Additionally, students with proven competence in French language and literature, with permission of the advisor, section head, department chairperson, and dean of the college, may take courses toward their concentration in related fields such as history, linguistics, art, or philosophy. Approval must be filed with the Office of the Dean.Students completing the International Engineering Program or the International Business Program and the B.A. with a major in French simultaneously may use three credits of French literature toward the Fine Arts and Literature Basic Liberal Studies requirement. In addition, students in these programs are exempt from the one-course-per-discipline rule in Letters, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences.