Summer: Paris, France

Program Dates

• June 23 - 26: Program starts at PCC 
• June 27: Group flight departs U.S. for France
• June 28: Group flight arrives in Paris, transfer to accommodations
• June 29: On-site orientation & sightseeing tour 
• June 30: Classes resume in Paris
• July 26: End of program. Group flight departs Paris for the U.S.

Program Fees

$TBA (airfare included)

Excludes airline taxes & PCC tuition. Based on a minimum enrollment of 20 students.

Program Fee Includes:

• Roundtrip airfare between Los Angeles (LAX) and Paris (CDG) international airports
• Roundtrip transfers in Paris between airport and student housing
• Accommodation in twin room homestays
• Daily breakfast + 3 dinners per week
• Welcome & farewell dinners
• Navigo pass for unlimited travel on the metro, buses, trams & regional trains in the central zone of Paris
• Pre-departure & on-site orientation program
• Introductory walking tour of the local area
• Paris sightseeing tour
• Guided visits to select cultural sites & museums
• Sightseeing cruise on the Seine
• Half-day excursion to Versailles
• Full-day excursion to Chartres
• 2-day/1-night excursion to Normandy
• On-site faculty, student support staff, and 24-hour emergency contact service
• Medical insurance policy
• Liability insurance

Program fee does not include:

• Mandatory U.S. government and airline-imposed departure taxes, fees and fuel surcharges of $720 (subject to change)
• Meals other than those listed
• Optional Extra Protection Insurance Coverage, including increased medical insurance 
• Optional trip interruption or cancellation insurance 
• Passport and visa fees, if applicable
• PCC course registration fees
• Textbooks
• Personal expenses

Item:	Fee:	Deadline:
Enrollment Deposit	$450.00	Due immediately upon acceptance into program
Remaining Balance of Fees	$TBA	May 2, 2025
Airline Taxes (estimate)	$720.00	May 2, 2025
Total	$TBA
Optional Components:	Fee:	Deadline:
Extra Protection Insurance Coverage	$65.00	May 2, 2025
Trip Interruption or Cancellation Insurance	varies	Within 21 days after deposit is paid

All students must submit a $450 deposit upon acceptance into the program and when completing the online enrollment form.

Program fee payments, including the deposit, will be made directly to our partner American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS). Program fees will not be collected by the Pasadena City College Study Abroad Office or by program faculty.

Payments may be made by check or credit card. Checks should be payable to “AIFS”. American Express, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.

Please note: A $35 returned check fee will be charged on all checks returned by the bank for insufficient funds.  

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Group Airfare Package

The group airfare package includes round-trip airfare between Los Angeles (LAX) and Paris (CDG) in economy/standard class, and round-trip transfers in Paris between the airport and student housing, on the regularly scheduled program dates. 

AIFS will book flights only on the dates indicated for this program.

Participants wishing to purchase the airfare package (which is included in the program fee, excluding airline taxes) must select this option on the online enrollment form. AIFS cannot arrange airline tickets for students after March 21, 2025. Land-only packages, without airfare, may be offered to students accepted into the program after March 22, 2025. 

Tickets are exclusively on scheduled airlines (not charters). They are not endorsable to another carrier. Flights are not necessarily direct or non-stop, they cannot be rerouted, and frequent flyer miles are not applicable. No refunds are available for any unused portion of ticket. Once airline tickets have been issued to students, they can only be changed directly with the issuing agent - agent and airline-imposed penalties apply. 

A minimum of 10 participants is required for the group airfare package to be offered.

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AIFS Refund Policy

If a participant withdraws on or before Thursday, April 3, 2025, they will receive a refund for all fees paid less a $150 processing fee.  

If a participant withdraws after Thursday, April 3, 2025, but on or before Friday, May 2, 2025, they will receive a refund for all fees paid less the $450 deposit and any non-refundable deposits paid by the student or by AIFS on the student's behalf.

If a participant withdraws after Friday, May 2, 2025, they will receive no refund and the total program fee is due.

After the final payment deadline the full program fee is due to AIFS even if an individual has not yet paid and no longer plans to participate in the program.

Non-refundable financial commitments have been made to secure your spot. If a participants withdrawals once the program has begun, there is no refund.

This refund policy applies whether a participant pays AIFS Abroad directly for all, part, or no program fees. 

Course Offerings

Participants must enroll in one French language class and French 010 for a total of 8 units.

Course No.	Course Name	Units
FRNC 001, 002, 003, 004 (select one)	Elementary & Intermediate Levels	5
FRNC 010	French Civilization	3

* All non-language classes are taught in English
* All courses are CSU/UC transferable* Honors Program credit for those who qualify

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FRNC 001 through 004 Elementary or Intermediate French: The purpose of these courses is to enable students to develop skills in understanding and speaking everyday French in different common situations; to read and write with accuracy using correct grammatical points; to learn about France, its history and its culture. The language instruction is a central part of the students' experience in Paris, and learning the language is an integral part of exposing oneself to that culture. Language and culture are inextricably intertwined and at the end of the trip, students not only will have improved their knowledge of the French language, but they will also have acquired a greater appreciation for French culture. There is no better way to learn a language than in the target country. 

FRNC 010 French Civilization: This course, taught in English, is an overview of French customs, language, literature, geography, arts and sciences. In this study abroad course, we will make Paris our focus and, through the study of key sites, we will explore today’s French society and ask how France remembers its past. What is remembered? What is forgotten? What traces of this past are still present and how can we uncover them? We will pay particularly close attention to both the events of World War II in occupied Paris and France’s colonial past and explore what traces these historical moments has left on the city itself to this day. Places do have stories to tell and we will learn about the past through the prism of places – buildings, streets, apartments, monuments, neighborhoods... As silent witnesses of the passage of time and historical events, places conjure up individual memories and contribute to the constitution of a collective memory.

Program Faculty

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Professor Emilie Garrigou-Kempton, languages 

Emilie Garrigou-Kempton was born in Bordeaux, France, and raised in the wine country just outside the city. She earned a BS and a MA in philosophy at the University of Bordeaux and first came to California as an exchange student. She worked for several NGOs in the field of international development before returning to school to obtain her PhD in French and Francophone Studies at USC. Since then, she has taught at USC, Scripps College, and Pomona College.

She is very interested in interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and her own academic interests are very much interdisciplinary. She has conducted research in the field of medical humanities, gender studies, and visual culture. She is currently working on a project in the field of Holocaust and memory studies which focuses on a corpus of memoirs published by grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and explores how the memory of the genocide is transmitted across generations. 

• Email: egarrigoukempton@pasadena.edu 
• Office: C-252-D
• Spring 2025 Office Hours - TBA   

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Professor Remy Emmanuelle, Languages

Emmanuelle Remy is French and was born in the south of France. She grew up in the Paris region, Val d'Oise; however, she has remained faithful to her Occitan region where she loves to taste foie gras, cassoulet, pissaladière, croustade, etc. Originally, her studies and teaching were in health and social careers, at the University of Paris XIII and at the IUFM of Anthony. Her passion for teaching adults began when she was a young student at the University of Villetaneuse, Paris XIII, in Education Sciences. Upon her arrival in Los Angeles, she decided to teach the French language. She obtained her Master's degree in French at Cal State Los Angeles where she also taught for several years. Currently, she has been a French Instructor at PCC since 2010 and loves her classes and the French & Francophone club. 

Professor Remy worked in summer camps for children in France and was also the assistant director of a program bringing a group of American students to France for the summer. She also taught a seven-week French immersion program with Middlebury College at Mill College. She is a firm believer in Languages. At home, her husband Tom and daughter Jade speak French. However, the household speaks three languages: French, English, and Chinese. Long live languages!

• Email: exremy@pasadena.edu
• Office: R-233-A
• Spring 2025 Office Hours - TBA 

Meals & Accommodations

Accommodations in twin-room homestays with daily continental breakfast (cereals, toast, juice, tea/coffee) and three dinners per week provided. Students will have access to the kitchen and living space and a load of laundry may be done once per week. Linens, weekly cleaning, and free wireless internet are provided.

Homestays are located approximately 45-minutes to the Study Center. A Navigo travel pass will be provided, which allows unlimited travel on the metro, buses, trams, and regional trains in the central zone of Paris for the duration of the program.

Excursions & Activities

Orientation Program

• A series of pre-departure orientations covering topics such as "To Do" action items, banking, cell-phone options, adaptors, what to pack, airport security, customs & immigration, and more.
• On-site orientation upon arrival covering topics such as general acclimation to Paris, safety and security issues, cultural differences, travel, and cultural activities
• Local walking tour covering housing and classroom location and local amenities

Activities

• Half-day sightseeing tour of Paris by private bus
• Visits to the Musée de Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Musée Carnavalet, Musée de ľHistoire de ľImmigration, Memorial de la Shoah & Grande Mosquée + refreshments in the tearoom
• Guided tours of Palais Garnier, Sainte Chapelle & Memorial de Drancy
• Sightseeing river cruise on the Seine
• Welcome & farewell dinners, and more!

Excursions

• Half-day excursion to Versailles with a guided walking tour of the Chateau.
• Full-day excursion to Chartres with a guided walking tour of the cathedral.
• Two-day, one-night, excursion to Normandy with visits to the Joan of Arc Museum and Mont St. Michel, and a guided walking tour of the World War II D-Day beaches. Round-trip transportation, twin-room hotel accommodations, and breakfast are included.