This exchange program is sponsored by CSU International Programs
Contact Robert Carolin at the International Student Center for more information.

UNIVERSITIES OF QUEBEC

Anglophone Campuses Bishop's University Concordia University McGill University Francophone Campuses Ecole de Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal Ecole Polytechnique Ecole de Technologie Superieure Universite Laval Universite de Montreal Universite du Quebec ( a Chicoutimi , a Hull , a Montreal , a Kimouski , a Trois-Riveres , en Abitibi-Temisamingue) Universite de Sherbrooke Program Description

Quebec, la belle province, is Canada's largest and oldest province. Located in the eastern part of the country, it is bordered on the south by the states of New York and Maine. The northern reaches of the province fall just short of the Arctic Circle. Nearly all of the population live in the lowlands along Canada's most important river, the St. Lawrence. Quebec's economy has long depended on the transportation afforded by the St. Lawrence and on its many sources of water power.

Eight out of ten Quebeco are descendants of French colonists who founded New France in the 1600s. Quebec's community maintained its culture, religion, and native tongue even after France lost its empire to the British. Pride in its French identity led Quebec to declare French its official language in 1977 and to make an effort to negotiate withdrawal from the Canadian Federation in 1980. Today the anglophone (English-speaking) and francophone (French-speaking) cultures continue to coexist in Quebec.

Calendar

Program Start: (tentative) July 4
Program End: (tentative) May 2

CSU IP Features

• Students earn regular academic credit for all coursework abroad.
• All campus financial aid is applicable (except work study).
• IP is supported financially by the State of California. Students pay participation fees which cover a fraction of the cost
• IP assists in international arrangements including academic planning, transportation, visas, housing, and other matters.
• Once abroad, students receive assistance from CSU resident staff and/or host institution staff.