Off-Campus Study

Off-campus study is an integral part of students' experience as a Francophone studies major at Bowdoin. Students find that their experiences abroad teach them as much about themselves and their own culture as they do the foreign culture they live in while abroad.

Department Recommended Programs

Aix-en-Provence

(Y/F/S) Wellesley-in-Aix (not yet on the approved list, but we hope soon to be).

Bordeaux
(Y/F/S) Middlebury College in Bordeaux

Lyon

(Y/F/S) Bowdoin-Sciences Po Lyon Exchange

Nantes
(Y/F/S) IES Nantes

Paris
(Y/F/S) Hamilton in France

(Y/F/S) Middlebury Program in Paris

Poitiers
(Y/F/S) Middlebury College in Poitiers

Toulouse
(Y/S) Dickinson in France

The “Comprehensive List” of Bowdoin-approved programs, with links to each of the preapproved programs listed above, is available via the Off-Campus Study website, along with general information on study away.

Cameroon
(Y/F/S) The Middlebury School in Cameroon

Madagascar
(F/S) SIT, Fort Dauphin, Madagascar (Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management)
For students also majoring in biology or environmental studies.

Senegal
(Y/F/S) CIEE, Dakar

Not meant to replace study abroad during the academic year. Students have sometimes combined a summer of study with a semester of study abroad when a year-long program was not possible. On approval of the Department, students can earn one to two general or major credits for summer study.

Bryn Mawr Institut d'Avignon

Middlebury College, VT
The Betty Ashbury Jones MA '86 School of French

Sciences Po Paris Summer School

New York University Summer in Paris
Priority deadline: February 1
General deadline: March 1

La Sorbonne, Cours de civilisation pour les étrangers
Summer deadline: none

See Requirements page for Off-Campus Study Guidelines.

Francophone Studies

Off-Campus Study

France

Africa

Summer Programs