Summer Studies in the Faculty of Arts

The following section lists special courses and programs offered in the summer by various departments of the Faculty of Arts. For a complete list of summer course offerings, please refer to the Minerva Class Schedule.

French Language Centre

French as a Second Language

All French as a Second Language courses given at the French Language Centre have limited enrolment and mandatory placement tests for all students (including Beginners). Students who have already taken a course at the French Language Centre do not need to take the placement test. They can find their recommendation in the dossier Grades on MyCourses and should contact the French Language Centre in case of a problem to get a permit to register.

Placement Tests

Please check the French Language Centre's website for placement test dates. At the placement test, students will receive a permit so that they can register on Minerva. Students may be required to show a copy of their previous French language course(s) transcript. Credits will not be given to a student who has taken and passed equivalent courses at a CEGEP or another university.

Histoire et Culture de Montréal et du Québec en Français

Note: This course is currently not offered. The application will remain closed.  

Improve your French, discover Montreal, and experience the Quebec way of life! A six-week intensive course.

Histoire et Culture de Montréal et du Québec en français offers an extraordinary opportunity to enhance your French communication skills and discover Quebec's vibrant culture in the largest French-speaking city in North America. Through a multidisciplinary historical approach, this six-week intensive course brings together leading scholars in anthropology, archeology, history, political science, and literary studies as well as cultural figures, opinion makers, and public intellectuals. It is an integrated course in French language and Quebec history taught by cutting-edge specialists in second-language instruction and socio-cultural history. Please note the language of instruction is French.

Benefits

• Discover important elements of Montreal and Quebec history and culture by interacting with well-known scholars and public figures;
• Improve your French oral and written communication skills and develop your critical mind by listening, reading, debating, and doing your academic assignments in French;
• Take advantage of a small class setting with the presence and expertise of two professors (one for the language component and one for the history component).
• Students will have the opportunity to participate in an Experiential Community-Engaged Learning and Research (ExCELR) project with a Montreal community organization to implement the knowledge gained from readings and lectures. Interested students must be available afternoons during the course schedule.

Prerequisites and Registration

Interested candidates must have a good intermediate level of French corresponding to either: TFI Working Proficiency in French (http://www.ets.org/tfi/) or DELF 2 A5–A6 (CIEP); B2, Autonomie (European Council). Applicants must complete an admission test and an oral proficiency test to ensure that they are at the appropriate level to benefit from the course. Those wishing to apply should visit the Quebec Studies application package website. Written and oral tests are mandatory. Students who have successfully completed the written test will be scheduled for a phone or video interview. In order to create an ideal learning environment, only 25 students will be selected. Classes are in the morning from Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Attendance is mandatory for all these sessions. To find out more about this course, please visit the Quebec Studies website, or contact Summer Studies at 514-398-5212.

McGill Summer Studies in Greece (MSSG)

McGill University, in collaboration with the Aristotle University, offers Summer Studies in Greece.

Students from McGill University, as well as those from accredited institutions around the world, have the unique opportunity to take a 3-credit course in one of Greece's most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities, Thessaloniki!

For more information, please contact summer.greece@mcgill.ca or visit the McGill Summer Studies in Greece website.

Students will have the opportunity to register for the following Summer course:

Summer Intensive Language Program

Learn ancient Greek and Latin over the summer at one of Canada's premier universities. McGill is located in the heart of Montreal, a multilingual, culturally diverse, and dynamic city. Through the McGill Summer Language Institute, the Classics program offers intensive first-year Ancient Greek and intensive first-year Latin. Students may register in one or both courses. Those who complete both will have the equivalent of two years of ancient languages in just twelve weeks and will be ready to enter intermediate level courses in the Fall term.

The Intensive Ancient Greek and Latin Summer language program is ideal for students entering university who wish to get a head start on an undergraduate program that requires knowledge of Greek and/or Latin—such as classics (especially an honours program), Religious Studies, Medieval Studies, etc.—and for more advanced students who plan to apply to graduate school in fields related to classics (e.g. ancient Greek and Roman history, art history of ancient Greece and Rome, classical archaeology, early Christianity, ancient philosophy, political theory, etc.) but have not yet started to learn ancient languages.

For more information, please visit our Summer Intensive Language Program in Classical Studies site.

Students will have the opportunity to register for the following Summer courses: