Joint-Enrollment  
Study-Abroad Program in Toulouse, France



The 2004 American group and Dr. Mann on their last day at Toulouse's Lycée Montalembert - Lespinet. It's June 24, and we're ready to depart for Paris tomorrow on the TGV!

Official logo of the summer 2004 trip, in colored pencil, by Danielle Berry

    
The Department of Language and Literature at North Georgia College and State University sponsors a summer study-abroad program in collaboration with Ms. Deborah Riedmiller, Foreign Language Coordinator for the Atlanta Public Schools.  Ms. Riedmiller began the program in 1985, and the program has been sponsored by the NGCSU since 1993.  Dr. Mann began working with the program in the fall of 1999.

Our program is unique in that it is offers full-time intensive academic study, joint-enrollment credit, a home-stay, and a student exchange.  There is no other program like it in the country.  Students who have had two or more years of high-school French, are 16 years of age, and meet NGCSU joint-enrollment requirements receive six semester hours college credit at the elementary and/or intermediate levels as well as high-school credit in French. These requirements include SAT or ACT scores and a G.P.A. sufficient for admission to NGCSU. These exact numbers vary from year to year. Those who are not accepted for NGCSU credit can still participate in the program and, if their high school offers it for summer programs still receive their high-school credit.  Everyone participates in the experience of a lifetime!

The American students spend most of June and the first part of July in Toulouse, and are hosted by French families.  Upon their return to the U.S., the American students then host a French student from Toulouse (usually the one with whom they stayed in Toulouse) for three weeks in July.  The American students attend class five to six hours a day at the Lycée Montalembert, and are normally taught by NGCSU faculty, Ms. Riedmiller, and another American teacher.  They will also get to know native French instructors from the lycée.  The program also includes excursions in the surrounding area, including trips to such attractions as Carcassonne, Albi, a Cathar castle, or other sites, with both French and American teachers in attendance.  The program concludes with a vacation stay of 3 or 4 days in Paris before returning to Atlanta.

For 2006, the projected program cost is $3,500.00,* which includes everything except the college application fee ($25.00), fees for travel documentation (passport, etc.), personal spending money, and transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. All the details are discussed at the orientation meetings, which normally begin in the fall and continue until May.  


Click here for the photo gallery!

Announcements: Informational meetings are currently being planned for the 2007 program. Please keep in touch!
For an application to come to this fall introductory meetings, click here (we need you to apply so we'll know how many packets to bring).

2006 Travel Information

Suggested Packing List

2006 Participant Contact Information

  Security Brief/Agreement


Official Website of the French Government Tourist Office

*To view your grades, click HERE and follow the instructions on how to log into your BANNER 2000 account. You will need to do this before you can view your transcripts/grades.

To request official NGCSU transcripts, click HERE.

*The projected program cost assumes participation by enough students to qualify for a group travel rate, as well as relatively stable exchange rates, airline ticket & ground transportation prices, etc. The program directors reserve the right to adjust the program cost in response to these exigencies.

© D. Brian Mann, 1999-2006.
Page last updated: 09/15/2006 04:33:05 PM

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