Departmental Learning Goals

1. Speak, read, and write in French with near native proficiency.

Oral communication skills

2. Engage the French and Francophone world and achieve cultural literacy.

Oral communication skills; ability to view problems from multiple perspectives

3. Become aware of cultural and linguistic diversity as global citizens who may someday work in the Francophone world.

Oral communication skills; ability to view problems from multiple perspectives

4. Communicate, with logic and empathy, among different perspectives and values especially in cross-cultural contexts.

Writing skills; oral communication skills; ability to view problems from multiple perspectives

5. Think critically about texts, films, music, and fine arts as objects of inquiry.

Writing skills; research skills; ability to view problems from multiple perspectives

6. Analyze French and Francophone literatures as sources of human experience.

Writing skills; research skills; critical thinking skills

7. Prepare for and pursue graduate studies, if they wish, in a variety of fields.

Writing skills; research skills