Plan A Majors
All Plan A students must choose to follow either a "French Language and Literature" track or a "French Studies" track within their major (see below): this track must normally be selected before the senior year, and specifically approved by the advisor. All Plan A majors are encouraged to study in an approved program in some part of the Francophone world.
All Plan A majors are required to have twelve courses beyond French 102. The following five are required. French 241, Advanced Composition and Style; French 251, French Literature I: From the Middle Ages to Romanticism; French 252, French Literature II: Modem French Literature (no more than one of these three may be by transfer credit); at least one French 300-level course taken at Trinity College, and French 401.
For Plan A majors choosing the "French Language and Literature" track, one course among the remaining seven elective courses may be taken from offerings under other than a French rubric (numbered at other than the 100-level) focusing on France or on some aspect of Francophone studies. These courses may be found, for example, among the offerings of such departments or programs as English, History, Fine Arts, International Studies, Music, Political Science, the other sections of the Modern Languages departments, or the equivalents of such offerings in any approved Foreign Study program: others are possible. Students completing this track will do their senior project in French (normally in 401).
For Plan A majors choosing the "French Studies" track, three such course among the remaining seven elective courses may be taken from offerings under other than a French rubric (numbered at other than the 100-level). Students completing this track will do their senior project in French or English (normally in 401).
Those choosing the "French Studies" stack will develop a coherent concentration, in close consultation with their advisor. Such concentrations might focus, for example, on the arts (including film), by including courses from the Fine Arts and the Music departments, or the various film offerings inside and outside the French section on literary studies, by including courses from the Classics and the English departments, or one of the other foreign cultures taught in the Modem Languages department (whether in the original language or in English); or on society, by including courses from the History and the Political Science departments: many other combinations are possible. Students completing the "French Studies" track may choose to do their final project in French or English (normally in 401).
All Plan A majors are encouraged to study in an
approved program in some part of the Francophone world.
Plan B Majors
Plan B majors whose primary concentration is French are required to have seven courses in French beyond 102 the following are required: French 241, French 251 and 252, at least one French 300-level course (to be taken at Trinity College), and French 401. Among the remaining two elective courses, one course not offered under a French rubric (numbered or other than the 100-level) focusing on France or on some aspect of Francophone study may be counted toward the major (see examples under Plan A major above). All Plan B majors in this category may choose to do their final project in French or English (normally in 401).
Plan B majors whose secondary concentration is French are required to have five courses in French beyond 102; the following are required: French 241, French 251 and 252.
All Plan B majors are encouraged to study in an approved program in some part of the Francophone world.
Language Concentration ("Minor") in French
Coordinator: Professor Karen Humphreys
Purpose:
The minor in French Studies gives students the opportunity to explore the profound influence that French art, literature and thought have had upon Western culture, and to integrate the various disciplines of this field of study into an understanding of the Francophone cultures of Africa, Canada and the Caribbean.
Course Requirements:
Students must take six courses in three categories of inquiry (at least one course, and no more than three, from each category). These six courses must represent three different fields of knowledge, as defined in the section on “Interdisciplinary Minors” in the current Bulletin. French 401 (Special Topic) is required; at least one of the other five must be taken from the French literature cycle (French 351, 352, 353, 355), and must be taken at Trinity College. No course below French 202 may be counted. Students are encouraged (although not required) to take some of their othe courses in one of the various programs of foreign study open to them throughout the French-speaking world: they should consult the coordinator of the minor and the Director of International Programs for more information.
For students who do not wish to major in French Plan A or B, this is a sequence of six FRENCH courses beyond French 102 designed to develop linguistic skills and to give an appreciation of Francophone culture and civilization. In addition, it provides an opportunity to apply the French language to other fields of the curriculum through the completion of "Language Across the Curriculum" units. The six required courses in French must include both language and literature/ civilization. No course taken under the Modern Languages (MDLG) rubric may be counted toward the Language Concentration in French. No more than one transfer credit may be applied to the Language Concentration in French. One half credit of "French Across the Curriculum," preferably in one of the courses of the student's major, is also required. (In cases where "French Across the Curriculum" is not possible, students will write an integrating paper related to one of their six courses: such students will enroll for a half-credit of French 399.)