Description

At the heart of international education, two full-immersion French programs combine an all French-speaking environment, individual homestay, language partner, personal interest activity, and community service with rigorous course work taught by French university faculty. Fall, spring, summer and full-year options.

Academic Focus:
- Aix-en-Provence
- French and European Studies
- Literature and the Arts
- Intercultural Communication

Marseille:
- International Relations
- The Middle East, Political Science
- Intercultural Communication

Summer Program:
Summer in Provence - French Language and Art of Living. This six-week for-credit program offers intensive French language courses at elementary and intermediate levels combined with a strategic content course, taught in English, which focus on the rituals and traditions of contemporary France. Students develop lasting interculutral communication skills while living with and like the French. Local excursions and four full-day course-related field trips included.

Graduate program:
Implementing sustainable Humanitarian Action, created in collaboration with the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, provides an intercultural approach to the design and management of non-governmental organizations. Open to international students and adult professionals, this ten-month credit-bearing program includes a six-week internship in a French NGO.

The AUCP provides the foundation for both continuing self-discovery and promising international careers.

Highlights

- An intimate yet cosmopolitan setting in the heart of Provence.
- Pertinent courses taught by French university faculty.
- Carefully conceived course offerings and guided experiential learning activities
- Supplementary direct enrollment at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques and the Universite de Provence.
- One week of intensive study in Morocco (Marseille program)

The AUCP Difference:

- Individual home-stay placement
- An all French-language environment
- On-going training in cross-cultural communication
- Weekly Community Service
- Personal Interest Activity
- Language Exchange Partner

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

17,400

Program Fees Include:

Tuition, housing and meals (demi-pension) book fees, scheduled activities and excursions.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 5 to 35

Application Process Involves

• Essay
• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

two weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

American University Center of Provence's Mission Statement

Provide motivated students with opportunities and strategies for cross-cultural learning both inside and outside the classroom in order to lay the foundation for transformative self-discovery and promising international careers.

Year Founded

1993