Curriculum
Students enroll in one course, a non-unit Hub co-curricular, and an internship course. They also participate in a professional internship which provides students with the unique opportunity to combine academic experience with daily experience in a French workplace.
Required Courses
Students enroll in one of the following courses and the internship course.
French Language Courses
Courses Taught in English
Internship Areas
Please note these are examples of past internship placements only. While BU Study Abroad guarantees an internship to program participants, specific placements vary from term to term and may not always be available. Likewise, internship placements may be available in academic areas not listed. The level of proficiency in the target language is an important factor, which internship supervisors will take into account.
Students will be placed in internships across the following areas. Applicants should be open to a placement in any of these options:
- Communications (including public relations)
- Serve in various roles in the communications field. Past internship placements have included Secret Wine Door, Paris Wine Walks, Red is dancing.
- Marketing
- Serve in marketing and product development, press relations, events management, or public relations. Past internship placements have included ECO-Learn, Mediatic, and Free Persephone.
- Entrepreneurship
- Serve in businesses and organizations focused on enterprise and entrepreneurship.
Internship Course
Study Abroad will enroll students in a non-unit Hub co-curricular and in a four-unit internship course, which includes a classroom component in the form of mandatory workshops. The four-unit course number will depend on the area of specialization in which students complete their internship or focus their reflection for the Internship Course assignments.
The Internship Course workshops are designed to encourage students’ reflection on their internship cultural and professional experience, as well as to prepare for the internship course assignments, a process which results in a final mock professional interview, where students highlight the professional value and benefits of their internship experience.
Upon successful completion of the internship experience, students will receive a Hub requirement in the area Individual in Community from the co-curricular HUB SA 330.
Please note your course unit is flexible and can reflect the responsibilities you take on during your internship. Students have the opportunity to discuss what course code will be associated with their internship with the academic staff in Paris.