2024-2025 Academic Catalog

French Minor

Requirements for a Minor in French

The French minor consists of a minimum of 19 semester hours (6 courses).

Required Courses
Must complete one of:3-4
Crossing The French Borders en francais
Living like the French:Intensive Intermediate French
Speaking like the French
FREN 232Becoming Better Speakers: Conversing in French3
FREN 240Becoming Better Readers: Reading and Writing in French4
Select one of the following:3
French Culture and Society
Phonetics
Civilization
France and Politics
Business French
French Cinema
Select two of the following:6
Advanced Conversation
French Theater
The Representation of Paris in French Literature
Survey of French Literature I
Invention of Sociability: Salons & Politics in Early Modern France
Fairy-Tale Beginnings
Survey of French Literature II
Algerian Cinema
Modern French Civilization
French Regionalism
Literature and Culture of Quebec
Francophone Cinema from Africa
Total Hours19-20

Modifications of these groupings may occur if students elect to complete a portion of their study in courses taken abroad. The department will accept a maximum of one half the major and one half of the minor courses in transfer from other institutions.