Work Hard & Play Hard With A Degree In French
Studying French at college might seem like it’s a daunting task, but you likely know more French than you think you do so don’t back away from the challenge.
French courses at college are not like ones you will have taken before. In addition to studying the language itself, you will take classes in French culture, film and politics. Within 4 years you will be speaking French fluently and you will likely have had the opportunity to experience living and studying overseas.
You will begin with basic French courses starting, with your level of study being determined by a freshman placement test. It’s important to work hard and focus at the start as rapidly improving your French then will result in you reaping the benefits later on in the course.
Once you’ve finished the introduction of French language course, you will advance to reading literature. Along with literature, comes a selection of courses including linguistics, phonetics and translation.
Class sizes will probably be small, making it easy to get on friendly terms with your professors. Most college’s French department is like a family with everyone ready to help each other out and share ideas and resources when they can. Such an environment means it is easy to get personal recommendations from lecturers after you graduate as they will know you so well.
The class sizes can be a disadvantage at times also though. There will be fewer course options to select from when compared to those studying other majors and, though it is uncommon, too few students enrolling can mean courses getting cancelled.
Once you’ve completed your course after four years there will be a variety of job options available. A fair number of graduates work as translators and others transition into linguistics. Still, most French majors start teach French themselves or move on to post-graduate French studies.
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