French Major with Adolescence Education

The general purpose of the major program is to educate students to think and perceive rationally and critically. This will include reading and thinking, learning about literary and cultural movements and making connections between the primarily aesthetic literary artifacts of the culture and its political, social and economic history.

Through the new Emerson Foreign Language Laboratory, students are trained to use new learning and technology media at all language levels to allow them to communicate effectively in the world. Likewise, they are encouraged to prepare themselves philosophically and practically to make linkages between the major and other academic disciplines.

The student majoring in French will learn about the world of ideas and letters, past and present. This training requires at least one semester study abroad; one year is recommended. The cohesive, integrated program of foreign language, culture and literature courses ensures maximum proficiency in the target language.

All resident French majors are required to spend at least two years in the Maison Française. One of these must be the year following their academic year in France to maintain fluency in the language skills acquired abroad.

French Core

French Majors are required to take the following courses. (Note: Any of these courses, except for the 401-402 series, can be taken abroad)

Four Upper Division French courses (300 level) credits: 12

As well as:

FRN 201 - Advanced Composition and Conversation I Credits: 3
FRN 202 - Advanced Composition and Conversation II Credits: 3
FRN 203 - The Francophone World I Credits: 3
FRN 204G - The Francophone World II Credits: 3
FRN 401 - 19th Century: Ideal and Reality Credits: 3
FRN 402 - 20th Century: Literary Trends Credits: 3
FRN 499 - French Comprehensive Credits: 0

French Study Abroad Program

In affiliation with the Université de Haute-Bretagne, Nazareth College offers an academic year in Rennes, France. The core program for French majors includes the following basic courses, which vary in degrees of complexity and intensity: language-composition; conversational-structural analysis and explication de texte; phonetics; literature; contemporary French civilization; history of art. Students may select elective courses from a wide area including such fields as history, English, fine arts, foreign languages (Celtic, German, Spanish, Russian) and literature and economics.

REN 300 - Fall Rennes Study Abroad Program Credits:
REN 301 - Spring Rennes Study Abroad Program Credits:

Required Courses for Adolescence Education

The following courses are required for Adolescence Education for majors in Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Mathematics, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.

In addition to these courses, each student takes a department course numbered DEPT 457, Curriculum Methodology: Middle School and Senior High in their area of certification (These courses have a total of 100 hours of fieldwork required).

ADOL 030 - Orientation for Professional Semester Credits: 0 (Fall Only)
ADOL 410 - Principles of Teaching, Learning, & Assessment for Diverse Secondary Learners Credits: 3 (Fall Only)
ADOL 476 - Motivation and Management Credits: 2 (Fall Only)
ADOL 477 - Literacy Instruction for Diverse Secondary Learners Credits: 3 (Fall Only)
ADOL 478 - Reflective Seminar Credits: 2 (Fall Only)
ADOL 480 - Psychology of Adolescence in School and Community Credits: 3 (Spring Only)
DEPT 457 - Curriculum Methodology Middle School And Senior High Credits: 3 (Spring Only)
DEPT 479 - Student Teaching Middle School and Senior High Credits: 6 (Fall Only)
EDU 090 - Orientation to the Personal Electronic Portfolio Credits: 0 (Fall Only)
EDU 204 - History and Philosophy of Education Credits: 3
EDU 475 - Health Education, Child Abuse, and Violence Prevention Workshop Credits: 0
LST 301 - PII Language and Literacy Development Credits: 3

Additional Program Option: Teaching students with Disabilities at the Adolescence level

Additional Program Option: Teaching students with Disabilities at the Adolescence level (Grades 7 - 12) (Dual Certification)

Students also have the option of completing required coursework and field experiences that would lead to another certification in Teaching Students with Disabilities at the Adolescence level. This dual certification option is designed to provide the knowledge base to support student learning in content areas at the adolescence level, as well as to specifically meet the needs of students with disabilities in secondary classrooms by means of differentiated instruction and collaborative teaching.

Students who elect to pursue this option must complete the following courses in addition to the required courses for Adolescence Education listed above:

ADOL 440 - Foundations of Teaching Secondary Students with Disabilities Credits: 3 (Summer Only)
ADOL 441 - Curriculum and Instruction for Diverse Secondary Learners Credits: 3 (Summer Only)
There are 50 additional fieldwork hours required for this certification.

French Senior Experience

The Senior Experience for the French major culminates with two literature seminars, FRN 401-402, that encourage students to develop further scholarly and critical thinking, including current theoretical discussions in the academy.

The Comprehensive Examination (written, oral) provides students with the threefold opportunity: