French Program Learning Outcomes

A student who graduates with a major in French should be able to:

• Read, comprehend and evaluate content with a difficulty level from simple conversational text to technical, theoretical and literary passages.
• Compose written documents that express, explain and analyze Francophone culture, linguistics, and literature.
• Understand aurally and respond orally to basic conversation, as well as more complex situations.
• Describe and critique in written and oral form Francophone cultural manifestations - historical and current - related to belief systems, politics, linguistic systems, sociolinguistic diversity, and social justice issues.