PARIS, JE T’AIME Levana Luu

WHAT DID I DO? 6 month academic exchange

February-January 2009 Sciences Po Paris

SCIENCES PO PARIS

Institute of Political Studies “Excellence, Innovation, Diversity” International focus

40% international students

100% CHIC

COURSES AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Multidisciplinary focussocial sciences

Courses offered in French and EnglishFrench-Sciences Po MethodologyEnglish- mainly French professors

EvaluationFinal exam, final paper, exposés (oral

presentations)

COURSES AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Science and Sustainable Development Program

Courses Don’t expect to get

what you planned

COURSES

Sciences and Globalization Development Microeconomics and Program’s

Effectiveness Questions of Sustainable Development Representations of European Society in

Contemporary Cinema French Droits Fondamentaux

THE FABULOUS DESTINY OF AMELIE POULAIN

WHAT I LEARNED

French and Politics Grandes Ecoles elitism En grève-On strike

LA VIE PARISIENNE

WHAT I LEARNED

Immigration issues I am Canadian

BOULANGERIES-BAKERIES

WHAT I LEARNED

Ultimate Frisbee in French

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I LEARNED…

Don’t get mad, get glad

SO WHAT?

Go on exchange Travel Study in a local library Slow down Don’t get caught up in the little things Join clubs Push yourself out of your comfort zone

MERCI!