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The B.A. in French and Francophone Studies
The major in French and Francophone studies provides an interdisciplinary framework for the study of the history, literature, and culture of France and parts of the world in which French is an important medium of culture. Students explore the history and contemporary applications of concepts such as citizenship, national unity, secularism, and human rights, and explore central issues including universalism/relativism, tradition/modernity, and religion/state as they have developed in France and its colonies/former colonies since the 18th century. Students take a series of required courses that includes Introduction to French and Francophone Studies I and II, French grammar and composition, essential to achieving proficiency in French language, and France Past and Present. Having completed these courses they take courses in related departments/programs, e.g. history, anthropology, political science, women's studies, human rights, art history, to fulfill the interdisciplinary portion of the major. To ensure methodological focus three of these courses should be taken within a single field (e.g. history, music, anthropology, or political science), or in relation to a single issue or world region, e.g. West Africa.
Students who are interested in a more traditional French literature/language program should consider the major in French Language and Literature, also administered by the French Department.
For a Major in French and Francophone Studies
Program of study: To be planned before the end of the sophomore year with the director of undergraduate studies.
Required courses: a minimum of 33 points beyond completion of the language requirement (FREN W1202) distributed as follows:
The remaining courses (18 points) are to be chosen from upper-level offerings in departments other than French (if electives are taken at Columbia), or in disciplines other than French literature (if electives are taken during study abroad). To ensure focus, at least three of these interdisciplinary electives must fall within a single discipline of subject area. Courses must be pre-approved by the director of undergraduate studies. One of the advanced electives may be a senior essay written under the direction of a faculty member affiliated with the French and Francophone Studies committee or teaching at Reid Hall. Majors who choose to write a senior essay at Columbia should register for the senior tutorial course in their adviser's home department..
For a Concentration in French and Francophone Studies
Required courses: a minimum of 27 points beyond completion of the language requirement (FREN W1202) distributed as follows:
The remaining courses (12 points) are to be chosen from upper-level offerings in departments other than French (if electives are taken at Columbia), or in disciplines other than French literature (if electives are taken during study abroad). To ensure focus at least three of the interdisciplinary elective courses must fall within a single discipline or subject area. Courses must be pre-approved by the director of undergraduate studies.
For further details, please visit the Columbia College web site or the School of General Studies.
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