Global French Studies - Majors & Minors
Global French Studies
As globally engaged polyglots, critically aware intellectuals, and historically and culturally informed francophiles, students graduating with a major in Global French Studies will be able to do the following:
1. Use French effectively in reading, writing, speaking, and listening and explain the importance of language and cultural literacy to global citizenship.2. Apply a variety of critical and analytical frameworks to linguistic and socio-cultural content
3. Identify the linguistic and cultural specificity of the francophone world and describe how this specificity intersects with broader topics of contemporary and historical interest in such areas as gender and sexuality studies, post-colonial and urban studies, cinema, and literature.
Requirements for a major
Global French Studies
Students may take no more than two courses at the 200-level in which the language of instruction is French.
Students may include 100-level courses in the Global French Studies Curriculum from their point of entry at placement.
Students may receive up to two credits towards the major based on placement. These credits will be awarded retroactively to students who test into the second-semester intermediate level or higher and who complete their first course with a grade of C or better.
Off-campus courses
- Students majoring in Global French Studies may receive up to two credits for courses in French taken off-campus with approval by the director of Global French Studies.
Heritage Speakers
- Heritage speakers of French may not enroll in courses below the 300-level.
Requirements for a minor
Global French Studies
One 300-level French course
Students may take no more than two courses at the 200-level in which the language of instruction is French
Student minoring in Global French Studies must take at least one 300-level course in French.
Students may include one course in English or another language at the 200- level or above by approval of the Director of Global French Studies
Students may include 100-level courses in the Global French Studies Curriculum from their point of entry at placement.
Students may receive up to two credits towards the minor based on placement. These credits will be awarded retroactively to students who test into the second-semester intermediate level or higher and who complete their first course with a grade of C or better.
Off-campus courses
- Students minoring in Global French Studies may receive one credit for courses in French taken off-campus with approval by the director of Global French Studies.