French in France and Africa (FiFaA)
In order to receive full credit for courses in a language they must be taken in the numerical sequence (1150 through 2350) . A previous course cannot be repeated to improve a grade once a higher course in the sequence is in progress or has been completed. Please review degree requirements and course descriptions in the campus catalog here.
*All students must take at least 20 credits at Seattle University in order to obtain a minor.
To earn a Major in French, students must complete 55 credits in French:
FREN 1350 French Language III (5 credits)
FREN 2150 French Language IV (5 credits)
FREN 2250 French Language V (5 credits)
FREN 2350 French Language VI (5 credits)
FREN 2150 French Language IV (5 credits)
FREN 2250 French Language V (5 credits)
FREN 2350 French Language VI (5 credits)
FREN 3000 Study Abroad Elective (25 credits)
FREN 4000 Electives (15 credits)
The Major in French requires a learning program in a French-speaking country. An acceptable study abroad program will normally encompass a minimum of 25 quarter credits or 15 semester credits of course work in French.
*All students must take at least 20 credits at Seattle University in order to obtain a minor.
To earn a Minor in French, students must complete 35 credits in French.
FREN 1350 French Language III (5 credits)
FREN 2150 French Language IV (5 credits)
FREN 2250 French Language V (5 credits)
FREN 2350 French Language VI (5 credits)
FREN 3000 Study abroad elective (15 credits)
The Minor in French requires a learning program in a French speaking country for the equivalent of 15 quarter credits.
*All students must take at least 20 credits at Seattle University in order to obtain a minor.
Congrats to the 2019 Michels Award winner in French. Austin presented her International Studies honors capstone project to a FREN 4630 class. Next year, Austin will be living in France, working as an English teaching assistant at a middle school in Toulouse, through the TAPIF program.
I graduated from SU with a BA in Spanish and French in 2011. As an undergraduate, I studied abroad in Granada, Spain and became curious about the history of the city. My senior year at SU, I took two courses with Dr. Earenfight on medieval Spain. The opportunity to combine my language studies with the history of a place that I had grown to love sparked interests that I’ve been chasing ever since.
Congrats to the 2019 Michels Award winner in French. Next year Alexis will be working in Seattle at a crisis hotline in order to gain some clinical experience for psychology before pursuing a graduate degree in psychology in Los Angeles the following year.
Combine French with another major to strengthen your academic profile.
After graduating from SU, French Majors can choose to spend an additional year in France working as an English Teaching Assistant at a French school.
The Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship offers many SU graduates the opportunity to live and work in a French or Francophone country for one year.
SU graduates with a French major may find volunteer and career opportunities in many different areas, including Peace Corps, NGOs, non-profit organizations, the US foreign-service, global businesses and many others. You could find yourself working in Europe, Africa, or the Caribbean!
Being “career-ready” means that you’ve developed a range of skills that you can transfer to different settings once you graduate. At Seattle U, we take your career readiness seriously, so we’ve created an inventory and program-level map for you to help you see what skills you’re likely to practice in your major or, as in this case, as you study your first year of a language.
Noelle Hardman
Administrative Assistant
206.296.5380
nhardman@seattleu.edu
Sonia Barrios Tinoco
Chair
206.296.2458
barrioss@seattleu.edu