French Minor

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The French Program offers an avenue to engage with the expanding and diverse Francophone cultural and linguistic world. The French minor consists of up to 16 units of lower-division and from 9 to 12 units of upper-division coursework. Students must complete the lower-division sequence - or the equivalent - prior to beginning upper-division coursework in French language, literature, and culture. Students may be exempt from lower division courses. Students may challenge elementary and intermediate courses by exam. Students who test out of the lower division courses will be required to take upper division courses to meet the 15 unit minimum.

French Minor Requirements (15-23 units)

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Students may be exempt from lower division courses. Students may challenge elementary and intermediate courses by exam. Students who test out of the lower division courses will be required to take a fourth upper division course to meet the 15 unit minimum for the minor.

NOTE: Minor students should take all courses for a letter grade.

Lower Division Exemption or Coursework

All French minor students are required to have an intermediate-level understanding of the French language. Incoming students with prior experience with the French language may have some or all of the lower division courses waived. Students may also challenge any of the lower division courses by exam. To determine which lower division coursework to take contact your MLL advisor for exemption procedures and forms. Students who do not achieve any lower division exemptions must take all of the following coursework:

MLL 121 - Elementary French I: Language and Humanities Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
MLL 122 - Elementary French II: Language and Arts Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
MLL 221 - Intermediate French I: Francophone Cultures Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2
MLL 222 - Intermediate French II: Francophone American Sociocultural Issues Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-D1-2
MLL 225 - Transcultural Franco-Phone Cinema Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-C2

Elective Coursework

All students must complete a minimum of 15-units for the minor, at least 9 units of which must be upper division. Choose at least 3 to 5 elective courses from the following list to complete the minimum required coursework:

MLL 323 - Francophone Culture and Civilization through Cinema Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
MLL 326W - Sexuality and Feminism in Francophone Literature and Cinema Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C ; Social Justice; UWR
MLL 422W - LGBTQ Francophone Cinema Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice; UWR
MLL 425 - Postcolonial Francophone Rap/Hip-Hop Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Social Justice
MLL 428 - French for the Professions Units: 4