The Department of French, Italian and Arabic, in partnership with the Institut de Touraine in Tours, France, now offers a semester in France on the block plan, called “CC in France.” Participating students must apply through the department and have a minimum level of French equivalent to 101. In mid-January, the selected students will meet in Paris to take a special shuttle to Tours. In Tours, they will stay with a host family and spend blocks 5 and 6 in language classes offered by the Institut de Touraine (founded in 1897) with their instructors. All students take a placement test upon entering the Institut, and CC students will be placed according to their level in courses with other international students. CC professors will teach 300-level courses in blocks 7 & 8 (varies from year to year). The Institut will rent classroom space to CC for those two blocks. In addition, the Institut will provide 2 full-day excursions to significant historic sites in the region (led by a professor from the University François Rabelais with expertise in the appropriate field), 2 half-day excursions, and 4 workshops of French cooking and gastronomy. Students will receive 4 CC units of credit for the semester in France. All four blocks will be accepted towards a major or minor in French and Francophone Studies, or for the Romance Languages major or minor. Students can also fulfill the foreign language requirement with this semester. For information on long-term student visas, visit http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article792 New rules for visas can be found at http://www.usa.campusfrance.org/en/page/getting-started To register with Campus France (required for visa), visit http://www.usa.campusfrance.org/en

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