斯坦福大学

The mission of the undergraduate in French is to expose students to a variety of perspectives in French language, culture, and history by providing majors and minors with training in writing and communication as well cultural, textual, and historical analysis. Through such skills, students develop into critical and global thinkers prepared for careers in business, social service, journalism, and government, or for graduate study in French.

Learning Outcomes (Undergraduate)

The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department's undergraduate program. Students are expected to demonstrate:

1. oral proficiency in French beyond the interpersonal level with presentational language abilities.
2. writing proficiency in French beyond the interpersonal level with presentational language abilities.
3. close reading skills of authentic texts in French.
4. the ability to develop effective and nuanced lines of interpretation.

The French section offers a major and a minor in French. Students are encouraged to pursue a course of study tailored to their individual needs and interests. A degree in French serves as a stepping stone to entering international business, law, translation, and teaching, or as preparation for graduate studies in French, history, or comparative literature.

The French major allows students to combine their work in French with work from another field such as African studies, linguistics, art history, music, economics, history, education, medicine, international relations, political science, or other foreign languages and literatures. The literature and philosophy specialization offers students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of literature and philosophy in a structured manner and alongside similarly interested students from a variety of humanistic disciplines.

To graduate with a major in French, students must complete a minimum of 56 units of course work in the major. These units may not be used towards any other major or minor. Courses applied to the major must be taken for a letter grade and a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or better must be achieved in each course. Relevant courses from other departments or programs may also earn credit toward the major as electives with the prior consent of the Chair of Undergraduate Studies. Up to 12 units of course work completed at another university may be counted toward the major, with approval by the Chair of Undergraduate Studies. No more than 12 units of course work for the major should be taken as independent study courses. To enroll in all French literature courses, students must have successfully completed FRENLANG 124 Advanced French: Composition, Writing, and Presentation, or successfully tested above this level through the Language Center.