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Duluth Campus
French Studies B.A.World Languages & Cultures
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
This program prepares students to thrive as globally competent citizens through an in-depth encounter with French and Francophone cultures and literatures. Majors develop language proficiency and communication skills as they study literatures, films, and cultures of the French-speaking world. Such studies have long been a core discipline in the liberal arts due to the rich intellectual, political, artistic, technological, and scientific achievements of a culture whose language is spoken in many parts of the world. In view of northeastern Minnesota's extensive French heritage and proximity to bilingual Canada, the field of French studies offers local as well as global perspectives that can be applied in a wide variety of career choices.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Introductory Requirement (1 cr)
Transfer students with 24 or more credits and current UMD students who change colleges to CLA are exempt from this requirement. New first-year students with 24 or more PSEO credits may request a waiver from this requirement.
UST 1000 - Learning in Community
(1.0-2.0 cr)
General Requirements
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of
French.
with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department
or college.
Requirements for the B.A. in French studies include:
* A second field of study (either a minor or another major)
* Oral proficiency exam
Core Courses (0-20 cr)
Students with language study may be exempt from some core requirements and should consult the department about placement. Students usually complete the advanced French Studies language course before other upper-division courses that emphasize literature and culture.
FR 1101 - Beginning French I
[LE CAT3, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
FR 1102 - Beginning French II
[LE CAT3, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
FR 1201 - Intermediate French I
[LE CAT3, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
FR 1202 - Intermediate French II
[LE CAT3, LEIP CAT03, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
FR 2301 {Inactive}
[LE CAT3, LEIP CAT03, COMM & LAN]
(4.0 cr)
Electives (23 cr)
Take 23 or more credit(s) from the following:
To enroll in these courses a student must have earned a grade of C or better in 2301 or be concurrently enrolled in 2301 or obtain instructor consent. With adviser consent, some upper-division French courses may be transferred and/or earned abroad, but at least two courses must be taken at UMD.
·
FR 3xxx
or
FR 4xxx
·
Optional Electives
With prior approval from an adviser, one course may be taken in another department or program and included in the 23 credits if it relates to the French Studies major. Such courses include, but are not limited to the following:
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
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ARTH 2300 - The City as a Work of Art
[LE CAT, HUMANITIES]
(3.0 cr)
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ARTH 3340 - Baroque and Rococo: European Art & Architecture 1550 - 1750
(3.0 cr)
·
ARTH 3360 - Art and Social Change in Europe, Russia, and the United States
(3.0 cr)
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ARTH 3361 - Being and Becoming Modern: European Art 1855 - 1955
(3.0 cr)
·
ARTH 3370 - Dreamworld and Catastrophe: Art and Visual Culture in the Cold War
(3.0 cr)
·
ARTH 3395 {Inactive}
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
ARTH 4491 {Inactive}
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
ARTH 5191 {Inactive}
(1.0-3.0 cr)
·
FR 2315 - French Cinema
[LE CAT9, LEIP CAT09, HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3762 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3091 - Independent Study
(1.0-4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3095 - Special Topics: (various titles to be assigned)
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3243 - Europe in Crisis in the 20th Century
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3257 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3615 - Modern Africa
(4.0 cr)
·
HIST 3616 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
LANG 2050 {Inactive}
[HUMANITIES]
(4.0 cr)
·
POL 3517 - Western European Political Systems
(4.0 cr)
Advanced Writing Requirement (3 cr)
WRIT 3100 is recommended. Any WRIT 31xx course is applicable to the major.
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Credits: | 1.0 -2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EHS 1000/UST 1000/ ES 1000 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 8.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 16.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |