The group departs for Paris June 30th and returns to Atlanta August 6th, 2009. Classes are held at the Cite' Universitaire, with each academic course carrying three semester hours of credit. Students take one or two three-hour courses, with class sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays. Half the courses meet in the morning and half meet in the afternoon. Tuesdays and Thursdays are reserved for required field trips. On Tuesdays, morning classes have field trips and on Thursdays, afternoon classes have field trips. On the first weekend, the program organizes group excursions and acquaints program participants with Paris, the Cite' Universitaire and its neighborhood. After the first weekend, students have three-day weekends to explore Paris or other parts of France and Europe.

The Paris Study Program is based at the Cite' Universitaire and provides lodging, classrooms, cafeteria, restaurant, cafe', exercise facilities, and a park that is also open to the public. The Cite' Universitaire is across the street from public transportation.

Paris program participants can easily make train connections for traveling to other cities in France or to adjacent countries. In five to six hours students can be on the Riviera or the Basque region of Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Amsterdam, and most cities in France are reached in three hours or less. Even London is only a three hour trip away on the Eurostar train.