French Studies - Brown University

French Studies from Brown University is a Campus Bachelor Language degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The Department of French Studies offers three standard concentration programs. Please note that the following apply to each concentration: 1) nine courses are required; 2) only two courses per semester abroad (eg. Brown-in-France) may count for concentration credit. A. Program in French Literature . The purpose of the concentration is to provide students with a comprehensive view of French and Francophone literature and various types of literary analysis. Both introductory and upper-level courses provide opportunities to explore a particular author, genre, period, or special topic, and to learn and use diverse analytical approaches, including semiotic, philosophical, psychological, feminist and reader-oriented methods of criticism. Prerequisite: FREN 600. The overall requirement is for a minimum of nine courses. Required courses: one upper-level language course (i.e. 1510 or 1610), 760, 1000, and 1900 (or 1980) for students writing an honors thesis, see below). Elective courses: at least five (courses numbered 750, 1010 and higher). Students are encouraged to take 1020 (History of the French Language). B. Program in French Civilization: The concentration in civilization is designed to help students develop an understanding of French culture, history and contemporary issues, including Francophone countries and cultures. Based in French Studies, the program is interdisciplinary, calling for an integration of elective courses in French Studies and other pertinent departments. Prerequisite: French 600. The overall requirement is for nine courses, with a minimum of seven courses in French Studies. Required courses: one upper-level language course (i.e. 1510 or 1610), 750, 1900 ( or 1980 for students writing an honors thesis, see below). Elective courses: six courses, including at least four in French Studies (courses numbered 760, 1010 and higher). Students are encouraged to take 1020 (History of the French Language) and 1410 (French Culture and Civilization). A maximum of two courses in departments such as Anthropology, History of Art and Architecture, History, Modern Culture and Media, Philosophy, and Political Science may count toward the concentration. C. Program in French Language: The concentration in language helps students combine advanced proficiency in uses of the language with an understanding of language as a human phenomenon, through work both in French Studies and in other disciplines that, variously, analyze the functioning of language (e.g., Linguistics), use linguistic models to study other fields of human behavior (e.g., Anthropology), or provide other specialized insight (e.g., Semiotics, Philosophy, language pathology). Prerequisite: French 600. The overall requirement is for a minimum of nine courses. Required courses: (a) 1020 (History of the French Language), 1510, 1610; (b) two other courses in French Studies (courses numbered 750, 760, 1000 and higher); and (c) one final independent study course to provide a synthesis of the knowledge acquired in various areas of study. Elective courses: three 1000- or 2000-level courses in other departments, to be distributed among at least two of the following categories: anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, semiotics, theory of literature . View more details on Brown University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Language courses.