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4/1/02

SLU OPENS PROGRAM IN FRANCE TO FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

CANTON - St. Lawrence University's oldest international study 
program, based in Rouen, France, is being redesigned and now will 
be open to more students, including freshmen.
	Established in 1964, the program has been offered as either 
a semester or year to students with a good command of the French 
language (the equivalent of at least four college semesters). 
Beginning this year, the fall semester will continue to be available 
to those students, but the spring term will be designed for students 
with minimal exposure to the language (one semester of college 
French or up to two years of high school French). The spring 
program, which begins in January of 2003, will also be open to 
first-year students.
	The spring program will begin with a two-week residence in 
Quebec City, including instruction in French at Laval University, 
home stays and an introduction to Quebecois culture. Students will 
then travel to Rouen, where they will have home stays and study 
French language, conversation, cultures and traditions. First-year 
students will participate in a seminar course, while upper-class 
students will choose an elective course. The program includes a 
number of field excursions for all students, to such places as 
Paris, Normandy, Chartres and Mont-St. Michel; chateaux of the 
Loire Valley; southern France; and Senegal or Tunisia, which 
strengthens the aspect of comparison of francophone cultures.

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