Beyond the Classroom
Year of Study in Paris
Each year the Department of Modern Languages sponsors a full academic year of study in Paris (early-September to mid-June) in collaboration with the UMass Amherst French faculty and, beginning in September 2005, with Academic Programs International (visit website). The program is not limited to French majors, but all applicants must have sufficient training in French (at least four or five semesters of successful college-level French, or equivalent) and the approval of their major department.
Our program is one of the least expensive ways to spend an academic year in Paris: the fee includes orientation, room, tuition, cultural activities and visits within and outside Paris, special courses and tutorials offered by the Resident Director in Paris, health and life insurance, and even a cell phone. Students enroll at Paris VII or other "facultés" of the University of Paris like Paris-Dauphine (specialized in management), the Cours de Civilisation Française at La Sorbonne, or at the Institut de Sciences Politiques (“Sciences Po”), according to their interests and abilities. In addition to formal course work, the intense artistic and cultural life of Paris offers an experience unequaled anywhere else in the world. (visit website)
Chinese Programs and Support
programs in China:
http://uc.umb.edu/international/china/summer/chinatoday/
http://www.pkuchinese.org/program-overview.html
http://www.studyinblcu.cn/lxs/_02001
http://www.princeton.edu/~pib/aboutpib.html
program in Taiwan:
program in Vermont:
http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/apply/chinese
(and a program-specific financial support possibility -- this one is expensive! http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/finaid/fellowships/kwd)
non-program specific financial support:
http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Freeman-ASIA
http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program
http://www.blakemorefoundation.org
