Foreign Language, French Option 1, B.A.

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(Leading to the Bachelor of Arts Degree)

A major will consist of a minimum of 30 semester hours in French, including at least 24 semester hours of Upper Division courses. Students who because of superior previous training begin their major courses at the Upper Division level, may substitute up to six semester hours in a second language or related field toward fulfillment of the major requirement. Linguistics 4500 Introduction to Language Description and Analysis is recommended for all Foreign Language majors and may, with approval of the departmental chairperson, be substituted for one Upper Division Course in French for students concentrating in French. It is particularly recommended for those French majors who are also working toward teacher licensure at the secondary school level.

The following courses, which require no foreign language background, may not be used as credit substitutes for required Upper Division Foreign Language courses: FREN 3510 ; GERM 3520 , or GERM 4510 ; SPAN 3510 or SPAN 3550 . They may, however, serve as open electives in any curriculum or as credit substitutes for certain lower division Foreign Language courses.

Curriculum

Freshman Year

FREN 2010 - Transition to Intermediate French Credit: 3.
FREN 2020 - Intermediate French Credit: 3.
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit: 3.
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit: 3.
HIST 1010 - Survey of European Civilization I Credit: 3.
HIST 1020 - Survey of European Civilization II Credit: 3.
MATH Credit: 3.
Science Credit: 8.
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3. ²
UNIV 1020 - First-Year Connections Credit: 1. ¹

Total: 32

Sophomore Year

FREN 3010 - Written Communication in French Credit: 3.
FREN 3020 - Oral Communication in French Credit: 3. ³
HIST 2010 - American History I Credit: 3.
HIST 2020 - American History II Credit: 3.
SPCH 2410 - Introduction to Speech Communication Credit: 3.
Social/Behavioral Sciences Electives Credit: 6.
Elective Credit: 3.

Select two:

ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature Credit: 3.
ENGL 2230 - Topics in British Literature Credit: 3.
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature Credit: 3.

Total: 30

Junior Year

FREN 3110 - Survey of French Literature I Credit: 3.
FREN 3112 - Culture and Civilization of France Credit: 3.
FREN 3120 - Survey of French Literature II Credit: 3.
Electives Credit: 16.
HIST 4550 (5550) - French Revolution and Napoleon Credit: 3.
and any one of the following:
HIST 4530 (5530) - Renaissance and Reformation Credit: 3.
HIST 4540 (5540) - Absolutism and Enlightenment Credit: 3.
HIST 4560 (5560) - 19th Century Europe Credit: 3.
HIST 4570 (5570) - World War II and the Cold War Credit: 3.
Or
two course lower level sequence in another foreign language taught in the foreign language

Total: 31

Senior Year

FREN 3100 - French Phonetics Credit: 3.
FREN 3200 - Business French Credit: 3. or
FREN 4810 (5810) - Special Topics in French Credit: 3. or
FREN 4910 - Directed Studies in French Credit: 1-6 per semester. Maximum 16. (Three hours required)
FREN 4920 - Senior Capstone Credit: 3. ⁴
Electives Credit: 18.

Total: 27

Note:

*	Students are strongly encouraged to take six hours of study abroad courses.

¹	This course not included in 120-hour curriculum.

²	ART 1030 , GERM 2520 , MUS 1030 , SPAN 2510 , SPAN 2550 , THEA 1030 or PHIL 1030

³	This course is not open to students with native or near native fluency in French. Majors with native or near native fluency will substitute a different upper-level course for this one.

⁴	Students pursuing Teacher Licensure must take FREN 4925: Teaching Licensure Senior Capstone instead of FREN 4920: Senior Capstone.