French Studies
Course Information
Students are registered through one of the USAC Consortium universities, using course titles and numbers appropriate to each institution; so you should check with your home university adviser and USAC university of enrollment for course equivalencies. For simplicity, we have employed generic course titles and numbers in this publication.
Courses numbered 100 and 200 are lower division, 300 and 400 courses are upper-division, and 400/600 courses have a graduate credit option. If you are interested in enrolling in a 400/600-level course for graduate credit, contact the USAC Central Office for more information, prior to your departure. Please take note of the language of instruction and if there are course prerequisites. The list of courses is subject to minor changes and course availability is subject to student interest and enrollment.
While your desire to do it all is understandable, you will want to have the time to experience the area's culture and develop friendships with locals. Students must be enrolled in a minimum of 15 credit hours for the semester (a maximum of 18 credit hours may be taken). Detailed course descriptions, including language of instruction and course prerequisites, are on the USAC website at http://usac.unr.edu/usac/classes.aspx?pid=2905.
USAC students take elective courses designed specifically for them while simultaneously enrolled in language courses at the Institute of French Studies of the University of Pau. There you will take the appropriate level of French language classes with other international students. Advanced language courses contain components of geography, history or literature.
For the Fall semester, students will have an intensive elective course segment for the month of September with classes meeting three times a week. Once the intensive French classes begin in October, students will have the elective courses only once a week. In the Spring semester, the schedule is reversed with the intensive French segment starting immediately in January. The intensive elective segment begins at the end of March when the French classes finish.