Degree Options
Plan A Major
Plan B Major
Language Concentration in French
("Minor")
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 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. 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.)
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