French Major Requirements

(Also see Requirements for a Bachelor's Degree.)

The program stress the importance of students meeting each semester with their appointed faculty advisor to ensure a coherent and adequate course of study and students with previous exposure to French must take a web-based language placement test to determine the appropriate course level in which to enroll when selecting their first French language course. Of the ten courses required for the French major, only one may be a course taught in English (indicated under either the 211 and 212 prefixes with a MLL-ENGL POS-Tag). Six of the ten courses must be completed through the French Program at JHU on the Homewood campus. The program encourages students to study abroad and students should be sure to follow all required procedures for the approval of study abroad coursework. All major requirements must be completed with a grade of C or better and may not be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

Writing and Communication in the Major

Students must complete at least 6 credits of Writing and Communication Foundational Ability coursework in one major. For this major, students would be able to fulfill this requirement by completing AS.210.301 and AS.210.333, required courses of the major that are designated as Writing and Communication courses.  
 
Pre-Requisites to Major Requirements (or appropriate placement):
AS.210.101French Elements I4
AS.210.102French Elements II4
AS.210.201Intermediate French I3
AS.210.202Intermediate French II3
Total Credits14
Required Courses
AS.210.301Advanced French for Writing 3
AS.210.302Advanced French for Speaking 3
AS.212.333Introduction à la littérature française I 3
AS.212.334Introduction à la littérature française II 3
AS.210.417Eloquent French (no later than fall of senior year) 3
AS.212.353La France Contemporaine3
Four Elective Courses 112
At least one course numbered AS.212.4xx is required for the major
Up to one course numbered AS.210.3xx-4xx (in French) may be counted towards the major 2
Up to one course listed as AS.211.xxx with POS-Tag MLL-FREN may be counted towards the major
Any remaining electives must be AS.212.3xx-4xx
Total Credits30
1

No more than one course may be taught in English.

2

Courses that currently apply include: AS.210.306 Medical French : Santé et Société, AS.210.309 The Sounds of French, and AS.210.409 Le monde francophone.

Sample Program of Study

First Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
AS.210.1014AS.210.1024
 4 4
Second Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
AS.210.2013AS.210.2023
 3 3
Third Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
AS.210.3013AS.210.3023
AS.212.3533AS.212.3343
 AS.210.3xx-4xx or AS.212.3xx-4xx course3
 6 9
Fourth Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
AS.210.4173AS.212.3xx-4xx elective3
AS.212.3333AS.212.4xx elective3
AS.211.3xx-4xx or AS.212.3xx-4xx elective3 
 9 6
Total Credits 44

Honors in the Major

Qualified majors may earn Honors in French by meeting the minimal GPA requirement (3.7 in all French classes) and completing four credits capstone thesis. This includes the 1-credit “Thesis Prep” (AS.212.429 Honors Thesis Prep) and the 3-credit “Senior Thesis” (AS.212.430 French Honors Thesis). Note that these courses, usually taken in the Senior year, are in addition to the 10 required three-credit courses of the major.