School of Liberal Arts: French and Italian
2008-2009 Academic Year
340
203 or H203 or an upper-level French course at Tulane will have fulfilled their
language requirement for graduation.
FRENCH MAJOR
(eleven courses, 33 credits)
Group I Basic Core Courses (15 credits)
FREN 313 French Media and oral Performance (3)
FREN 314 Phonetics (3) or FREN 307 Linguistics (3)
FREN 315 Advanced Grammar and Composition (3)
FREN 321 Introduction to Literary Analysis (3)
FREN 325 French Society and Institutions (3)
Group II Advanced Courses (six courses, 18 credits, which includes Senior
Seminar; for double majors, five courses, 15 credits, including the Senior
Seminar)
Five advanced courses at the 400- or 600-level (four for double majors), which
may include one literature in translation course at the 300 level or one elective at
the advanced level in a related field outside the department, e.g., a course in
French art or French history. JYA students must take at least one of these
advanced courses on Tulane campus. FREN 595 Senior Seminar: required for all
majors. Offered fall semester only.
FRANCOPHONE AREA STUDIES CONCENTRATION
Students with a strong interest in the histories, cultures, and literatures of French-
speaking peoples outside of Europe (the Maghreb, sub-Saharan Africa, the
Caribbean, Viet Nam, Louisiana) and the linguistic particularities of those areas
can pursue a Francophone Studies Concentration within the French major.
Students will take at least three courses in Francophone Area Studies from the list
of catalog courses below. Students may also seek approval for relevant special
topics courses (recent examples of which are listed below). The completion of the
Concentration will appear on students' transcripts.
COURSES IN THE FRANCOPHONE AREA STUDIES
CONCENTRATION
Catalog Courses:
French 304 - African and Caribbean Literature
French 305 - Literature in Exile
French 307 - French Around the World
French 411/611 - Field Research on French in Louisiana
French 474/674 - 20th-century Drama
French 480/680 - Post/Colonial Francophone Literatures
Recent Special Topics Courses:
French 301 - Literature and the Environment (Watts)