Affiliated & Partner Schools

Hamilton in France has long-standing partnerships with several Paris universities. Each partnership enables HiF to enroll a set number of students.

During the semester before arrival, all students take an online language placement test. Using the result of the test, students' academic interests, and various pre-requisites, the Academic Director will direct each student to a particular partner university or school.

The expectation is that all students will take at least one class at one of the universities and one HiF class. Only students at the 4th semester level may be allowed to take four HiF classes.

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Ongoing Affiliations

Sorbonne Nouvelle

Sorbonne Nouvelle (SN) specializes in the humanities (French and comparative literatures, foreign languages) and communication (cinema, theater, linguistics). Hamilton organizes special tutoring sessions for some Paris 3 courses. In some cases, the tutoring is mandatory. Open to all students.

Sorbonne Université

Sorbonne Université (SU) offers courses principally in literature, history and art history. Open to students with a high language proficiency.

Université de Paris-Cité

Université de Paris-Cité (UPC) offers courses in the humanities, literature, comparative literature, literature in foreign languages, economics, history, sociology, and the natural sciences.

Other Partners

Courses may be available at these other institutions.

École du Louvre

Hamilton in France is one of a few American programs in Paris allowed to enroll students at the École du Louvre. Courses consist of lectures by specialists in the area complemented by regular instructor-led visits within the museum. Candidates must submit a separate application to pre-register for courses after consultation with the Academic Director. Students select courses at EL and simultaneously complete a semester-long research project in consultation with Hamilton in France professor of art history.

Institut Catholique de Paris

(philosophy, theology, religious studies)

Students with prior college-level work in these fields can register for certain courses at this prestigious private institution. Additional tutoring will be provided through HiF. Inquire early.

Scola Cantorum

(Music theory and instruments)

Students who have received college credit for music instruction will receive partial credit for lessons in Paris. Students are responsible for the cost of private instruction, as they are at Hamilton; HiF will cover 50% of the lessons taken for credit.

Studios and Centers for the Arts

(photography, painting, drawing, ceramics, dance)

Students with prior college-level work in studio art may receive credit for work at several Paris studios. These private schools include: La Grande Chaumière (drawing and painting); Conservatoire de dessin et de peinture de Paris; Ecole de Danse du Marais (all types of dance). Inquire early because programs in these schools change periodically and courses fill up early.

Courses Available in Most Academic Fields

***Reach out to hif@hamilton.edu with specific course questions***

Below is a partial record of the wide range of courses taken by HiF students between 2019-2026.

The Academic Director will use a language test and information provided in the application to guide students toward the most appropriate university courses.

Prospective students should use the lists below as a guideline for the type of courses available, not as a fixed inventory. Final course lists from universities may be available only a few weeks before departure. Some university courses in the lists below rotate from year to year, some may have slightly different names and additional courses will be available.

SN: Sorbonne Nouvelle: B1
UPC: Université de Paris Cité: B2
SU: Sorbonne Université: B2+

Students who test under B2 will automatically be registered in HiF's "Advanced Grammar and Composition" course, to ensure their success in their university courses.

Art

Art History

Art History courses are available through HiF; intro courses are sometimes available at UPC and SN. Courses from the Ecole du Louvre are available for those who can commit to registering in May/June for the fall semester.

Private studios

Note: Open to students majoring in the arts or with prior for-credit work at the college level.

Dance (African; Ballet; Contemporary etc.) (Centre du Marais); Photography (argentic) I and II; Painting, Drawing (Still life, Watercolor, Figure Drawing, etc.); Instrument (piano, violin, flute, etc.) (Schola Cantorum); Voice (Schola Cantorum)

Cinema, Theater, Music

Introduction to Contemporary Cinema (SN); Aesthetics of the Image (SN); From the Camera’s Eye to the Film’s Skin (SN); History and Analysis of Music in Film (SN); Staging Sexuality in Contemporary Film (SN); Filmic Documentary (UPC); Cinema and Society (UPC); Aesthetics of the Image (SN); Introduction (SN); Bollywood (SN; Traditional Chinese Theater (SN); Ethnographic Cinema (SN); Theater Workshop (SN); Film and the Senses (SN); European Theater (SN); Methods in Film Analysis (SN)

Humanities

Comparative Literature

Fictions of Exile (SN); Women’s Autobiography (SN); Fin de siècle Suicides (SN); The Detective Novel (SN); The Rwanda Genocide (SN); Narratives of Chinese Diaspora (SN); African Oral Literature (SN); Intergenerational Conflicts (SN).

English

Open only to students who major in English/Literature and who require specific credit to remain on track for graduation. Consult Academic Director early.

French and Francophone Literature

Colonial Representations (HiF); Utopia and Dystopia (HiF); The Voice of the People in 19th Century literature (SN); Women and Science Literature (HiF); The Artificial Man (SN); Francophone African Literature (SN); Francophone Women’s Novel (SN); Freedom and Colonization in 18th-Century French Literature (SN); Revolution in 19th-Century French Literature; Writing the City in 19th- and 20th-Century French Literature (SN); The Fantastic in 19th Century Poetry and the Short Story (SN); Picturing Paris (SN); Literature, Politics, Philosophy (SN); Ancient Mythology: Jason and the Golden Fleece (SN); The Myth of Pygmalion (SN); Violence in Literature (SN); Historical Novel: The Renaissance (SN); Prostitution in 19th-Century French Literature (SN); Quebec Literature (SN); Various single-author third year seminars (SN): Honoré de Balzac, Emile Zola, Marguerite Duras

Languages

Note: Only students with a minimum of B1/intermediate level in the language can enroll in language courses. You cannot start a new language while enrolled with HiF. The list below represents languages available, not necessarily taken recently.

Arabic (IMA); Chinese (UPC); German (SN, UPC); Iranian (SN); Italian (CCI); Japanese; Latin (ICP, SN); Romanian (SN).

Intermediate level language courses may be taken at private institutes, but not all courses are full credit.

Inquire with details early; languages other than French should not be a priority.

Philosophy

Ancient Classical Philosophy (ICP); History of Ancient Greece (ICP); Epistemology of the Cognitive Sciences (ICP); Aristotle (ICP); French Phenomenology (ICP); Science and Ethics: Bioethics (ICP); Dialectic of Marx and Hegel (ICP); Wisdoms of the Antiquity (ICP); Modern Philosophy: Kant (ICP); History of Contemporary Philosophy [SU]; Benjamin and Krauss Philosophical Texts (UPC)

Religious Studies

Introduction to Christianity (ICP); Introduction to Islam (ICP); Islam in France (ICP); Taoism, Hindouism, Confucianism (ICP); African Myths and Symbols (ICP); Anthropological and Theological Approaches of Cultural Images (ICP)

Social Sciences

Economics

Economy of Work (UPC); Descriptive Economy (UPC); Economy of Social Protection (UPC); European Economy (UPC); History of Economic Thought (UPC); Political Economy (UPC); Math for Economics (UPC); Public and Welfare Economy (UPC).

History

History of Sub-Saharan Africa (UPC); Slavery and Slave Society (UPC); History of the Middle Ages (UPC); 19th-Century European History (UPC); 20th-Century European History (UPC); Medieval Muslim World (UPC); Origins of Rome (UPC); Contemporary Latin American History (UPC); History of the Body (UPC); History of Sensibilities (UPC); European Maritime Domination (ICP); Franco-British Maritime Rivalry in the 18th Century (ICP)

Communication

Radio: Theory and Practice (SN); Theory of Communication (SN); Language and Society (SN); Theories and Models of Communication (SN)

Psychology

Only for students with strong background in the field. Check with your institution department.

Child Psychology (EPP); Cognitive Psychology (EPP); Introduction to Psychopathology (UPC)

Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology

Modern Arab Thought (SN); Urban Sociology (UPC); Social and Cultural Anthropology (UPC); Geography: Urban and Rural Geography (UPC); Religion and Politics of the Arab World (SN); Modern Arab Thought (SN)

Math and Science

Inquire early for math and science as these courses may have specific requirements.

Biology

Research in Biochemistry (UPC); Molecular Biology (UPC); Integrative Normal and Pathological Histology (UPC); Sensory System (UPC); Physiology (UPC)

Chemistry

Organic Chemistry (UPC); Electrochemistry (UPC); Physiology of Hormonal and Neuronal Signaling (UPC); Sensory System (UPC); Spectroscopy and Crystallography (UPC)

Mathematics

Statistics and Cartography (UPC); Mathematics for the Social Sciences (UPC); Math for Economy (UPC); Probability and Statistics (UPC); Vector Calculus (UPC); Prime Number Theory (UPC); Algebra (UPC); Quadratic Forms and Geometry (UPC)