LSU in Paris
Program Description
LSU in Paris is a four week long study abroad experience of concentrated courses and group excursions based along Paris' Left Bank ("La Rive Gauche"). Students will have the option of choosing two of the seven courses offered, which are taught in either English or French and cover a wide range of topics, such as Paris Cinema, Performing Tourism, Human Diseases, and French language, literature, culture, and service learning. Possible groups excursions to sites outside of Paris include: Strasbourg, Auvers-sur-Oise, Giverny, Cassis, the Ubaye Valley, and Lyon. This trip is open to all students of all disciplines, and even welcomes qualified applications from other institutions.
Program Director: Dr. Kevin Bongiorni (kbongiorni@lsu.edu)
Additional Faculty:
Dr. Patricia Suchy (psuchy@lsu.edu)
Dr. Jacqueline Stephens (jsteph1@lsu.edu)
Mr. Gordon Walker (gwalker2@lsu.edu)
Application Deadline: March 20, 2020
The application is now open on the official LSU in Paris webpage. The deadline to submit your application is March 20, 2020, however, early submissions are highly encouraged.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Cumulative GPA of 2.5 for undergraduate and 3.0 for graduate students
- At least 18 years old at the start of the program
- In good academic standing
- Completion of all necessary course prerequisites
Program Fee: $4,460
$4,460 which includes 32 days of housing, two meals per day, a one-month long transportation pass, a four-day museum pass, weekly pizza nights, a dinner cruise on the Seine River, fieldtrips and class excursions, and health insurance. It does not include LSU tuition and fees for the courses, airfare to and/or from Paris, or additional spending money.
For more information on how the program cost is broken down, visit the official LSU in Paris webpage or the Academic Programs Abroad page on program costs.
Courses Offered:
| Course ID | Course Title | Instructor | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL 4800 | Special Topics - Human Diseases | Dr. Jacqueline Stephens | 16 hours of BIOL credit |
| CMST 3900 | Special Topics - Performing Tourism | Dr. Patricia Suchy | |
| SCRN 3001 | Special Topics - Paris Cinema | Dr. Patricia Suchy | |
| FREN 2154 | Intermediate Oral Communication | Mr. Gordon Walker | FREN 2101 or equivalent |
| FREN 2155 | Intro to Reading French Literature | Mr. Gordon Walker | FREN 2102 or equivalent |
| FREN 3058-01 | Advanced Oral Communication | Mr. Gordon Walker | |
| FREN 3058-02 | Advanced Oral Communication | Dr. Kevin Bongiorni | |
| FREN 3080 | French Culture & Civilization | Dr. Kevin Bongiorni | FREN 3060 or equivalent |
| FREN 4100* | Communication & Culture Through Service | Dr. Kevin Bongiorni |
FREN 3060 or equivalent |
*Permission of instructor
Course Descriptions:
SCRN 3001: Special Topics - Paris Cinema
In this course, we will screen, study, and discuss films made and/or set substantially in Pairs, the city of cinephiles, with more movie screens per capita than anywhere else in the world. Although this is not a history course per se, to study the films of Paris is to discover what cultural, aesthetic, and historical forces shaped the cinema of Paris and in many cases were shaped by the cinema as well. We will also take it to the streets and visit film locations in Paris, including significant locations for films like Breathless and Cleo from 5 to 7, which are in walking distance from where we stay in the 14th arrondisement. The course features an overnight field trip to the Institut Lumière in Lyon, where European cinema was born, and excursions to the Cinémathèque française and other film sites in Paris. Outside of class you are most welcome to join me on visits to Parisian cinemas to watch films. Finally, you will have the chance to re-enact scenes from your favorite Paris film, using original locations.
This course is taught in English and counts toward the SCRN major/minor.
CMST 3900: Special Topics - Performing Tourism
Tourism is a popular leisure pursuit as well as a burgeoning multinational industry. In this course, we will become reflexive about our own acts of tourism as we explore Paris. We will be guided by the ways various iconic Parisian sites are marked as things a tourist should consume (the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame cathedral, etc.) and observe how we ourselves and other tourists consume them. But we will also engage in activities known loosely as “experimental travel” which seek to take you off the beaten tracks and into memorable, singular, and fresh experiences of tourism. This course also features an overnight trip to Lyon, the gourmet capital of Europe. We will spend most of our time out and about in Paris. Students will keep a video diary of their experiences. For those studying Screen Arts, the course can be adapted to cover “film-induced tourism” as well as to include a creative video project.
This course is taught in English and can be adapted for SCRN elective credit towards the major/minor.