French

专业详情

A major in the department prepares students for teaching language at the elementary level or for graduate work leading to advanced degrees in French, German, Italian, Latin American, Portuguese, or Spanish studies, or in comparative literature. It also provides excellent background for work in fields such as philosophy, history, international affairs, business, law, or medicine. Opportunities are available to study abroad. Students are encouraged to take advantage of these opportunities.

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.