Requirements

Requirements for the Major in French

Number of Units

Eight units are required. For the major, no more than three units may be earned off campus. Units that may be counted towards the major are:

  • FREN 202, FREN 203, FREN 301, FREN 300-level courses, FREN 400-level courses
  • FREN 593 (SIP)
  • AP score of 4 or 5 (see above)
  • IB score of 5, 6 or 7 (see above)
  • Up to two units from study abroad (see below)

Required Courses

  • FREN 301
  • FREN 490 Senior Seminar
  • One additional 400-level course taught on campus
  • One additional course at either the 300- or 400-level taught on campus

French majors are encouraged to develop appropriate cognate programs in areas such as History, Political Science, Film and Media Studies, Economics, Music, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, International and Area Studies, Art History, or International Economics and Business.

Cognate courses of particular interest to French and francophone studies majors : HIST 244, HIST 252, HIST 256, ENGL 260 Studies in Film: African Cinemas, ENGL 260 Studies in Film: The Post-Classical and the New Waves

Units from Study Abroad

French majors are expected to participate in a study abroad program and acquire a high level of language proficiency.

Only two units to be used toward the major in French may be earned in a long term (6 month) or an extended term (9 month) program. One unit only from a short term (3 month) program may be used. The unit(s), which must have been taught in the French language, may be in the literature of the Francophone world, or in language, or in a cultural/topical course pertaining to the Francophone world. Please consult the department.

Those who did not take French 301 before Study Abroad will normally take that course upon their return to campus, but should consult with the department before doing so. All students will then take the senior seminar plus the requisite number of 400-level courses (and possibly write a SIP) in order to complete the French major.

Requirements for the Minor in French

Number of Units

Six units are required. (FREN 101 & 102 do not count towards the minor.) For the minor, no more than two units may be earned off campus.

Required Courses

  • FREN 301
  • One 400-level course taught on campus
  • One additional course at either the 300- or 400-level taught on campus

Electives

Three units selected from the following:

  • FREN 200 (a total of one unit)
  • FREN 201
  • FREN 202
  • FREN 203
  • Additional French courses at the 300- or 400-level
  • FREN 593 (SIP)
  • AP score of 4 or 5 (see above)

Up to two units in French language, literature, culture, film, history, etc. taught in French may be counted from a long-term French-language study abroad program. One unit in French language, literature, culture, film, history, etc. taught in French may be counted from a short-term French-language study abroad program.

Units from Study Abroad

  1. A student may count one unit from a short-term (3-month) study abroad program towards the minor in French. A student may count two units from a long-term (6-month) or extended-term (9-month) study abroad program. The unit, which must have been taught in the French language, may be in the literature of the Francophone world, or in language, or in a cultural/topical course pertaining to the Francophone world. Please consult the department.
  2. Normally, students who go on Study Abroad before taking French 301 will take that course upon their return to campus, but they should consult with the department before doing so.