The French Program French at Williams is a small, intimate program that manages to accommodate students with varying levels of language proficiency and different interests. Most classes and seminars have limited enrollments so that students can practice their language skills in class. All the language courses and almost all of the upper-level literature and cultural studies courses are taught entirely in French.
Students benefit doubly from the intense instruction and individual attention.
In our language courses, we use a multimedia approach. The scope of our offerings in literature and culture is very extensive, and our courses span all the major periods and works of French literature, from the Renaissance to Revolutionary France to modern French poetry. In keeping with our interdisciplinary emphasis, students majoring in French may count toward their degree courses in other departments that concern French art, music, philosophy and history. All these different approaches lend depth and richness to the French program. The French program is supported by a well-versed faculty, highly regarded in their respective areas of expertise and internationally recognized for their scholarly achievements.