The Fall semester starts Arrival 13 Sept, beginning classes 19 Sept and the students leave on 10 December; Spring semester is 14 Feb and classes start 20 February the semester ends 13 May.  These dates are subject to change.

Special Notes about Program Dates and Travel.
Because classes often end at 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays, students can sometimes leave for weekend travel on Thursday evenings. Increasingly, Strasbourg students are opting to spend some of their travel periods in their Strasbourg apartments, taking day-trips to Germany and around Alsace. When students are away from Strasbourg for the night, they must let the director know where they’ll be and travel with at least one other Centre student, unless their parents email the director permission for them to travel alone.
 
90-day maximum stay: The Strasbourg program purposely lasts fewer than 90 days so that students do not have to obtain a visa for stays of longer than 90 days. If you plan to arrive in Europe early or stay once the program ends, you must acquire a long-term French study visa, a time-consuming process that requires a fee and an in-person visit to a French consulate. You cannot obtain a visa once you are in Europe. This is up to the student to secure.   

The same as studying in Danville, plus a $375 deposit (surcharge/emergency fund/carbon offset) due 16 March 2023, and a $25 travel medicine fee. Flights to the abroad site are also the responsibility of the student. All pre-departure meetings, including the travel medicine meeting held each semester, are mandatory. If you have significant financial need, you may also qualify for additional funding from the Center for Global Citizenship.
 
Students studying abroad are charged for the regular Centre room and board plan. They are then given food money at regular intervals while abroad and learn to shop in the markets and prepare their meals as a group, in their apartment kitchens. In the past, students have become experts at finding inexpensive, fresh ingredients and preparing simple, healthy, and delicious fare. Centre will pay for occasional group meals, for a two-night/three-day excursion, and for an art and architecture trip in the region that all students take.
 
Eurail Tickets. Information on Eurail tickets is available at http://www.euro-rail.org. Participants in this program are not allowed to purchase and use an unlimited “Global” Eurail pass; our experience has shown that this is disruptive to the program’s schedule and goals. Recent Strasbourg students have felt that a 10-day or 8-day train pass is sufficient and gives them flexibility to travel to further-away destinations via inexpensive air travel. Some Strasbourg students choose not to purchase a Eurail pass.

Homestays with French or German-speaking families are an option for students with advanced language skills who want to improve their fluency rapidly. Students in homestays typically have dinner two or three times a week with their homestay families.
 
Centre also rents apartments, all conveniently located in the downtown area within a fifteen-minute walk of the Centre office and classroom. These apartments are fully furnished and include linens, a TV, a kitchen with cooking utensils and dishes, a washing machine, and a telephone. Because these apartments are in regular apartment buildings among French families and not in a college dormitory, Strasbourg students must be very responsible about noise: no loud music or even loud talking in the evenings. The same commonsense fire-safety rules about no candles or smoking or Halogen lamps that apply on campus apply in these apartments. During the apartment orientation session with the coordinator and director, all students must sign a statement about keeping the apartment neat and clean and about maintaining appropriate apartment behavior. Any student breaking this signed agreement will be dismissed from the apartment and will be personally responsible for finding and paying for his/her housing.
 
Apartment Contract and Upkeep. You are required to sign an apartment contract during the Coordinator’s and Director’s apartment orientation and to keep your apartment clean and in good order throughout the entire term. The Director and Coordinator have the right to inspect your apartment at any time, and the right to dismiss you from the apartment if you do not live up to the signed agreement. The day after the mid-term break, the Director will make a mid-course apartment inspection to determine things that need to be repaired or purchased. On the last evening of your stay, she will conduct a penultimate inspection and assess all apartment members equally the money needed to replace broken items and/or pay for professional cleaning. The last inspection occurs the day after you leave; this is to make certain you’ve stripped the linens from your beds, totally cleaned out your refrigerator, not left wet towels to mildew, taken out all of the trash, etc. Students will not be allowed to move into the apartments until the day the program officially begins; if you plan to arrive early, you must reserve a room in a hostel or hotel.
 
No Overnight Guests in Apartments. Because of liability issues, no overnight guests may stay in the Centre apartments, even for a single night. No exceptions can be granted to this rule. Infraction of this rule will result in your immediate dismissal from the program with none of your semester’s tuition returned. The director will be happy to provide you with a list of Strasbourg hostels and hotels of all price ranges for any guests who may visit.

The 2022-2023 program will be directed by Professor Jeff Fieberg, .  

Mandatory Classes: 

all students must take a French Class at the appropriate Level

and 

“France-Germany Wars! (HUM 295) This course will explore France's experiences from 1869-1945, focusing on the Alsace region and Strasbourg in particular. Students will examine the causes and impact of the Franco-Prussian War, formation of the German Empire, World War 1, the roaring twenties, the Depression, and finally will see how World War 11 shaped not only the border between Germany and France but French policies and attitudes after the war. Prerequisite: None.  Taught by Dr. Jeff Fieberg.

Students must also enroll in TWO of the courses from the following list:

• Molecular Modernism: Manet to Marc ARH 263/CHE263 This course will focus on the development of painting from the 1860"s to the 1940"s, from Realism to Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Geometric Abstraction, de Stijl, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. spending time in and around Strasbourg, Paris, and Basel, we will study in art musuems, the Strasbourg classroom, and actual painting sites of these important artists. Paintings will put the art movements in historical context. the role of science and technology in this progression (including synthesis of new materials and how color theory informed painting) will be discussed. Scientific topics include light and its interaction with matter, color mixing, chemical and physical causes of color, and the biology of vision: these topics are discussed to gain a deeper understanding of paintings. Many demonstrations that display properties of light and biology of vision will be preformed. Scientific techniques used to analyze paintings in conservation science and forgery investigations (complete demonstrations of infrared reflectography to revel underdrawings and x-ray fluorescence to identify pigments) will be discussed.  Taught by Dr. Jeff Fieberg

• Promoting Sustainability Literacy through Physical Literacy (ENSXXX).  In this course, students will understand the concept of sustainable development and the challenges that our western lifestyle poses to the future of humankind, using a set of evidence-based approaches. Students will be encouraged to reflect about ways to meet some of the sustainable goals proposed by the United Nations, and will be invited to experience the kind of lifestyle habits that it implies. Different aspects of sustainable literacy will be covered, such as food and the way that ecosystems work. But a particular emphasis will be put on physical literacy through the understanding of the benefits of exercise for health and the acquisition of skills related to orienteering. With this skillset, student will be taught how to quantify physical activity, examine and reflect on their own active behaviour. They will also employ active transportation, as Strasbourg is ranked n°4 in the world for bike transportation (Copenhagen Index, 2017). Orienteering will also be used in natural setting, combining academic, cultural and leisure activities. By combining excursions in urban and natural settings, student will become sustainability-literate through the promotion of physical literacy. The class combines lectures, readings, student presentations, and visits of sites in Strasbourg and an overnight trip in the Vosges. Lastly, they will understand how to design and manage a project based on the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) model, which is nowadays an important feature for many project to be accepted and funded. 

• The Construction of Europe (POL 461). Capitalizing on Strasbourg’s location at the geographical center of Europe and as the home of three of the most important European institutions, students study the Council of Europe, whose main assignment is to defend Human Rights in Europe.  How does the Council work, and how does its European Court of Human Rights ensure the respect of fundamental rights in Europe?  Students also study the ways in which some European States have deepened their interconnectedness through economic, political, and monetary cooperation. In conjunction with a trip to the European Parliament, students consider how the European Union was born, how it works, and what makes it unique. All of these issues are approached comparatively, with an eye toward the United States, and in their impact on students living on European soil. No prerequisites; taught by staff.

Classroom Facilities in Strasbourg
The classroom area is located near the University of Strasbourg, a short walk from the main cathedral. It includes classrooms and an office, small library and study area.  

• Any rising sophomore, junior, or senior who has not yet participated in a residential, long-term study abroad program may apply. Centre accepts approximately 20-24 students each term who qualify on the basis of academic seriousness, social maturity, and faculty recommendation. The committee’s list is vetted by the Dean of Student Life and the Associate Dean before students are notified.
• While this is not a language immersion program, the selection committee typically gives preference to students who have studied French or German. Students selected for the fall term who have never studied French will take beginning French while in Strasbourg; those without any French who are selected for the spring term are strongly advised—but not required—to take French 110 for a grade during the preceding fall term.
• Applications due no later than noon on February 10, 2023.
• Apply online using Centre Online Forms for a 2023-2024  abroad semester program and it opens on November 10, 2022.
• Selected students must pay the non-refundable deposit of $375 by March 16; the $25 travel medicine fee is also due on March 16, for a total of $400.

The same as studying in Danville, plus a $375 deposit (surcharge/emergency fund/carbon offset), and a $25 travel medicine fee for a total of $400 is due on March 16, 2023. Flights to the abroad site are also the responsibility of the student. All pre-departure meetings, including the travel medicine meeting held each semester, are mandatory. If you have significant financial need, you may also qualify for additional funding from the Center for Global Citizenship.

Centre students will continue to pay their Centre tuition for their term abroad but will not be charged for room-and-board for that term; they will use their room-and-board money to help cover the cost of their airfare and the rental of an apartment. 

You will live with a host family in Nantes. Daily breakfast and dinners on weeknights will be provided for you. 

Selection of courses provided by IES and at the Université de Nantes.

• AH 313 – French Classicism: Art and Architecture
• CU 356 – French Cooking and Gastronomy: Food, Wine and Etiquette
• EC 380 – International Trade and Globalization
• FR 303 – French Language in Context: Emerging Independent Abroad
• FS 320 – History of French Cinema
• CU/SO/PO 352 – French Overseas Territories: A Model of Diversity Management 
• RK/HS 362 – Nantes between Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Political and Religious
• TH 343 – Theater Production 
• See a complete list of courses offered through IES

Applications open on November 10, 2022 and will close on Feb 10, 2023. You need to have a high level of French for this full immersion program and will work with Allison Connolly while choosing courses. . A deposit of $375 and a $25 Travel Medicine Fee for a total of $400 is due on March 16, 2023.

• Apply online using Centre Online Forms for a 2023-2024 abroad semester program.