French Major
French Major
Program Description
The French degree provides a robust foundational knowledge in language, literature, culture, professional French and film that prepares you for exciting careers and opens many doors. The sequence of courses will lead to a senior capstone project, and you will receive personalized mentoring for it. A French major can be combined with another major or minor.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop communication skills in the target language at the advanced level.
- Show understanding, appreciation and respect for another culture.
- Grow in critical and creative thinking in the target language.
- Grow awareness of social justice in another region.
- Gain insight into one's own language and culture.
Course Map
Experiences
- Faculty-led summer study abroad programs, such as at the Catholic University of Lyon
- Service learning with the local Haitian community, other immigrants or families from French-speaking Africa
- French Club on campus
- For several classes, students are given a French-speaking tour of the collections at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Pi Delta Phi (National French Honor Society)
- Students have the opportunity to become French tutors in the Aylward-Dunn Learning Center on campus
- French majors have been selected for scholarships at RU and to study abroad in France. Contact Professor Kathleen Madigan for more information on these at kathleen.madigan@rockhurst.edu.
Outcomes
- Our French majors have won teaching assistantships from the French government for the TAPIF program to teach English in France.
- Graduates of the French program go on to pursue careers as French teachers, translators and in business.
