Students must take at least three semester hours of academic work and may enroll for six hours of credit. All courses are three-hour courses.

The exact numbers assigned to courses differ from institution to institution. Check at the college or university where you plan to register to find out what course numbers will be assigned to the courses you want to take. To find out more about any of the courses, you can contact the faculty members teaching the courses by e-mail.

Morning Classes

American Writers in Paris:
Expatriates, Exiles, and Bohemians (UL)
Dr. Gautam Kundu, Georgia Southern University

For almost two centuries, Paris has been an extraordinary destination for American writers, including African American writers in the 1940s and 1950s. This upper division course examines a selection of the narratives, letters, and memoirs from some of these writers living in Paris after World War I as expatriates who were influenced by artistic modernism, and by the culture of Parisian literary salons. Day trips to various sites in literary Paris comprise an important part of the course; these will enhance students’ understanding of the historical and cultural relevance of the literature directly or tangentially associated with these geographies.

Sex and Colonialism: The Philosophical Debates that Roiled 20th Century Paris (UL)
James J. Winchester, Georgia College & State University

We will be reading Sartre, De Beauvoir, and Camus and examining the debates about gender roles, sexuality and politics that defined much of 20th century French Philosophical Thought. The Key texts we will use will be Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex and Sartre’s and Camus’ A Historic Confrontation. We will be asking how their philosophy reflected the social concerns of the time in which they wrote. Among the places in Paris we will visit will be The Museum of the History of Paris, the Latin Quarter, and Center Pompidou. We will also attempt to see films either in English or with English subtitles that relate to the social issues raised in these philosophers’ writings. We will keep our eyes open for special exhibitions relating to the times and thinkers we are studying.

Culture and Communications (LL)
Dr. Karen Aubrey D’Ambrogi, Augusta State University

Study the evolution, methods, and effects of mass media as it influences business, politics, popular culture, society, international relations, and the audience. Through your exposure to French culture and mass media outlets, explore your discoveries through discussion, reading, writing, and speaking assignments. Field trips will maximize your experience with French popular culture and may include media outlets from the music industry, advertising, pop art, and film in addition to the major sites of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame, and the Pompidou Center.

The Sociology of Photography (UL)
Dr. David B. Broad, North Georgia College and State University

This upper-level course will utilize photography to produce sociological data with which to present, discuss, analyze and ultimately theorize about social behavior. The metaphor of the “lens” is a basic one in sociology. Building especially on the work of Howard S. Becker and the symbolic interactionsists, this course will give the student the opportunity to learn conceptually about how vision structures experience, observe human social behavior, chronicle it visually, present the images so obtained to other students of behavior and build a repertoire of visual analytical tools. The course is based in the City of Light, a place steeped in photographic history where life and symbol intertwine magically. Here students will be inspired artistically and intellectually as nowhere else.

Intermediate French Language and Francophone Cultures I: French 2001 (LL)
Professor Gabriele Stellmacher, Valdosta State University

This course completes the basic study of French and deepens the language skills that students have acquired in their introductory courses. The students will enjoy learning more French while participating in the daily life of a great city. They will spend part of their class time on field trips to special sites in Paris and historic sites that speak of the Middle Ages, the Classical 17th century, and the presence of Napoleon, such as Chartres, Versailles, and Fontainbleau.

Music Appreciation (LL)
Dr. Andree Martin, Columbus State University

Study the music of France in Paris, where world-class museums, art galleries, architecture, live concerts and historical sites become the extended classroom. This course will consist of a survey of the history of music with special emphasis on the music of France. Students will develop skills in critical listening, terminology for explaining music, and an acquaintance with a broad repertoire of music. Fieldtrips include visits to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Musée d’Orsay, the court of Louis XIV at Versailles, and the Louvre.

Principles of Management (UL)
Dr Barbara Coleman, Augusta State University

Principles of Management is an introductory course examining the role of the manager in modern business. This course will focus on developing an understanding and skills in carrying out the work responsibilities of a manager. In this course we will explore the basic functions of a manager: Planning, Organizing. Leading, and controlling. Among the other topics discussed are decision making, communication, business ethics and social responsibility. We will explore current trends that affect today’s manager through the use of various media coverage that goes beyond the textbook.

International Business (UL)
Dr. John Finley, Columbus State University

This course analyzes world markets, their respective consumers and environments from the perspective not only of large multinationals but also of small and medium-sized firms. We will begin with a discussion of how current international business has its roots in Roman history and then move on to early economic theory. We’ll progress to world cultures, global integration—especially the European Union—and then to monetary policy. We will finally address specific business issues such as physical distribution, counter-trade, development of global managers, and other marketing issues. Paris will serve as our laboratory and as an opportunity to relate the theories and ideas that are presented in the text to French and European current events. Each week will feature a field trip related to the course material that we cover.

Afternoon Classes

World Literature II: European and French Enlightenment, Literary Modernity, and Francophone Postcolonial Literatures (LL)
Dr. Gautam Kundu, Georgia Southern University

This core course explores a range of literature from the European and French Enlightenment to roughly the mid-twentieth century, as well as from the diverse Afro-Caribbean traditions that explore Francophone postcoloniality. In order to locate some of these writers and texts in their native environment, the students take field trips to historic and cultural sites in and around Paris that will deepen their multi-cultural awareness, including libraries, museums and art galleries, the theater and the opera, and ethnic neighborhoods.

Survey of Philosophy (LL)
James J. Winchester, Georgia College & State University

This will be an introductory course in philosophy (no pre-requisites) with an emphasis on French philosophers. In particular after reading The Symposium, Plato’s great treatise on the passions, we will focus on how French Philosophers understood reason and the passions. We will read Montaigne, Descartes, Rousseau, Sartre, De Beauvoir, and Camus and ask how each interpreted the passions and reason, as well as what kind of balance they tried to achieve between these two. We will compare the philosophers’ ideas about how to balance reason and the passions with artist’s conceptions. Visiting The Louvre, The Picasso Museum, Center Pompidou, The Rodin Museum and the Museum of the City of Paris. We will also keep our eyes open for special exhibitions that will help us to understand the roles that passion and reason play in our lives.

Communications for Professionals (UL)
Dr. Karen Aubrey D’Ambrogi, Augusta State University

Create and control your own desirable business image through mastery of a variety of professional written and oral forms, all while learning about modern technology options used to improve your work. We will explore how factual, promotional, persuasive, and technical material found in business documents can be used to achieve specific responses.

In addition to visiting such major sites as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, and Notre Dame, we will walk the Champs Ely


Introduction to Sociology (LL)
Dr. David B. Broad, North Georgia College and State University

This is the basic survey course in sociology, and covers the idea of human society, how it holds together, how it changes and how it shapes the individual experience. Topics include personality, gender, socialization (learning the rules), institutions, communications, deviance, inequality, sex roles, race and ethnicity and marriage and family. The student will learn to think with “sociological imagination” and how to make sense out of complex human behavior. We will make comparisons between American and other societies, especially France, and our field trips will be both to “ordinary” social settings in Paris to apply our observation skills and musea and other special sites that offer insights into Europe and America’s roots there.

Beginning French Language and Francophone Cultures I: French 1001 (LL)
Professor Gabriele Stellmacher, Valdosta State University

This course will introduce students to the study of French, and what better way to do it than directly in France. All four components of language learning will be taught in this course (reading, writing, speaking, and listening comprehension), and these skills will be reinforced outside the classroom in everyday situations in restaurants, shopping centers, railway stations, and museums. Potential field trips will include visits to some special sites in Paris and castles, cathedrals, and villages in the vicinity of Paris.

Special Topics in Music: The Music of France (UL)
Dr. Andree Martin, Columbus State University

The Music of France: The Beginnings of Polyphony to the Music of Pierre Boulez. This course examines the history of music in France from the Middle Ages to the present day. Emphasis will be placed on 1) understanding the styles and techniques of the art music tradition by placing music in historical and cultural contexts, 2) understanding the prevalent social and intellectual climate providing a background to understanding changes in music, and 3) studying the relationship between music and other arts. Fieldtrips include visits to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Musée d’Orsay, Versailles, and the National Opera of Paris. A pre-requisite of sophomore level music theory is required for this class.

Principles of Management (UL)
Barbara Coleman, Augusta State University

Principles and methods involved in the movement of goods and services from producer to
consumer. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.

International Business (UL)
Dr John Finey, Columbus State University

This course analyzes world markets, their respective consumers and environments from the perspective not only of large multinationals but also of small and medium-sized firms. We will begin with a discussion of how current international business has its roots in Roman history and then move on to early economic theory. We’ll progress to world cultures, global integration—especially the European Union—and then to monetary policy. We will finally address specific business issues such as physical distribution, counter-trade, development of global managers, and other marketing issues. Paris will serve as our laboratory and as an opportunity to relate the theories and ideas that are presented in the text to French and European current events. Each week will feature a field trip related to the course material that we cover.