The office of International Programs and the Department of the History of Art are proud to offer Michigan undergraduates the opportunity to study in Paris, France during the Winter semester of 2009. This program is designed especially for students with interests in art history and the French language. History of Art classes are taught in English by University of Michigan faculty members; these courses are available exclusively to Michigan students enrolled in the program. Intensive French language courses are taught by the faculty of the Institut Catholique de Paris, widely considered to be the premier French-as-a-foreign-language program in France. Because the program follows the French academic calendar, courses in both art history and French language are taught from late February to late June.

One of the special features of this program is the opportunity it provides students to study directly from works of art housed in any number of Parisian museums (the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Chateau de Versailles, the Musée Carnavalet, among many other world-class collections). Teaching hours are split evenly between classroom discussion and visits to museums, galleries, chateaux, and cathedrals. Michigan's faculty members are deeply committed to on-site teaching and direct educational encounters with artworks. Student exposure to the city's magnificent collections is unrivalled by any American program currently operating in Paris.

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR WINTER 2009 IS OCTOBER 10, 2008.

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