Foreign Languages, French and Francophone Studies Concentration, B.S.

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.S., Academic Map

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

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	39 hours*
Minor 1	15-18 hours
Minor 2	15-18 hours
Electives	4-10 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of electives may increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following course required by the program meets True Blue Core requirements:

3 credit hours from foreign language 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020 (NWC)

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
FREN 2010 - Intermediate French I 3 credit hours
FREN 2020 - Intermediate French II 3 credit hours
FREN 4000-level 3 credit hours
FREN 3000-4000 electives (FL 3100 may count) 23 credit hours

Minor 1 (15-18 hours)

Minor 2 (15-18 hours)

Electives (4-10 hours)

Curriculum: Foreign Languages, French and Francophone Studies

Freshman

Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
FREN 1010 - Elementary French I 3 credit hours
FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
FREN 1020 - Elementary French II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Sophomore

FREN 2010 - Intermediate French I 3 credit hours
FREN 2020 - Intermediate French II 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours
Minor courses 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

General electives 3 credit hours
Minor courses 12 credit hours
FREN 3000-4000 electives 12 credit hours

Subtotal: 27 Hours

Senior

FREN 4000 - Senior Workshop 1 credit hour
FREN 3000-4000 electives 11 credit hours
General electives 1 credit hour
Minor courses 15 credit hours
FREN 4000-level major courses 3 credit hours