French

The department offers a major and minor in French. Students may also become certified to teach French. The department highly encourages majors in international studies, business, political science, history or English to consider a double major or minor in French. A student may
develop a specialization in sub-Saharan, North African or Caribbean literature by taking designated courses in French and other non-Western approved courses in other departments. See the interdisciplinary minor in Non-Western Studies. Click here for the suggested four-year course
sequence for the French major. Click here for requirements for the major and minor.

 2009 Student Research Festival

Noelle Henderson, Senior, presented her research project entitled “Des thèmes dans la littérature française:  Le connu et l’inconnu” at the 2009 Student Research Festival onApril 5, 2009.  Noelle was mentored by Dr. Marco Roman of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures. This project examined the changing attitudes toward “the unknown” in French society between the Renaissance and the late nineteenth century by considering a few exemplary works by DuBellay, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, and Verlaine.