B.A. in French

Degree Requirements

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General Education

Requirement Hours Description
First Year Writing I 3 Complete Hon 101, Writ 100 or Writ 101 with a passing grade.
First Year Writing II 3 Complete one of the following courses with a passing grade: Liba 102, Writ 102 or Hon 102.
6 hrs literature survey 6 Complete 6 hours of literature survey with a passing grade. Choose from the following courses: Eng 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, or Eng 226.
6 hrs modern/ancient language 200+ 6 Successfully complete at least 6 hours at the 200 level or above in one modern or ancient language.
6 hrs history 6 Complete 6 hours in History (HST) course work with a passing grade.
3 hrs humanities 3 Successfully complete 3 hours in one of the following areas: African American Studies; classical civilization; Gender Studies 103, 201, 333, 311, 390; philosophy; religion; or Southern Studies 101, 102.
6 hrs social science 6 Successfully complete 6 semester hours in anthropology, economics, JOUR 101, political science, psychology or sociology.
3 hrs fine arts 3 The course may be chosen from art history, music, dance, and theatre arts. Studio and workshop courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. Courses that satisfy this requirement are any Art History (AH); Liba 130, 204, 314; Mus 101, 102, 103, 104, 105; Danc 200; Thea 201, 202. Students who have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate course work may fulfill the requirement with a 300- or 400-level art history course.
3 hrs math 100+ 3 Successfully complete 3 hours of Math at the 100 level or above except for Math 245 and Math 246.
9-12 hrs science 9 Complete a full year of science course work in one subject area (6-8 hrs) and complete 3 credit hours in a subject area from another department. Courses may be chosen from the departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geology and Geological Engineering, or Physics and Astronomy.
2 associated science labs 2 Successfully complete at least two science laboratory courses.

Major Requirements

Requirement Hours Description
Fr 303 3 Fr 303: Conversation & Composition I
Fr 304 3 Fr 304: Conversation & Composition II
Fr 331 3 Fr 331: Intro to Lit/Literary Analysis in French
French residency hrs 12 Student must earn at least 12 hours of their major courses in residence. Beginning with the fall of 2007 semester, grades lower than a C in modern language courses will not be counted toward the major or minor in modern languages.
Fr electives 21 Fr 304: Conversation & Composition II, Fr 201: Intermediate French I, Fr 310: Sur of French Lit, Fr 541: French Studies, Special Topics, Fr 506: iterature Since 1900, Fr 309: Sur of French Lit, Fr 531: Sur-Fren Lyric Poetry, Fr 511: The 17th Century I, Fr 325: The Francophone World, Fr 599: Special Topics, Fr 390: Grad Rdg Know-French, Fr 398: Advanced Study Abroad, Fr 519: 20Th Century Novel, Fr 361: French and Francophone Cinema, Fr 321: French culture and civilization, Fr 330: Introduction to French Linguistics, Fr 331: Intro to Lit/Literary Analysis in French, Fr 203: Convers & Comp, Fr 561: Advanced French & Francophone Cinema, Fr 509: Middle French, Fr 307: Advanced Spoken French I, Fr 571: Advanced Grammar and Composition, Fr 359: A Hundred Years of French Cinema, Fr 524: Lit of 16Th Century, Fr 303: Conversation & Composition I, Fr 593: Topics in Cultural Studies, Fr 502: Survey of French Literature  II, Fr 306: French Civilization, Fr 323: La Chanson Francophone, Fr 589: The Environment in French Literature, Fr 501: Survey of French Literature I, Fr 521: 20Th Century Drama, Fr 580: Survey of French Theater, Fr 308: Advanced Spoken French II, Fr 298: Intermediate French Study Abroad, Fr 523: Lit of 16Th Century, Fr 529: Lit of Enlightenment, Fr 301: Lit Since 1800, Fr 553: French Civil/Culture, Fr 515: Novel in 19Th Century, Fr 530: 18Th Century Novel, Fr 508: Adv Grammar/Comp, Fr 583: Seventeenth-Century French Literature, Fr 324: French Cuisine and Culture, Fr 517: Drama in 19Th Century, Fr 551: Old French, Fr 552: Old French, Fr 587: Introduction to Francophone Literature, Fr 211: Intensive Intermediate French, Fr 582: Medieval and Renaissance French Lit, Fr 575: Topics in Applied Linguistics, Fr 399: Special Topics, Fr 403: Adv Convers Comp, Fr 202: Second Year French, Fr 301: Survey of French Lit, Fr 586: Twentieth-Century French Literature, Fr 362: Regional Identity in French Cinema, Fr 299: Special Topics in French, Fr 579: Survey of French Lyric Poetry, Fr 577: Survey of French Literature I, Fr 598: Graduate French Study Abroad, Fr 503: Phonetics and Spoken French, Fr 311: Business French, Fr 391: Grad Rdg Know-French, Fr 322: Contemporary French Culture, Fr 574: History of the French Language, Fr 504: History of the French Language, Fr 572: French Phonetics and Phonology, Fr 513: The 17Th Century, Fr 507: Advanced Grammar and Composition I, Fr 302: Surv of French Lit, Fr 505: iterature Since 1900, Fr 585: Nineteenth-Century French Literature, Fr 584: Eighteenth-Century French Literature, Fr 578: Survey of French Literature II
Overall Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
Resident Major GPA Please contact your academic advisor for grade point requirements.
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