At the end of the month, students go to Tours. It is one of the finest language institutes in France. Tours is regularly ranked by French university students as one of the most enjoyable cities in France. The Year Students have four weeks of intensive study of French in Paris during the month of September. While offerings in the natural sciences and math are not available, students have a wide choice of courses in the social sciences, languages, and literature.
Courses are in French, and students are evaluated on the same scale as French students.
Students whose French is very good are able to take all of their courses at the university with the exception of the September intensive language course. Less fluent yearlong students take some or all of their courses at the Institut de Touraine, which offers instruction in French language, literature and civilization, including art history and French history. The yearlong program ends in early June. In all courses, the program records grades, which will appear on the Davidson transcript for non-Davidson students. Back to top Study in Tours For Fall Semester Students in the fall semester program take an intensive French course in September in Paris.