Bachelor of Arts, French Major - Learning outcomes

As a result of completing this program, students should be able to:

• Interpret some of the great moments of political and intellectual thought in France from the "Moyen-Age" to the 21st Century and in Modern day French Canada, through a study of representative literary texts.
• Distinguish between the various genres such as: "le roman", "le conte", "la nouvelle" , "le théâtre ", and "la poésie".
• Apply the basic terminology of French literary criticism, French versification and various literary analysis tools in literary discussion.
• Write clearly and cogently in a variety of modes and tenses on various topics and literary genres in French.
• Analyse the commonalities and the differences between the writings of men and women writers in French and Francophone culture.
• Illustrate mastery of the “dissertation littéraire”, a rigorous, structural approach to literary analysis and commentary.
• Conduct independent research with scholarly rigour, complexity and depth in regards to French and Francophone language, culture and literature.
• Apply original and creative thinking showing a high level of competence in written and oral French appropriate to the final years of a four-year degree in French.

Possible career options

• Translator/Interpreter
• Foreign Student Advisor
• Customs Officer
• Import Specialist
• Foreign Service Officer
• International Relations Officer
• Literary Translator
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher
• work in institutions (banks, insurance companies) where French service is offered to clients