Language and culture are inseparable; the study of other cultures also offers new perspectives on one’s own.
The Lois ’51 and J. Harvey Watson Department of French and Francophone Studies offers a wide range of courses in French and Francophone language and literature, contemporary France, cinema, and more—all taught entirely in French.
About the Department
The French and Francophone Studies Department provides students with a thorough training in French language and culture, enabling you to interact freely and easily with French native speakers in all areas of linguistic competency.
Students acquire an active command of written and spoken French, and discover and appreciate French and Francophone cultures. In addition to building linguistic and cultural competence in all students, we seek to provide more advanced students with the analytical skills necessary to understand the expressions and manifestations of these cultures through the study, in French, of literature, cinema, history, the arts, and the social sciences.
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Students have many opportunities to use their French skills beyond the classroom, including field trips, at the French tables in dining halls, and at the Maison Française, the residential house on campus.