French

Bachelor of Arts

The French section offers a major and a minor in French. Students are encouraged to pursue a course of study tailored to their individual needs and interests. For some students, a degree in French serves as a stepping stone to entering international business or law; for others, it provides training as a translator or teacher; for others, it serves as preparation for graduate studies in French, History, or Comparative Literature.

The French literature, culture, and civilization specialization allows students to combine their work in French with work from another field such as African studies, linguistics, art history, music, economics, history, education, medicine, international relations, political science, or other foreign languages and literatures. The literature and philosophy specialization offers students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of literature and philosophy in a structured manner and alongside similarly interested students from a variety of humanistic disciplines.

Students who complete the department’s two quarter IHUM sequence are eligible for 5 units towards the French major or minor. Students enrolled in the French language discussion section of the IHUM sequence receive, in addition to these 5 units, an additional 4 units (2 per quarter), assuming that they complete the written work in French.

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