The Department of Modern Languages at Carthage offers both a major and a minor in French. Students of French will discover communicative courses and a student-centered program. The objective is to help students achieve a wide range of personal and professional goals. Beginning courses focus on the spoken language and are usually taught by native French speakers. In addition, students will be exposed to the cultures of the French-speaking countries from the first day of their first French course at Carthage. As they progress in their lingustic proficiency and move on to upper division courses even more emphasis is placed on culture--past and present-- including literature, film, achitecture, and art, as well as everyday life.
When coupled with the programs of supporting displines, the major and the minor in French will satisfy the needs of many students, including those who desire a broad liberal arts education with a multicultural dimension, those who wish to complete a teaching major or minor in French, those who intend to continue their language studies in graduate school, and those interested in government service, careers in international commerce and industry, or in other fields.