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| International Summer Institute: Montclair in Nice French Language and Civilization June 30 – July 29, 2010 |
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| Program Overview This program immerses our students in the numerous attractions, accomplishments and artistic expressions of Nice, the Côte d'Azur and Provence. Located on the Mediterranean just 25 miles from the Italian border, Nice is an excellent base for discovering Cannes, Monaco, Eze, St. Paul de Vence and the remarkable small towns of Italy. Faculty-led excursions feature the Archeological and Matisse museums in Nice; the Medieval Grimaldi castle housing the Picasso Museum in Antibes; the Fernand Léger Museum in Biot, the medieval perched village of Gourdon, the highest in France; an olive oil tasting in a 13th century mill; a wine tasting at a traditional vineyard, a visit to Les Gorges du Verdon (the Grand Canyon of France); a ride through the fabled Golden Corniche; a day exploring the artist colonies and fishing villages from Nice to Saint-Tropez; and a celebratory final luncheon in the luxurious gardens of a country inn. |
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| Accommodations Participants stay in studio apartments equipped with a kitchenette and private bath in a modern residential facility centrally located near the lively Vieux Nice historical district, which runs right along the Mediterranean Sea. Linens, towels and cleaning are provided by the residence and MSU has stockpiled dishes, cookware and fans. Participants may prepare their own meals or eat in the many local restaurants offering authentic Niçoises specialties at reasonable prices. |
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Faculty Karen Guancione has been awarded a Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Artists and Communities Grant, three New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships, a Ford Foundation Grant and a Puffin Foundation Grant. Her work has been exhibited worldwide and is in numerous public and private collections. Her interdisciplinary art includes large scale installations, performance, sculpture, printmaking, papermaking, bookarts and video. She has curated many exhibitions, is an adjunct professor of art at Montclair State University and SUNY Purchase and has been a visiting artist and lecturer at Pratt Institute, Rutgers University and numerous schools and institutions in the United States and abroad. She recently became the first time recipient of the Erena Rae Award for Art and Social Justice. |
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Academics Mediterranean Civilization (taught in English and required for all undergraduates who are not French majors), either a French language course (from elementary to advanced levels), or a studio art course, and for advanced and graduate French majors, two upper level courses taught in French. Courses taken in Nice that are offered in French may be substituted for major or minor requirements in the French program. Students with a French minor may receive French credit for Mediterranean Civilization by prior agreement with Professor Dezio, if they do their work in French. Courses may be also be used as electives or to fulfill the MSU General Education foreign language requirement. All study abroad programs can fulfill the GNED 303: Global Issues requirement (one of the Contemporary Issues "Core" courses in GenEd 2002). All courses offered have received prior approval for credit. Required for all undergraduates who are not advanced level French majors |
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FRIN 145: Introduction to French Culture: Mediterranean Civilization Undergraduates who are not advanced level French majors select one of the following courses to complete their program: FREN 375: French Study Abroad: Beginning and Intermediate Levels
ARAN 190: Intro to Visual Arts:Color, Light and Form as Inspiration in the South of France |
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Advanced level French students or graduate French Majors will take either the two seminars listed below as FREN 470/501 and FREN 548 for 3 credits each, or FREN 510 for 6 credits: FREN 470/ FREN 501: Seminar “Role of the Arts in French Society” (3 credits) What enables one nation to assign an important, seminal role to the arts, while another considers them expendable? Among the many reasons may be the moment a nation becomes conscious that it exists as such. Americans have been taught traditionally to equate their origins with industrialization and their coming of age with war. But other societies have a much older, pre-industrial consciousness of coming into being related to an epic poem. La Chanson de Roland in France is one such work; Gilgamesh in Iraq, Beowulf in England and The Aeneid in Italy are others. All of these works offer a sense of identity to a people. What differences might this poetic identification make in a nation’s view of the world? How does pre-industrial memory color present day decisions, personal or political? In this course, we will study the development of the arts in France with the goal of discovering the connection between an identity grounded in the arts and the resulting reflection of that identity in the society itself. FRENCH 548: Seminar: International Relations (3 credits) What do you think of your country’s image abroad? Does it correspond to the truth as you see it? What is the use of our current insistence on international relations in an era which seems to say that nationalism is an outmoded concept and that globalization is on the point of transforming us unto one bland culture for time to come. Has diplomacy in the hands of the powerful become a mere tool to solidify a hegemony which enriches a few, impoverishes many and condemns to perpetual outside aggression those who refuse to go along? In this course, you will share your reflections on the place in the world of France, the United States and other nations, examining the successes and failures of international organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, the African Union, the Organization of American States and even the European Union. Thanks to technology, nations are more aware of each other than ever before. Has our knowledge of other countries’ approach towards immigration, capital punishment, health care, civil rights and other social factors influenced our and others’ development? France is the mother of modern diplomacy. What does her relation to other nations teach us? These are a few of the many questions you will pose as you seek to better understand the manner in which nations achieve solutions or perpetuate problems as they interrelate. |
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Alternatively, graduate students may elect to take the following 6 credit intensive course at the University of Nice summer program, in lieu of the two preceding seminars: FREN 510 Topics in French Linguistics: Teacher Training Program at University of Nice |
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This course is for teachers of French who wish to enhance their professional teaching practices while acquiring new linguistic and cultural knowledge. Activities are in the form of interactive teaching workshops that take into account the latest research on the teaching of French as a foreign language. Workshops include the Methodology of Teaching; Analysis and Preparation of Pedagogic Material; Activities to revitalize a class; and theatre exercises emphasizing intonation and body language. The goals of the course are to reflect on contemporary teaching challenges, to understand the needs and objectives of the teaching and learning of French, to analyze grammatical approaches and forms, to diversify one’s aids by exploiting the numerous available online resources and to encourage and stimulate the learner. Your effectiveness and your value as a teacher of French will surely be enhanced by your exposure to these facets of your profession. |
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Application procedure and payment schedule: Applications and the application fee (non-refundable but applied to total program cost if accepted) may be submitted at any time up to February 15. Once accepted into the program, the payment schedule for program costs is as follows: Payment Schedule: |
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