This course is comprised of multiple formal and informal modules, each lasting 3–5 weeks, either overlapping or following the other, with meeting times determined by the nature of the module. Modules include Greater Paris: An Infrastructural History; Replaying Modernism; From Structure to Ornament: Three Studies in the History and Theory of Architecture; French Culture & Society, and Practical French. Other site visits, guest lectures, and study travel trips are also part of the experience. By department permission only; must be accepted into Rice Architecture Paris program.