French Major

Requirements for the Major

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Core Courses (10 Credit Hours)

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• FREN 2302 - Intermediate French II
• FREN 3101 - French Phonics
• FREN 3356 - Advanced French II
• FREN 4375 - Introduction to French History and Culture

Elective Courses (18 Credit Hours)

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Six advanced courses (3000 level and above), distributed as follows:

• No more than four 3000-level FREN courses

• At least two 4000-level FREN courses

• No more than one WL course taught in the French Area, from the following list:

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• WL 3307 - Perspectives on French Identity: What does it mean to be French?

• WL 3308 - Introduction to General Linguistics

• WL 3309 - French Cinema: 1945 to the Present

• WL 3316 - Revolutions in Thought: Continental Philosophy from Marx to Derrida

• WL 3317 - French Gastronomy and Culture

• WL 3326 - Introduction to French Cinema (students may not take both FREN 3365 and WL 3326)

• WL 3327 - Les Misérables

• WL 3328 - French Women Writers

• WL 3329 - French Muslim Citizens and the Algerian War: The Harkis

• WL 3330 - Migration, Occupation, and Independence in North African Cinema

• WL 3336 - Queer Sexualities in French Literature and Cinema

• WL 3341 - The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

• WL 3355 - Tradition, Community, and Identity in African Cinema

• WL 3362 - Postcolonial France

• WL 3388 - Future Worlds: French Science Fiction from the Enlightenment to the Present

• or another approved WL course

• WL 4385 - Internship: World Languages (with approval from French adviser)

Total for the Major Only: 28 Credit Hours

Requirements to graduate with Departmental Distinction

Overall 3.500 GPA by the middle of the junior year.

Overall 3.700 GPA in the major by the middle of the junior year.

Invitation of area faculty after the area as a whole has discussed the student’s candidacy.

Two extra courses beyond the requirements for the major. One course must include a major research paper, to be undertaken and completed in the first term of the candidate’s senior year.