French (General Major) 
French majors from CLU have entered careers as educators, travel specialists, translators, interpreters for governmental organizations, international business, the Peace Corps and church mission work.
CLU's French curriculum offers a technology enhanced program that is designed
to provide students with a strong competency in the French language and an
understanding of the French cultures throughout the world. Emphasising an
interactive learning environment and maintaining small class sessions, the
curriculum is based in conversation and composition as well as film, literature,
phonetics and linquistics.
Majors and non-majors alike have the
opportunity to participat in Study Abroad programs in Paris, Aix-en-Provence and
Avignon or, by arrangement, francophone Canada for one semester or the academic
year.
French majors from CLU have entered careers as educators, travel
specialists, translators, interpreters for governmental organizations,
international business, the Peace Corps and church mission work. The growing
field of international management has attracted graduates who have combined
their French degree with business administration or international affairs
studies at CLU. Graduates in French are attractive to employers not only in the
United States, but also in Canada, Africa and the European Community.
Requirements
Upper Division Credits: 24
Required Courses: 32 credits minimum, 32 credits upper division; French 101/102 (or validated by examination), 201/202 (or validated by examination), 301, 302, 311, 312, 321, 401, one capstone course.
Emphasis Options
Track I - Teaching MajorMinimum Credits: 32
Upper Division Credits: 32
Required Courses: French 101/102 or validated examination, 201/202 or validated examination, 301, 311, 312, 321, 401, capstone
Track II - General Major
Minimum Credits: 32
Upper Division Credits: 24
Required Courses: French 101/102 or validated examination, 201/202 or validated examination, 301, 311, 312, 401, capstone
French ( Teaching Major )
French majors from CLU have entered careers as educators, travel specialists, translators, interpreters for governmental organizations, international business, the Peace Corps and church mission work.
CLU's French curriculum offers a technology enhanced program that is designed
to provide students with a strong competency in the French language and an
understanding of the French cultures throughout the world. Emphasising an
interactive learning environment and maintaining small class sessions, the
curriculum is based in conversation and composition as well as film, literature,
phonetics and linquistics.
Majors and non-majors alike have the
opportunity to participate in Study Abroad programs in Paris, Aix-en-Provence and
Avignon or, by arrangement, francophone Canada for one semester or the academic
year.
French majors from CLU have entered careers as educators, travel
specialists, translators, interpreters for governmental organizations,
international business, the Peace Corps and church mission work. The growing
field of international management has attracted graduates who have combined
their French degree with business administration or international affairs
studies at CLU. Graduates in French are attractive to employers not only in the
United States, but also in Canada, Africa and the European Community.
Requirements
Upper Division Credits: 32
Required Courses: 32 credits minimum, 32 credits upper division; French 101/102 (or validated by examination), 201/202 (or validated by examination), 301, 302, 311, 312, 321, 401, one capstone course.
Faculty
Contact the Department
Languages and Cultures
California
Lutheran University
60 W. Olsen Rd.# 3800
Thousand Oaks, CA
91360
Department Chair:
Sheridan Wigginton,
Ph.D.
