- Paris, France
- Rome, Italy
- Madrid, Spain
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Multi-Location Summer - Museums & Beyond: Art & Culture in Paris, Rome & Madrid
$5 Million in Financial Aid
Academics
During your coursework, you will study how art, architecture, and monuments have at different times and in different ways affected urban development, life, and culture in Paris, Rome, and Madrid. You will also examine past and current strategies adopted to preserve, enhance, and communicate cultural heritage, and how major challenges facing museums in the 21st century can be addressed.
You'll enroll in two required courses for a total of 6 credits (3 credits per course)
- Cities as Living Museums
- Museums and Heritage: Management, Conservation and Dissemination of Collections and Cultural Patrimony
Courses
| Course Name | Term | Language | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| MU/CU/AH 340 - Cities as Living Museums | Summer | English | 3 |
| MU/CU/AH 350 - Museums and Heritage: Management, Conservation and Dissemination of Collections and Cultural Patrimony | Summer | English | 3 |
| Course Name | Term | Language | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| MU/CU/AH 340 - Cities as Living Museums | Summer | English | 3 |
| MU/CU/AH 350 - Museums and Heritage: Management, Conservation and Dissemination of Collections and Cultural Patrimony | Summer | English | 3 |
| Course Name | Term | Language | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| MU/CU/AH 340 - Cities as Living Museums | Summer | English | 3 |
| MU/CU/AH 350 - Museums and Heritage: Management, Conservation and Dissemination of Collections and Cultural Patrimony | Summer | English | 3 |
Field Trips & Events
This program includes exciting course-related excursions that allow you to learn first-hand about the challenges of managing and preserving cultural heritage in the context of a modern and global economy. Course-related excursions are required, integral academic components of this program. The cost of the excursions is included in the IES Abroad program fee. Possible course-related excursion destinations include:
- Paris - Opera, Montmartre, Pompidou Center, Musée d’Orsay, National Museum of Art
- Rome - Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Cathedral of Rome, Colosseum, Villa of Cardinal Scipione Boghese, Vatican Museums, Forums of Caesar, Augustus, Nerva, Trajan
- Madrid - El Prado, Reina Sofia Museum, El Escorial, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Toledo
Course-Related Trips
Your courses will integrate class time with course-related excursions to art and cultural management institutions, such as visits to well-known museums like the Louvre, El Prado, and the Vatican Museum.
Daily Life
Part of making you feel at home in Europe, 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 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.
Orientation
1 day before classes begin in Paris, followed by one-day orientations in Rome and Madrid, introducing you to the staff and the city in each location
Housing
We want to make sure that your greatest challenge is deciding which 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 Paris, it will feel like home.
Apartments - Furnished apartments with kitchen area and shared or ensuite bathrooms. Meals are not included.
Get to Know Your New City
Get More Monet For Your Money!
Spend all the time you want in the many museums of Paris like the Musée d’Orsay with cheap ticket prices thanks to your IES Abroad student card.
Bask in the Good Life at the Place des Vosges
This stately square features arched arcades, and gorgeous 17th- and 18th-century apartment buildings surrounding an immaculate garden. Grab a cup of coffee, have a seat on a bench, and take in the surroundings.
Picnic by the Seine
Watch boats and share brie on baguettes with friends, then dance while live bands play on the river banks.
Explore the Parc de la Villette
This massive park is home to a canal, themed gardens, museums, a cinema, and large architectural sculptures.
Encore! Encore! Enjoy the Theatre
Experience ballet and opera performances under a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall at the Palais Garnier opera house.
Program Cost
Consider these prices as a starting point. We encourage you to contact your study abroad office to determine the actual cost to you when factoring in financial aid, scholarships, your home school policies, and other factors.
| Term | Tuition | Housing | Insurance | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2019 | $5,355 | $1,925 | $135 |
$7,415 |
Scholarships & Aid
Program-Specific Scholarships
Summer Need-Based Financial Aid
Open to students who apply to and attend an IES Abroad or IES Internships summer program.
Criteria reviewed to determine award:
- Level of financial need as determined from infromation provided on the application. Priority is given to Pell Grant recipients.
- IES Abroad program location.
- IES Abroad membership status of home campus
Vera Isaacs Schwartz Endowed Stipend
The Vera Isaacs Schwartz Endowed Stipend has been established by Alan and Ronnie Schwartz in loving tribute to Alan’s mother. Vera valued learning in the classroom, but also recognized that there is an education to be had in museums, cafes and pastry shops around the world. Alan is a current member of the IES Abroad Board of Directors and he has established this stipend to honor his mother Vera and her commitment to providing her grandchildren funds to expand their college education outside of the classroom.
Use our budget worksheet to calculate your costs
$5 Million in Financial Aid
Our Center
The Paris Business and International Affairs Center is located in the 15th arrondissement, in a residential area between the Vaugirard & Plaisance metro stops. The area has many shops and is well-served by public transportation.
Features include:
- Technology-equipped classrooms
- High-speed WiFi connectivity and printer access
- A book corner and computer area for students
- Video keypad security system
Our Staff
Nathalie Lenfant
Center Director
Nathalie Lenfant has been the Director of the IES Abroad Paris Business & International Affairs Program since its inception in 2007. She has worked with IES Abroad since 1998, when she began as the Internship Coordinator of the Paris French Studies Center. She was named Associate Director of IES Abroad Paris French Studies in 2002. She holds a French License in English with a specialization in American Civilization from the University of Poitiers and a graduate degree from the École Supérieure de Traducteur Interprète et Commerce Extérieur of the Catholic University in Lille. During her studies, Mme. Lenfant spent a year as a foreign exchange student in Richmond, Virginia, and a summer as a student at Oregon State University. Prior to joining IES Abroad, Mme. Lenfant worked at the French National Office of American Field Service (AFS) as a regional coordinator of volunteering, and as a coordinator of housing, intercultural training, and student activities.
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IES Abroad Staff
Chris Faggella
Academic Advisor
Céline Chataing
Housing Coordinator
Laurence Larsen
Student Activities Assistant
Debbie Morvany
Program Assistant
Holly Rudd
Academic Assistant
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