French Studies Concentration

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Coordinator: Stacey Hahn (French)

The concentration in French studies provides an interdisciplinary understanding of French culture for students not majoring in French. Courses in French language, literature, civilization, art history and history are required.

In addition to providing students with a well-rounded background in the area of French studies, this concentration is also useful to students planning graduate work in French history or art history.

The concentration offers selected courses from this catalog as warranted by student needs and availability of faculty. Specific offerings for each term may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

The concentration requires completion of a minimum of 28 credits, including 8 credits in French language and 20 credits in courses conducted in English as follows:

1. 8 credits of French language taken at Oakland University

Students must achieve minimally at the 215 level. Students who place into FRH 215 will take FRH 215 and FRH 314 ; if they place higher than FRH 215 , they will take FRH 314 plus 4 credits in a higher level course.

2. 8 credits from the following courses

LIT 181 - European Literature I (4) Credits
LIT 182 - European Literature II (4) Credits
LIT 251 - Studies in Foreign Film (4) Credits
ML 390 - Advanced Study of Topics Related to Foreign Languages and Cultures (2 or 4) Credits
LIT 375 - Topics in Foreign Literature (4) Credits when available

Note

All conducted in English.

3. 8 credits from the following history courses

HST 329 - Europe in the Seventeenth Century (4) Credits
HST 345 - France since 1789 (4) Credits
HST 347
HST 348 - Europe in the Eighteenth Century (4) Credits
* HST 349 - France in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment (4) Credits

Note

Other topic courses in history may be substituted with permission of the concentration coordinator.

*Students must take either HST 101 or HST 102 as a co-requisite for the concentration (either of which satisfies the general education requirement).

4. 4 credits in Art and Art History

AH 326 - Gothic Art (4) Credits
AH 360 - Nineteenth-Century Art (4) Credits
AH 361 - Twentieth-Century Art I, 1900-1945 (4) Credits

Note

Other topic courses in art history may be substituted with permission of the concentration coordinator.

Additional Information

This concentration does not constitute a major. Students must elect a major from those offered by the university. Interested students should develop a program in consultation with the coordinator.