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Study Ecuador's development processes while considering the relationship between power and discourse as the country's multilingual and multiethnic populations strive for social change and sustainability. On this program, you will study power and politics in Ecuador, focusing specifically on both dominant development paradigms and resistant models that different groups have...

APA Paris provides students with the opportunity to live and study in France by directly enrolling in local university courses. APA program courses supplement these studies, and provide a bridge between the French and American educational systems and cultures. Students have the option of staying with a local family, or independently. Spring semester and full year students have the...

The English program allows you to take courses at Reid Hall, Columbia’s Global Center in France, and the Paris campus of Sciences Po, a world-renowned institution in the social sciences. Depending on your goals and interests, you will choose from a broad range of options in the social sciences and humanities. Your coursework will consist of five courses to be taken from Reid Hall...

The Columbia Summer in Paris program invites you to explore all that the city of Paris has to offer during a five-week program based at Columbia's Reid Hall in Paris. Choose from a menu of Global Core courses in English and French language. On this program you will explore both contemporary and historical issues in French and Francophone culture, and go outside of the typical...

The CUPA summer program is an immersion experience in Paris which provides intensive work in French language, a selection of content courses in Art History, Literature, and the Social Sciences, and abundant opportunities for significant contact with the French language and culture. A language pledge is signed by all participants and must be respected for the duration of the...

The IES Nantes program offers the opportunity to integrate fully into French society and function completely in French. This program has a close relationship with the Université de Nantes which gives you have access to the school’s libraries, computer labs, cafeterias, and sports facilities. You also have many opportunities to enroll in local university courses.

The mission of the Institute for American Universities is to provide excellence in international education, inspire intercultural awareness, and prepare students for success in a global community through the study of European and Mediterranean history, languages, cultures, and contemporary issues. The semester program in Aix-en-Provence offers courses in French, humanities, and...

Writers in Paris students choose to focus on poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction, and attend daily writing workshops, craft seminars, and literary readings and events. Writing and reading assignments are designed to encourage immersion in the city. For example, poets might visit the Louvre to write ekphrastic poems or create Parisian street sonnets by taking a 14-block walk of...