Study Abroad in Cannes Past Review
By Hickersonam (Cinematography and Film/Video Production., University of Hartford) for
AIFS: Cannes - Campus International de Cannes
I gained a lot of independence
Personal Information
| The term and year this program took place: | Spring 2009 |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
This school is really wonderful at teaching french. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
The programs administrator was hardly used because she never responded to emails promptly |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
The housing was very nice and i had no complaints |
| * Food: |
The food was better on some days then others and breakfast is a little plain during the week. |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
We were encouraged to speak french all the time and we were always given activities to do but if you wanted to do your own think then that was cool too. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
Health issues could only be handled if you needed to go to the doctor off campus. They always check all the IDs to come into campus and they close the gate at night. |
| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | A lot. Probably around $700 a month. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Make sure to bugdet your traveling expenses on places you really want to go to because the prices are more expensive then you would think they are. |
Language
| Language acquisition improvement? |
I started out as a beginner and when i left i had finished all four of my univiersities basic class and now I am going into french Literature. |
Other Program Information
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* Who did you take classes with?
Select all that apply |
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | Really just get to know everybody because it will be the best semester of your life. |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
French |
| Course Department: | 201 |
| Instructor: | Multiple |
| Instruction Language: | French |
| Comments: | This class went for three hours a day and is required to take if you are enrolled as an AIFS student. It was really fun and helpful and encouraged me to speak french outside the classroom. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | I did not have any issues. |
| Course Name/Rating: |
French Civilization |
| Course Department: | Unknown |
| Instructor: | Multiple |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | This class was great and the professors were really fun. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No Issues. |
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Art History |
| Course Department: | Unknown |
| Instructor: | Corinne |
| Instruction Language: | English |
| Comments: | This class was good because it talked about french art which we were seeing in the museums around france all the time. |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | No Issues |
