Program Requirements for French and Francophone Studies

Major in French and Francophone Studies

Global Cultural Studies Track French and Francophone Studies is available as an interdisciplinary area of emphasis under the Global Cultural Studies major. This option allows students to enhance their skills in French language and culture while learning about diverse French-speaking communities; their historical and environmental issues, worldviews, legacies of colonialism and recent political struggles. This major option also aims to provide students with background on factors that account for the movements of peoples from France, West Africa, The Maghreb, The Caribbean, and North America and gain insights on the struggles, contributions and aspirations of Francophone groups in the world. All students take a placement test before undertaking a course of study in French. Starting with 301, courses introduce students to cultural, linguistic, literary and artistic topics that allow them to develop communication skills at an advanced level.

For a major in Global Cultural Studies with emphasis in French and Francophone Studies: Complete 41 credits as follows: • Departmental Core (13 credits):

• GLCS 210: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE (4 Credits) before going abroad
• GLCS 280: CROSS-CULTURAL & LINGUISTIC SKILLS FOR STUDY ABROAD (2 credits) before going abroad
• GLCS 380: ABROAD PORTFOLIO (2 credits) while abroad
• GLCS 483: ADVANCED CROSS-CULTURAL SEMINAR (5 credits) during senior year

Language Courses (8 credits): - A minimum of 8 credits from

• GLFR 201: INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I
• GLFR 202: FRENCH CULTURE & FREE EXPRESSION
• GLFR 301: FRENCH COMPOSITION AND CONVERSATION I
• GLFR 302: INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES

Study Abroad and cultural studies courses (Take 20 credits to reach 41 required for the major).

• Study abroad for one semester in a Linfield approved program in France is normally required.
• Up to 12 credits (in addition to GLCS 380) in areas such as culture, history, the environment, and politics from a semester abroad may be applied toward the major
• • GLFR 215: LITERATURE AND SOCIETY: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE
  • GLFR 250: TOPICS IN FRANOPHONE LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN ENGLISH
  • GLFR 350: TOPICS IN FRENCH LITERATURE
  • GLFR 360: TOPICS IN FRENCH CIVILIZATION or other appropriate GLCS courses as approved by the Department Chair.
  • HIST 121: WESTERN CULTURE SINCE 1500
  • HIST 207: JEWISH-MUSLIM RELATIONS IN MODERN EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN (ALSO LISTED AS RELS 207)
  • HIST 248: EUROPE IN THE AGE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
  • HIST 251: WORLD WAR I: EXPERIENCE, IDENTITY, AND MEMORY IN THE MODERN WORLD

By departmental invitation, students may write a senior thesis: GLCS 490 (2 credits).