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Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

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Composition et Stylistique (3 Credits):

• FRENCH 301 - Composition et stylistique 3 Credit(s)

French 300-Level Electives (6 Credits):
Take two courses from the list below.

• FRENCH 302 - Initiation a la litterature et a la civilisation francaises: Depuis le Moyen Age jusqu’a la fin du 1 3 Credit(s)
• FRENCH 303 - Intro Lit & Cult II 3 Credit(s)
• FRENCH 304 - French Conversation 3 Credit(s)
• FRENCH 307 - French and Francophone Popular Culture 3 Credit(s)
• FRENCH 310 - French for Heritage Speakers 3 Credit(s)
• FRENCH 312 - French in the Professional and Business World 3 Credit(s)

French 400-Level Electives (6 Credits):
Take two courses between French 411 and 498 (inclusive) or MLLC 480 at UMass Boston or in the Paris program.

Additional French Electives (6 Credits);
Take two courses between French 302 and 498 (inclusive) or MLLC 480 not already taken.

French or Francophone Electives (9 Credits):
Take three additional courses from the list of French courses above or from the list below.

• AFRSTY 150 - African Images in Literature 3 Credit(s)
• AFRSTY 225 - The Origins of Caribbean Civilizations 3 Credit(s)
• AFRSTY 292G - African Caribbean Literature 3 Credit(s)
• AFRSTY 310 - Modern Caribbean Society 3 Credit(s)
   
• ANTH 223G - Afro-Caribbean Religions 3 Credit(s)
• ANTH 272 - Peoples and Cultures of Africa 3 Credit(s)
• ANTH 274 - Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean 3 Credit(s)
   
• ART 250 - Art of the Twentieth Century 3 Credit(s)
• ART 317 - Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the United States 3 Credit(s)
   
• HIST 313 - Nineteenth Century Europe 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 315 - Europe 1900-1945 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 316 - Europe since 1945 3 Credit(s)
• HIST 330 - The French Revolution 3 Credit(s)
   
• PHIL 208 - Existential Themes in Philosophy and Literature 3 Credit(s)

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

Students will be able to:

• Actively engage in conversations and discussions that range in complexity from everyday conversations to a basic familiarity with abstract intellectual discourse.
• Read and critically analyze authentic texts and materials from all areas of French and Francophone Studies.
• Produce written documents with reasonable clarity to be readily intelligible to an educated outside reader.
• Do independent research, write analytical research papers, produce a written research project and/or thesis.

French Minor
Supplement any major with a minor in French to advance your language skills and open doors to your future career.