The charming Provençal town of Arles, with a 2,000-year-old roman arena at its center, is famous for its beautiful architecture and its association with Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Picasso. Many dance, music, photography, theater, and folklore festivals take place in and around the city throughout the summer, making it an ideal location for summer study in France.
This program gives you a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in French language study, the culture of the Midi region of France, and French-taught interdisciplinary courses. Language-intensive lunches, conducted three days a week, allow you to practice your French with IES Abroad staff and professors while sampling the local cuisine. Fridays are reserved for mandatory field study activities and excursions organized by IES Abroad.
These dates are preliminary and are subject to change. Students should not book flights according to these dates.
Our mission is simple: to provide you with the best study abroad program possible—which includes the highest quality academic and cultural experiences. We offer unique courses that explore French Language and other topics through an in-depth and hands-on approach. Our world-class professors enhance your academic experience and provide you with new perspectives each day in class.
You enroll in your choice of two courses for a total of 6 credits.
This is a list of planned course offerings. After you are accepted, you will see a list of final course offerings in your MyIESabroad account
IES Abroad Arles organizes field study trips that complement IES Abroad courses and contribute to your general knowledge of French culture and society.
Our job is to make sure that your greatest challenge is deciding what landmarks to see first or discovering the best café—not finding a place to live where you feel comfortable. We do our best to locate housing that is reflective of how the local students are living. Our goal is that when you leave Arles, it will feel like home.
After orientation, you live with local families. Host families provide breakfast daily and dinner three times a week. IES Abroad provides three language lunches with faculty and staff each week.
Part of making you feel at home in Arles is doing our best to help you feel safe and cared for. Whether it is an orientation program that makes you feel prepared, your housing that is well-located and comfortable, or the field trips that take you to places off the beaten path—we’re all about our student services. This is just one of the things we’re known for.
You stay in a local hotel during the 2 day orientation in the Camargue region just outside Arles. You also take an afternoon field trip to the Alpilles —a small mountain range in southern France.
Day-trip destinations may include Avignon, le Pont du Gard, and les Saintes-Mariesde-la-Mer.
The IES Abroad Arles Center is located near the ancient ruins of the Roman Arena in the historic center of Arles. It is equipped with classroom space, an office, and a student lounge with wireless Internet access. At just a few minutes walk from most major attractions, you have the opportunity to truly experience southern French life by foot!
Marie-Anne DevauxIES Abroad Arles Director Marie-Anne Devaux holds a Licence ès Lettres Modernes and a Diplôme d'Etudes Théâtrales from the Université de la Sorbonne (Paris III). Prior to joining IES, Mme. Devaux worked as Administrative Director of EDUCO, the Duke and Cornell joint program in Paris, as a Drama instructor for several programs in Paris (such as Duke, Scripps, and Northwestern), and as Director of the Academic Year Abroad program in Paris. She is also the Director of the IES Paris French Studies Program.
IES Abroad Staff
TBDStudent Services Coordinator
Katie ThorntonProgram Specialist
Links:[1] http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/arles [2] http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/france [3] http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/ies-abroad-arles
Arles Summer
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