Minor in French Studies

18 credit hours required. Closed to French majors.

The French Studies minor is a general program open to all students with an elementary knowledge of French. This minor permits students to attest to their successful completion of a formal and coherent program of study in French letters and culture which stops short of the work required for a major in French yet indicates functional competency. The French Studies minor is intended to serve several purposes depending on the exact pattern of courses drawn up by each student and his or her adviser. Thus, the minor may provide grounding for further study in the discipline; it may fulfill graduate school requirements for study in other disciplines; it may recognize progress in the language made through study abroad; it may provide a practical tool for use in many work environments; or it may form one element of a broadly based liberal arts general education.

All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  Credits
Required Courses

18
FREN 203Oral and Written French I

Two of the following
FREN 202French for Business
FREN 213Intermediate Conversation
FREN 220French Phonetics and Diction
FREN 325Introduction to French Literature I
FREN 326Introduction to French Literature II

Three of the following
FREN 301Current Idiomatic French
FREN 303Contemporary France
FREN 304Contemporary Quebec
FREN 305Authentic Voices and Images from West Africa
FREN 315French Composition
FREN 325Introduction to French Literature I
FREN 326Introduction to French Literature II
FREN 350North African Literatures and Cultures
FREN 410French Translation
FREN 450The Image of Women in Francophone Cinema
FREN 461French Literature I: Origins-1700
FREN 462French Literature II: 1700-present
FREN 483Structure of the French Language
FREN 495Special Topics