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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Modern Languages: French Emphasis Area, BA

Program Description

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages provides a broadly humanistic course of study in seven areas of concentration. The French Emphasis Area seeks to provide students with basic competence in both the relevant language and the literary and cultural heritage pertaining to that language. Moreover, students are required to take at least six courses in Advanced Arts and Humanities and Theory and Methodology which are designed to sharpen their sense of cultural difference, to enhance their critical thinking skills, and to prepare them for citizenship in a global community of diverse cultural precepts and practices. In this respect, the Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in the international arena, as well as for the kinds of graduate programs that are an appropriate starting point for such careers.

All Modern Languages students in the French Emphasis Area are required to study abroad with a Clemson-approved program for at least one semester.

As a condition of graduation, students in the Modern Languages program are required to pass a non-credit examination and to submit an electronic portfolio in the relevant language to assess their competence in that language. Students should see their advisor for details. Both assessments take place in the student’s last full semester of study.

Emphasis Area

Freshman Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

  • 4 Credits 1
  • Natural Science Requirement 4 Credits 2
  • Social Science Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • South Carolina REACH Act Requirement 3 Credits 3
  • Elective 2 Credits
Credit Hours: 16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

  • 3 Credits
  • Arts and Humanities (Non-Literature) Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • History Requirement 3 Credits 4
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 4 Credits
Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

  • 3 Credits
  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 5
  • Arts and Humanities (Literature) Requirement 3 Credits 2
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 3 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Junior Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 5
  • Global Challenges Requirement 3 Credits 8
  • Major Requirement 3 Credits 7
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 9
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Senior Year

First Semester

  • 1 Credit
  • Global Challenges Requirement 3 Credits 8
  • Major Requirement 3 Credits 7
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 9
  • Minor Requirement 3 Credits
  • Elective 2 Credits
Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

  • Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 Credits 5
  • Major Requirement 6 Credits 7
  • Methodology and Theory Requirement 3 Credits 9
Credit Hours: 12

Total Semester Hours: 120

Footnotes

1 Students who have had previous instruction in French may take an accelerated one-semester course that covers the material presented in the standard first-year sequence. They must then take four additional elective credit hours.

2 See General Education Requirements .

3 See the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations  section.

4 Select from HIST 2150 , HIST 3700 , HIST 3720 , HIST 3730 , HIST 3740 , HIST 3750 , HIST 3770 , HIST 3780 , HIST 3840 , HIST 4200 , HIST 4700 , HIST 4710 , or HIST 4950 .

5 A total of nine credits selected from ARCH 2040 , ART 2100 , FR 3040 , FR 3080 , FR 3090 , FR 3180 , FR 3200 , FR 3630 , FR 4000 , FR 4100 , FR 4120 , FR 4200 , FR 4390 , FR 4750 , FR 4760 , FR 4770 , FR 4990 , GEOG 3010 , GEOG 3030 , GEOG 3050 , LANG 2540 , LARC 1150 , LARC 1160 , WCIN 3570 , WS 3010 , WS 4590 , any AAH, MUSC, or THEA courses, or any 3000- or 4000-level ENGL, HUM, PHIL or REL courses. A minimum of three credits have to be taken in the target language. Three of these credits may also be used to satisfy three credits of the Global Challenges General Education Requirement.

6 Course not offered at Clemson; must be taken abroad.

7 Three credits from FR 3000  or FR 3040 , three credits from FR 3070  or FR 3170 , and a minimum of nine credits of FR 3000-4000-level courses (except FR 4380  or FR 4390 ) are required, of which at least one course must be in literature at the 4000 level (select from FR 4000 , FR 4100 , FR 4120 , FR 4200 , FR 4750 , FR 4760 , FR 4770 , FR 4990 ). No more than one course taught in English may be taken.

8 See General Education Requirements . Three of these credits may also be used to satisfy three credits of the Advanced Arts and Humanities Requirement.

9 Select from ANTH 3010 , EDEL 4880 , EDF 3080 , EDLT 4800 , EDLT 4980 , EDSC 3250 , EDSC 4250 , EDSP 3700 , ENGL 4350 , ENGL 4400 , FR 4150 , FR 4750 , FR 4760 , FR 4770 ,  any 3000- or 4000-level LANG courses, PHIL 3150 , PHIL 3160 , PHIL 3170 , PHIL 3180 , PHIL 3200 , PHIL 3210 , PHIL 3450 , PHIL 3480 , PHIL 4010 , PHIL 4020 , PHIL 4220 , PHIL 4750 , POSC 3620 , POSC 3710 , POSC 3750 , POSC 4080 , POSC 4480 , POSC 4660 , REL 3350 , SOC 3300 , SOC 4330 , WCIN 4510 , WCIN 4530 , WCIN 4540 , WCIN 4620 , WS 3490 , or WS 4360 . A maximum of six credits may be in the target language.