As a French major or minor, you will rigorously study French language, literature and culture in class discussions that stress the use of French in real-life situations with practical vocabulary, an inductive approach to grammar and hands-on activities.

Your courses will be interdisciplinary, exploring history, film, visual arts, philosophy, political theory, feminism, psychoanalysis, cultural and film studies, and the latest in Francophone popular culture. You may spend a semester abroad in France, Cameroon, Senegal or Morocco.

You will graduate as an effective French speaker and writer and a critical reader of the great works of French literature, including Moli?re, Proust, Beckett and Sartre.