French Undergraduate Curriculum
For more details on the Option in French (and other FFIT degrees) requirements, including a 4-year study plan, please consult the KU course catalog.
French Major Prerequisite:
Majors must complete courses to gain fourth semester language proficiency (Completion of French 234, 240, 241, or an equivalent placement). These hours do not contribute to the minimum number of hours required for the major
Required Courses:
- French Core Knowledge Skills
- Capstone (Complete one of the following):
- FREN 495 - Directed Readings in French
- FREN 499 - Honors in French
- FREN 530 - Studies in Film: _____
- FREN 550 - Capstone Seminar in French and Francophone Language, Literature, and Culture
- FREN 592 - French Culture Through Film I, Beginnings to 1950
- FREN 593 - French Culture Through Film II, 1950-Present
- French Electives Complete four additional electives, at least one of which must be at the 400 level or above. Minors may include one course taught in English within the department.
- I. Language, Culture, and Film
- FREN 303 -Paris, City of Lights & Legends*
- FREN 310 French Phonetics
- FREN 350 - Applied French Grammar and Composition I
- FREN 352 - French for Journalism and Business
- FREN 375 - Intermediate French Conversation
- FREN 376 - Advanced French Conversation
- FREN 381 - France and the French
- FREN 406 - Introduction to French Culture Through Film
- FREN 410 - Survey of French Culture I
- FREN 420 - Survey of French Culture II
- FREN 430 - La France d'Aujourd'Hui
- FREN 431 - French-Speaking World (Outside France)
- FREN 440 - Studies in French Culture: _____
- FREN 441 - The Story of French
- FREN 443 - French Inside Out
- FREN 471 - Transcending Borders: Migrations, Identities, Voices, Narrative
- FREN 530 - Studies in Film: _____
- FREN 592 - French Culture Through Film I, Beginnings to 1950
- FREN 593 - French Culture Through Film II, 1950-Present
- II. Literature
- FREN 380- The Middle Ages in the Modern Imagination*
- FREN 432 - Francophone African Literature
- FREN 450 - French Literature of the Middle Ages
- FREN 455 - French Literature of the Renaissance
- FREN 460 - Identity, Absolutism, and Power in France, 1589-1715
- FREN 462 - French Literature of the Eighteenth Century
- FREN 465 - French Literature of the 19th Century
- FREN 470 - French Literature of the Twentieth Century
- FREN 480 - Studies in French Literature: _____
- FREN 481 - Science-Fiction and Fantasy in French
- I. Language, Culture, and Film
*Classes taught often or always taught in English.