The French program is designed to enable students to develop proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French and familiarity with and appreciation of the French culture.
Students can also earn teacher certification.
Students wishing to increase proficiency should take the Work Internship in French or other advanced courses. Those wishing to increase proficiency should take the Work Internship in French, additional advanced courses, or study in a French-speaking country. French classes are proficiency-based classes where students develop proficiency to engage in oral and written exchanges in French, to demonstrate understanding of oral and written material in French, and to present information orally and in writing in French. Students gain knowledge and understanding of the cultures where French is spoken. In the French classes, students use French to make connections with other subject areas and to acquire information about other subjects.