Capstone International sponsors study-abroad programs to supplement the academic and residential experiences of students on the Tuscaloosa campus. For several years, Alabama in France has taken students to charming Tours, located in the heart of the Loire Valley. This quaint university town is renowned throughout France for the quality of its language, its medieval architecture, and its numerous literary and historical monuments.
Students have free time to explore on their own as well.
The four-week intensive session, taught by professors at the Institute, provides students with a broad selection of course offerings and enables students to improve significantly their proficiency in speaking and understanding French. Students earn six University of Alabama semester hours of credit at either the graduate or the undergraduate level. To provide students with a variety of valuable living experiences during the Summer Program, students stay at centrally located hotels during the excursion. Students are given a dinner stipend, with continental breakfast provided at the hotel. In Tours, students are housed with French host families, who also provide breakfast and dinner.