Bachelor [French] From DePauw University

The department encourages all majors and minors to spend at least one semester in an approved off-campus program in a country that speaks the target language. Students may apply credit from these programs to their major or minor as follows: two courses per semester may count toward the major, but only one course taken off-campus may count toward a minor.?

The International Center may assist students in locating an appropriate off-campus study program. See descriptions of programs in Section V, Off-campus Studies. Placement beyond the two-semester elementary level fulfills DePauw's language requirement. The language requirement may also be fulfilled with the two semesters of the elementary sequence in any language. In French and Spanish, successful completion of the "Review of Elementary" course (FREN 110, SPAN 140) fulfills the language requirement in a single semester. International students who are native speakers of any language other than English and who are degree candidates will be judged to have already satisfied the language requirement.

In order to satisfy the Writing in the Major requirement for French, students must complete French 413: Advanced French Stylistics in addition to the senior seminar (French 420). In both French 413 and French 420, students will have a variety of writing assignments and opportunities to revise and reflect on their writing. Upon completion of the major, students should be able to write in French clearly and elegantly for a wide range of audiences and in varied contexts, from informal correspondence through professional and academic discourse.