The Student Starts with FREN-207 or FREN-208

  Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
...and studies abroad
  • Fall: 1 200-level course (FREN-207 or FREN-208)
  • Spring: 1 200-level course (FREN-207 or FREN-208) OR
  • 1 300-level course

All 200- and 300-level courses you take in the department will count toward the major.
  • Fall: 1 200-level course (FREN-207 or FREN-208) OR
  • 1 300-level course
  • Spring: 1 300-level course
  • Semester abroad (up to 4 courses toward major)
  • 1 300-level course
  • 1 300-level course (student must take one class in the department in the senior year)
  • Thesis (elective)
...and does not study abroad*
  • Fall: 1 200-level course (FREN-207 or FREN-208)
  • Spring: 1 200-level course (FREN-207 or FREN-208) OR
  • 1 300-level course

All 200- and 300-level courses you take in the department will count toward the major.
  • Fall: 1 200-level course (FREN-207 or FREN-208) OR
  • 1 300-level course
  • Spring: 1 300-level course
  • 2 300-level courses
  • 2 300-level courses (depending on previous year)
  • Thesis (elective)

* Students who do not study abroad could also consider taking

  • 2 300-level FREN courses taught in English, OR
  • 2 “related courses” in another department, OR
  • 1 300-level FREN course taught in English and 1 “related course.”

** For pre-med students who wish to major in French: 300-level FREN courses cross-listed with EUST can count towards the major and fulfill one of the pre-med requirements for “foreign literatures taught in English.”

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