Program Description
Tours, France is located in the heart of the Loire Valley and is surrounded by some of the most striking examples of French Renaissance architecture, including the famed “Chateaux de la Loire” built during the late 15th and 16th centuries.
Participants will be immersed in French milieu in order to enrich both their linguistic and cultural experience. Participants will take two courses; one language course in collaboration with the Universite Francois Rabelais, and another focused on the culture and literature of the French Renaissance. The very location of Tours is where French Renaissance culture and literature was born and flourished.
The French Renaissance was one of the most creative times of French history, albeit one of the most turbulent. To understand the cultural phenomenon of the French Renaissance is to understand much of French culture and thought.
It is also indispensable to gaining a better understanding of Canadian culture, especially why the spirit of discovery and the thirst for new “worlds” was so strong at that time.
Itinerary
May 10: Depart Calgary for Paris
May 14 – June 9: Course work in Tours including planned excursions:
- The royal abbey of Fontevraud
- The royal castles of Chambord, Blois and Amboise
- The castles of Chaumont and Chenonceaux
- Le Clos Lucé, house of Leonardo da Vinci
- La Devinière, the house of François Rabelais
- La Possonière, the house of the poet Pierre de Ronsard
- and more…
June 11: Return to Calgary
Course Information
Registration in 2 courses is mandatory.
|
Course Code |
Title |
Full or Half |
Prerequisites |
|
FREN 399.08 |
Expression / Comprehension |
Half |
FREN 215 or 217 or Consent of the Department |
|
FREN 399.09 |
Litt de la Renaissance |
Half |
FREN 215 or 217 or Consent of the Department |
|
FREN 499.23 |
Renaissance Francaise |
Half |
FREN 315, 317 399 and one other 300-level FREN course or Consent of the Department |
|
FREN 599.37 |
Expression Avancee |
Half |
Three half courses in French at 400 level or Consent of the department |
|
FREN 599.38 |
Renaissance en Val de Lorie |
Half |
Three half courses in French at 400 level or Consent of the department |
Contact Information
For more information on the French Language and Culture in Tours Group Study program please contact Dr. Pierre-Yves Mocquais at mocquais@ucalgary.ca or the Group Study Programs Office at group.study@ucalgary.ca.
CAGFIL
Eligibility criteria are: Alberta born student; or a student who has graduated from a high school in Alberta; or a student who has lived in Alberta for 12 consecutive months without being a student.
Application Instructions
1. Apply Online
2. Bring transcripts to Group Study office located in MacEwan Student Centre room 275.