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The Marseille academic program, taught by committed local experts and tenured professors from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques and l’Université de Provence and La Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme, focuses upon French and Arabic language and civilization, Middle East area studies, immigration issues, inter-religious communication and cross-cultural mediation. On-site course work in France is supplemented by a one-week program in Morocco combining lectures, visits, and guided encounters with the local population.
All AUCP course work is conceived to be highly
pertinent to the on-site setting, French Practicum, the mandatory core
program, provides an especially strong link between academic work,
direct French cultural contact, and the guided reflection on the
student’s overall experience.
 The
Marseille program is open to non-French majors. That said, all AUCP
courses are given in French and students sign a binding language pledge
to speak only French during their stay.
Participation in the academic program requires an
“advanced” level in French, which translates as an
ability to meet all-French course work requirements in listening,
speaking, reading, and writing. A minimum of two years college French,
or equivalent, generally prepares students for the AUCP academic
program.
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Bruno
Etienne
November 6, 1937 - March 4, 2009
Professor Bruno Etienne passed away on March 4th 2009 at the age of 71 after a courageous battle with cancer.
The AUCP Marseille academic program was conceived and designed in collaboration with Bruno Etienne, renowned expert on world religions, Islam and the Middle East and consultant to numerous governmental agencies in France and abroad. We are grateful to the generations of professors he trained and inspired for their collaboration in his stead.
Professor of Political Science at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques and the Université d'Aix-Marseille III, Bruno Etienne was also the course director for the post-graduate diploma (DESS) in Intercultural Management and Religious Mediation. He was the director of the Observatoire du Religieux research center from 1995, and a member of the French Institut Universitaire from 1996. Bruno Etienne published extensively on the Arab world, Islam and various issues related to immigration in France. His publications include: L'Islamisme radical, La France et l'Islam (1989), Etre Bouddhiste en France aujourd'hui (1998), Les amants de l'apocalypse (2001), La France face aux sectes (2002), Islam : les questions qui fâchent (2002).
We will miss him dearly.
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