Make the most of France’s capital city! The eight-week Paris Summer Internship Program combines coursework that focuses on Paris with internships at companies in the greater Paris area. Classes are taught in French and English.
Requirements & Considerations
- All students must enroll according to, and remain in compliance with, the Boston University Study Abroad Course Load Policy.
- A minimum of four semesters of College level French or the equivalent are required
- Some courses carry prerequisites
- Admissions requirements for all programs
Curriculum
Required Courses
Students enroll in one of the following courses and the internship course.
French language courses
- CAS LF 300 Living French in Paris: Practical Communication and Current Culture, Level 1 (4)
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
- Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
- Oral and/or Signed Communication
- Recommended for students whose most recent French language course is a fourth- or fifth-semester equivalent
- This course aims to refine students’ 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.
- Syllabus
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
Courses Taught in French
- CAS AH 356 Modern and Contemporary Art in Paris (4)
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
- Aesthetic Exploration
- Historical Consciousness
- Designed under the format of half visits and half in-class sessions, this course explores the history of "modernity" focusing on the principal art movements in Paris from 1850 to today, including painting, sculpture, photography, installations, and urbanism, in relation to the historical, economic, and sociocultural contexts of the time period, and its influence in other parts of the world.
- Syllabus
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
Courses Taught in English
- CAS AH 383 Paris Architecture and Urbanism (4)
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
- Aesthetic Exploration
- Historical Consciousness
- Critical Thinking
- 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: half in-class sessions, half visits.
- Syllabus
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
- SHA HF 150 Experience Management (4)
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
- Digital/Multimedia Expression
- Social Inquiry II
- Creativity/Innovation
- 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)–the 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.
- This course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas:
*The Syllabus changes every year. The posted syllabus is merely indicative and subject to change.
Internship Area
Please note these are examples of past internship placements only. While BU Study Abroad guarantees an internship to program participants, specific placements vary from semester to semester 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.
- International Relations
- Serve in NGOs or international institutions. Recent placements have included Robin des Bois (environmental protection agency), Children of Prisoners Europe (parent-child relations), EGAM, Ambassade du Méxique, Promothée Humanitaire, CRIDES, Aurore, and HERA.
Internship Courses
Study Abroad will enroll students in a non-credit Hub co-curricular and in a four-credit internship course, which includes a classroom component in the form of mandatory workshops. The four-credit course number will depend on the area of specialization in which students complete their internship or focus their reflection for the Internship Course assignments.
The Internship Course workshops are designed to encourage students’ 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.
Upon successful completion of the internship experience, students will receive a Hub unit in the area Individual in Community from the co-curricular HUB SA 330.
- Non-credit Hub Co-curricular: HUB SA 330 Study Abroad Internship
- This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area:
- Individual in Community
- This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area:
- CAS PO 405/IR 455 Internship in International Organizations Abroad (4)
- Syllabus
Housing & Student Services
Local Homestay | or | University Dormitory |
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There are gyms at the university and in town. Students can study at the BU Paris Center. Many students study at home, as university libraries have more restricted hours than in the US.
Program Dates
- Summer Term: Mid-May to mid-July
Application Timeline
This program follows rolling admissions and may fill before the official deadline.
Summer Semester
- Applications Open December 1
- Applications Deadline March 1
This program is rolling admissions; applications are reviewed once all application materials are received, prior to all deadlines. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all required materials are received by the BU Study Abroad office. Students are encouraged to apply as early as possible as some programs and internship tracks have limited space and may fill up before the deadline. Submitting a complete application prior to the application deadline, does not guarantee acceptance. Students will be emailed an admissions decision within three weeks of a completed application.
Information for BU Students Awaiting an Admissions Decision and exceptions to the standard admission calendar for all students can be found here.
Cost & Financial Considerations
- Summer 2024 Tuition & Fees: $10,215
Cost includes tuition, housing, cultural activities, overseas medical insurance, and emergency evacuation coverage. - Estimated program budget, including cost of living expenses for Summer 2024
- Grants and Scholarships available
- BU Study Abroad arranges a trans-Atlantic group flight that is not included in the program fee. We recommend that students take this flight.