Studies in French
Through courses in French, students gain proficiency in understanding, reading, writing, and speaking the language. Laboratory facilities are used extensively to supplement classroom instruction. Upper-level courses are conducted primarily in French.
Major and Minor Requirements
The current requirements can be found on our Registrar’s page. Click the links below for more information.
Student Research
Students can undertake semester- or year-long research projects with individual professors or can participate in undergraduate conferences.
Women in Québécois Literature (Emily Higginbotham)
Femme Fatale in Scève and Baudelaire (Tyler Rowe)
Representations of the Rwandan Genocide (Noah Goodwin)
Québécois Cinema (Jalen Brown)
French New Wave Cinema (Valentina Colon, Meggie Sayles)
French New Wave Cinema and Popular Culture during the Occupation (Shannen Nowakowski)
History of Cajun French Language & Its Literature (Eleni Riris)
Liberty Leading the War: A Comparative Analysis of the American and French Revolutions (Michael Dye)
The French Section offers a summer study abroad program in Paris. The Section also cooperates with a variety of semester or year-long study abroad program, advises and encourages students wishing to study abroad, and helps in planning their study programs. Credits can be accepted from abroad to fulfill major requirements.
Graduates in French may pursue careers in government or private fields in which the knowledge of this language is essential, including interpreting, translating, research, social services, education, the tourism industry, government agencies, the Peace Corps, or international business.
Students not majoring or minoring in French can nonetheless use French courses taught by MLL faculty towards fulfilling the College’s General Education language requirement. For more on the this requirement and the various exemptions possible, see the General Education section of the catalog.