FRENCH STUDIES DR. ALAIN GABON Virginia Wesleyan’s programs in French Studies, German Studies, and Hispanic Studies are designed to prepare students for meaningful international and intercultural exchange in a competitive, globalized world. In keeping with the university’s commitment to a liberal arts education, students pursuing one of these majors will acquire a multidisciplinary and comprehensive understanding of the target culture, its language, and its impact on the world at large. Each major provides communication skills in a foreign language and a strong knowledge base that will support a career in business, communications, political science, journalism, criminal justice, education, law, and many others.
FRENCH STUDIES
The French Studies major aims to develop in its students the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values necessary for living and working in a French-speaking society with little or no dependence on English. Students attain language skills at the high-advanced level, as well as knowledge of French history, literature, and the arts, including cinema. Courses are designed to help students understand contemporary French culture as compared to their own and deepen their appreciation of these differences. The major also prepares students for meaningful exchange in an increasingly complex, globalized, transnational, and multicultural world where interaction with non-English speaking people has become not just desirable, but unavoidable and where liberal arts graduates should have a sense of enlightened understanding of, appreciation for, and solidarity with other countries, nations, and peoples. The major prepares students for careers in education, diplomacy, business, communications, political science, and journalism, and for graduate study. Major Requirements: French Studies COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE
FR 307: Topics in Advanced Conversation and Composition FR 327: France Today One of the following: FR 328: French History I: Vercingétorix-Revolution FR 329: French History II: Revolution- World War II FR 334: Introduction to French Cinema FR 335: Masterpieces of French Literature FR 300: Study Abroad OR a second FR 307 OR another upper-level French course with instructor’s consent French elective at the 300/400 level FR 443: Senior Seminar TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED:
Minor Requirements: French Studies COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE
FR 307: Topics in Advanced Conversation and Composition One course in French history One course in French Literature One course in French Cinema One course in contemporary French society and civilization French elective at the 300/400 level TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED:
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