{"id":2500,"date":"2018-01-26T09:52:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T15:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/?page_id=2500"},"modified":"2026-11-06T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:36:47","slug":"french-major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/french-major\/","title":{"rendered":"French Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In courses for the major, students refine their oral and written French, gain intercultural competence, and develop analytical skills through the study of Francophone contemporary cultures, civilizations, and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements for the French major:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students must take a minimum of&nbsp;<strong>eight<\/strong> (8) courses in French above FREN 112, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Two<\/strong> 250-level courses, at least one of which must be taught by a St. Olaf instructor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Two<\/strong> 270-level courses, at least one of which must be taught by a St. Olaf instructor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Two<\/strong> 300-level courses, taken on-campus and taught by a St. Olaf instructor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Two<\/strong> additional relevant courses of the student&#8217;s choosing; may include FREN 231, FREN 232 or FREN 235. A maximum of one course with a significant French\/Francophone focus from another department or program on campus is allowed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scores of AP 4 or 5 or IB HL 6 or HL 7 may count as one of the electives for the French major. Please consult the French Section head.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of relevant courses from other departments include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ART 251: Art 1776-1880, Revolutionary Art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ART 252: Art 1880-1945, &#8220;The Shock of the New&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ART 263: Medieval Art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ART 271: Gothic Art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HIST 210: Major Seminar: European History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HIST 226: Modern France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HIST 227: French Revolution and Napoleon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MUSIC 343: Music of the Classical and Romantic Eras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PHIL 236: History of Modern Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PSCI 260: History of Modern Political Thought<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PSCI 283: European Social Democracy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>THEAT 270: History of Theater up to 1700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All French majors are urged to <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/abroad\/\">study abroad<\/a> in France or in another Francophone country.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In courses for the major, students refine their oral and written French, gain intercultural competence, and develop analytical skills through the study of Francophone contemporary cultures, civilizations, and literature. Requirements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3023,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2500"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3254,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2500\/revisions\/3254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}