Audencia, Nantes Education
Hello everyone! It is near the end of the semester here at Audencia in Nantes France, and so far I have had the time of my life on the Student Exchange Program. Studying abroad has been the best decision I have made in my life so far and I have made memories that will last forever.
In this blog, I will discuss the academic side of my experience. I attend a business school that is ranked in the top 5 in France that consists of about 3,000 students. This has been a huge change coming from being around 60,000 students at Ohio State, as you see classmates every single day at the University. The classes each consist of about 40 people, and roughly 30 of these students are in every single one of your classes. This has allowed me to really get to know a lot of people in the classroom setting, which I feel is much different than back in the US.
Also, the classwork here is heavily oriented on group work, also helping further develop these relationships. The groupwork in France is much different than in the United States, as people do not have a strong time structure on when to get things done, and tasks are often not split up like they are back in the US. The whole group normally meets to do the entire project together, and meetings often consist of a lot of talk outside of things pertaining to the project. Another difference in the education system here is the way things are graded. The scale is from 0 - 20 instead of A - F, and grades are rarely given back on any of the work turned in during the semester. This makes it hard to judge how well the student is doing in the course, but also helps keep each student motivated to do well from start to finish. Classwork consists of mainly case studies and presentations, and then the semester ends with final exams worth anywhere from 50% to 100% of the grade.
The overall experience at Audencia has been great, and the classes I took in the Grand Ecole (general course) program served as a great connection of the material of what I have learned in the US. Audencia has been a fantastic choice to continue my educational career abroad!
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