Degree Requirements (36 credit hours)
Common Core Courses (9 credit hours)
- FOL 3881 Languages and Technology
- LIN 3010 General Linguistics OR SPN 3733 Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
- Language Area Culture Course
Major Required Courses (27 credit hours)
- Lower Division Prerequisite: Must demonstrate proficiency by testing or completion of intermediate level of French.
- Upper Division Requirements: A minimum of 6 credit hours in the target language must be at the 4000 level.
Major Core courses (12 credits)
- FRE 3420: Review Grammar/Writing I
- FRE 3421: Review Grammar/Writing II
- FREW 3780: French Phonetics
- FRW 3101: Introduction to Francophone Literature and Cultural Studies
Breadth Courses/Francophone Cultural Studies (9 credits)
Select three courses out of the following list:
- FRW Literature courses (e.g.: FRW 3280, 3300, 3370, 4123, 4281, 4583, 4751)
- FRE Civilization & Culture courses (FRE 3500, 3504, 4501)
- FRE Cinema courses (FRE 4390 and FRE 4391)
- Haitian Language and Culture (HAI 3500)
- FRE linguistics courses (FRE 4503, 4791, 4800, 4840, 4841, 4850)
Advanced Literature (3 credits)
Select one course out of the following:
- FRW Literature courses (e.g.: FRW 3280, 3300, 3370, 4123, 4281, 4583, 4751)
Major Elective (3 credits)
- Any FRE or FRW course at the 3000 or 4000 level
- Course relevant to the field of French and Francophone Studies, offered outside the Department, with permission of the Director of French and Francophone Studies
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SUGGESTED COURSE OF STUDY
Junior Year Fall (15 credits):
- (1st) Common Core course
- FRE 3780 French Phonetics
- FRE 3420 Review Grammar/Writing I
- 2 General elective courses
Junior Year Spring (15 credits):
- (2nd) Common Core course
- FRE 3421 Review Grammar/Writing II
- FRW 3101 Introduction to Francophone Literature and Cultural Studies
- (1st) Breadth Course Requirement
- General elective
Junior Year Summer (6 credits):
- (2nd) Breadth Course Requirement
- General upper-division elective (3000-4000 level)
Senior Year Fall (12 credits):
- (3rd) Common Core course: Language-Area-Focused-Culture course
- (3rd) Breadth Course Requirement
- FRW Advanced Literature
- General upper-division elective (3000-4000 level)
Senior Year Spring (12 credits):
- Major Elective course
- 2 General upper-division electives (3000-4000 level)
- General elective
Academic Learning Compacts
The Board of Governors requires that every undergraduate program provide its students with academic learning outcomes and inform them of the program's mission. During the course of their studies, French and Francophone Studies majors must be aware that they will be required to take part in assessment activities.
To receive more information about majoring in French and Francophone Studies, minoring in French Language and Culture, or pursuing a Professional Certificate in French Language and Culture, or questions about specific courses in French, please contact the Department of Modern Languages at 305-348-2851.