Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences · major
French requirements
Explore the reviewed French major at Boston College, organized by requirement and course.
Foundation courses (four courses, 12 credits, chosen from the 3000-level foundation list)
Choose from these approved options.
Advanced French language, literature, or culture courses (four courses, 12 credits, at the 4000 level or above)
Choose from these approved options.
- FREN4422 The Death of the Author
- FREN7750 Reading Jacques Derrida
- FREN4410 Reading the screen: French Cinema in Dialogue with Literature
- FREN4404 How to Begin Thinking: Aftermaths of Twentieth-Century Literature, Philosophy, History
- FREN4426 Women Writers in Pre-Modern Times: Around Christine de Pizan
- FREN4428 The Country and the City: Writing Nature in Nineteenth-Century France
Electives (two courses, 6 credits: FREN2209/FREN2210 as entry-level courses only, or additional French courses at the 3000 or 4000 level)
Choose from these approved options.
- FREN2210 French Conversation, Composition, and Reading II
- FREN3305 Wordplay: From the Stage to the Page
- FREN3307 Great Books in French
- FREN4422 The Death of the Author
- FREN3315 Madmen, Hysterics, and Criminals: Inventing Deviance
- FREN3327 Beyond the "Island of Flowers": Literature and Culture in Martinique
- FREN3329 Artist and Their Writings
- FREN4410 Reading the screen: French Cinema in Dialogue with Literature
- FREN2209 French Conversation, Composition, and Reading I
- FREN3303 French Writing Workshop
- FREN3306 Narrative and Identity: The Story You Tell Yourself
- FREN3308 Building Fluency: Translation
- FREN3309 Topics in French Culture
- FREN3393 Life at the Limit: Narratives of Transformation
- FREN4404 How to Begin Thinking: Aftermaths of Twentieth-Century Literature, Philosophy, History
- FREN4426 Women Writers in Pre-Modern Times: Around Christine de Pizan
- FREN4428 The Country and the City: Writing Nature in Nineteenth-Century France
Source and limitations
Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — French.
Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.
18 courses across 3 requirement groups.
Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.