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PROGRAM	PROGRAM CODE	PRICE	DATES
Fall 2010	AVFF	$15,950	September 3 - December 18
Language Eligibility: This program open only to students who have an advanced level of French. For additional eligibility requirements such as minimum GPA, click here. Total contact hours: 225 - 270 per semester. 15 contact hours = 1 semester credit. 10 contact hours = 1 quarter unit. Possible U.S. Credits: 15 - 18 semester credits. Normal course load per semester is 5 classes. Final transcript is issued by the Institute for American Universities (IAU). If your school requires an American transcript, click here.

AVIGNON, FRANCE: Fall 2010 Course Offerings

Le Centre d'Avignon offers all of its courses in French within an entirely French-speaking environment. The semester program is based on a rich curriculum that invites students to discover the richness and diversity of Avignon, Provence, France, France in Europe and beyond. Students choose courses in archeology, art history, civilization, history, linguistics, literature, political science, and visual arts. Regular attendance and vigorous participation are not only required but are also part of a successful integration into life in France.

All courses are in French only (no English is spoken). Students take 5 courses from the list below, including advanced grammar, French or francophone literature, linguistics, political science, art history and civilization. Internships may be a complementary part of this course for a limited number of qualified students.

All students MUST get a total of 8 classes approved by their academic advisor, in case of changes in course availability or schedule conflicts. That way, if a class is full or cancelled, or if 2 of the classes you want to take meet at the same time, you'll already have back-up classes that you know your school will accept. When you pre-register for classes (this happens after you're accepted), you will have to list a total of 8 possible classes on your registration form, in order of preference.

Courses are 3 credits each, unless otherwise noted. Normal course load per semester is 5, 3-credit classes.

Fall 2010 courses offerings include the following.

COURSES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

* = Credit for this course may also be applied to the other disciplines listed.

ART 332* - Architecture et Archéologie: la Provence de l'Antiquité à la fin du Moyen Age / Architecture and Archaeology of Provence from the Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages
(*Archaeology, Art History, European Studies, French Civilization, French and Francophone Studies)

French Description: Enseigné par deux enseignants spécialistes : l'un de la période antique et l'autre de la période médiévale, ce cours porte donc, de manière très concrète sur les lieux et monuments qui nous entourent et qui feront l'objet de visites in situ, d'études et d'exposés. Les visites font partie intégrante du cours et pourront inclure : Arles, Aix en Provence, Glanum, Vaison la romaine et bien sûr Avignon.

English Description: Taught by two specialists: one an archeologist and the second an art historian, this course deals with Roman and Medieval monuments and buildings in the very regions surrounding us. Students will travel to some of these sites and present their research to their colleagues in front of the very places they are commenting upon. Attendance at all site visits is required, as they are integral parts of the course. Possible sites include: Arles, Aix en Provence, Glanum, Vaison la romaine, and of course Avignon.

ECO 302* - Les Conceptions modernes de l'économie en Europe et en Occident: actualité, genèse, convergences et divergences/Modern Views of European and Western Economics: Reality, Origins, Overlap and Differences*
(*Business, International Relations, European Studies, Political Science, Sociology)

French Description: Enseigné par un professeur d'économie de l'Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, ce cours analyse les conceptions modernes de l'économie en Occident et en France en particulier : leur genèse, développement et divergences. NOTE: Bien qu'orienté vers des étudiants en économie, ce cours ne requiert aucune connaissance préalable dans cette discipline.

English Description: Taught specially for IAU students by a Professor of Economics from the local French University, this course deals with modern theories of economics in the Western World, and in France in particular. Their origin, development and differences will be analyzed. NOTE: This course is open to all interested students, as no prerequisite or prior knowledge is required.

FRE 341* Stage / Internship
(*Archaeology, Art History, Business, Economics, Education, European Studies, French Civilization, International Affairs, Business, Special Topics, Theater, Visual Arts)

French Description: Le Centre d'Avignon offre la possibilité à 5 étudiants par semestre de haut niveau personnel, linguistique et de motivation d'effectuer un stage non rémunéré, dirigé par le Professeur de Français des Affaires dans une entreprise, organisation, musée, etc. Chaque stage est spécifiquement sélectionné pour un étudiant bien précis. Si vous êtes intéressé, contactez au plus vite la Directrice et envoyez-lui un CV et une lettre de motivation en français. Date-limite: le 15 juin 2010

English Description: Possibility for 5 selected, highly motivated students per term to take part in a two months unpaid internship in local businesses, museums or newspapers, in conjunction with preparation, follow-up and evaluation by an IAU Professor. Please contact ASA early if interested and send a CV and a letter of motivation in French. Deadline to apply for an Internship: June 15, 2010

Internships are arranged for interested and qualified students with the help of faculty at Le Centre d'Avignon, after being accepted to the ASA Avignon program. These customized internships are available on a first come, first served basis, as Le Centre can only arrange five internships per semester. Each internship is considered an independent study course and will earn students 1-3 credits, depending on the number of hours devoted to the internship. Please note that these internships are unpaid.

The following is a brief description of how the internships are arranged:
Once students are accepted to the ASA Avignon program, they may express interest in an internship by contacting ASA and providing a CV and a letter of motivation (preferably in French) stating the student's qualifications, experience and desires. ASA will put the student in touch with the Internship coordinator at Le Centre d'Avignon, who will work closely with each student to create a syllabus and find an appropriate location. Students are free to request an area of specialization, and the faculty at Le Centre will do their best to arrange an internship in that area. Though there is no guarantee, every effort is made to match the student with the interests expressed.

Past internships have placed students with the local newspaper, local library, local high school and local restaurants. Once the syllabus is planned, students will need to obtain approval from their home institution before departure in order to receive the credits.

Students are expected to work at least 1 half day per week throughout the semester. Grading is based on weekly Journal entries, an oral presentation and a final paper that combines the Journal entries along with a final overall assessment of the learning experience. Students are also required to attend 1-hour weekly meetings with the other interns as well as the Professor in charge to discuss their experience and to learn from each other. All work is to be done in French.

FRE 437* - Linguistique / Linguistics: Contemporary French
(*Linguistics)

French Description: Le sous-titre de ce cours est: "Approches du français contemporain". Comprendre l'utilisation dans les pratiques actuelles quotidiennes: discours familier, jeune, publicitaire ou politique. Comprendre les opérations d'interprétation des paroles, analyse linguistique des situations d'énonciation. Analyse de la communication selon Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioniet Jean-Blaise Grize. Les fonctions du langage selon Roman Jakobson.

English Description: This course is centered on the various uses of language in different discourses: be they everyday language, the language used by young people, by the media or by politicians. Formal texts by Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Jean-Blaise Grize and Roman Jakobson will be read in this context.

HIS 345* - La Grande Mutation francaise (1945-2000) / Major Changes in French Society (1945-2005)
(*French Civilization, European Studies, International Relations, Business, Political Science, Sociology)

French Description: De 1945 aux années 2000, l'histoire de la France est marquée par la construction d'un modèle original tant sur le plan politique que social, économique ou culturel. Comprendre la nature et la spécificité de ces transformations et s'interroger sur l'existence réelle ou supposée d'un " modèle français " constitue l'objectif central de l'étude. Organisé autour de documents et sources écrits, sonores et audiovisuels, ce cours doit permettre aux étudiants d'acquérir des connaissances sur l'histoire de France récente et une meilleure compréhension de la société française d'aujourd'hui.

English Description: From 1945 to the years 2000, French history is marked by the establishment of a specific way of life: politically, socially or culturally. The aims of this course are to enable students to apprehend the transformations France underwent during this period and to understand the nature of this real or perceived "French way". A large variety of sources and documents will be used: written, oral and visual. All should contribute to a better understanding and eventual appreciation of current French society.

LIT 367* - Littérature francophone : Métropole : mirages et réalités / Francophone Literature: Illusions and Realities of the Mainland
(*European Studies, French Civilization, French and Francophone Studies)

French Description: Ce cours porte sur le regard jeté sur la métropole par les " sujets " des colonies et anciennes colonies: terre mythique (mirage), terre aussi où la réalité peut être très dure. On s'attardera donc aux récits, souvent poignants, de ces espoirs et aux réalités quotidiennes des immigrés dans la France de nos jours. Textes possibles : L'Enfant noir par Camara Laye ; L'Aventure ambigüe par Cheikh Hamidou Kane ; Le gone du Chaâba par Azouz Begag ; Le Ventre de l'Atlantique par Fatou Diome, ainsi que des extraits de Senghor, Césaire, Damas, et des films de Sembène Ousmane et Michel Ocelot.

English Description: This course examines the perspective that colonized or formerly colonized subjects have on the mainland (i.e. France). Dreams about France may prove to be mere illusions as reality, experience, often prove to be daunting. Texts will come both from the colonial past and more recent days with special emphasis on the experience of immigrants in modern day France. They may include: Césaire, Senghor, Damas, Camara Laye, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Azouz Begag, Fatou Diome as well as Sembène Ousmane or Michel Ocelot.

LIT 411* - Littérature française contemporaine / Contemporary French Literature
(*French Civilization, French and European Studies, French and Francophone Studies)

French Description: Le XXe siècle européen est marqué par une série de bouleversements esthétiques entraînant de profondes mutations des rapports entre Littérature et Arts. La France, centre artistique majeur, n'échappe pas à ces révolutions, qui ouvrent sur autant de reconfigurations du paysage littéraire. On a tendance à appeler "Avant-gardes" ces ruptures qui ont une même origine : un changement profond de mentalité, un désir de s'émanciper de la tradition historique, ruptures que l'on regroupe sous le vocable de Modernité. On privilégiera ici deux grands mouvements littéraires et artistiques du début du XXième Siècle : le Dadaïsme et le Surréalisme. Auteurs : Apollinaire, Breton, Desnos, Eluard. NOTE: Ce cours est enseigné spécialement pour l'IAU par une Professeure de Lettres modernes de l'Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse.

English Description: Europe in the twentieth century underwent a series of drastic aesthetic upheavals causing major changes between literature and the arts. France, as a major artistic center, was also affected and the literary and artistic scene bears the marks. This course will deal with two of these movements: Dadaïsm and Surrealism Authors to be considered: Apollinaire, Breton, Desnos, Eluard. NOTE: This course is specially taught for IAU by a Professor (French Literature) from the local French university.

Note: This course is specially taught for IAU by a Professor (French Literature) from the local French university.

PHI 412* Philosophie: L'Existentialisme / Existentialism
(*Literature, European Studies, Cultural Studies, French and Francophone Studies)

French Description: Le cours propose une découverte des textes qui ont fait connaître les existentialismes au grand public; en particulier les textes de Sartre - La Nausée, l'Existentialisme est un humanisme, Huis clos - et de Camus - Caligula, L'Etranger et Le Mythe de Sisyphe. Après une introduction sur la crise de la métaphysique, la naissance de la réflexion historique et la réintroduction du corps dans l'interprétation de la pensée, c'est particulièrement l'échange entre la littérature et la pensée existentialiste qui sera abordé.

English Description: Through selected seminal texts, this course offers an approach to French Existentialism with special emphasis on Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Attention will also be devoted to Simone de Beauvoir and to Gabriel Marcel. Works include both theoretical pieces (L'Existentialisme est un humanisme, Le Mythe de Sisyphe) as well as novels (La Nausée, L'Etranger) and plays (Huis-clos, Caligula).The emphasis will be placed on the relationship between theory (existentialist thought) and practice (literature).

POL 303* - Sciences politiques: Représentation et participation dans les démocraties aujourd'hui/ Representation and Participation in Contemporary Democracies
(*French Civilization, Cultural Studies, International Relations)

French Description: Ce cours interactif, enseigné par un professeur de l'Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse entend sensibiliser les étudiants aux objets, aux démarches et à l'utilité des approches de la science politique concernant les grandes questions contemporaines relatives à la citoyenneté, la participation et la mobilisation, les partis politiques et les syndicats, l'organisation institutionnelle et la représentation parlementaire, les pouvoirs locaux et les politiques publiques, les mutations de l'Etat, la construction européenne ou encore l'évolution des relations internationales. Note : ce cours ne présuppose aucune connaissance dans le domaine.

English Description: This course, taught by a professor from the local French university, intends to sensitize students to political science: its foci of interest, its methods, etc., while dealing with such current matters as citizenship, participation, political parties and trade unions, institutional relations, parliamentary representation, transformation of the state, the construction of Europe or the evolution of international relations. Note: This course requires no prior knowledge of the domain.

SOC 303* - Sociologie : La France contemporaine/Contemporary France.
(*French Civilization, Cultural Studies)

French Description: Nouveau cours programmé devant portant sur la France et les Français. Un descriptif précis sera disponible sous peu.

English Description: This new course is under development. A detailed summary will soon be available.

VIS 491* - L'Image de la France dans son cinéma / France as Seen Through its Movies
(*French Civilization, Cinema, French and Francophone Studies)

French Description: Le cours propose une sélection de films de cinéma permettant de parcourir différentes images et représentations de la France et de certains de ses aspects: de l'imagination littéraire aux problèmes sociaux, des années d'après-guerre aux années 2000. Notre sélection est délibérément éclectique: elle privilégie les films d'auteur et les films pouvant être raccordés aux mouvements littéraires et sociaux les plus importants de notre époque. NOTE: Les films de l'automne sont évidemment différents de ceux du printemps.

English Description: From Les Enfants du paradis to Entre les murs, this course attempts to present a view of France and the French from the end of the Second World War to the second Millenium through either highly representative movies like Jour de fête or through films, like A bout de souffle, which could, through their auteur-réalisateur be placed in counterpoint to literary and social movements of the period. Films: Les Enfants du paradis; A bout de souffle; Jour de fête; Marius et Jeannette ; Quand la mer monte ;Entre les murs. NOTE: Films studied are different in Fall and in Spring.

Cours a l'Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse / Courses at the local French University
*There is an additional fee of approximately $210 per course*

French Description: L'IAU a signé un accord avec l'Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse permettant aux étudiants du Centre d'Avignon d'y suivre des cours (audit ou crédit) pendant le semestre. Attention! Les calendriers universitaires de l'Université française et du Centre d'Avignon ne correspondent pas. Si vous êtes intéressé/e, contactez au plus vite le ASA.

English Description: IAU has a formal agreement with the French State University in town under which qualified students may audit or take a course for credit. Please be aware that the French University academic calendar is different from that of Le Centre d'Avignon. Please contact ASA for more information.

Cours au Conservatoire de musique, théâtre et danse / Courses at the Music, Theater and Dance School
*There is an additional fee of approximately $210 per course*

French Description: Par un accord avec le Conservatoire, les étudiants qualifiés du Centre d'Avignon peuvent aussi suivre un cours au Conservatoire. Si vous êtes intéressé/e, contactez au plus vite le ASA.

English Description: Through an agreement with the Conservatory, qualified IAU students can take a course for credit. Please contact ASA for more information.