• Zaragoza
• Mumbai
• Sevilla
• Paris
• Florence
• Dakar

Courses

In the Fall, courses will be offered by WARC specifically for Wells College students. In addition to semi-intensive French and Wolof (4 credits each) students will choose among three subject courses (3 credits) Senegal Today, African Literature, and History of Islam all of these will be offered in French. To round out the semester, students will do either an independent study or service learning project (2 credits) which will be under the guidance of a professor and allow for reflection and discussion.

Spring Semester courses are offered by the University or WARC. Those more limited in their handling of French can enroll in courses offered by the English department (which pertain to African history, literature, politics and society) and the Institut de Français pour étrangers (IFE). Courses in music and the arts are offered only in French.

For a complete list of courses please click here.

Credits

Academic courses carry three to four credit hours; the language courses in fall carry up to 4 credits while those in spring carry up to six (6) credit hours. Courses in the Arts and performance courses carry from two to six credits depending on the number of contact hours per semester. Students can earn 16-20 Wells College credits which are transferable to other American institution. All courses receive a letter grade. Some courses can be audited.

"All my classes were taught in French which really improved my French." (A.S., Colby College)

Academic Calendar

The Dakar Program runs from early September to mid-December in Fall and mid-January to mid-May in the spring. Students wanting to do an academic year can stay for both semesters.