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 French
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:
- Arts & Arts Administration
- Serve in galleries, and related cultural institutions. Recent placements have included Area Corp, Amélie Maison d’Art, Galerie Inlassable, Galerie Beauté du Matin Calme and Theatre in Paris.
- Business & Economics
- Serve in the communications, IT/data science, or research departments of French companies. Recent placements have included Finance Innovation, and La Chaire Gouvernance et Régulation de l’Université Paris Dauphine, Supervizor and Streammind.
- Film & Media
- Experience small film and production companies, namely by helping in video editing. Recent placements have included Forecast Pictures, European Producers Club, and ECU Film Festival, Studio Coquillettes.
- Hospitality Administration
- Serve in the hospitality industry in such fields as hotel or event management. Recent placements have included Hotel Apostrophe, Hotels Paris Rive Gauche, Les Secrets Gourmands de Noémie, Flavors of Paris, Feel Parisien, and Bocamexa.
- International Relations
- Serve in NGOs or international companies, by helping on research, translation or communication tasks, for diverse causes (peace, human rights, women’s rights, environment, international development, etc.). Recent placements have included Robin des Bois, Children of Prisoners Europe, Prométhée Humanitaire, CRIDES, Aurore, and HAMAP Humanitaire.
- Journalism
- Help with research and translation with some limited writing tasks for online magazines. Recent placements have included FSJU-RCJ, and WorldCrunch.
- Marketing
- Serve in marketing and product development, press relations, social media management, events management, or public relations within small Parisian businesses. Recent placements have included Inea Conseil, GuestReady, CityTRI.
- Health & Human Services
- Observe and assist in hospital, therapy, or educational programs. Serve in health centers, social and cultural centers, or community care centers. Recent placements have included Hôpital des Quinze-Vingt, Hôpital Franco-Britannique, Centre Maia Autisme, Centre Social Roquette, and Centre Social Belleville.
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.