Major Requirements – 69 Total Credits

The major consists of intensive work in language, literature, and culture, and it may include courses in film or other arts. All courses in the Department of French and Francophone Studies are conducted in French.

69 credits beyond French 103.

Core Courses – Required 6 credits

  • CCST 245: Meaning and Power: Introduction to Analytical Approaches in the Humanities (not offered 2026-27)

CCST 245 is usually taken in the junior year. (HIST 298 or ENGL 295 may be substituted for CCST 245 with departmental approval.)

Elective Courses – Required 60 credits

Students should generally begin with courses at the 200 level (FREN 204: Intermediate French, FREN 206: Francophone Emotions: Science and Culture, FREN 231: Paris: The Eras Tour (not offered 2026-27), FREN 236: Francophone Cinema and the African Experience (not offered 2026-27), FREN 240: Imagining North Africa: Arabs, Berbers, and Beurs (not offered 2026-27), etc.), but at least twenty-four credits must be taken at the 300 level (400 does not count in this category). Up to twelve credits may be taken in other departments or programs (see pre-approved courses in the Requirements for the Minor in French and Francophone Studies). All courses on the Paris program may be applied to this category, as long as the requisite number of 300-level credits is attained. French 210 does not count for the French and Francophone Studies major.

General Elective Courses – (36 credits)

300-Level Elective Courses – (24 credits)

Senior Integrative Exercise – Required 3 credits