53 Degrees in French in USA for 2024
- Santa Barbara, USA
Full time
2 years
On-Campus
English
A study of French as an Associate of Arts expands individual consciousness contributes to understanding the history and development of many countries and provides the communication skills necessary for a variety of careers. Languages are the key to the understanding and appreciation of value systems and social attitudes of different cultures. Furthermore, acquiring communication skills in other languages facilitates the exchange of ideas and transactions, and increases awareness, appreciation, and understanding of cultural diversity.
- Binghamton, USA
Full time
4 years
On-Campus
English
The French major offers two areas of study: French and Francophone Studies, French Language and Linguistics. As the student progresses within the major, the specialization of either French or Francophone studies or linguistics will begin through strategic course selections. Students will typically also choose to double major within a different discipline to build a holistic degree plan.
- Fairfax, USA
Full time
4 years
On-Campus
English
The concentration in French provides students with the opportunity to study traditional academic fields like language, literature, and the culture of French and less traditional subjects such as film studies and the Francophone literature of the Caribbean, Quebec, and Africa. This unique combination leads to a well-rounded liberal arts education that allows students to experience the full spectrum of the Francophone world.
- Hanover, USA
Full time
4 years
On-Campus
French
At Hanover, the study of a modern language is rooted in activities and readings that help students see the world with the perspective of another culture. You'll learn to use language as a tool that connects cultures, business and individuals.
- Crawfordsville, USA
On-Campus
English
Wabash College understands that learning French is one avenue of many for understanding and interacting with the world, its peoples, and its histories. The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures prepares students for citizenship in a multicultural, multilingual global community, promoting proficiency in the French language as one path to expand knowledge of cultures and literatures in a pluralistic world. Proficient and engaged faculty work with students to provide a greater understanding of world affairs through the historical context, traditions, achievements, and lifestyles of the French-speaking world.
- Crystal Lake, USA
Full time
On-Campus
English
In MCC’s Modern Languages program, you will choose from French, German, and Spanish courses. In addition to fundamental communication skills, you will learn about culture, history, and contemporary issues in countries where these languages are spoken.
- Purchase, USA
On-Campus
English
And what better language to have than French—one of the most useful languages in business and, some argue, the most romantic of the romance languages. It’s spoken by more than 275 million people on every continent. As an official language, it’s second only to English and it’s growing fast—some estimate it will be spoken by more than 750 million people by 2050.
- Williamstown, USA
On-Campus
English
The Williams French Program offers a diverse range of courses in French language and Francophone literature, film, and culture. Whether you want to improve your French language skills, prepare for study abroad in France or Morocco, or learn more about the Francophone literary and cinematic tradition, we encourage you to explore our courses and activities.
- Online USA
On-Campus
English
Language is a key to unlocking new and different cultures and the French program makes available to students the textual, oral, and visual products of the French-speaking world. It also offers familiarity with the interdisciplinary exchanges—art, literature, history, politics, music, philosophy—that inform French studies today. Graduates of Mount Holyoke who have majored in French have used the language and analytical skills acquired during their studies to pursue a wide range of career options, from education, government service, and law to international banking, publishing, and marketing.
- Owensboro, USA
On-Campus
English
When you choose to study French, you will gain a competitive advantage for career fields positively affecting Canadian French culture in a widely globalized world. Learn French communication for work and business, practice pronunciation of the language or gain a deeper understanding of French, Indigenous and Quebecois culture – in the French program, you decide! Under the guidance of your francophone and academically-recognized professors, you will enhance your linguistic, problem-solving and presentation skills through a variety of dynamic courses, including: Business Communication in French, French Culture: Experiential Learning in the South of France and Advance Oral Language and Study of French Slang.
- Claremont, USA
On-Campus
English
As a French major or minor, you will rigorously study French and Francophone language, literature and culture in class discussions that stress the use of French in real-life situations with practical vocabulary, an inductive approach to grammar and hands-on activities.
- Davis, USA
On-Campus
English
Souhaitez-vous étudier le français? Majors in French work on four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing in French. Students also study the rich intellectual, literary and cultural history of France and the French-speaking world from the Middle Ages through the present day. Courses offered include literature, culture, film and linguistics.
- E.E. Davis Hall, USA
On-Campus
English
The French program prepares students to use the French language in all types of communication. It enables them to understand as fully as possible French cultures, literatures, and events around the world and to explore the contributions French language users have made and continue to make to human culture, the environment, and the economy.
- Northampton, USA
On-Campus
English
Explore the art of French, engage with its cultures and rediscover your own through others’ perspectives. The Department of French Studies offers about 30 courses in French language, literature and culture. Students build linguistic skills from beginning through advanced levels in grammar, phonetics and composition and use state-of-the-art technology to assist in their learning. French studies examines issues such as immigration, secularism, identity, gender and education across space (France and Francophone countries) and time, and at the crossroads of literary studies, art, history, linguistics and social sciences.
- Online USA
On-Campus
English
Students who have taken French, Italian, or Spanish in high school must take a computerized placement test before enrolling in a language or literature course in the Department of French. We strongly recommend that they take the 20-minute test on-line upon their arrival at the college. Students who study abroad on programs other than Colorado College’s must take at least two courses beyond 306, in addition to 431 and 432 at Colorado College, as well as completing the detailed major requirements described above, to receive a French degree from the college. Only two credits from any unaffiliated program abroad will be accepted into the major.