French

Requirements

The French major requires a minimum of 56 units, all courses of which must be taken for a letter grade and must be selected in accordance with the following requirements:

1. Advanced language (ca. 4 units): FRENLANG 126, Stylistics and Textual Analysis

2. Introductory series on French and Francophone literature and culture (ca. 12 units): three courses must be taken from the FRENLIT 130, 131, 132, 133 sequence. A 130-level course fulfills the Writing-in-the-Major requirement.

3. Research Seminar (2 units): a majors-only seminar, DLCL 189, must be taken in the Autumn Quarter of the senior year. This course prepares and assists students as they undertake either their senior project (see below) or honors thesis. It also familiarizes them with research resources in the department and University and helps students think critically about their research topics. By the end of the course, students must have chosen an adviser, generally a faculty member in the department, who offers support and feedback throughout the development of the senior project or honors thesis.

4. Ancien Régime courses (ca. 8 units): at least two courses must concern the period before July 1789. Courses fulfilling this requirement within the department must be drawn from the 140 level or above. Courses chosen from outside the department must be preapproved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

5. Upper-level French courses (ca. 8 units): at least two additional courses must be taken with the department. In total, at least 32 units of course work must be taken within the department. No more than three courses numbered lower than 130 may be counted towards the major.

6. Remaining courses (ca. 22 units): the student is encouraged to use the remaining five or more courses to develop a specialized knowledge of a specific domain related to either the senior project or the honors thesis. These courses must show obvious internal consistency and relevance to the chosen focus, and must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Where possible, students are encouraged to complete their written work in French.

7. One course, for a maximum of 4 units, may be drawn from individual work (199).

Senior Project —In order to demonstrate the quality of his or her scholarly work and command of written French, each major not writing an honors thesis (see “Honors Program” below) is required to submit a senior project to the project adviser before May 15 of the senior year. The project consists of a research paper with a target length of 20 pages and must be written in French.

The senior project is not graded and no credit is offered for it. However, acceptance of the senior project by the project adviser is a condition for graduation from the department. A paper deemed unsatisfactory by the project adviser is returned to the student for rework and resubmission by an agreed-upon date.

Students are advised to begin thinking about their senior projects as early as their junior year, even if they are in Paris. While in Paris, students should avail themselves of the unique resources the city has to offer for research on their chosen topic.

FRENCH AND PHILOSOPHY

The French and Philosophy major specialization requires a minimum of 16 courses, for a minimum total of 65 units, distributed as follows:

1. Advanced language (ca. 4 units): FRENLANG 126, Stylistics and Textual Analysis

2. Introductory Series on French and Francophone Literature and Culture (ca. 12 units): three courses must be taken from the FRENLIT 130, 131, 132, 133 sequence.

3. Philosophy Writing in the Major (5 units): PHIL 80. Prerequisite: introductory philosophy class.

4. Philosophy and Literature Gateway Course (4 units): FRENGEN 181 (same as PHIL 81). This course should be taken as early as possible in the student’s career, normally in the sophomore year.

5. Aesthetics, Ethics, Political Philosophy (ca. 4 units): one course from the PHIL 170 series.

6. Language, Mind, Metaphysics, and Epistemology (ca. 4 units): one course from the PHIL 180 series.

7. History of Philosophy (ca. 8 units): two courses in the history of philosophy, numbered above PHIL 100.

8. Upper Division French Courses (ca. 12 units): at least three courses numbered FRENLIT/FRENGEN 140 or higher.

9. Related Courses (ca. 8 units): two upper division courses relevant to the student’s chosen area of specialization. One course (4 units) may be FRENLIT 199, Individual Work.

10. Capstone Seminar (ca. 4 units): to be selected from a set of seminars chosen by the undergraduate adviser of the program in philosophical and literary thought. This course must be taken in the student’s senior year.

The capstone seminar and the two related courses must be approved by both the undergraduate adviser of French and the undergraduate adviser of the program in philosophical and literary thought administered through the DLCL. Substitutions, including transfer credit, will not normally be permitted for items 5, 6, and 7, and are not permitted under any circumstances for items 3, 4, and 10. Up to 10 units of courses taken in the Philosophy department may be taken CR/NC or S/NS; the remainder must be taken for a letter grade.