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This requirement consists of six credits (two courses) in English writing and humanities. English courses require substantial reading, analysis, writing, and revision in the context of important works of world literature in a range of genres.

Students fulfill this requirement with:

one semester of EN110 (College Writing) and one semester of EN120 (Writing and Criticism)

For more details, please refer to the University catalog, page 28-29.

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All entering degree candidates (Freshmen and Transfers) take the AUP English Placement Test during the Orientation period of their first semester on campus. Based on the results, a student takes: pre-requisites for the EN110-120 requirement listed above; or is exempted from the above requirement by placing above EN120. A grade of “C” or above must be earned in these courses to meet the general education requirement. Since writing in English forms the basis for success in most other courses, students are expected to complete the English writing requirements as early in their AUP career as possible.

Students receive credit for the CEEB Advanced Placement Test for results of 4 or above in English, for GCSE “A-Level” examinations taken in English for results of C and above, and for International Baccalauréate Higher English results of 4 or above. Students may receive transfer credit for English composition courses from other American colleges and universities. Depending on the AUP Placement Test results students will receive elective credit or EN credit for the above advanced and/or transfer credit. Furthermore entry into upper Level EN courses, or exemption, depends on the results obtained in the AUP English Placement Test.

All new students must take a placement test at Orientation (except students holding the French Baccalauréat diploma). Either by means of exemption or completion of the necessary French language sequence, students must demonstrate a level of proficiency equivalent to that in Intermediate French II (FR220). A minimum grade of “C” is necessary in each course to fulfill the requirement (up to 16 credit hours).

Given our location in France, AUP students need to attain a higher level of integration of French language, life and culture than a typical college student studying French in the US. AUP students are required to demonstrate not only intermediate language proficiency, but also evidence of their ability to engage in intellectual and cultural activity in the French language. This second requirement is called FrenchBridge and may be met in two ways. A student may take either an upper-level course taught in French, or exercise the FrenchBridge passerelle option. Students holding the French Baccalauréat diploma are also exempted from this requirement.

All degree-seeking AUP students would fulfill the FrenchBridge requirement by completing one of the following:

a 300-level course with an FS-listing or cross-listing or approved FR-listing; or

a passerelle component in a passerelle-designated course.

La passerelle

Faculty from across the disciplines interested in enhancing their courses with French would include a passerelle option in their syllabi. The passerelle option would take the form of supplementary reading, writing, viewing, translating and/or field research in French.

To satisfy the passerelle requirement, a student would:

read in French a minimum of 100 pages or the equivalent* and include material from the reading in a formal course assignment; or,

write in French a minimum of 10 pages or the equivalent; or,

view a minimum of 20 hours of francophone material (film, documentaries, theatre), or the equivalent, and include such material in a formal course assignment; or,

translate from French into English a minimum of 15 pages or the equivalent; or,

conduct field research in French (interviewing, transcribing, etc.) for a minimum of 10 hours or the equivalent and include such research in a formal course assignment.

*Passerelle proposals could also mix and match the various French components and assignments to produce equivalent requirements

Passerelle courses approved for FALL 2007»

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AH200	Paris through its Architecture: From Roman Paris to 1870
AH213	Renaissance Art and Architecture
BA410	Investment Analysis
BA480	Strategic Management
CM_GS304	Communicating Fashion
CM_ES337	The Museum as Medium
MU131	Music Appreciation: The Orchestra and Instrumental Music
PO327	Politics in China

The requisite form needed for entering a FrenchBridge option is the Green Substitution form. This form is available at the Registrar’s Office and must be signed by the professor of the FrenchBridge course once the passerelle has been completed..