Program Details
Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and Intercultural Studies
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Off-campus study is an opportunity open to sophomore, junior and senior students with appropriate academic preparation, motivation, and interest in the relevant area. Students in all major fields may participate in off-campus programs: some programs have distinctive curricular strengths, but all are designed to enable students with a variety of interests to benefit from the experience of living and studying in a different cultural setting. Students currently on disciplinary, social, or academic probation are not eligible to apply for, or participate in, off-campus study programs. In addition, students with outstanding disciplinary fines, service hours and/or education program requirements are not eligible to participate in the program. Second-semester seniors must petition to participate.
FALL:
This off-campus study program is an opportunity open to sophomore, junior and senior students. Students must complete the equivalent of at least one 200-level course of French before the beginning of the program. Students in all major fields may participate in this program; it is not just for French or language majors. It is designed to enable students with a variety of interests to benefit from the experience of living and studying in a different cultural setting.
SPRING:
The Global Francophone Cultures Program is open to, sophomores and juniors, and second-semester First Year students with appropriate academic preparation, motivation, and an interest in Francophone cultures. Candidates must present a coherent academic rationale for participation in the Global Francophone Cultures Program and a record of academic performance and social maturity that demonstrates their ability to meet the challenges of off-campus study. Applicants for the Global Francophone Cultures Program must also present evidence of responsibility and cultural sensitivity.
Candidates should have an indication that they have done, or are doing, good work in French. The Global Francophone Cultures Program is designed for students who have 1-3 semesters of college French (up to French 103 at SLU) or at least one year of high school study before the start of the program, but who would like to gain fluency through immersion in French-speaking cultures.