• The Department of Modern and Classical Literature and Cultures (MCLC) houses the French Studies program, offering courses on such topics as the legacy of courtly literature, French philosophy since the Enlightenment, sex, and race in the French Atlantic, notions of the 'feminine' since the French Revolution, and social issues in contemporary France. 
  • The focus of the program is highly interdisciplinary, engaging not just literature and language, but also gender and race, film and visual art, history and medicine, philosophy, and critical theory.
  • Students in the program may pursue a BA degree with a major in French Studies. The department also offers a minor in French Studies.