Program Information
Chair: Akintunde Akinyemi
Graduate Coordinator: Rori Bloom
Bachelor’s/master’s program: French and Francophone Studies offers a combined 4/1 degree program that enables outstanding undergraduates to obtain both the B.A. and M.A. degrees after successful completion of 152 credit hours. The program is designed for the students who wish to continue their education in French and Francophone Studies past the bachelor’s level but do not intend to pursue a doctorate or for students who wish to expand their training in a specific field before moving on to a doctoral program. Since students in the bachelor’s/master’s program have a graduate classification, students receiving undergraduate scholarships or Pell grants should check with the funding provider to make sure that they will not lose eligibility.
Degrees Offered with a Major in French and Francophone Studies
- Master of Arts
- Master of Arts in Teaching
Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.
French and Francophone Studies Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FRE 6060 | Beginning French for Graduate Students I | 3 |
| FRE 6061 | Beginning French for Graduate Students II | 3 |
| FRE 6466 | Advanced Translation and Stylistics | 3 |
| FRE 6735 | Special Studies in French Linguistics | 3 |
| FRE 6736 | The French language in the Americas | 3 |
| FRE 6785 | French Phonetics and Phonology | 3 |
| FRE 6827 | Sociolinguistics of French | 3 |
| FRE 6845 | History of the French Language | 3 |
| FRE 6855 | Structure of French | 3 |
| FRE 6856 | French in the 21st Century | 3 |
| FRE 6945 | Practicum in Advanced College Teaching | 2 |
| FRE 6956 | Overseas Studies in French | 1-5 |
| FRW 6217 | Seventeenth-Century French Prose | 3 |
| FRW 6276 | Readings in Eighteenth-Century Literature | 3 |
| FRW 6288 | Twentieth-Century French Novel | 3 |
| FRW 6315 | Seventeenth-Century French Drama | 3 |
| FRW 6328 | Twentieth-Century French Theater | 3 |
| FRW 6346 | French Poetry of the Renaissance | 3 |
| FRW 6355 | Modern French Poetry | 3 |
| FRW 6396 | French Cinema | 3 |
| FRW 6536 | The Romantic Period | 3 |
| FRW 6556 | French Realism and Naturalism | 3 |
| FRW 6715 | The Philosophic Movement | 3 |
| FRW 6780 | Studies in Francophone Literature and Culture (Excluding the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| FRW 6805 | Introduction to Graduate Study and Research | 3 |
| FRW 6825 | French Critical Theory | 3 |
| FRW 6900 | Special Study in French Literature | 3 |
| FRW 6905 | Individual Work | 1-3 |
| FRW 6910 | Supervised Research | 1-5 |
| FRW 6938 | Seminar in French Literature | 3 |
| FRW 6971 | Research for Master's Thesis | 1-15 |
| FRW 7979 | Advanced Research | 1-12 |
| FRW 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation | 1-15 |
French (MA)
SLO 1 Knowledge
Identify, define and describe core areas of French and Francophone literary/cultural or linguistic studies, as agreed upon by the faculty of the department
SLO 2 Skills
Literary/Cultural Studies: Analyze and interpret French and Francophone literary and cultural products
SLO 3 Skills
French and Francophone Linguistics: Analyze and interpret French and Francophone language and language-related data
SLO 4 Professional Behavior
Display knowledge of ethical human data collection, professional conduct and ethical academic writing skills (as established by Linguistic Society of America Ethics Statement and/or Modern Language Association)