How you plan your curriculum depends a lot on where you start your French courses in college. If you have not yet enrolled in a French course at Bucknell, be sure you sign up for the highest level that your preparation allows. The fewer beginning and intermediate language courses you take here the more advanced courses in literature or civilization you can take and the easier it is to fit in the French major. Remember, eight courses are the minimum you need for a major, not the maximum. One course each semester.
Language study needs to be consistent and persistent.
The best way to do the French major is to start early and take one course each semester. If you start at FREN 103 or above you can complete the major, by taking one French course per semester over your four years. It is even possible to start at FREN 101, but then you would need to double up some semesters. Bucknell en France courses. Bucknell en France requires that you take FREN 215 and 216.