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2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Modern Languages, B.A., French/Francophone Concentration


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Degree Awarded: Total Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Arts 120
Career Opportunities:
Overseas aid agencies, overseas dependents schools, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, import/export companies, foreign firms operating in US, travel agencies, universities.
Additional Requirements:
Every French major is unique. The French/Francophone concentration is designed to place students into the correct French course at the beginning of their studies to provide them with personal attention needed to thrive.

Students meet with their assigned Academic Advisor who is best suited to help choose the courses needed to stay on track. Many of the program’s French/Francophone majors study abroad, and this requires special considerations that must be made on a case-by-case basis. Therefore, the French/Francophone concentration does not have a single recommended path. To find the courses taken during the sophomore, junior, and senior years for the French/Francophone concentration, consult the major checklist.

At the beginning of the first semester in French, students will take the Placement Exam to place them into the correct level of French. French Grammar courses following a strict sequence, and each course must be taken in order. The Placement Exam will place students into the correct course based on their level, and once the course is completed, students will receive credit for the previous courses in the sequence. Students will then take each of the remaining courses in order. The French grammar sequence in order is: Students completing FREN 202  in the Spring, should take FREN 361  in the Fall. Students completing FREN 202  in the Fall, should take FREN 316  in the Spring and then FREN 361  the following fall.

Freshman Year (33 credit hours)


French (6-10 credit hours)


Students must complete two to three French courses depending on the results of their Placement Exam and in consultation with the academic advisor.

Electives


Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Social/Behavioral courses. Three hours must be at the 200 level or above.

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Natural Science courses.

History (6 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of History courses.

Mathematics (6 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum  list of Mathematics requirements.

Sophomore Year (30 credit hours)


Required Courses


French (6-12 credit hours)


Students must complete two to four French courses depending on the results of their Placement Exam and in consultation with the academic advisor.

Electives


English Literature (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Literature courses.

Communication (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Communication courses.

Natural Sciences (6 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Natural Science courses.

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Social/Behavioral courses. Three hours must be at the 200 level or above.

General Elective (3 Credits)


Choose in consultation with academic advisor. Recommended are LATN, FORL, ANTH, HIST 315  or other courses that complement the student’s academic interests and professional goals.

Minor (3 Credits)


An 18 hour minor must be chosen in consultation with the student’s academic advisor. The minor need not be in the College of Liberal Arts. Six of the 18 hours must be on the 300/400 level.

Junior Year (27 credit hours)


Electives


History (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of History courses.

Fine Arts (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Fine Arts courses.

French Elective (6 Credits)


Choose from 300/400 level FREN courses in consultation with academic advisor.

Minor (9 Credits)


An 18 hour minor must be chosen in consultation with the student’s academic advisor. The minor need not be in the College of Liberal Arts. Six of the 18 hours must be on the 300/400 level.

Senior Year (30 credit hours)


Electives


English Literature (3 Credits)


Choose from the General Education Core list of Literature courses.

Philosophy/Humanities (3 Credits)


Choose 3 credit hours from ENGL, HIST, HUMN, FREN, PHIL, GERM, LATN, RUSS, JAPN, CHIN, ARAB, PORT or GREK.

French Elective (6 Credits)


Choose from 300/400 level FREN courses in consultation with academic advisor.

General Elective (6 Credits)


Choose in consultation with academic advisor. Recommended are LATN, FORL, ANTH, HIST 315  or other courses that complement the student’s academic interests and professional goals.

Minor (6 Credits)


An 18 hour minor must be chosen in consultation with the student’s academic advisor. The minor need not be in the College of Liberal Arts. Six of the 18 hours must be on the 300/400 level.

General Education Core Curriculum


English
(6 cr)
Mathematics
(6 cr)
Natural Sciences
(9 cr)
Social/Behavioral Sci
(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  
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History
(3 cr)
Fine Arts
(3 cr)
Communication
(3 cr)
Literature
(3 cr)
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