Effective Winter 2024
Exclusions:The French and Francophone Academic minor is not open to students with a French major or any other minor in Romance Languages and Literatures.
Advising
Appointments are scheduled online or at the department office, 4108 Modern Languages Building, (734) 764-5344.
Prerequisites
FRENCH 230 or 232 with a grade of C- or higher; or RCLANG 290 or 310, or assignment by placement test.
Requirements
- FRENCH 235 and 18 credits of courses in FRENCH numbered FRENCH 240 and above, with a minimum of 9 credits at the 300 level. Residential College students may substitute RCLANG 320 for FRENCH 235. Students who complete a second and/or a third RCLANG 320 course will receive minor credit for a French elective at the 270 level.
- Students may take up to one French course taught in English without language prerequisites. Students who begin their French coursework in the language program sequence (FRENCH 100-232) may replace one course taught in English, at the 240-level, with three credits from FRENCH 232, FRENCH 230, or RCLANG 290.
- Minors must take one of the following literature and culture courses in RLL at the Ann Arbor campus: FRENCH 350-379, 402, 450-499.
- FRENCH AP or IB credit may count as one upper-200-level FRENCH course taught in French. For more details, visit: lsa.umich.edu/rll/undergraduates/language-placement/ap-and-ib-credits.html
Constraints
To ensure that French majors and minors gain a broad range of knowledge in the French language, literature, and culture, a maximum of nine credits from the French business and/or internship courses (FRENCH 278, 281, 380, and 381), as well as any of their equivalents accepted as transfer and/or study abroad credit, can count toward the major or minor.
Residency
- Minors must take one of the following literature and culture courses in RLL at the Ann Arbor campus: FRENCH 350-379, 402, 450-499.
- At least 12 of the 21 credits for the Academic Minor must be taken in residence or in a study abroad program affiliated with the University of Michigan.
- AP or IB credit is considered out-of-residence credit.
French and Francophone Studies (Minor) (Fall 2021 - Fall 2023)
Effective Fall 2021
Exclusions:The French and Francophone Academic minor is not open to students with a French major or any other minor in Romance Languages and Literatures.
Advising
Appointments are scheduled online or at the department office, 4108 Modern Languages Building, (734) 764-5344.
Prerequisites
FRENCH 230 or 232 with a grade of C- or higher; or RCLANG 290 or 310, or assignment by placement test.
Requirements
- FRENCH 235 and 18 credits of courses in FRENCH numbered FRENCH 240 and above, with a minimum of 9 credits at the 300 level. Residential College students may substitute RCLANG 320 for FRENCH 235. Students who complete a second and/or a third RCLANG 320 course will receive minor credit for a French elective at the 270 level.
- Students may take up to one French course taught in English without language prerequisites. Students who begin their French coursework in the language program sequence (FRENCH 100-232) may replace one course taught in English, at the 240-level, with three credits from FRENCH 232, FRENCH 230, or RCLANG 290.
- Minors must take one of the following literature and culture courses in RLL at the Ann Arbor campus: FRENCH 350-379, 402, 450-499.
- FRENCH AP or IB credit may count as one upper-200-level FRENCH course taught in French. For more details, visit: lsa.umich.edu/rll/undergraduates/language-placement/ap-and-ib-credits.html
Constraints
To ensure that French majors and minors gain a broad range of knowledge in the French language, literature, and culture, a maximum of nine credits from the French business and/or internship courses (FRENCH 281, 380, 381, and 414), as well as any of their equivalents accepted as transfer and/or study abroad credit, can count toward the major or minor.
Residency
- Minors must take one of the following literature and culture courses in RLL at the Ann Arbor campus: FRENCH 350-379, 402, 450-499.
- At least 12 of the 21 credits for the Academic Minor must be taken in residence or in a study abroad program affiliated with the University of Michigan.
- AP or IB credit is considered out-of-residence credit.
French and Francophone Studies (Minor) (Fall 2020 - Summer 2021)
Effective Fall 2020
Exclusions:The French and Francophone Academic minor is not open to students with a French major or any other minor in Romance Languages and Literatures.
Advising
Appointments are scheduled online or at the department office, 4108 Modern Languages Building, (734) 764-5344.
Prerequisites
FRENCH 230 or 232 with a grade of C- or higher; or RCLANG 290 or 310, or assignment by placement test.
Requirements
- FRENCH 235 and 18 credits of courses in FRENCH numbered FRENCH 240 and above, with a minimum of 9 credits at the 300 level. Residential College students may substitute RCLANG 320 for FRENCH 235. Students who complete a second and/or a third RCLANG 320 course will receive minor credit for a French elective at the 270 level.
- Students may take up to one French course taught in English without language prerequisites. Students who begin their French coursework in the language program sequence (FRENCH 100-232) may replace this course taught in English with three credits from FRENCH 232, FRENCH 230, or RCLANG 290.
- Minors must take one of the following literature and culture courses in RLL at the Ann Arbor campus: FRENCH 350-379, 402, 450-499.
- FRENCH AP or IB credit may count as one upper-200-level FRENCH course taught in French. For more details, visit: lsa.umich.edu/rll/undergraduates/language-placement/ap-and-ib-credits.html
Constraints
To ensure that French majors and minors gain a broad range of knowledge in the French language, literature, and culture, a maximum of nine credits from the French business and/or internship courses (FRENCH 281, 380, 381, and 414), as well as any of their equivalents accepted as transfer and/or study abroad credit, can count toward the major or minor.
Residency
- Minors must take one of the following literature and culture courses in RLL at the Ann Arbor campus: FRENCH 350-379, 402, 450-499.
- At least 12 of the 21 credits for the Academic Minor must be taken in residence or in a study abroad program affiliated with the University of Michigan.
- AP or IB credit is considered out-of-residence credit.
French and Francophone Studies (Minor) (Fall 2019 - Summer 2020)
Effective Fall 2019
Exclusions:The French and Francophone Academic minor is not open to students with a French major or any other minor in Romance Languages and Literatures.
Advising
Appointments are scheduled online or at the department office, 4108 Modern Languages Building, (734) 764-5344.
Prerequisites
FRENCH 230 or 232 with a grade of C- or higher; or RCLANG 290 or 310, or assignment by placement test.
Requirements
- FRENCH 235 and 18 credits of courses in FRENCH numbered FRENCH 240 and above, with a minimum of 9 credits at the 300 level. Residential College students may substitute RCLANG 320 for FRENCH 235. Students who complete a second and/or a third RCLANG 320 course will receive major credit for a French elective at the 270 level.
- One of the French Cultural and Literary Studies courses in RLL must be taken at the Ann Arbor Campus: FRENCH 340-379, 391-392, 402, 450-499.
Constraints
Of the required 21 credits:
- No more than one French course taught in English without language prerequisites
Residency
- One of the French Cultural and Literary Studies courses in RLL must be taken at the Ann Arbor Campus: FRENCH 340-379, 391-392, 402, 450-499.
- At least 12 of the 21 credits for the Academic Minor must be taken in residence or in a study abroad program affiliated with the University of Michigan.
- To ensure that French majors and minors gain a broad range of knowledge in the French language, literature, and culture, a maximum of nine credits from FRENCH 380, 381, and 414, as well as any of their equivalents accepted as transfer and/or study abroad credit, can count toward the major or minor.
French and Francophone Studies (Minor) (Winter 2017 - Summer 2019)
Effective Winter 2017
Exclusions:The French and Francophone Academic minor is not open to students with a French major or any other minor in Romance Languages and Literatures.
Advising
Appointments are scheduled online or at the department office, 4108 Modern Languages Building, (734) 764-5344.
Prerequisites
FRENCH 230 or 232 with a grade of C- or higher; or RCLANG 290 or 310, or assignment by placement test.
Requirements
- FRENCH 235 and 18 credits of courses in FRENCH numbered FRENCH 240 and above, with a minimum of 9 credits at the 300 level.
- One of the French Cultural and Literary Studies courses in RLL must be taken at the Ann Arbor Campus: FRENCH 340-379, 391-392, 402, 450-499.
Constraints
Of the required 21 credits:
- No more than one French course taught in English without language prerequisites
Residency
- One of the French Cultural and Literary Studies courses in RLL must be taken at the Ann Arbor Campus: FRENCH 340-379, 391-392, 402, 450-499.
- At least 12 of the 21 credits for the Academic Minor must be taken in residence or in a study abroad program affiliated with the University of Michigan.
- To ensure that French majors and minors gain a broad range of knowledge in the French language, literature, and culture, a maximum of nine credits from FRENCH 380, 381, and 414, as well as any of their equivalents accepted as transfer and/or study abroad credit, can count toward the major or minor.
