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 2150 level. Students who place into FRH 2150 will take FRH 2150 and FRH 3140 ; if they place higher than FRH 2150 , they will take FRH 3140 plus 4 credits in a higher level course.

2. Eight credits from the following courses

LIT 1810 - European Literature I (4)
LIT 1820 - European Literature II (4)
LIT 2905 - Studies in Foreign Film (4)
ML 3900 - Advanced Study of Topics Related to Foreign Languages and Cultures (2 OR 4)
LIT 3905 - Topics in Foreign Literature (4) when available
The courses listed above are conducted in English.

3. Eight credits from the following history courses

HST 3370 - Europe in the Seventeenth Century (4)
HST 3375 - Europe in the Eighteenth Century (4)
HST 3390 - Early Modern France (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 3230 - Gothic Art (4)
AH 3410 - Nineteenth-Century Art (4)
AH 3420 - Modern Art 1900-1960 (4)
Other topic courses in art history may be substituted with permission of the concentration coordinator.

5. Corequisite course selected from the following

HST 1300 - Europe in Global Context to 1600 (4)
HST 1400 - Europe in Global Context from 1600 to the Present (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.

Regression Policy

Students will not receive credit for a lower sequence course after successful completion of a more advanced level course. For example, students will not receive credit for FRH 1140 (or transfer course equivalent) if taken after successful completion of FRH 1150.