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 503: Phonetics and Spoken French, Fr 530: 18Th Century Novel, Fr 517: Drama in 19Th Century, Fr 577: Survey of French Literature I, Fr 587: Introduction to Francophone Literature, Fr 523: Lit of 16Th Century, Fr 203: Convers & Comp, Fr 202: Second Year French, Fr 513: The 17Th Century, Fr 541: French Studies, Special Topics, Fr 301: Lit Since 1800, Fr 309: Sur of French Lit, Fr 515: Novel in 19Th Century, Fr 501: Survey of French Literature I, Fr 579: Survey of French Lyric Poetry, Fr 582: Medieval and Renaissance French Lit, Fr 298: Intermediate French Study Abroad, Fr 330: Introduction to French Linguistics, Fr 505: iterature Since 1900, Fr 323: La Chanson Francophone, Fr 359: A Hundred Years of French Cinema, Fr 574: History of the French Language, Fr 390: Grad Rdg Know-French, Fr 398: Advanced Study Abroad, Fr 361: French and Francophone Cinema, Fr 302: Surv of French Lit, Fr 552: Old French, Fr 322: Contemporary French Culture, Fr 589: The Environment in French Literature, Fr 519: 20Th Century Novel, Fr 304: Conversation & Composition II, Fr 531: Sur-Fren Lyric Poetry, Fr 301: Survey of French Lit, Fr 561: Advanced French & Francophone Cinema, Fr 211: Intensive Intermediate French, Fr 391: Grad Rdg Know-French, Fr 553: French Civil/Culture, Fr 524: Lit of 16Th Century, Fr 308: Advanced Spoken French II, Fr 575: Topics in Applied Linguistics, Fr 509: Middle French, Fr 504: History of the French Language, Fr 585: Nineteenth-Century French Literature, Fr 551: Old French, Fr 325: The Francophone World, Fr 599: Special Topics, Fr 593: Topics in Cultural Studies, Fr 508: Adv Grammar/Comp, Fr 306: French Civilization, Fr 580: Survey of French Theater, Fr 583: Seventeenth-Century French Literature, Fr 399: Special Topics, Fr 584: Eighteenth-Century French Literature, Fr 507: Advanced Grammar and Composition I, Fr 571: Advanced Grammar and Composition, Fr 331: Intro to Lit/Literary Analysis in French, Fr 506: iterature Since 1900, Fr 310: Sur of French Lit, Fr 529: Lit of Enlightenment, Fr 303: Conversation & Composition I, Fr 403: Adv Convers Comp, Fr 201: Intermediate French I, Fr 572: French Phonetics and Phonology, Fr 578: Survey of French Literature II, Fr 307: Advanced Spoken French I, Fr 321: French culture and civilization, Fr 511: The 17th Century I, Fr 324: French Cuisine and Culture, Fr 311: Business French, Fr 598: Graduate French Study Abroad, Fr 521: 20Th Century Drama, Fr 299: Special Topics in French, Fr 362: Regional Identity in French Cinema, Fr 586: Twentieth-Century French Literature, Fr 502: 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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