Minor Concentration in French

Advisory board: Dr. Nancy Tille-Victorica

Track 1 – French Language Learners

Course # Course Name Credits
FRE2220 Honors Intermediate French Language and Culture I 4
FRE2221 Honors Intermediate French Language and Culture II 4
FRE3400 Honors Advanced French Language and Culture I 4

FRE/FRW/FRT and/or
1 open course (see below)

2 Honors Elective courses, each of 3 or 4 credits at the 2000-, 3000- or 4000- level 6-8
  Total Credits 18-20

 

French language learners who test out of FRE2220 by taking the French placement test will need to substitute FRE2220 with another elective course of either 3 or 4 credits after successfully completing FRE2221. These students might complete the Minor Concentration in French with 17 credits instead of 18.

Track 2 – Native and Heritage French Language Speakers

Course # Course Name Credits
FRE2221 Honors Intermediate French Language and Culture II 4
FRE3400 Honors Advanced French Language and Culture I 4

FRE/FRW/FRT and/or
1 open course (see below)

3 Honors Elective courses, each of 3 or 4 credit courses at the 2000-, 3000- or 4000- level 9-12
  Total Credits 17-20

Possible electives offered at the Honors College

Course # Course
FRT2510    Honors Francophone Culture and Civilizations, 3 credits
FRE4502    Honors Francophone Language and Culture, 3 credits
FRW3112 Honors Introduction to Francophone Literatures, 3 credits
FRW4905 Honors Directed Independent Study, 3 credits
FRE2957  

Honors French Language and Culture Study Abroad, 3-6 credits

FRE3957   Honors French or Francophone Culture Study Abroad, 3-6 credits
Open   One 3-credit Honors course, DIS, or IDS in which over 50% of the course program is about the Francophone World (e.g. history, art, politics, philosophy, etc.). Pre-approval from the Advisory Board to count this course for the minor is required.

Possible non-honors course electives offered at FAU on the Boca campus or online. Students may count up to two 3-credit non-honors FAU courses towards the minor.

Course # Course
FRE3393 Culture et Société: Cinéma, 3 credits
FRE3401 Advanced French Language and Culture 2, 4 credits
FRE3340 French for Bilinguals, 3 credits (Track 2 only)
FRE3440 Commercial French, 3 credits
FRE3442 Advanced Commercial French, 3 credits
FRE3780 Prononciation et Phonétique, 3 credits (Track 1 only)


Other courses offered at FAU at the 3000 level or above may be used with prior approval of the Advisory Board.