French Minor
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French Minor
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Program Description
The French minor 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 minorcan be combined with another major.
Prospective Students
Learning Outcomes
- Develop communication skills in the target language at the advanced level. Â
- Show understanding, appreciation and respect for another culture.Â
- Grow in critical and creative thinking in the target language. Â
- Grow awareness of social justice in another region. Â
- Gain insight into one's own language and culture.
Course Map
Current Students
Experiences
- Faculty-led summer study abroad programs, such as at the Catholic University of LyonÂ
- Service learning with the local Haitian community, other immigrants or families from French-speaking AfricaÂ
- French Club on campusÂ
- 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)Â
- Students have the opportunity to become French tutors in the Aylward-Dunn Learning Center on campus Â
- 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.Â
- Graduates of the French program go on to pursue careers as French teachers, translators and in business.