Location
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris when you are young, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." - Ernest Hemingway The program is located at the University of Paris - Sorbonne and is jointly run by the University of Colorado at Denver and ACCENT International Consortium for Academic programs abroad.

Course and Credits Information
Semester in Paris participants earn up to 15 units of transferable CU-Denver credit. Students can expect to be in class approximately four hours per day, five days a week. All classes are taught in French and are equivalent to 3 semester units. All students enroll in: French 3010: Phonetics The class helps the student acquire some durable articulatory speech habits through knowledge of phonetics. Topics include the function of the speech organs, accurate production and recognition of sound, and the use of phonetic symbols. One of the following two grammar courses: French 3050: French Composition I (Third-year French) French 4010: Advanced Composition (Fourth-year French) One of the following conversation courses: French 2110: Intermediate French (Conversation and Culture) French 3020: Oral Practice (Advanced) Students may also enroll in one or two of the following electives: French 4200: French Civilization to 1789 (Fall Semester) French 3130: Current Topics of French-Speaking World (Fall Semester) French 4210: French Civilization from 1789 (Spring Semester) Fine Arts 4660: Twentieth Century Art (Spring Semester)

Accommodation
Students may choose to live in single occupancy studio apartments in student residence halls or in a single room in a homestay. Students in homestays receive breakfast daily. Studio apartments include kitchenettes and private bath. Housing is provided from the first day of the program (January 31, 2002).

Transportation
Students on Semester in Paris program make their own transatlantic flight arrangements. Those flying directly to Paris may choose to fly either Charles de Gaulle or Orly Airport. Students need to arrive at the ACCENT Paris Center between 9 am and 5 pm on the first day of the program (January 31, 2002 for the spring). Students will receive detailed arrival instructions with their enrollment materials.

Program costs
Program price for the spring of 2002 is $7,200 and it includes:

*Single room in a student residence or homestay

*Breakfast daily for students in homestays

*Tuition at the University of Paris - Sorbonne

*Tuition at the University of Colorado at Denver

*Day excursions to Chartres, Versailles, and Fontainebleau/Vaux-le-Vicomte, including transportation and guided visits

*Three-day, two-night excursions to Burgundy, including hotel stay, transportation, and guided visits

*Cultural activity series including an evening ballet, concert or opera performance

*Orientation program and tour of Paris

*Paris transit pass (Carte Orange)