French Studies

Major programs may be organized historically, around a genre (like poetry, drama, or prose fiction), or around a period concept or movement (such as the Enlightenment, baroque, classicism and romanticism, or existentialism). Major programs normally include at least one term of study in France.

Major in French Studies. Prerequisite for the major: FREN 8 (Exploring French Culture and Language).
The French Studies Major consists of ten courses, with a minimum of six selected from FREN 10's (The Heroic Heart, Travel and Literature, The Anatomy of Passion, Living in Paris/Habiter Paris) and above, and from one to four from appropriate major-level courses offered by other departments or programs. French Studies Majors must include one course from FREN 20 through FREN 25 (Interpreting French Cultures, Introduction to Francophone Literature and Culture, Introduction to French Literature I: the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Introduction to French Literature II: Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century, Introduction to French Literature and Culture III: Nineteenth Century, Introduction to French Literature and Culture IV: Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries) (to be completed by the end of the junior year). Two of the French L.S.A.+ and/or F.S.P. courses may count toward the major. During their senior year, as their culminating experience, French Studies Majors must take either FREN 78: Senior Major Workshop or, with special permission, an upper-level French course (numbered FREN 40 or above). Students taking an upper-level French course as their culminating experience are required to supplement the regular reading with extra materials chosen in consultation with the instructor, and to write a research or critical paper of at least twenty pages. The major card must be approved by the French Major Advisor.

1.    SAT Reasoning or ACT (with Writing);
2.    2 SAT Subject Test Scores;
3.    The common application essay;
4.    Within the Common Application, Dartmouth’s writing supplement requires that applicants write a brief response to one of the following supplemental essay prompts. Candidates choose one topic and respond;
5.    A counselor recommendation and two teacher recommendations. In addition, a peer recommendation is strongly encouraged;
6.    Resume;
7.    Brief abstract of an independent research project;
8.    IELTS or TOEFL (no minimum scores).

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