Undergraduate Studies

French Major

Language and Literature Track ||  Language and Culture Track ||  French for the Professions Track ||  French Studies Track

French Studies Track

Prerequisites

(not credited toward the undergraduate major):

• French 101 through 104 Elementary and Intermediate French
• French 201 Introduction to French Studies

Major Program

50 hours in courses at the 400 level or above, with the exception of a maximum of 5 extra-departmental hours drawn from the list of approved courses below; 20 hours must be taken at OSU. NOTE: Students should be mindful of course prerequisites when planning their major.

a) Basic Courses:

The following three courses are required of all majors:

• 401 French Grammar Review (5 hrs.)
• 403 Intermediate French Writing (5 hrs.)
• 601 Advanced French Grammar (5 hrs.)

Choose at least three courses of the following:

• 402 Intermediate French Conversation (3 hrs.)
• 404 French Pronunciation (5 hrs.)
• 406 Business French I (5 hrs.)
• 418 French Language and Cultures (5 hrs.)
• 425 French Literature and Society (5 hrs.)
• 426 French Literature and the Self (5 hrs.)
• 427 Francophone Literature: From Empire to Nation (5 hrs.)
• 440 Introduction to the Study of Contemporary French Culture (5 hrs.)
• 470 Introduction to French Cinema (5 hrs.)

Choose at least two courses from the following:

• 602 French Translating (5 hrs.)
• 603 Advanced Spoken and Written French (3 hrs.)
• 604 Advanced French Pronunciation, Styles, and Francophone Accents (5 hrs.)
• 631 Topics in French Cultures and Literatures (2-5 hrs.)
• 643 From Absolute Monarchy to World War II (5 hrs.)
• 644 French Civilization since World War II (5 hrs.)
• 650 Survey of Medieval French Literature (5 hrs.)
• 652 Early Modern French Literature (5 hrs.)
• 653 French Literature of the Enlightenment (5 hrs.)
• 655 French Literature of the 19th Century (5 hrs.)
• 656 French Literature of the 20th and 21st Centuries (5 hrs.)
• 657.01 Francophone Literature from Black Africa and the Caribbean (5 hrs.)
• 657.02 Literature from North Africa (5 hrs.)
• 657.03 Quebec Literature (5 hrs.)
• 663 Women in French Literature (5 hrs.)
• 670 Studies in French Cinema (5 hrs.)
• 702 Advanced Translation and Comparative Stylistics (5 hrs.)
• 706 France: Geographical Setting and Socio-economic Structures (5 hrs.)
• 741 Topics in French Culture and Civilization (5 hrs.)

b) Other Available Courses:

• 693 Individual Studies (1-15 hrs.)
• 694 Group Studies (1-15 hrs.)
• 697 Study at a Foreign Institution (1-15 hrs.)
• H783 Honors Research (3-5 hrs.)

c) Extra-Departmental Courses:

In consultation with the major advisor, students may choose, and with the permission of the advisor count toward the major, a maximum of 5 credit hours (or joint credit hours in the case of double majors or dual degrees) drawn from the following list of related courses in other departments. Starred courses have prerequisites that should be taken into consideration.

African-American and African Studies:

• 327 Introduction to African Politics
• 328 African Territories as Nation-States: Selected Case Studies
• 350* History of Modern Africa
• 460 Political Thought in African Literature (20th Century)
• 541* History of Islam in Africa
• 581 Philosophy in Contemporary African Literature

Comparative Studies:

• 513.01, .02 European Intellectual and Cultural History
• 597.02* Global Culture
• 660 Modernism: Its Origins and Development in 20th-Century Culture and Politics

History:

• 307 World War II
• 312 Introduction to Modern Europe
• 340 Islam, Politics, and Society in History
• 512.01, .02, .03, .04, .05 European History
• 513.01, .02 European Intellectual and Cultural History
• 515.01, .02 French History
• 581.01, .02 European International History
• 597* Critical Issues of the 20th-Century World

History of Art:

• 520* 19th and 20th-Century European Art
• 525* Medieval Art
• 535* Nineteenth-Century European Art
• 540* Twentieth-Century European Art
• 550* Art of Paris
• 615* Contemporary Art of West Africa
• 618* Contemporary Art of North Africa
• 625* Romanesque and Gothic Art
• 635* Neo-Classicism
• 636.01*, .02* 20th-Century European Art
• 656* French Art: The Ancien Regime, 1620-1775
• 657* European Art in the Age of Revolution, 1789-1848
• 658* Realism and Impressionism, 1848-1886
• 659* Post-Impressionism: Art and Culture in fin-de-siecle France (1880-1900)

International Studies:

• 210 Introduction to Western Europe
• 250 Introduction to Africa
• 500* Conceptual Approaches to International Studies
• 501* Selected Problems in International Studies
• 597.01* Issues of the Contemporary World

Medieval and Renaissance Studies:

• 210 Court of Charlemagne
• 215 Gothic Paris: 1100-1300

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures:

• 351* Introduction to Islam
• 372* Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World

Philosophy:

• 306* Fundamental Concepts of Existentialism
• 307* Contemporary Continental Thought

Political Science:

• 534 Government and Politics of Northern Europe
• 535 Government and Politics in Modern Democracies
• 628 Political Integration in Western Europe

Upon petition to the Departmental Undergraduate Studies Committee, other courses not listed above may be approved for credit if they can be shown to be relevant to this program.

Revised 3-25-06

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