Academic Calendar 2024-2025

French Studies – Joint Honours (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

FREN[---]-A or [---]FREN-A (where [----] is a second subject of study)

Subject: Administered by the Department of French Studies.
Plan: Consists of 42.00 units as described below.
Program: The Plan, in combination with a Joint Honours Plan in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units (114.00 units for students admitted prior to September 2017), will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.1

Note: Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2023-2024 Calendar for the previous requirements.

1. Core
A. Complete the following:
FREN 150Français intermédiaire6.00
B. Complete the following:
FREN 219Communication et culture IV3.00
FREN 230Analyse textuelle et étude de la langue3.00
FREN 231Rédaction et style3.00
C. Complete the following:
FREN 320Communication et culture V3.00
FREN 341Histoire culturelle et littéraire de l'Ancien Régime3.00
FREN 342Histoire culturelle et littéraire de la France moderne et contemporaine3.00
FREN 343Histoire culturelle et littéraire de la francophonie et du Québec3.00
FREN 360Grammaire avancée3.00
D. Complete the following:
FREN 450Travaux pratiques: stylistique et traduction3.00
2. Option
A. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
FREN_Options
Electives
Elective Courses 178.00
Total Units120.00

3. Substitutions

A. Students who spend their third year on exchange at a French-speaking university may be exempt from FREN 320 based on oral examination. An alternate FREN course may be substituted with the permission of the Undergraduate Chair.

B. Francophone students or students with native proficiency in French are not permitted to take FREN 219 or FREN 320. Alternate FREN courses may be substituted with the permission of the Undergraduate Chair.

4. Notes

A. Students should note that FREN 106; FREN 107FREN 118; FREN 225; FREN 236FREN 237; FREN 238 and FREN 239 may not be used towards the requirements of this Plan. Students may not register for, or receive credit for, courses that are at a level lower than their current level of ability. This is particularly true of the 100-level course sequence that contain One-Way Exclusions. 

B. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

French Studies Course Lists

The following lists contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

FREN_Options

Options in the FREN Major and Joint Honours Plans
FREN 304Introduction à la littérature française du Moyen Age3.00
FREN 305Le théâtre depuis 19453.00
FREN 315Littérature française de la Renaissance3.00
FREN 324Le roman français du 20e siècle3.00
FREN 325Littérature contemporaine3.00
FREN 327Le Cinéma aujourd'hui: Études thématiques3.00
FREN 329Corps politiques3.00
FREN 331Rédaction et style II3.00
FREN 350Littérature autochtones comparées en Amérique du Nord3.00
FREN 351Ecrits de la Francophonie3.00
FREN 352Vers de nouveaux récits pour Haïti: Une introduction aux études haïtiennes3.00
FREN 363Histoire de la langue française3.00
FREN 387Littérature du 17e siècle3.00
FREN 388Littérature du 18e siècle3.00
FREN 389Special Topics in French Language and Literature3.00
FREN 390Genre et littérature3.00
FREN 391Auteurs et thèmes en littérature québécoise3.00
FREN 392Paris Through Literature, Painting, Cinema, and Photography3.00
FREN 394Montréal interculturel: une métropole en représentation3.00
FREN 396Cinéma et culture québécoise3.00
FREN 397Les humanités médicales3.00
FREN 498Séminaire de lecture6.00
FREN 499Apprentissage et enseignement du français langue seconde6.00