The 15-credit French Language Minor is comprised of the sequence of language courses indicated below. This ensures that the student who has completed this Minor will be reasonably fluent in the language and capable of reading and appreciating written and oral communication in French while also having a fair grasp of French Literature and culture.

Students who are assessed as sufficiently advanced in the language so as to opt out of one or more of the required language courses may choose from the array of FRENCH courses, with work done in the target language. The student who takes all 4 language courses is left with one additional course needed to complete the Minor; this course can also be selected from the available FRENCH courses that are offered regularly, with work done in the target language. At most, one course may be taken in English.

Required Courses

Practica, although required for language classes, do not count toward the minor.

Elective Courses

Course Descriptions

  • FREN1001 An introduction to the language with practice in reading, writing and conversation.

  • FREN1002 An introduction to the language with practice in reading, writing and conversation.

  • FREN1007 This one credit course is linked to FREN 1001 providing additional reinforcement through exercises that focus on listening and speaking skills

  • FREN1008 This one credit course is linked to FREN 1002 providing additional reinforcement through exercises that focus on listening and speaking skills.

  • FREN2003 Course focuses on conversation through writing, reading, literature and grammar.

  • FREN2004 This course reviews important grammar topics and discusses contemporary issues in France.

  • FREN2005 Development of French film with special emphasis on the contemporary period. The study of various movements in liteature and the visual arts, from antinaturalism to existentialism. Course examines how writers and filmmakers show their dissatisfaction with the status of what they consider to be the conventional modes of artistic expression.

  • FREN2008 Students read and write in a variety of content areas. Emphasis is on written expression, building vocabulary and grammar.

  • FREN2203 A Bilingual course, Contemporary France, discusses current issues on politics, European Union, society and language related to France and its former colonies.

  • FREN3051 This course focuses on manners at court and beyond. From the XVII century to the end of the XIX century. Among the authors considered: Moliere, Laclos, Marivaux, Dumas, Stendhal, Balzac, Baudelaire, and Zola.

  • FREN3552 This course focusess on Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and other contemporary themes in Francophone literature.