation of the Dutch Republic with a mercantile-based economy.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 363
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary Art: Visual Representation of the Mediterranean

Course Description:
This course surveys contemporary art practices along the Mediterranean with a focus on cross-cultural exchange between Europe, North Africa, and the Levant. Through an array of post-war artworks, films, and texts, this course will address the role representation plays in forming our knowledge of place. Students will engage in post-colonial theory, critical-race studies, and signifying practices as a way to develop a deeper understanding of the Mediterranean basin and the complex social, historical, and political issues at play in the region. Studio visits, exhibitions, and artist talks will be an important element to this course in order to introduce students to the contemporary art community of Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, and its surroundings.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 364
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Introduction to Art History: Prehistory to Modern Times

Course Description:
Initiation to the language and techniques of art history, and study of painting, sculpture, and architecture of art from prehistory to the 20th century. Typically includes field studies to sites in the region.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 201
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Department Elective, General Education: Exploring Perspectives - Artist, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Museums Today: Mission and Challenges (Museology Seminar)

Course Description:
Nowadays, visiting museums is a common practice for a large part of the population. However, beyond their function of display, what do we know about the life of museums? This course examines what takes place behind the scenes in these institutions. Among the topics to be discussed in this class are: how the exhibitions are produced from their conception phase to their realization; what potentials and challenges the new technologies represent for museums; what actions are being taken to reach the widest possible audience; what phenomenon is pushing certain large museums to become brands that can be exported abroad in a globalized world; and what political, societal, economic and diplomatic role museums play in our societies. A big part of the seminar will take place in Musée Granet in Aix.
Partner Course Code:
MSM/ARH 391
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Renaissance Art and Architecture

Course Description:
This course studies Renaissance art and architecture in western Europe from the late 13th to the early 16th century in the context of the cultural, philosophical, social, political, economic and religious transformation of the continent. We will not only look at at the Italian Renaissance, with major artists including Giotto, Donatello, Botticelli, Masaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael, but also at the Flemish Renaissance (Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin, Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes and Hieronymus Bosch) as well as the regional stylistic variations in Provence and France.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 373
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Department Elective, General Education: Exploring Perspectives - Artist, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Business

Business Ethics in the Global Market

Course Description:
This course investigates ethical problems in business practice. Topics include personal morality in profit-oriented enterprises; codes of ethics, obligations to employees and other stakeholders; truth in advertising, whistle-blowing, and company loyalty; self and government regulation; the logic and future of capitalism; and the changing responsibilities of the manager in a rapidly globalizing business environment.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Financial Management

Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the main areas of corporate finance. Its focus is on developing an understanding of the tools and methodologies available to the financial manager for decision-making in capital budgeting, working capital management, capital structure and profit planning and control.
Partner Course Code:
FIN 300
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Global Marketing

Course Description:
Exploration of basic knowledge of global marketing focusing on the impact of environment on the strategies used by firms, and the understanding of consumer behavior management as it relates to the development and implementation of global marketing strategies.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG 456: International Marketing Management
UArizona Units:
3

Intercultural Management

Course Description:
Fast-paced changes in innovative management in recent years, from mono-cultural to multicultural, from mono-linguistic to multilingual, has deeply affected the needs of global business and the hiring of global nomads and experienced expatriates in our shifting companies and organizations. This course will raise awareness on managing innovative and intercultural Human Resource to achieve new 21st century goals in diversity and inclusion and new solutions to the challenges and opportunities international work forces can generate.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 303
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT 435
UArizona Units:
3

International Business Today and Tomorrow

Course Description:
Businesses face a new dynamic, one that poses significant challenges as well as opportunities–the need to “green” their products and services. Many analysts forecast that environmentally driven businesses will represent one of the world’s major forces and industries in the 21st century. This course also analyses issues of constant change by focusing on the internet and robotics, info-tech and social media in the promotional mix, legal and ethical practice, entrepreneurial activity, socially responsible business and business culture and etiquette.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

International Entrepreneurship

Course Description:
An introduction to entrepreneurship on both a macro and micro level. On the micro level, students have the unique opportunity to examine the entrepreneurial process in France while on the macro level, students analyze the broader entrepreneur mindset and concept development. This course based on experiential learning includes extensive readings, case study analysis and culminates in a team project emphasizing venture implementation.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 309
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Communication

Media and Conflict

Course Description:
This course examines the role media play in the progression and public perceptions of conflict. Relevant topics will include media and military intervention, portrayals of protest movements, and news and entertainment coverage of crime, rumors, domestic politics, violence, and ethnicity.
Partner Course Code:
COM/IR 316
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GLO 445 - Media, War & Peace
UArizona Units:
3

Economics

Economic Globalization: Growth and Development

Course Description:
Introduction to the economic analysis of development and growth policies intended to familiarize students with the practices and theories of economic development.
Partner Course Code:
ECO 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

International Economics and the European Union

Course Description:
The effects of greater freedom and liquidity in world trade will be critically analyzed and explained, especially in the light of recent controversy concerning ’globalization'. We shall assess the performance of European Union, as a project of regional economic integration intended to redress many of the alleged defects of the liberalized trade model, and ask whether and how it might offer a viable solution to the need to preserve economic and social cohesion and meet institutional pre-requisites of economic development.
Partner Course Code:
ECO 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

English

The European City in Literature and the Visual Arts

Course Description:
Exploration of the rise and the establishment of the urban setting as the nexus of contemporary European culture and civilization through cinema, the novel, poetry, music, and paintings. Typically includes an excursion to sites in Paris.
Partner Course Code:
LIT/COM/ANTH 375
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The European Novel

Course Description:
Course will explore the portrayal of shifting perspectives not only in terms of narrative style, but more assertively in terms of how life as a European shifted. We will examine changing social and political orders as well as how characters place themselves in history.
Partner Course Code:
LIT 325
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Film & Television

France as Seen Through its Movies, Post WWII to the 1970's

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four semesters of college-level French. Study of the different facets of France — from literary imagination to social issues, post WWII to the 1970’s - through a varied selection of films by great French directors. Introduction to the analysis of film techniques.
Partner Course Code:
FRE/FLM 355
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Film & Television

France as seen through its Movies: The 1980's to Today

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Study of the different facets of France — from literary imagination to social issues, from the 1980’s to today — through a varied selection of films.
Partner Course Code:
FRE/FLM 356
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Food Studies

An Overview of Wine

Course Description:
This course is designed to give an overview and understanding of the global wine industry. Coursework includes the history and culture of wine, wine vocabulary, label reading, choosing and serving wine.
Partner Course Code:
WS101
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
1

Applied Sustainable Viticulture

Course Description:
Our classroom will primarily be IAU/ACM’s vineyard, 250 grapevines of Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault. Every week we will learn and/or apply organic and biodynamic viticulture techniques to help our grapevines develop physiologically and produce wine worthy fruit while benefitting surrounding biodiversity. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS 380
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

International Wine Business

Course Description:
The "International Wine Trade" course provides students with an understanding of the business aspects of the global wine trade. Subjects include business planning, finance, supply chain management, wine as an alternative investment and how the media affects the pricing and buyer/seller cycle of wine industry. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 310
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Principles of Wine Science and Sustainability

Course Description:
The main objective of this course is to provide students with the scientific principles necessary for the understanding of viticulture and oenology. Classes are tailored for students aspiring for a wine-related profession or simply as wine amateurs curious about the wonderful science behind it. Basic knowledge in chemistry, biology, ecology, biochemistry and/or any related natural science disciplines will be an asset but is not indispensable to join this introductory class. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The History and Culture of Wine in the Mediterranean

Course Description:
Viticulture and wine production have been embedded in the Mediterranean region for thousands of years and these activities have become synonymous with many local cultures. Students will study the evolution of wine from its pre-historic origins near the fertile crescent through to the modern era in the Mediterranean basin. We will learn how production methods and consumption habits developed over time and space, how a culture of wine and local identities co-evolved and how many Mediterranean countries, through regional and external forces, came to be the world’s standard bearer for the global wine industry. This class enjoys field visits and tastings of regional wines. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS/HIS 340
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Wine and Food Pairing for the Sommelier

Course Description:
This course is a combination of lecture and professional tasting and wine and food pairing. Students will learn vineyard and winemaking techniques utilized to achieve certain styles of wine. Students will learn how the structure of wine and food complete a pairing. Course includes Field Studies to restaurants, wineries, guest chefs. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS 307
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Wine Marketing and Analysis

Course Description:
This course is a combination of lecture and professional tasting to analyze the quality levels, marketing of wine, import and export, sales positioning, and pricing structures. Students will learn vineyard and winemaking techniques utilized to achieve certain styles of wine. Course includes Field Studies to wineries and vineyards. Extra fee required.
Partner Course Code:
WS 302
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

French

Advanced French I: Structure and Expression

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four semesters or two years of college level French. Advanced written and oral practice and grammar review. Essay topics follow a simulation enriched with a variety of documentation and multimedia activities.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 301: Pronunciation and Conversation
UArizona Units:
3

Advanced French II: Conversation and Composition

Course Description:
Intended for student who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college level. Students improve their advanced command of oral and written French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 302
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 302: Grammar, Usage, and Conversation
UArizona Units:
3

Business French

Course Description:
Intensive training in French for business and commercial purposes, emphasizing specialized forms and vocabulary. (In French)
Partner Course Code:
BUS/FRE 311
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary France: Society, Politics & Culture (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Study of contemporary French civilization through political, cultural, and social issues.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 333
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary French Identities (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. Examining some of the main points of division as well as of unity in France today, this course explores the republican ideal, its background, the crisis it is currently undergoing and contemporary French identity(-ies).
Partner Course Code:
FRE 376
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary French: The Linguistics of Everyday Language (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. This course presents the main areas of language sciences: phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse. For each area, the main concepts are addressed in theoretical form and on the basis of practical exercises. Students will manipulate and analyse French linguistic data, but not only, they will also apply their knowledge to other languages.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 412
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Cross-Cultural Studies in Food and Culture (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of three to four semesters of college-level French. Both the Mediterranean diet and French Gastronomy have been declared by UNESCO as world heritage. This course will explore the language and the culinary customs of French cuisine, examining differences in food patterns between the US and France, the fundamentals of French and regional food and eating. A typical course will present: linguistics exercises, discussions and cooking workshops. Extra fee required
Partner Course Code:
FRE 306
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Deep-Dive into the French Language: History, Acquisition and Teaching (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. This course will introduce students to the field of second language acquisition, considering specific issues in learning and teaching French. Students will understand the roles a learner's mother tongue, motivation, memory, and personality play in the learning of a new language. They will consider how do social factors affect language learning. They will define the nature of the relationship between language and culture. Models of second language acquisition will be studied, as well as a variety of approaches to the teaching of French as a foreign language.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 379
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Dissent in the Mediterranean, from Albert Camus to Leila Slimani

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. Explores cultural productions from the French-speaking world of the Mediterranean in the 20th and 21st centuries and centers on the use of -and resorts to- the French language in the writings of dissident Mediterranean artists from 1945 on. Will include political and social dissent, national and cultural identity, the politics of language, transmediterranean dynamics, race and class, gender and sexuality, orality and textuality, transnationalism and migration, colonialism and decolonization.
Partner Course Code:
FRE/POL 417
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

French Children's Literature: Exploring Language, Culture, and Society (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. This course focuses on the way French children’s literature explores the creativity of language (with wordplay, for example) and the interaction between text and illustrations while giving us a historical glimpse of French culture and society and of the underlying value system that pervades children’s literature. We will study classics (Le Petit Prince, Charles Perrault’s fairy tales, la Comtesse de Ségur) and more contemporary texts (Marcel Aymé, Daniel Pennac, Sempé).
Partner Course Code:
FRE 339
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Immersive Advanced French I: Structure and Expression

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four semesters or two years of college level French. Advanced written and oral practice and grammar review. Essay topics follow a simulation enriched with a variety of documentation and multimedia activities.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 301: Pronunciation and Conversation
UArizona Units:
3

Immersive Advanced French II: Conversation and Composition

Course Description:
Intended for student who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college level. Students improve their advanced command of oral and written French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 302
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 302: Grammar, Usage, and Composition
UArizona Units:
3

Immersive Elementary French I then II

Course Description:
A year of college credit in one semester intended for those with little or no previous study. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning tied to two hours’ workshops and activities. Development of an understanding of oral French through listening and speaking practices.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 101 & 102
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 101 & 102
UArizona Units:
6

Immersive Elementary French II then Intermediate French I

Course Description:
A year of college credit in one semester intended for those who have completed the equivalent of one semester of college level French. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning tied to two hours’ practical workshops and activities. Development of an understanding of oral French through dialogue and roleplaying
Partner Course Code:
FRE 102 & 201
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 102 & 201
UArizona Units:
6

Immersive Intermediate French I then II

Course Description:
A year of college credit in one semester intended for those who have completed the equivalent of two semesters of college level French. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning tied to two hours’ practical workshops and activities. Development of oral French through conversation.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 201 & 202
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 201 & 202
UArizona Units:
6

Intermediate Elementary French

Course Description:
Intended for those who have completed the equivalent of two to three semesters of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French II

Course Description:
Intended for those who have completed the equivalent of three semesters of college level French. Intensive four hours’ classroom learning. Development of oral French through conversation.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 202
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 202: Intermediate French II
UArizona Units:
4

Intermediate French: Living in France

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of two to three semesters of college level French. Intensive focus on oral practice looking at popular French culture.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 211
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Practical Elementary French I

Course Description:
Intended for those with little or no previous study.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 101
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 101 Elementary French I
UArizona Units:
3

Practical Elementary French II

Course Description:
Intended for those who have completed the equivalent of one semester of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 102
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 102 Elementary French II
UArizona Units:
3

Provencal History and Culture through its Monuments (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four semesters of college-level French. The history of Provence is rich and old. A complex regional culture, both Mediterranean and continental, where Greeks, Gauls and Romans mingled, relations we even see today in the Mediterranean Basin. The course approaches the history of Provence from the angle of art and architecture where the various artworks studied will serve as a basis for understanding the Provencal culture and civilization. Typically includes field studies to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 328
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Phonetics of Contemporary French

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of three to four semesters of college-level French. This phonetics course aims to teach the essential characters of phonemes and intonations of contemporary French and will focus on the particularities of oral language. Over sessions, several approaches will be applied (articulatory, comparative and verbo tonal methods), thus the students will become aware of the difference between the phonological system of French and the one of their own language.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 335
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 301 Pronunciation and Conversation
UArizona Units:
3

Translation and Publishing: Workshop

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. This course is designed to provide advanced instruction and supervised practice in translation from French into English and in editing work. During the course, students will be working directly with a major French publisher, translating promotional materials and original French texts that haven’t been translated into English. At the end of this course, the students will have a professional translation portfolio.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 470
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Translation and Structure I: from Colloquial to Literary

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of five semesters of college-level French. Translation from English to French and French to English, with constant reference to technical considerations. The course includes both theory and supervised practice of translation. Using the selected texts, we will explore the challenges linked to the place of the individual in contemporary society: identity and family relationships, identity and relationships with others, social condition, normalcy, and collective consciousness.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 401
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 432: French Translation
UArizona Units:
3

Translation and Structure II: from Colloquial to Literary

Course Description:
Translation from English to French and French to English, with constant reference to technical, theoretical, and colloquial considerations.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 402
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Women and the Mediterranean: From Myth to Modernity (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Intended for students who have completed the equivalent of four to five semesters of college-level French. Reviewing some of the « great books of French literature in the forms of the novel, poetry and theatre, this course investigates the construction of gender (feminine gender in particular) and explore its fabrication in Mediterranean basin through cultural cues and textual arrangement. The works thus articulate their socio-historic and geographic contexts and the individual expression of the authors studied. How do these representations reflect on the present moment?
Partner Course Code:
FRE 362
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Writing after Colonialism: Literature, Power and Might

Course Description:
Covering subjects such as the spirit of the desert, slavery, the Mediterranean, and the initiation journey, this course reflects on the ongoing dialogue between authors from France and authors from French-speaking countries of former colonial territories.
Partner Course Code:
FRE/LIT 415
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Geography

Crossing Spaces in the Intercultural Context

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Course proposes an exploration of literary and artistic themes related to the notion of space, both personal (internal) and geographic (external), and specifically the tensions created by the crossing (“Traversée”) between one space and another.
Partner Course Code:
FRE/LIT/ART 413
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Ecology of France and the Mediterranean Environment

Course Description:
Survey of current theories and practices in ecology. Course examines the varying processes of the Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere drawing from the example of the Mediterranean basin. Topics include geological processes and hazards, water resources, waste management, energy and mineral resources, and human impact on global climate change in this sensitive region. Three class hours and laboratory field study throughout the area.
Partner Course Code:
ES 200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GEOG Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 or Tier 2 Natural Science.
UArizona Units:
3

Principles of Environmental Science in Society

Course Description:
This course will help students to prepare for living in the current and future society's mixture of technology and myth by presenting ideas and concepts about living systems and their environments. Policy makers and citizens’ awareness for understanding of environmental science principles is urgently needed in exercising community responsibilities to handle the environmental problems of our times. Water use, solid waste management, global warming, energy use, conservation of irreplaceable natural resources and the preservation of biodiversity are issues we will cover.
Partner Course Code:
ES 201
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENVS Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 or 2 Natural Science.
UArizona Units:
3

History

European History: 1870-1918

Course Description:
Major social, economic, political, and diplomatic developments in European history from 1870 to 1918.
Partner Course Code:
HIS 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

France and Europe in the Cold War

Course Description:
Study of the evolution of the European societies from the post-war period to the fall of the Berlin Wall through arts, literature, architecture, alternative cultures and social evolution linked to the exceptional economic growth of the post-war period ending with the oil shocks (1970’s).
Partner Course Code:
HIS 303
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

France During the Occupation: 1939-1945

Course Description:
The study of representations of France during World War II in history, literature and media, in both the Occupied and Unoccupied Zones, the German presence, the government in Vichy and the Resistance. The course includes a review of French and European history from World War I until 1940, a detailed look at France's role in World War II, and a survey of French attitudes about the Occupation during the 70 years following Liberation. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
COM/HIS 314
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

French Colonialism in the Middle East and North Africa

Course Description:
This class will examine the region’s contemporary political foundations, with a focus on how the recent colonial past has helped shape the political institutions that were recently toppled.
Partner Course Code:
HIS/POL 321
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Muslim Presence in Europe

Course Description:
This course is an overview of the long-term interaction between the Muslim world and the West, not as separate entities, but with emphasis on their historic commonality, and their dialectic relation. The course focuses on the debates regarding the Muslim population in Europe, covering concepts of religion and secularism, the history of Muslim populations in Europe, legal issues, human rights, feminism, and modernity. Field study will take us to specific sites in Marseille, historically linked with the Muslim community.
Partner Course Code:
HIS/SOC 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Internship

Internship

Course Description:
Internship positions in various enterprises from small local businesses to regional chains to multinationals with offices in the Aix area. Students usually work 10-12 hours per week on site, submitting regular written reports to their professors at IAU. An upper-intermediate level of French or higher is essential. Availability depends on company offers. Flexible hours according to your course schedule.
Partner Course Code:
INT/FRE341
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Music

Music and Sound of the Mediterranean

Course Description:
This course introduces the students, through creation and musical workshops, to the music of the Mediterranean; North Africa, South Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. It explores music and sound within their social, cultural, geographical, historical and political contexts reflecting the everyday life and the zeitgeist of its shifts; immigration, exile and colonialism, as well as the contact and influence among different societies. The course is not aimed at musicians or those who necessarily have a musical background; it is open to all students.
Partner Course Code:
MUS/ART 245
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MUS Department Elective, General Education: Exploring Perspectives: Artist, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
3

Philosophy

Ethics in Society

Course Description:
This course aims to help students discover ways to come to terms - both individually and collectively - with the tensions of living in a modern globalized society. It draws on the wisdom we inherit from a lineage of great teachers and thinkers in the past, from different traditions, to seek guidance on how to live better as citizens of the world, and as human beings, confronted by rapid technological change, cultural diversity, environmental degradation, organized violence, and economic insecurity.
Partner Course Code:
PHI/POL 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHIL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Political Science

Global Environmental Politics

Course Description:
Exploration of the main environmental problems facing the international community today with an analysis of the roles of states, international organizations, multinational corporations and civil societies in the causation and solution process.
Partner Course Code:
POL/ES 309
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

International Law and Politics in Armed Conflict

Course Description:
The UN Charter vows to “wave succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Yet armed conflict has remained a constant feature of human history, as have efforts to somehow mitigate its horrors. The purpose of this course is to explore how international law, international organizations, states and NGOs interact in response to armed conflict, and how such responses can contribute to, or undermine, efforts to end violence. Topics will include the origins and basic principles of the law of war, the changing nature of warfare in the 21st century, the challenges facing humanitarian aid and the prospects of peacebuilding and transitional justice.
Partner Course Code:
POL/IR 360
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

International Relations

Course Description:
Introduction to international relations with emphasis on how international relations have changed as a result of globalization. Typically includes an overnight class trip in relation with a visit to a European/International Institution.
Partner Course Code:
IR/POL 303
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Palestinian Israeli Conflict

Course Description:
What are the origins of the conflict from the Israeli and Palestinian perspectives? What is the role of the outside actors? What role does religion play? What are the determinants of the possible future evolutions of the conflict? How do the United States and the European Union approaches to the conflict differ? This course equips students with the analytical tools and historical background to tackle these questions.
Partner Course Code:
POL 318
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The European Union: Integration, Enlargement, Unity

Course Description:
Analysis of the historical evolution, the institutions, and the policies of the European Union within the context of European diplomatic history.
Partner Course Code:
POL 307
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

U.S. Diplomacy in an Age of Change: Case Studies and Practical Exercises

Course Description:
With the spreading dangers of weapons of mass destruction; new and more malignant forms of terrorism; regional and sectarian conflicts; failed and failing states; global economic dislocation; and transnational health, energy and environmental concerns, diplomacy has moved beyond state-to-state relations. Today it includes private sector entities, international organizations and NGOs, criminal cartels, militant groups, and local and international media. This seminar will explore the context of US diplomacy today, while honing essential written and oral communication skills. Course open to Masters’ students and International Relations Majors only.
Partner Course Code:
IR 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Psychology

Gender, Sexuality, and Culture

Course Description:
An interdisciplinary study that teaches students the conceptual vocabulary and skills required to analyze and think critically about gender, sexuality, gender relations, and power, and the role of culture in maintaining social norms. The course explores the questions of how gender and sexuality are constructed, how they are represented in different historical, cultural, geographic and social contexts, and how they are understood in the mental health fields. Students engage with texts from various disciplines and examine examples of the expression of these concepts in literature, history, media and film, visual art, music, philosophy, and cultural theory.
Partner Course Code:
PSY 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Human Development in Cultural Contexts

Course Description:
Study of human development from a psychodynamic perspective. Draws extensively on the theories ofsuch psychoanalytic thinkers as Freud, Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion and Donald Winnicott.
Partner Course Code:
PSY 304
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Religious Studies

Early Christianity in Europe

Course Description:
History of the first centuries of the Christian Church. Split between Judaism and Christianity, the influential theologians and leaders, heretical movements and their orthodox responses, waves of persecution and martyrdom, and cultural (role of women in the Early Church), artistic (oldest Christian monuments and artworks) and ecclesiastical topics (monasticism, liturgy…). Will conclude with a perspective of Modern World and focus on the Great Schism between East and West Christianity, the Avignon Papacy, the rise of protestant movements.
Partner Course Code:
REL 311
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RELI Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Course Description:
This course is a comparative study of the three Abrahamic religions; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It examines the religions’ shared aspects as well as distinct elements. The course compares the three religions along thematic lines and examines the way these three major traditions impact the modern West and the Middle East specifically. Among the themes to be discussed are: Abraham, scripture and tradition, law, the creation, God, worship, mysticism, the house of God, the tradition of head covering, homosexuality, Jerusalem, and the end of times.
Partner Course Code:
REL 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RELI Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Problem of God

Course Description:
Course offers a critical assessment of the contemporary relevance and plausibility of belief in God, against the background of an historical review of attempts to propose its philosophical basis and justification. Students will be invited to critically reflect on such perennial questions as: What is evil? Does God exist? What is the good life? Why do we have religion? What is the relationship between religion and science? Particular attention will be paid to situating the human spiritual experience within the philosophical discourse of modernity, assessing religious faith within the context of major political, social, and intellectual upheavals of our time.
Partner Course Code:
REL 301
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RELI Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Retailing and Consumer Science

International Strategic Branding & Luxury Management Program

Course Description:
This course covers the key concepts and the fundamentals of both Strategic Branding and Luxury Brand Management in an international and national setting. Students will study brand identity, target segmentation, the importance of creating the “right” image, how to position a brand, how to analyse client behaviour and how to market to the clients in the best way. Analysis and discovery of the most up-to-date strategies for building and maintaining luxury brand value over time will also be covered.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 307
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
3

Socially Responsible and Sustainable Fashion Management

Course Description:
The objective of this course is to investigate the many social and environmental issues of today’s fast-paced, global fashion industry and to explore ways in which we can slow it down, reduce its impact on the environment and provide urgent solutions to make it sustainable. The course takes a hands-on approach, encouraging students to explore aspects of sustainability in developing strategies and methods for the future through case studies, a visit to a sustainable fashion business, videos, and class interaction.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 323
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RCSC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Internships

UA Aix-en-Provence students may opt to participate in a 3-credit internship while abroad (ELCR Upper Division Elective units). This opportunity is available to students studying abroad in any term. Students will be required to complete 135 hours per semester (45 hours per credit) at their internship site.

Please apply early to begin the placement process!

Placement process: IAU staff will facilitate internship placement that aligns with each students' professional goals. You will be required to submit an up-to-date resume and complete an interview that will establish your goals and give you an opportunity to discuss your intended career plans.

Second Language Requirement: Ideally, applicants should have completed at least four semesters of college-level French instruction or the equivalent. Placement for students without this language experience is possible, but cannot be guaranteed. Placement is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Global Tracks

Global Tracks indicate courses that have been pre-approved by your major/minor department at a designated Arizona Abroad Location. If your major does not have a Global Track, that’s okay! You can choose from any of the classes in the Academics section (above) in coordination with your academic advisor. Global Tracks at this Arizona Abroad Location include: 

  • Fashion Industry’s Science & Technology
  • Global Studies
  • History
  • Personal & Family Financial Planning

Check out the Global Tracks website to see your options. 

Location & Housing

Location

Located just north of Marseille in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea, Aix-en-Provence offers the quintessential French experience with historic architecture, gorgeous hilltop scenery, and exquisite food. Aix is a quaint university town and bohemian intellectual center—artist Paul Cézanne and writer Ernest Hemingway once frequented its charming cafes. Fall in love with mountain views, tree-lined streets, and ornate foundations without the crowds of larger European cities, and take a flight to Paris or a train through the countryside for a weekend away.

Click here to learn more about beautiful Aix!

Housing

Typically, UA Aix-en-Provence students live in homestays with carefully-selected local French families who are keen to share their culture with visiting students. This accommodation type provides an excellent opportunity to experience the culture and language first-hand. 

Spring 2023:
During this semester, students will have the option to choose between the homestay opportunity described above, student residence halls, and private apartments. Students must indicate their preference in the questionnaire provided by IAU. Please note that you are not guaranteed placement in your housing type of choice; assignment depends on availability. 

Program Details: Summer

After careful consideration, starting with the Summer 2023 term, the Institute for American Universities (IAU) no longer requires proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to participate in this program. However, IAU strongly recommends getting vaccinated to remain in tune with requirements wherever you travel while abroad. IAU does not expect this to change, but should circumstances require it, they reserve the right to reinstate a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and any other necessary policies at any time. IAU and UArizona Study Abroad will be sure to communicate any major policy changes as quickly as possible. 

Click here to view the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in France's COVID-19 Information page. 

Summer Dates:

View Summer 2023 dates here: IAU Calendar

Summer Cost

  • Study abroad application fee: $50
  • Mandatory GeoBlue international health insurance: $3 per day- total depends on program length
  • Other estimated costs include, but are not limited to, transportation (air & local), student visa, meals out, books, and supplies.
  • 8-week Internship program: 
    • 6 credits (Internship course + one academic class). You pay Main Campus UArizona Summer tuition and fees for 6 credits.
    • Housing and other program components (such as orientation, activities, student support and other IAU fees): $3,975 (homestay students will also receive breakfast and six dinners per week from their host families)
    • Priority Application Deadline is February 15.
  • 6 week program:
    • 6 credits (2 courses). You pay Main Campus UArizona Summer tuition and fees for 6 credits.
    • Housing and other program components (such as orientation, activities, student support and other IAU fees): $3,425 (homestay students will also receive breakfast and six dinners per week from their host families)
    • Application Deadline is March 1.
  • 3 week program: 
    • 3 credits (1 course). You pay Main Campus UArizona Summer tuition and fees for 3 credits.
    • Housing and other program components (such as orientation, activities, student support and other IAU fees): $2,600 (homestay students will also receive breakfast and six dinners per week from their host families)
    • Application Deadline is March 1.

Course-related surcharges:

  • Additional fee of $150 per course for each class in the following disciplines: Wine Studies, Food, and Photography, including cross-listed courses.
  • Additional $405 art supply and trip fee for any students enrolled in the Marchutz Core Art Program
  • Additional $315 supply fee for any students not in the Marchutz Core Art Program who wish to take a studio art course
    • These extra fees above will be billed to your student account and may be billed later than the tuition and housing fees to allow for late changes in course enrollments.

Please note these are estimated costs only, program costs are subject to change.

Summer Budget

Program Details: Semester

After careful consideration, starting with the Summer 2023 term, the Institute for American Universities (IAU) no longer requires proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to participate in this program. However, IAU strongly recommends getting vaccinated to remain in tune with requirements wherever you travel while abroad. IAU does not expect this to change, but should circumstances require it, they reserve the right to reinstate a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and any other necessary policies at any time. IAU and UArizona Study Abroad will be sure to communicate any major policy changes as quickly as possible. 

Click here to view the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in France's COVID-19 Information page. 

Semester Dates (IAU Calendar)

  • Early Start program arrival (optional): January 14 - additional $500 fee
    • This program allows students to arrive one week early to adjust to their new home-away-from-home and participate in cultural activities ahead of the official program start date. Participants earn one credit, which is not transferrable to UArizona.
  • Regular program arrival: January 21
  • Depart: May 14

Semester Cost

Students pay Main Campus tuition & fees and can apply all of their usual financial aid and scholarships.

  • study abroad application fee: $50
  • Mandatory GeoBlue international health insurance: $3 per day (approximately $360 a semester)
  • Housing and other program components (such as orientation, activities, student support and other IAU fees): $6,980 per semester (homestay students will also receive breakfast and six dinners per week from their host families)

  • Other estimated costs include, but are not limited to, transportation (air & local), student visa, meals out, books, and supplies.

Course-related surcharges:

  • Additional fee of $150 per course for each class in the following disciplines: Wine Studies, Food, and Photography, including cross-listed courses.
  • Additional $1,215 art supply and trip fee for any students enrolled in the Marchutz Core Art Program or Mediterranean Core Art Program
  • Additional $315 supply fee for any students not in the Marchutz Core Art Program nor Mediterranean Core Art Program who wish to take a studio art course
    • These extra fees above will be billed to your student account and may be billed later than the tuition and housing fees to allow for late changes in course enrollments.

Please note these are estimated costs only, program costs are subject to change.

 SPRING Budget

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