Summer Courses

Whether a story is an imaginative transformation of life experience or an invention, the writing must be well crafted and convincing, driven not only by plot and theme but also through characterization, conflict, point of view, and sensitivity to language. Students produce and critique short stories and novel chapters while studying fiction techniques and style through examples.

A Senior Project is an independent study representing a Major Capstone Project that needs to be registered using the Senior Project registration form. (Download: https://fd10.formdesk.com/aup/SeniorProjectApplication)

Having completed FR 1200 or FR1300, AUP returning students can earn elective credit toward graduation by registering FR 2005I FRENCH IMMERSION: INTERMEDIATE I.

Beginning with a review of basic French Grammatical Structures, this course moves on to cover more complex forms such as the pluperfect, the conditional and the subjunctive. Students will be able to talk about the past, make hypotheses and express their opinions and emotions. Special attention is paid to increasing students’ ability to understand spoken French and to converse on a number of topics pertaining to different times and places. Learning objectives for this Intermediate B1 level course are:

- study familiar situations encountered in work, school, and leisure
- learn to formulate sentences about personal interests, express ideas and opinions, and interact with other French speakers
- ability to handle situations likely to arise when living in France
The course has an extra course fee of 100 euros.

Having completed FR 2100, AUP returning students can earn elective credit toward graduation by registering FR 2010I FRENCH IMMERSION: INTERMEDIATE II.

This high intermediate course allows students to reinforce and expand their ability to express themselves, defend an opinion, and debate with others. Special attention is paid to increasing students’ ability to form complex sentences and express attitudes, wishes, necessity, doubt, emotions, to link ideas and to speculate. Learning objectives for this Intermediate B1 level course are:

- study familiar situations encountered in work, school and leisure
- learn to formulate sentences about personal interests, express ideas and opinions, and interact with other French speakers
- ability to handle situations likely to arise when living in France
The course has an extra course fee of 100 euros.