Furthermore, the practical value of a knowledge of foreign languages in the modern world must not be ignored. While central to liberal education and supporting a variety of intellectual and recreational activities, foreign language education also has broad career applications. Foreign language skills are needed in the diplomatic corps, and the defense and intelligence establishments of a world power. Moreover, to provide adequate instruction in a multitude of languages requires a continuously replenished cadre of well-prepared teachers, translator researchers in all aspects of the discipline. The goal of each course is to make the student as intimately and totally conversant with the foreign language as is possible without living within the foreign culture itself.
All courses earn three credit hours each semester, unless otherwise noted.
The major in French requires twenty-seven credit hours of advanced courses including Senior Thesis. Includes extensive oral and written practice of the basic grammatical structures. Reading and discussion of selected texts. Reading, discussion and reports on selected plays. II A study of the development of French poetry from the Middle Ages to the present.