The PLP ends around the end of the first week of August. Students then relocate to their host institution, where instruction begins in early September. The fall semester ends prior to Christmas and is followed by a short vacation. Students placed at an anglophone institution are required to take at least one course in French each semester. American students are offered intensive remedial French language classes, designed to ease adaptation at the beginning of the academic year, followed by courses on a weekly basis.
Enrollment enables exchange students to have full access to university facilities and privileges.
With this program you choose from courses that are drawn from the SDSU catalog, carry transferable SDSU credit, and are taught by SDSU and adjunct local faculty. The program price includes double occupancy accommodations in residence halls or with French families, a Paris transit pass, the International Student Identity Card, many cultural excursions, and more. Abroad arranges accommodations and coordinates air transportation. Click here for details on the Spring 1997 program. This information last updated August 12, 1996.