Program: French, B.A. Major in - Hofstra University

Mar 15, 2025

2012-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin

Both major and minor programs are supervised by a full-time faculty member of French, selected by the student.

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 36

36 semester hours (33 s.h. for students placing above level 4 in French) distributed evenly in language, culture, and literature, as specified below.

Language:

12 hours, including FREN 111 , chosen from:

FREN 004 - Intermediate French Semester Hours: 3
FREN 013 - Intermediate French Grammar Semester Hours: 1
FREN 015 - Practical Translation Semester Hours: 1
FREN 018 - Intermediate French Phonetics Semester Hours: 1
FREN 020 - French Transformational Grammar Semester Hours: 1
FREN 107 - Individualized French Aural-Oral Development Semester Hours: 0.5
FREN 109 - Conversational French Semester Hours: 3
FREN 111 - Advanced French Grammar Semester Hours: 3
FREN 112 - French Composition Semester Hours: 3
FREN 165 - French Phonetic Development Semester Hours: 3

Culture:

12 hours, including FREN 113 , and at least 3 s.h. in a non-European culture, chosen from:

FREN 016 - Readings in Business I Semester Hours: 3
FREN 017 - Aspects of French Culture Semester Hours: 1
FREN 110 - Advanced Conversation Semester Hours: 3
FREN 113 - French Civilization Semester Hours: 3
FREN 121 - The Francophone Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa Semester Hours: 3
FREN 122 - (LT, CC) The Francophone Experience in North Africa Semester Hours: 3
FREN 123 - The Francophone Experience in the Caribbean Semester Hours: 3
FREN 124 - Culture et Littérature Québécoises (Culture and Literature of Quebec) Semester Hours: 3
FREN 125 - (CC, LT) East Asia Through the French and Francophone Perspectives Semester Hours: 3

Literature:

12 hours, including FREN 114 , chosen from:

FREN 006 - Advanced Reading Skills in French Semester Hours: 3
FREN 114 - Introduction to French Literature I Semester Hours: 3
FREN 151 - (LT) Satire in Various Genres Semester Hours: 3
FREN 155 - (LT) Love Literature through the Ages Semester Hours: 3
FREN 162 - (LT) Seminar in the French Theater Semester Hours: 3
FREN 172 - (LT) The Theater of Corneille, Racine and Moliere Semester Hours: 3
FREN 180 A-Z - (LT) Special Topics in French and Francophonic Literature Semester Hours: 3
FREN 183 - (LT) Society Under Attack Semester Hours: 3
FREN 191 - (LT) From Romanticism to Symbolism Semester Hours: 3
FREN 192 - (LT) 19th-Century French Novel and Short Story Semester Hours: 3
FREN 195 - (LT) Modern French Theater Semester Hours: 3
FREN 196 - (LT) Modern French Poetry Semester Hours: 3
FREN 197 - (LT) 20th-Century French Novel and Short Story Semester Hours: 3

FREN 199

FREN 199 (honor’s thesis) can be taken with the consent of the department in accordance with requirements; this would bring the total number of FREN credits to 39.

Notes:

Credit in a language course cannot be given to a student who has already earned credit for a higher-numbered course in the same language when the course numbers in question indicate level of comprehension and ability in the introductory and intermediate study of that language.

NOTES: Language laboratory work is required in all modern foreign language courses on the 1, 2, 2R, 3, 4 level. The University general education goals and objectives relative to the composition and delivery of audience-appropriate oral presentations that develop and support a point and the demonstration of skill in oral communication for purposes such as informing, persuading, and defending are fulfilled by taking FREN 113 and FREN 114 , which are required for the major, and either FREN 109 or FREN 110 , one of which is required for the major.

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