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Program Facts

Program Type: Arizona Abroad

Credit Type: Transfer Credit

Terms Available: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer

GPA: 2.5

Class Eligibility: Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Program Open To: UA and Non-UA Students

Language of Instruction: English

Application Deadline: Summer 2021: April 1st, Fall 2021 & Academic Year 2021-2022: May 1st

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Since enrolling its first class in 1957, our partner, the Institute for American Universities (IAU) has served as a center for education abroad for U.S. undergraduates. IAU has worked with over 700 U.S. public and private colleges and universities, given its high academic standards.

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Below are courses that are already approved for credit at UArizona.

Summer Session Courses

Art

Art Criticism and Aesthetics

Course Description:
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:
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:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Painting and Drawing II Intermediate

Course Description:
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:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Painting and Drawing III Advanced

Course Description:
Coming soon!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, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Sculpture

Course Description:
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:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Art History

Archaeology of Ancient Provence

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. A survey of the different archaeological cultures and civilizations that flourished in the Western Mediterranean basin. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
ARH 331A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ARH Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Modern Art, Provence and the Mediterranean

Course Description:
Modern Art was born in France and many of the most famous figures (Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, van Gogh) spent time in Provence or turned their attention to the Mediterranean landscapes but also to myth and culture (Delacroix, Ingres). Emphasis will be given to context, and the historical and artistic ties between France, Provence and the Mediterranean from the 19th to the mid-20th century.
Partner Course Code:
ART 322A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Communication

Media and Conflict

Course Description:
Course given in SESSION B (first 3-week session).This course examines the role of media 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 316A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

English

Creative Nonfiction Writing in Provence

Course Description:
Beginning or Intermediate level. The study and practice of creative nonfiction writing in relation to the study abroad experience. Techniques of writing creative nonfiction and development of the creative process, including writing exercises, workshop and final essays.
Partner Course Code:
ART 275B
UArizona Equivalent Course:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Creative Nonfiction Writing in Provence

Course Description:
Advanced level. The study and practice of creative nonfiction writing in relation to the study abroad experience. Techniques of writing creative nonfiction and development of the creative process, including writing exercises, workshop and final essays.
Partner Course Code:
ART 375B
UArizona Equivalent Course:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Food Studies

The Global Wine Industry: A French Immersion

Course Description:
This intensive six 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:
WS 306A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

French

Advanced French I

Course Description:
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:
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:

Beginning French I

Course Description:
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:
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

Cross-Cultural Studies in Food and Culture

Course Description:
IN 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, including the history, and use of ingredients, as well as political and economic factors affecting rural French food systems.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 306A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

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 411A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Femininity and Representation: Women in Art and Society from the 16th Century to the Present Day

Course Description:
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 362A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
In progress.
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French I

Course Description:
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 or FREN Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French II

Course Description:
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 or FREN Departmental Elective, Lower 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.
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:
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 314A
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Political Science

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

Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

Course Description:
This course examines the historical conception of abnormal psychology and what is culturally considered abnormal behavior. A connection is drawn from the historical foundations of abnormal psychology to present-day assessment, diagnosis, theory, research, causes and treatment. By using a bio-psycho-social framework, students will explore the development and utilization of appropriate preventative and intervention measures. This course may include potential visits to local clinics and possible interviews with mental health care professionals in Aix.
Partner Course Code:
PSY 333B
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Fall Semester Courses

Anthropology

Ancient European Art and Archaeology

Course Description:
Development of European Mediterranean societies and civilizations from the arrival of the first humans up to the Roman conquest of the continent. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
ARC 309
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ANTH Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Art

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 - 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 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
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 100A & ART 100J
UArizona Units:
1.5 each course = 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

Multimedia and Contemporary Studio Practice - Beginners

Course Description:
A wide range of approaches and media are used to develop greater perceptual and conceptual awareness and understanding of 20th and 21st century studio practice. The course will investigate how drawing and painting relate to other media such as installation, performance, photography, and new technologies. With a focus on issues revolving around the "sacred" and the "taboo" in art past and present, students will link critical thinking and analysis to their studio practice. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 151
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
3

Multimedia and Contemporary Studio Practice – Intermediate & Advanced Level

Course Description:
A wide range of approaches and media are used to develop greater perceptual and conceptual awareness and understanding of 20th and 21st-century studio practice. The course will investigate how drawing and painting relate to other media such as installation, performance, photography, and new technologies. With a focus on issues revolving around the "sacred" and the "taboo" in art past and present, students will link critical thinking and analysis to their studio practice. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 351
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division. Tier 2 Arts.
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

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

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

European Art — Cross-Cultural Perspectives - Advanced

Course Description:
This course studies the cross-cultural influences on European art from the 6th to the 20th centuries, looking at Byzantine Art and Italy (Ravenna, Venice and Sicily), Islamic art and Europe (Spain, Sicily and Venice), the Ottomans and Renaissance art, Orientalism in the 19th century, Japanese art and Impressionism, and Cycladic/African art in Modernism. Typically includes an excursion to Paris.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 342
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

European Art — Cross-Cultural Perspectives - Beginners/Intermediate

Course Description:
This course studies the cross-cultural influences on European art from the 6th to the 20th centuries, looking at Byzantine Art and Italy (Ravenna, Venice and Sicily), Islamic art and Europe (Spain, Sicily and Venice), the Ottomans and Renaissance art, Orientalism in the 19th century, Japanese art and Impressionism, and Cycladic/African art in Modernism. Typically includes an excursion to Paris.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 242
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower 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 XIXth Century and French Impressionism

Course Description:
Historical and critical analysis of painting in the 19th century with emphasis on the history of Impressionism. Typically includes an excursion to sites in 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

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:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
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 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

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:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

English

Creative Writing and the Intercultural Experience - Beginners

Course Description:
The study and practice of creative nonfiction writing in relation to the study abroad experience. Techniques of writing creative nonfiction and development of the creative process, including writing exercises, editing, and workshop. The course will examine the ways in which the writing process and cross-cultural experiences are parallel endeavors that can serve to inform and answer each other.
Partner Course Code:
ART 270
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Creative Writing and the Intercultural Experience – Intermediate/Advanced

Course Description:
The study and practice of creative nonfiction writing in relation to the study abroad experience. Techniques of writing creative nonfiction and development of the creative process, including writing exercises, editing, and workshop. The course will examine the ways in which the writing process and cross-cultural experiences are parallel endeavors that can serve to inform and answer each other.
Partner Course Code:
ART 370
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

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

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

Chemistry and Biochemistry of Wine Production

Course Description:
An introduction to the chemical and biochemical transformation of grapes into wine with highlights on the key steps in this process: growing conditions, timing of harvest, the fermentation process and wine conservation and aging techniques. The course discusses equally environmental issues concerning the winemaking industry, especially the consequences of climate change and disposal of wineries’ wastes.
Partner Course Code:
WS 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

International Wine Trade

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

French

Advanced French I

Course Description:
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 301M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

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 Departmental Elective, Upper division.
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 Departmental Elective, Upper division.
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, and Culture (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Study of contemporary French civilization through political, cultural, and social issues.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 331
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Contemporary French Identities (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN 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(s).
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. 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 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. 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, including the history, and use of ingredients, as well as political and economic factors affecting rural French food systems. 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. Course will be divided into three explorations of the French language: its history, its learning and its teaching. Each stage is aimed at inciting students to question their own capacity for learning the language and developing potential teaching tools.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 379
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

France and Francophone Literature: A Dialogue (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. 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 415
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

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

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 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 an 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 340
UArizona Equivalent Course:
TLS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French I

Course Description:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 201M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 201 Intermediate French I
UArizona Units:
3

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 French II

Course Description:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 202M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 202 Intermediate French II
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

Living in France: Intercultural Communication (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 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:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 101M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 101 Elementary French I
UArizona Units:
3

Practical 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

Practical Elementary French II

Course Description:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 102M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 102 Elementary French II
UArizona Units:
3

Practical 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

Provencal History and Culture through its Monuments (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Introduction to the History of Provence and a study of its most exemplary monuments. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 328
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Readings in French Literature I (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Readings in French literature, from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and introduction to methods of literary analysis for students with the equivalent of at least two years of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 315
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

The (French) National Narrative Revisited (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Course explores the intense relationship between the French and their past. Over the last twenty years, the French have unceasingly revisited their own past through a critical perspective, with a sense of repentance and guilt. For some, it has been an opportunity to rewrite the national narrative, giving voice to minorities, rethinking collective heritage and renegotiating national identity. Typically includes field studies in the region.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 358
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Phonetics of Contemporary French

Course Description:
Phonetic theory illustrated by aural practice and pronunciation. Intensive practice in sound reproduction and fine-tuning the ear to new sound combinations.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 335
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 301 Pronunciation and Conversation
UArizona Units:
3

Translation and Structure I: 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 401
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

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

Course Description:
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 sociohistoric 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 in Provence: Literature and Regional Culture (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. How writers whose subjects celebrate Provence and the interactions between its inhabitants and its visitors help students better comprehend their own immersion in the region and in the language? This course will guide students to analyze and write their own personal reflections inspired by regional writers such as Marcel Pagnol, Jean Giono, René Char, Maylis de Kérangal, Stendhal and others.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 383
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental 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

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

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

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 excursion to Geneva.
Partner Course Code:
IR/POL 303
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

Psychology

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

Retailing & Consumer Sciences

International Strategic Branding

Course Description:
Learn to create and manage a global brand taking into account cross-cultural differences. Students will first develop a deep understanding of what is brand management through the analysis of numerous worldwide brands - Apple, Nike, Harley Davidson, Dyson, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Diesel, Samsung, etc. We then develop brand manager skills in the creation of a Provence-based brand and its adaptation for the US market. Supervised by a teacher with 15 years of experience shaping brand identities and consulting with French students to help understand the strong cultural roots, students will create their own dream brand in a stimulating & interactive atmosphere.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 302
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RCSC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Luxury Management

Course Description:
The course will introduce students to luxury management with prime focus on the creation of case studies for luxury brands, professional seminars and educational trips in luxury capitals that include Paris and Monaco. The aim of this high-level course is to expose the students in the world of luxury and how to manage brands and companies in this domain, attaining key knowledge in essential areas in luxury marketing, sales, e-commerce, legal affairs, and branding.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 307
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental 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

Spring Semester Courses

Art

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

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

Crossroads in European Art - Advanced

Course Description:
This course studies the cross-cultural influences on European art from the 6th to the 19th centuries. Among the themes to be discussed are: Byzantine Art and Italy (Ravenna, Venice and Sicily), Islamic art and Europe (Spain, Sicily and Venice), the Ottomans and Renaissance art, Orientalist paintings, and Impressionism.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 342
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Crossroads in European Art - Beginners

Course Description:
This course studies the cross-cultural influences on European art from the 6th to the 19th centuries. Among the themes to be discussed are: Byzantine Art and Italy (Ravenna, Venice and Sicily), Islamic art and Europe (Spain, Sicily and Venice), the Ottomans and Renaissance art, Orientalist paintings, and Impressionism.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 242
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 106
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
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 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

Multimedia and Contemporary Studio Practice - Beginners

Course Description:
A wide range of approaches and media are used to develop greater perceptual and conceptual awareness and understanding of 20th and 21st century studio practice. The course will investigate how drawing and painting relate to other media such as installation, performance, photography, and new technologies. With a focus on issues revolving around the "sacred" and the "taboo" in art past and present, students will link critical thinking and analysis to their studio practice. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 151
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
3

Multimedia and Contemporary Studio Practice – Intermediate & Advanced Level

Course Description:
A wide range of approaches and media are used to develop greater perceptual and conceptual awareness and understanding of 20th and 21st-century studio practice. The course will investigate how drawing and painting relate to other media such as installation, performance, photography, and new technologies. With a focus on issues revolving around the "sacred" and the "taboo" in art past and present, students will link critical thinking and analysis to their studio practice. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
ART 351
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division. Tier 2 Arts.
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

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

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

Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Present

Course Description:
Study of painting, sculpture and architecture from the Renaissance to the present. Typically includes an excursion to Paris.
Partner Course Code:
ART/ARH 232
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART 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

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:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
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 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

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 Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Classics

Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations

Course Description:
Overview of the Mediterranean basin from the first civilizations in Egypt and Middle-East up to the Roman expansion over Europe. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
ARC/ARH 310
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CLAS 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:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Provençal Culture, from Myth to Media

Course Description:
Representations of Provence across media, including myths and legends, memoirs, lyric poetry, literature, comics, film, television and radio. Students will read texts about Provence from prominent authors and social scientists, and will engage in critical discussion of these texts in the light of their growing understanding of Provençal culture.
Partner Course Code:
LIT/COM 312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

English

Creative Writing and the Intercultural Experience - Beginners

Course Description:
The study and practice of creative nonfiction writing in relation to the study abroad experience. Techniques of writing creative nonfiction and development of the creative process, including writing exercises, editing, and workshop. The course will examine the ways in which the writing process and cross-cultural experiences are parallel endeavors that can serve to inform and answer each other.
Partner Course Code:
ART 270
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
3

Creative Writing and the Intercultural Experience – Intermediate/Advanced

Course Description:
The study and practice of creative nonfiction writing in relation to the study abroad experience. Techniques of writing creative nonfiction and development of the creative process, including writing exercises, editing, and workshop. The course will examine the ways in which the writing process and cross-cultural experiences are parallel endeavors that can serve to inform and answer each other.
Partner Course Code:
ART 370
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ART Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

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: 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

Chemistry and Biochemistry of Wine Production

Course Description:
An introduction to the chemical and biochemical transformation of grapes into wine with highlights on the key steps in this process: growing conditions, timing of harvest, the fermentation process and wine conservation and aging techniques. The course discusses equally environmental issues concerning the winemaking industry, especially the consequences of climate change and disposal of wineries’ wastes.
Partner Course Code:
WS 305
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FOOD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

International Wine Trade

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

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

Course Description:
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 301M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

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 Departmental Elective, Upper division.
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 Departmental Elective, Upper division.
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 French Identities (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN 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(s).
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. 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 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. 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, including the history, and use of ingredients, as well as political and economic factors affecting rural French food systems. 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. Course will be divided into three explorations of the French language: its history, its learning and its teaching. Each stage is aimed at inciting students to question their own capacity for learning the language and developing potential teaching tools.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 379
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

France and Francophone Literature: A Dialogue (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. 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 415
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental 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 an 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 340
UArizona Equivalent Course:
TLS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Intermediate French I

Course Description:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 201M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 201 Intermediate French I
UArizona Units:
3

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 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 II

Course Description:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 202M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 202 Intermediate French II
UArizona Units:
3

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

Living in France: Intercultural Communication (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 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:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 101M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 101 Elementary French I
UArizona Units:
3

Practical 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

Practical Elementary French II

Course Description:
Partner Course Code:
FRE 102M
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 102 Elementary French II
UArizona Units:
3

Practical 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

Provencal History and Culture through its Monuments (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. Introduction to the History of Provence and a study of its most exemplary monuments. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 328
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Readings in French Literature II

Course Description:
Readings in French literature, focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries, and introduction to methods of literary analysis for students with the equivalent of at least two years of college-level French.
Partner Course Code:
LIT/FRE 316
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The (French) National Narrative Revisited (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
Course explores the intense relationship between the French and their past. Over the last twenty years, the French have unceasingly revisited their own past through a critical perspective, with a sense of repentance and guilt. For some, it has been an opportunity to rewrite the national narrative, giving voice to minorities, rethinking collective heritage and renegotiating national identity. Typically includes field studies in the region.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 358
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

The Phonetics of Contemporary French

Course Description:
Phonetic theory illustrated by aural practice and pronunciation. Intensive practice in sound reproduction and fine-tuning the ear to new sound combinations.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 335
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FREN 301 Pronunciation and Conversation
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

Writing in Provence: Literature and Regional Culture (IN FRENCH)

Course Description:
IN FRENCH. How writers whose subjects celebrate Provence and the interactions between its inhabitants and its visitors help students better comprehend their own immersion in the region and in the language? This course will guide students to analyze and write their own personal reflections inspired by regional writers such as Marcel Pagnol, Jean Giono, René Char, Maylis de Kérangal, Stendhal and others.
Partner Course Code:
FRE 383
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental 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

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:
BUS/FRE341
UArizona Equivalent Course:
Academic advisor approval required.
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 excursion to Geneva.
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

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

Retailing & Consumer Sciences

International Strategic Branding

Course Description:
Learn to create and manage a global brand taking into account cross-cultural differences. Students will first develop a deep understanding of what is brand management through the analysis of numerous worldwide brands - Apple, Nike, Harley Davidson, Dyson, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Diesel, Samsung, etc. We then develop brand manager skills in the creation of a Provence-based brand and its adaptation for the US market. Supervised by a teacher with 15 years of experience shaping brand identities and consulting with French students to help understand the strong cultural roots, students will create their own dream brand in a stimulating & interactive atmosphere.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 302
UArizona Equivalent Course:
RCSC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
3

Luxury Management

Course Description:
The course will introduce students to luxury management with prime focus on the creation of case studies for luxury brands, professional seminars and educational trips in luxury capitals that include Paris and Monaco. The aim of this high-level course is to expose the students in the world of luxury and how to manage brands and companies in this domain, attaining key knowledge in essential areas in luxury marketing, sales, e-commerce, legal affairs, and branding.
Partner Course Code:
BUS 307
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental 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

Location & Housing

Location

Located just north of Marseille in southern France and near the Mediterranean Sea, Aix-en-Provence offers the quintessential French experience with historic architecture, hilltop scenery, and exquisite food. 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. Take a flight to Paris or a train through the countryside for a weekend away.

Housing

Students at UA Aix-en-Provence live in French homestays, an excellent opportunity to experience the culture and language first-hand. Carefully selected, our hosts all have an interest in sharing their culture with students. 

Program Details: Summer

Summer Cost

  • $50 Study Abroad Application Fee
  • Mandatory Geo Blue International Health Insurance at a rate of $3 a day
  • 3 week program: arrive June 5, depart June 26 OR arrive June 26, depart July 18
    • 3 credits (1 course). Summer tuition for 3 credits, $1428
    • Housing (homestay including two meals a day): $2600
  • 6 week program: arrive June 5, depart July 18
    • 6 credits (2 courses). Summer tuition for 6 credits, $2825
    • Housing (homestay including two meals a day): $3425
  • 8-week Internship program: arrive May 22, depart July 18
    • 6 credits (Internship course + one academic class). Summer tuition for 6 credits, ~$2825
    • Housing: cost tbd; homestay option includes two meals a day
  • Other estimated costs include but not limited to transportation (air & local), visa, meals, books and supplies
  • UA Study Abroad scholarships are available based on eligibility

Summer Budget

Program Details: Semester

Semester Dates

  • Early Start program arrival (optional): Aug. 28
  • Regular program arrival: Sept. 4
  • Depart: Dec. 16

Semester Cost

  • Mandatory Geo Blue International Health Insurance at a rate of $3 a day (approximately $360 a semester)
  • You pay UA Tuition & Fees to study abroad and receive all of the financial aid you use on main campus
  • Housing costs $6,620 per semester at UA Aix-en-Provence, which includes 2 meals a day
  • Other estimated costs include,but not limited to transportation (air & local), visa, meals, books, and supplies
  • UA Study Abroad scholarships are available based on eligibility

Fall Budget

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