{"id":4129,"date":"2025-08-29T17:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/?post_type=bu-program-page&#038;p=4129"},"modified":"2026-01-02T15:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:21:08","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/degree-program\/paris-english-language-internship-summer\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris English Language Internship Summer Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"toc-wrapper\" id=\"toc\" aria-label=\"Page Section Navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"toc-heading toc-nav-toggle\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle Page Contents Navigation\" aria-expanded=\"true\">Page Contents<\/span><\/nav>\n\n\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/wp-content\/plugins\/bu-front-end-library\/js\/collapsible.js?ver=5.4.2\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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&nbsp;academic&nbsp;experience&nbsp;with daily experience in a French workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Required Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students enroll in one of the following courses and the internship course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>French Language Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS LF 113<\/span><br><span class=\"course-title\">Intensive Beginning French<\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p><em>Intensive French course for beginners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(If CAS LF 111, 112, or a more advanced college-level course has been completed, this course cannot be taken for credit.)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\n<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual in Community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS LF 300<\/span><br><span class=\"course-title\">Living French in Paris 1<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n<p><em>Recommended for students whose most recent French language course is a fourth- or fifth-semester equivalent<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>This course aims to refine students\u2019 written and oral expression by improving their overall level of French (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation) with a special emphasis on better integrating them into their daily, academic or professional environments, through linguistic and cultural activities.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy<\/li>\r\n<li>Oral and\/or Signed Communication<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<h3>Courses Taught in English<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS AH 383<\/span><br><span class=\"course-title\">Paris Architecture and Urbanism<\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p>Traces the development of Parisian architecture and urbanism, from the Roman era to the present, emphasizing dynamic relationships among architecture, urban development, and socio-political history. Course format: 1\/3 in-class sessions, 2\/3 visits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\n<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Aesthetic Exploration<\/li>\n<li>Historical Consciousness<\/li>\n<li>Critical Thinking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">SHA HF 150<\/span><br><span class=\"course-title\">Experience Management<\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p>Central to the hospitality as well as other industries is the provision of memorable, high-quality customer experiences across digital and physical touchpoints. This allows organizations to turn satisfied customers into brand evangelists. This course introduces the emerging domain of customer experience management (CEM)\u2013the discipline of understanding and managing customer interactions with the organization to improve satisfaction, loyalty, and advocacy. CEM is a unique domain that draws on practices from the fields of marketing, marketing research, technology and data science, and operations and service science, with the aim of understanding and improving customer experiences with the organization. The course will will integrate the Paris business environment through numerous visits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\n<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital\/Multimedia Expression<\/li>\n<li>Social Inquiry II<\/li>\n<li>Creativity\/Innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Internship Areas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will be placed in internships across the following areas. Applicants should be open to a placement in any of these options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Communications (including public relations)<\/strong><ul><li>Serve in various roles in the communications field. Past internship placements have included Secret Wine Door, Paris Wine Walks, Red is dancing.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Marketing<\/strong><ul><li>Serve in marketing and product development, press relations, events management, or public relations. Past internship placements have included ECO-Learn, Mediatic, and Free Persephone.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Entrepreneurship<\/strong><ul><li>Serve in businesses and organizations focused on enterprise and entrepreneurship.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Internship Course<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Study Abroad will enroll students in a non-unit Hub co-curricular and in a four-unit internship course, which includes a classroom component&nbsp;in the form of mandatory workshops. The four-unit course number will depend on the area of specialization in which&nbsp;students complete their internship or focus their reflection for the Internship Course assignments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Internship Course workshops are designed to encourage students\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">HUB SA 330<\/span><br>\r\n<span class=\"course-title\">Study Abroad Internship<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n\r\nThis course is a Non-unit Hub Co-curricular.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 0<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"hub-course\"><strong>BU Hub areas:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Individual in Community<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">COM CM 471<\/span><br \/><span class=\"course-title\">Internship in Advertising\/Marketing\/Public Relations<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">CAS EC 497<\/span><br><span class=\"course-title\">Internship in Business\/Economics<\/span><\/h6>\r\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container course hub\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\">\n<h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"button\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"course-code\">SHA HF 390<\/span><br><span class=\"course-title\">Field Placement in Hospitality Administration<\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Units:<\/strong> 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note your course unit is flexible and can reflect the responsibilities you take on during your internship. 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