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Junior Year Abroad JYA Paris at EDUCO Starting with the 2009-10 academic year, Tulane students of French will enjoy dramatically expanded opportunities for intellectual and cultural engagement in Paris as Tulane joins the EDUCO Paris Consortium with Cornell, Duke, and Emory Universities. __________________________________________________________ JYA was my first real experience at seeing the world. It was to date the most stimulating experience and gave meaning to my studies as an undergraduate in Fine Arts. I would encourage everyone to go. --Ms. Mignon Faget, JYA Paris alumna and renowned jeweler designer __________________________________________________________ In 1955, Dr. William Woods, professor of Romance Languages at Tulane University, led the first group of Newcomb College students abroad to spend their junior year in France. Since that year over 700 students advanced French language students at Tulane have spent their junior year abroad in the French capital city, taking their classes alongside local Parisian students. Academic Year only (early September to mid June). Students travel to Paris in early September to begin orientation. Exact dates are provided closer to program start. A winter recess will occur over the New Year's holiday. 3.0 cumulative GPA; Completion of two semesters of French at Tulane, including FREN 315 and FREN 321 or 325, with a grade of B or better during the year before departure. Students who have only completed FREN 315 in the semester prior to study abroad should expect to take an additional grammar course during the first semester abroad. Students will submit the Newcomb-Tulane application for study abroad, available in hardcopy only from the Center for Global Education by the application deadline. There is no secondary application for this program. All students take a minimum of four courses per semester, though additional courses are allowed by Tulane. All courses are taught in French. Students select one or two courses at maximum from the EDUCO course offerings; the remaining courses are selected from the course offerings of our university partners described below. Courses are selected at the time of application; registration is finalized on site in Paris. Each semester begins with a two-week orientation program. The orientation program includes an intensive language review, as well as special activities, lectures, cultural events, and local excursions to familiarize students with Paris. The orientation program is mandatory but does not earn academic credit. In the fall semester, students are required to enroll in two-three Paris university courses, and 1-2 courses offered at the EDUCO center. In the spring semester, students are able to select ALL FOUR courses from French university offerings if they wish. EDUCO courses are taught by the faculty resident director, usually a professor of Tulane, Duke, Emory, or Cornell, and visiting professors from Parisian institutions. Each semester the program offers one French literature and one French art history course. Occasionally a third course, usually a French history course, is offered. Depending on the specialties of the visiting professors, the course line-up will vary. The EDUCO course offerings are generally finalized in April. In the 2009-10 academic year, EDUCO expects to offer the following courses: Fall 2009 1. Prof. Lang: Paris, les lieux de l’histoire Spring 2010 1. Prof. Lang: Le Théâtre à Paris (Theater) In addition to the EDUCO courses, students are able to select courses from the offerings of the Universities of Paris I, Paris IV and Paris VII, and with special permission the Institut D'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po). Declared English majors may take one course taught in English with permission of the Director of Study Abroad. Tulane awards credit at the 500-level for coursework completed. About our Partner Universities in Paris Universities Paris VII—Denis Diderot Université Paris I— Panthéon-Sorbonne Université Paris IV—Sorbonne Sciences Po—Institut d’études Politiques Tulane students may select from two types of student housing offered by EDUCO: French households and student foyers. By and large, the most popular option, and the one most encouraged for students wanting to gain fluency in the French language and culture, is living in a French household. Students will rank their preference for housing type at the time of application to the program, but should be aware that spaces for each are limited. Housing type cannot be guaranteed. Tulane students are not permitted to live with other JYA Paris at EDUCO participants, be they from Tulane or another institution, without special permission from the Office of Study Abroad. Lodgings are located throughout Paris, in a variety of neighborhoods and arrondissements (not solely in the 5th, 6th, 7th arrondissements). An average commute to the EDUCO center or to the universities for classes is 35 minutes by Métro (which is considered an easy commute by Parisian standards). Housing in Paris will differ greatly from what students may be accustomed to in the United States. Dormitories or apartments are often located in old buildings and are not equipped with all the household amenities taken for granted in the U.S. For example, clothes dryers are a rarity, and access to Internet not always available. More information about housing types can be found be found on the EDUCO housing form, due at the time of application to the program. Prof. Beth Poe, Professor French and director of the undergraduate French program, Department of French & Italian, School of Liberal Arts For Further details
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