The upper levels include literature, culture and business French options. The student's level will be determined by diagnostic exams to be given at the Institut during the first day's orientation. Courses at the Institut meet Monday through Friday for approximately four hours per day, for four weeks. Six hours of undergraduate, FREN 350 credit are granted by the University of South Carolina and are generally transferable to other U.S. institutions. The faculty are exclusively those of the Institut de Touraine, although a faculty member from the University of South Carolina will be in residence.
Students are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.
The program director will meet students in Paris before departure for Tours. At the end of the program, students may choose to remain in Europe for individual travel at their own expense. Single rooms in family homes are arranged by the Institut and include breakfast and dinner. Though normally within walking distance, home locations may be in other parts of the city and require city bus transportation to and from class. The Director will be on hand to meet them and make travel arrangements to Tours.