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Academics
While working in Paris, you will enroll in a required 3- or 6-credit academic internship seminar with other IES interns, where you’ll gain context for your internship placement by examining cultural issues
in the workplace. Topics include:
- Understanding workplace culture
- Improving communication
- Strengthening work attitude and aptitude
- Resolving conflicts
- Understanding new cultures
- Navigating issues, challenges, and opportunities so you can succeed on the job in Paris and when you return home
You may also enroll in an optional 3-credit French language course taught at the Center.
Courses
This is a list of planned course offerings. A final list of course offerings will be made available to you in your MyIESabroad account.
Internship Seminar
- IN 395 A - Leading Across Cultures Internship Seminar - 3 credit (Summer)
- IN 395 B - Leading Across Cultures Internship Seminar - 6 credits (Summer)
French
Field Trips & Events
You can participate in field trips and extracurricular activities in and around Paris, and cultural activities at the IES Paris Center.
All field trips are optional for Internship students and additional costs apply. These trips are academic, not solely touristic, in nature. Potential destinations include:
- Giverny
- Reims
Daily Life
Part of making you feel at home in Paris is doing our best to help you fell safe and cared for. Whether it is an orientation program that makes you fell prepared, housing that is well-located and comfortable, or networking and social events with Paris professionals - we're all about our student services. This is just one of the fields we're known for.
Orientation
The staff at our Paris Center will welcome you for a 3-day orientation. This includes an introduction to the city including housing, commuting, and professional and cultural expectations. The Paris Center is your central place for instruction, support, and meeting other interns.
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.
Homestays - Live in a French homestay in the city of Paris or its surrounding banlieues (suburbs). Breakfast daily and three evening meals per week are provided.
Apartments - A limited number of shared apartments are available for an additional fee. Apartments include kitchen facilities. Meals are not included. Internet is available.
Get to Know Your New City
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.
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.
Watch boats and share brie on baguettes with friends, then dance while live bands play on the river banks.
This massive park is home to a canal, themed gardens, museums, a cinema, and large architectural sculptures.
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.
Use our budget worksheet to calculate your costs
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Our Center
The IES Abroad Paris French Studies Center is located on a bustling market street near the Cimetière du Montparnasse. A thriving business district, the area is filled with restaurants, food shops, boutiques, and cafés.
Features include:
- High-speed Internet, WiFi, and printer access
- Classrooms
- Student foyer
- Library
- Garden
Our Staff
Scott Lyngaas, Ph.D.
Center Director
Dr. Scott Lyngaas has been the IES Abroad Paris French Studies Center Director since 2014. Scott came to IES Abroad from Beloit College, where he was Associate Dean and Associate Professor of French. He received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he wrote his dissertation on Francophone historical fiction. Dr. Lyngaas previously served as the Resident Director of study abroad programs in both Brussels and Paris.
IES Abroad Staff
IES Abroad Staff
Alexandra Milan
Academic and International Exchange Coordinator
Celine Chataing
Housing Coordinator
Seth Fisher
Student Affairs Coordinator
Darcy Smith
Administrative Coordinator
Andrea Ferrer
Internship Coordinator
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