The Major

Major Advisers
Mary Ellen Birkett, Eglal Doss-Quinby, Dawn Fulton, Martine Gantrel, Jonathan Gosnell, Ann Leone, Nicolas Russell, Hélène Visentin.

The French Studies Major
Requirements: ten 4-credit courses at the 230 level or above, including:

1. The basis for the French Studies major: 253, 254, or an equivalent accepted by the department;

2. The language requirement: two four-credit, 300-level language courses;

3. Seven additional four-credit courses, as detailed below, two of which must be taken at the advanced level in the senior year.

Students majoring in French Studies must have a minimum of five 300-level French courses, including the language requirement. Majors must take at least two courses in periods before the nineteenth century and one course covering the nineteenth- or twentieth century; 253 and above may count toward this distribution requirement. Students may take up to two courses relating to France or the Francophone world from appropriate offerings in other departments. Only one course counting toward the major may be taken for an S/U grade. Students considering graduate school in French Studies are encouraged to take CLT 300, Contemporary Literary Theory.

To learn more about French Major Research Skills, and to discover the best ways to access ressources, please visit the Smith College Libraries page on Information Literacy.