Foreign Language, French Option 2, B.A.

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(Leading to the Bachelor of Arts Degree)

This option is only for students who concurrently earn a B.S. degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences.

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

First Semester

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit: 3.
FREN 2010 - Intermediate French I Credit: 3. ⁱ
HIST 2210 - Early Western Civilization Credit: 3. ² or
HIST 2310 - Early World History Credit: 3.
MATH Credit: 3.
Natural Science Credit: 4.
UNIV 1020 - First-Year Connections Credit: 1. ¹

Total: 16

Second Semester

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit: 3.
FREN 2020 - Intermediate French 2 Credit: 3. ⁱⁱ
HIST 2220 - Modern Western Civilization Credit: 3. ² or
HIST 2320 - Modern World History Credit: 3.
Natural Science Credit: 4.

Total: 13

Sophomore Year

First Semester

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credit: 3.
ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2235 - Topics in British Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature Credit: 3.
FREN 3010 - Written Communication in French Credit: 3. ⁱⁱⁱ
HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credit: 3.
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Second Semester

Elective Credit: 3.
ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2235 - Topics in British Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature Credit: 3.
FREN 3020 - Oral Communication in French Credit: 3. ^iv
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credit: 3.
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

Electives Credit: 9.
FREN 3110 - Survey of French Literature I Credit: 3.
FREN 3120 - Survey of French Literature II Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Second Semester

Electives Credit: 13.
FREN 3112 - Culture and Civilization of France Credit: 3.

Total: 16

Senior Year

First Semester

Electives Credit: 12.
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.

Total: 15

Second Semester

Electives Credit: 12.
FREN 4920 - Senior Capstone Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Note:

*	Students are strongly encouraged to take at least six hours in a study-abroad program.
¹	This course not included in 120-hour curriculum.
²	For the humanities requirement in this option, students must take one English literature course and may use HIST 2210 -HIST 2220 for six hours of humanities credit, or they may take two English literature courses and one from the following: ART 1035 , 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.
ⁱ	Foreign Language majors must pass FREN 2010 with a minimum of C or better in order to enroll in FREN 2020.
ⁱⁱ	Foreign Language majors must pass FREN 2020 with a minimum of C or better in order to enroll in FREN 3010.
ⁱⁱⁱ	Foreign Language majors must pass FREN 3010 with a minimum of C or better in order to enroll in subsequent upper-division French courses.
^iv	Foreign Language majors must pass FREN 3020 with a minimum of C or better in order to enroll in subsequent upper-division French courses.