Program: Foreign Languages, French and Francophone Studies Concentration, B.A. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
615-898-2981
Ann McCullough, program coordinator
Ann.Mccullough@mtsu.edu

A major in Foreign Languages with a French and Francophone Studies concentration consists of 39 semester hours (excluding 1010) and must include at least 20 hours of upper-division work. Before beginning the junior year, the student should file a degree plan with his or her advisor.

Academic Maps

Following are printable, suggested four-year schedules of courses:

Foreign Languages, French and Francophone Studies, B.A., Academic Map

Foreign Languages, French and Francophone Studies (Study Abroad), B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
Major Requirements	39 hours
Approved Bachelor of Arts Minor	15-18 hours
Electives	22-25 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements include Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Major Requirements (39 hours)

FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
FREN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
FREN 1020 - Elementary French II 3 credit hours OR
FREN 1040 - Intensive Elementary French 6 credit hours (only 3 credit hours counted toward degree)
FREN 2010 - Intermediate French I 3 credit hours
FREN 2020 - Intermediate French II 3 credit hours
FREN 3010 - Advanced Composition 3 credit hours
NOTE: Native speakers will substitute an additional 4000-level course for FREN 3010.
FREN 4000-level 6 credit hours
FREN electives (FL 3100 may count) 17 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

Approved Bachelor of Arts minor

Electives (22-25 hours)

Curriculum: Foreign Languages, French and Francophone Studies

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
Mathematics 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
FREN 1010 - Elementary French I 3 credit hours AND
FREN 1020 - Elementary French II 3 credit hours OR
FREN 1040 - Intensive Elementary French 6 credit hours (only 3 hours may be counted for the B.A. degree.)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum//FA) OR
HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences (2 rubrics) 6 credit hours
Minor course 3 credit hours
FREN 2010 - Intermediate French I 3 credit hours
FREN 2020 - Intermediate French II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 28 Hours

Junior

FREN 3010 - Advanced Composition 3 credit hours
General electives 12 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours
FREN 3000-4000 level major courses 9 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

FREN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
FREN 3000-4000 level major courses 8 credit hours
General electives 7 credit hours
Minor/Elective 3 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours
FREN 4000-level major courses 6 credit hours