French Major (BA)

Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

At time of admission to the University or by completion of a Major, Minor, Concentration Declaration Form or Inter-College Transfer Form .

Degree Requirements

If this is the student’s only or primary major, the degree requirements below must be completed for graduation. See graduation requirements for more information.

University Requirements

College of Liberal Arts Requirements for Bachelor of Arts

Major Requirements

Complete 30 credits from ten courses including one required course, six French instruction electives, and three French instruction or Francophone electives.

Pass/fail: No courses taken pass/fail may be applied toward the major.
Residency: At least five courses at or above French 301 must be completed at UMass Boston.

Course Requirements

Composition et Stylistique (3 Credits)

FRENCH 301 Composition et stylistique 3 Credit(s)

French 300-Level Electives (6 Credits)

Take two courses from the list below.

FRENCH 302 Initiation a la litterature et a la civilisation francaises: Depuis le Moyen Age jusqu’a la fin du 1 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 303 Intro Lit & Cult II 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 304 French Conversation 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 305 20th/21st Century French and Francophone Literature 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 307 French and Francophone Popular Culture 3 Credit(s)

French 400-Level Electives (6 Credits)

Take two courses between French 411 and 498 (inclusive) at UMass Boston or in the Paris program.

Additional French Electives (6 Credits)

Take two courses between French 302 and 498 (inclusive) not already taken.

French or Francophone Electives (9 Credits)

Take three additional courses from the list of French courses above or from the list below.

AFRSTY 150 African Images in Literature 3 Credit(s)
AFRSTY 225 The Origins of Caribbean Civilizations 3 Credit(s)
AFRSTY 292G African Caribbean Literature 3 Credit(s)
AFRSTY 310 Modern Caribbean Society 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 223G Afro-Caribbean Religions 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 272 Peoples and Cultures of Africa 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 274 Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean 3 Credit(s)
ART 250 Art of the Twentieth Century 3 Credit(s)
ART 317 Painting, 1850-1900 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 358 Caribbean Literature 3 Credit(s)
HIST 313 Nineteenth Century Europe 3 Credit(s)
HIST 315 Europe 1900-1945 3 Credit(s)
HIST 316 Europe since 1945 3 Credit(s)
HIST 330 The French Revolution 3 Credit(s)
PHIL 208 Existential Themes in Philosophy and Literature 3 Credit(s)