• This is an IU Co-Sponsored Program
• Summer Program with IES Abroad
• Center in Montparnasse on the Left Bank
• Courses in French for IES Abroad students
• Field trips and cultural events
• Typical enrollment: 40 students from U.S. colleges and universities

6 IU credits for 2 courses:

• Students with 2 or 3 semesters of French:
  • Intensive French Language and Culture course (FRIT-F 296 and either FRIT-F 200 or FRIT-F250)
• Students with 4 or more semesters of French*:
  • French language course (FRIT-F 315 or 316) and One of the following: (3 credits each)
    • Paris in 19th- and 20th-century French Literature (FRIT-OS 300**)
    • History of Paris (FRIT-F 362 AH or HIST-B 300 SH)
    • Contemporary France (FRIT-F 363 AH or SOC-S 220 SH)
    • Impressionism and Post Impressionism (FINA-A 396) 

* Students with more advanced French, testing out of the grammar course, will be able to enroll in two of the area studies courses

** Note: -OS 100 (-OS 300) is the default designation to identify overseas study courses recorded as 100-level (300-level) undistributed credit that can count in total hours toward graduation and may be able to satisfy major, minor, or distributional requirements with the approval of participant's school or the department.

*Note: IU selectively co-sponsors IES Abroad program offerings, including the one described on this page, but not all IES Abroad tracks/offerings. Please contact Overseas Study for clarification.

• Program Website
• Paris-IES Supplement
• Getting Started Handbook

• Placement in French home; single or shared with other IES Abroad student

You may apply if you:

• are an undergraduate or graduate degree candidate at any Indiana University campus who is making normal academic progress
• are in at least your second full-time semester of college
• have taken or are enrolled in second semester college-level French with a B average
• have approximately a 2.75 cumulative GPA

Complete eligibility criteria and selection criteria are outlined within the Academic Policies and Procedures of the Office of Overseas Study. Selection is based on maturity, seriousness of purpose, and appropriateness of match between program and applicant. Students on disciplinary probation during program period are ineligible.

Summer 2017

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

• IU scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs with some exceptions. Please carefully check these exceptions before you commit to a program.
• IES Abroad Merit-based, Diversity Scholarships, Legacy Scholarships and Disability Grants available.

Please see our financial aid page for general information and links to additional scholarship opportunities.