Summer in France Program 2007 Montpellier, France
June 30 to July 28/29
(July 1 eve--July 28 a.m. in Montpellier)

in collaboration with the Institut Méditerranéen d'Etudes Francophones (IMEF: www.imef.fr)

Program Description
The Montpellier Program is a 5-week full immersion Summer program offered exclusively by the Department of World Languages and Cultures to Humboldt State University students from all fields of study. Students from other universities and colleges, as well as community members, are also encouraged to apply.

This program follows the Humboldt State University Summer Schedule and generally begins the last week in May and ends the last week in June. Interested students who meet minimum qualifications should apply in the spring semester by completing the on-line application.

Location
Montpellier is a sunny city in southern France [map] of approximately 250,000 inhabitants located on the Mediterranean coast between Marseille and the Spanish border.

For more information about the Montpellier Summer Program, contact Professor Valérie Budig-Markin @ 826-3710 or budigmar@humboldt.edu

• 20 hours per week of intensive language instruction
• 6 linguistic workshops per week (45 minutes each)
• 4-6 culture/civilization workshops per week
• Cultural activities 7 days per week, including performances, museums, cinema, cuisine, guided excursions to principal cultural and historical sites, creative and sports activities.
• Private room with breakfast 7 days per week
• Local transportation passes for the length of the program
• Daily communication with HSU campus Program Director by e-mail

Program fees range from $2,200.00 to $2,850.

They may rise slightly depending on the exchange rate of the dollar.

Fees include:

• French language courses five days/week
  
• Cultural, linguistic workshops
  
• Complete program of cultural activities 7 days per week
  
• Excursions: culture, sports, beaches, cities and historic sites in southernFrance: Arles, Aigues-Mortes, Nîmes, Avignon, le Pont duGard, Sète, and more.*
  
• Local tram and bus passes for four weeks
  
• Lodging in university dorms (la cite universitaire) ($2,200)
  Breakfasts 7 days per week

OR:            Family stay with breakfasts and dinners included ($2,850)   

In addition, students will need to have sufficient funds for the following:           

• Airfare to Paris CDG (????) + TGV train Paris-Montpellier (~$180 round trip)

• Health insurance: Somerton international student health insurance (less than $40.00)

• Personal expenses: meals not included in lodging option, telephone, Internet, other overnights, such as a night stopover in Paris on the return journey**

            • Passport and TWO extra passport photos

* Optional excursions include $25 for a canoe trip, $25 for a horseback ride in the Camargue, and $10 for ice skating.

**After the program is over, some students decide to spend a night in Paris on the way home. Some idea of costs: one afternoon+evening metro tickets $14, dinner $26, hotel $80, airport shuttle $15 = $135.

• B- (2.90?) average in university coursework. Good academic standing.

• One letter of recommendation from most recent French instructor for students outside HSU

• Interview in English with French Program faculty to determine aptitude for study abroad in terms of language skills, maturity and ability to represent the United States and HSU in France

• Two years of university-level French recommended, but may be substituted by other language study, high school years of study, life or overseas experience, exceptional aptitude, etc.

• High school students may be selected for the program in collaboration with their high school instructors. Minimum age is 17 years and requires parental permission.

Note: Students will NOT be accompanied by the HSU Program Director, who will be in regular communiction with the institute from the HSU campus. The IMEF institute director in Montpellier is Gérard Ribot.

• On-line Montpellier Program Application.
• Unofficial transcripts
• Interview with French program faculty