Description

Paris, the City of Lights, offers more than just stunning art, amazing tourist sites and iconoclastic photo ops! The city also provides an amazing array of opportunities to experience food, to learn about food, and to understand the highly integrated and coordinated system that gets food from farmers' fields to Paris' restaurants and grocery retailers. In Paris, the market streets, the quaint bakeries, the fresh fruit stands, and innumerable cafés, bistros and restaurants are an enticing reward for any student who wants to combine the simple joys of good food with a scholarly pursuit of gaining a greater understanding of the cultural, political and economic context of France's agricultural and food sectors.

Highlights

ACADEMIC INFORMATION:
*Students will complete 6-8 hours of professor-led program activities per day, earning a total of 3 semester credit hours.
*Classes taught in English.
*Housing: Shared hotel rooms, 2-3 students per room (breakfasts included).
*Passport required.
*This course can be offered for graduate credit, but at a higher fee. If you are interested in taking this course for graduate credit, please contact James Sterns for details.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
*An afternoon at the annual Foire de Paris, a massive home products trade show that includes hundreds of artisan food venders
*An early morning tour to Rungis, the world's largest agricultural and food wholesaling distribution center
*A walking tour of Parisian luxury food boutiques
*Numerous presentations and discussions focusing on agricultural and food marketing, ranging from a cheese tasting to discussions with international trade experts

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

• Culinary Arts
• Culture

Cost in US$:

2,091 USD

Program Fees Include:

*Program fees
*UF campus fees
*Tuition for 3 credits
*Housing for 6 nights
*Local transportation
*Scheduled museum visits and other excursions
*International health insurance and medical emergency assistance

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Other

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Other

Academic Programs International (API)'s Mission Statement

Academic Programs International, API, is an educational organization dedicated to providing challenging and enriching study abroad programs for our students. The experience of living, interacting and learning in an international environment presents invaluable opportunities for each student's academic and personal development. All of our academic and extracurricular offerings are selected with the goal of helping students to grow more self-aware and culturally sensitive. We envision each student evolving from a tourist to a resident to a global citizen, and API is dedicated to supporting this lifelong process. API is committed to providing the best comprehensive study abroad experience possible with personal attention available to our students throughout his or her program, and to working closely with home universities to offer support before, during and after the education abroad experience.

Year Founded

1997