Available fall only. A Colby-run program that gives students the opportunity to study French language, history, art history, and contemporary France in a beautiful university city located in the heart of Burgundy. Through a homestay and a rich program of cultural and social events, students have the chance to experience the French lifestyle from the inside. The academic program with a four-week intensive French language program, where students are placed into appropriate levels. The civilization and art history courses include day and overnight excursions, and there are other excursions to the Riviera, Paris, and Loire Valley. Qualified upper-class students may take regular French university courses and do internships. The program is supervised by a resident director, and is open to students at various levels of language skill; the minimum pre-requisite is one semester of college French. The resident director for 2009 will be Professor Jonathan Weiss of Colby's French department.
