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. Eight 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. Eight credits from the following courses

LIT 181 - European Literature I (4)
LIT 182 - European Literature II (4)
LIT 251 - Studies in Foreign Film (4)
ML 390 - Advanced Study of Topics Related to Foreign Languages and Cultures (2 or 4)
LIT 375 - Topics in Foreign Literature (4) when available
The courses listed above are conducted in English.

3. Eight credits from the following history courses

HST 329 - Europe in the Seventeenth Century (4)
HST 348 - Europe in the Eighteenth Century (4)
HST 349 - France in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment (4)
Other topic courses in history may be substituted with permission of the concentration coordinator.

4. Four credits in art and art history selected from

AH 326 - Gothic Art (4)
AH 360 - Nineteenth-Century Art (4)
AH 361 - Modern Art 1900-1960 (4)
Other topic courses in art history may be substutited with permission of the concentration coordinator.

5. Corequisite course selected from the following

HST 101 - Introduction to European History Before 1715 (4)
HST 102 - Introduction to European History Since 1715 (4)
Either course satisfies the general education requirement in the western civilization knowledge exploration area.

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.