The French and Francophone Studies Program
At Santa Clara University
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Detailed course descriptions can be found here.
| MAJOR – minimum of 40 Upper Division Units | MINOR – minimum of 19 Upper Division Units |
| As part of the 40 units, the following courses must be included: | As part of the 19 units, the following courses must be included: |
- French 100 or dept. approved substitution
- French 101 or dept. approved substitution
- One upper division course in French Literature taught in English may be included as part of 40 upper division units, as long as it contains a French component.
- Remaining units taken in upper division electives taught in French
- 20 units taken at SCU or taught by SCU Faculty
- Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 in major
| - French 100 or dept. approved substitution
- French 101 or dept. approved substitution
- One upper division course in French Literature taught in English may be included as part of 40 upper division units, as long as it contains a French component.
- Remaining units taken in upper division electives taught in French
- 10 units taken at SCU or taught by SCU faculty.
- Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 in minor.
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Recommended electives include courses in French or European history, comparative literature, art history, and additional work in linguistics.
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A junior year of study in a country where French is spoken is recommended, but not required. Students who are interested in both French and business may choose to study for a semester at I.E.S. in Dijon, France or for a quarter at the École Supérieure de Commerce in Rouen, France.
Language Skills | | |
| Lower Division | Upper Division |
| FREN 1 | Elementary French I | FREN 100 | Advanced French I |
| FREN 2 | Elementary French II | FREN 101 | Advanced French II (Intro to literary analysis) |
| FREN 3 | Elementary French III | | |
| FREN 21 | Intermediate French I | | |
| FREN 22 | Intermediate French II | | |
| FREN 50 | Intermediate French Conversation | | |
Literature | Non-Literary Courses |
| FREN 113 | Francophone Literature and Culture: Black African Women Writers | FREN 102 | Advanced French Conversation |
| FREN 115 | Major Works of French Literature I | FREN 103 | Advanced French Composition |
| FREN 116 | Major Works of French Literature II | FREN 106 | Advanced French Conversation & Composition |
| FREN 120 | Moyen Age | FREN 108 | French Business Culture & Institutions |
| FREN 130 | Humanism and the Renaissance | FREN 110 | Introduction to French Culture & Civilization |
| FREN 140 | Le Grand Siècle: Theatre in the Age of Louis XIV | FREN 111 | Introduction to Francophone Studies: From the Caribbean to Vietnam |
| FREN 150 | The French Enlightenment | FREN 112 | Francophone Culture & Civilization: Africa and the Caribbean |
| FREN 160 | 19th Century I: Romantic and Romantique | FREN 172 | Cinéma |
| FREN 161 | 19th Century II: Le reel et le symbolique | FREN 185 | French Applied Linguistics |
| FREN 170 | 20th Century I: Mémoires et Souvenirs | | |
| FREN 171 | 20th Century II: The Existentialist Hero | Special Courses |
| FREN 174 | French Novels & Films: Culture, Gender & Social Classes in translation | FREN 180 | Seminar (Topic varies) |
| FREN 182 | Women in French Literature: Authors and Characters | FREN 194 | Peer Educator |
| FREN 183 | 20th Century French Women Writers | FREN 198 | Directed Study |
| FREN 184 | 20th Century French Women Writers in translation | FREN 199 | Directed Reading |
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