This course and experience in Paris, France with Assistant Teaching Professor Jennifer Cadero-Gillette, is a historical and critical examination of the aesthetic and intellectual similarities between art history, music history, literature and culture from Ancient Egypt to contemporary Art.

Emphasis is placed on an in-depth exploration of western cultures. In addition, this course provides an understanding of human creativity and expression through a comparative analysis of visual art and music.

For information about UMass Lowell’s Study Abroad program, please visit the International Experiences and Study Abroad website or contact Fern MacKinnon by email: Fern_MacKinnon@uml.edu.

You can also read blogs from current and previous trips to France listed below or from other destinations across the globe UMass Lowell students travel to.

Current and Previous Study Abroad Trips to France Blogs:

• Spring 2025:
  • Paris: Art History, Music and Culture
• Spring 2024:
  • Paris Session 1
  • Paris Session 2
• Winter 2019-2020: Bordeaux and Pau, France: Global Correspondent
• Fall 2018:
  • Grenoble, France: Global Correspondent
• Summer 2018:
  • Paris, France: 
    • Global Correspondent
    • Modernism in France and French Cinema and Society
• Spring 2017:
  • Lyon, France: Global Correspondent
• Summer 2016:
  • Paris, France: Modernism in French Art and French Cinema and Society
• Summer 2015:
  • Paris, France: Comparative Arts and French Cinema
• Summer 2014:
  • Paris, France: Comparative Arts and Special Topic in Francophone Studies