French and Francophone Studies Minor – French and Francophone Studies

Minor Requirements: French and Francophone Studies

The French and Francophone Studies Minor unites a diversity of disciplinary approaches to France while extending the notion of French and Francophone Studies beyond the specific territorial and linguistic boundaries of France and Parisian French. Relying on significant language training, courses in Francophone literature and culture (continental Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and North America) as well as in other disciplines, this minor will afford a synthetic view of the evolution and impact of French and Francophone cultural institutions. The majors most organically connected with this interdisciplinary curriculum are history, anthropology, art history, political science, media studies, and international relations, although students majoring in other disciplines may also minor in French and Francophone Studies. No more than 12 credits from non-Carleton off-campus study programs may be applied toward the minor

Language Requirement: French 204 or equivalent
Six Courses: Four from Group I, one from Group II, and one from Group III.

Group I: French and Francophone Literature and Culture (Four courses required, two of which must be at the 300 level)

Group II History and Art History (One course required)

ARTH 140: African Art and Culture · not offered in 2023-24
ARTH 172: Modern Art: 1890-1945 · not offered in 2023-24
ARTH 236: Baroque Art
ARTH 263: Architectural Studies in Europe Program: Prehistory to Postmodernism
EUST 111: The Age of Cathedrals · not offered in 2023-24
FREN 254: French and Francophone Studies in Paris Program: French Art in Context
HIST 137: Early Medieval Worlds in Transformation · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 138: Crusades, Mission, and the Expansion of Europe · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 139: Foundations of Modern Europe
HIST 140: The Age of Revolutions: Modern Europe, 1789-1914 · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 141: Europe in the Twentieth Century · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 181: West Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 183: History of Early West Africa · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 184: Colonial West Africa · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 232: Renaissance Worlds in France and Italy · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 243: The Peasants are Revolting! Society and Politics in the Making of Modern France
HIST 244: The Enlightenment and Its Legacies · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 288: Reason, Authority, and Love in Medieval France · not offered in 2023-24
HIST 289: Gender and Ethics in Late Medieval France · not offered in 2023-24

Group III: Anthropology, Political Science, Media Studies (One course required)

CAMS 219: African Cinema: A Quest for Identity and Self-Definition
EUST 110: The Power of Place: Memory and Counter-Memory in the European City · not offered in 2023-24
EUST 159: “The Age of Isms” – Ideals, Ideas and Ideologies in Modern Europe · not offered in 2023-24
FREN 255: French and Francophone Studies in Paris Program: Islam in France: Historical Approaches and Current Debates
POSC 251: Modern Political Philosophy: Liberalism and Its Critics · not offered in 2023-24
POSC 255: Post-Modern Political Thought · not offered in 2023-24
POSC 278: Memory and Politics · not offered in 2023-24
POSC 329: Reinventing Humanism: A Dialogue with Tzvetan Todorov · not offered in 2023-24
POSC 348: Strangers, Foreigners and Exiles · not offered in 2023-24
POSC 352: Political Theory of Alexis de Tocqueville
POSC 359: Cosmopolitanism · not offered in 2023-24
SOAN 108: In & Out of Africa: How Transnational Black Lives Matter · not offered in 2023-24
SOAN 256: Africa: Representation and Conflict · not offered in 2023-24

For students who wish to make the most of the French and Francophone Studies Minor, we strongly recommend taking classes that reflect the diverse geography of the French and Francophone world. For courses other than those in the French and Francophone Studies department, students may be expected to do source reading in French, but papers and exams will be written in English. Check with the department for other on- or off-campus courses that may count for the minor.