French and Francophone Studies, B.A. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

Build your personalized plan in DARS plans using the MAP as a resource. Meet with your advisor each semester to assist in planning and to review your progress.

Set yourself up for academic success in historically difficult classes. Add a 1-unit Supplemental Instruction (SI) session to one or more of your classes. SI sessions are linked with specific classes.

Explore the Supplemental Instruction

options to see if there’s a match with a class you are taking.

Year 1

Semester 1 (15 Units)

GE Area A: Oral Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab Units: 1
GE Area B: Mathematics MATH 103 - Mathematics as a Liberal Art Units: 3 OR (MATH 103I AND MATH 3 )^[1]
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning & Self-Development Units: 3
Elective Course FREN 105 - French Level I Units: 4 ^[2]
Elective Course: Units: 1-2 (as needed to bring semester total to 15 units)

^[1] Credit earned for math support course (MATH 3) does not count toward GE, major or graduation units.

^[2] Consult your major advisor regarding placement in the language development sequence.

Semester 2 (15-16 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[3]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Developing Academic Literacy Lab Units: 1
GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
GE Area C: Humanities FREN 107 - French Level III Units: 4 ^[2]OR other Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies Units: 3 (Select a course that also fulfills DCG Domestic)
Elective Units: 1-3

^[2] Consult your major advisor regarding placement in language development sequence.

^[3] If ENGL 104 was taken the previous semester take an elective, other GE or a major course in place of ENGL 103.

Year 2

Residency Abroad - complete a minimum of 10 weeks and 12 units of coursework in France or a Francophone country no later than the summer of the junior year.

Semester 3 (15 Units)

GE Area A: Critical Thinking FREN 100 - Enlightenment and Post-Colonialism Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Life Sciences Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities FREN 107 - French Level III Units: 4
Lower Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Units: 3 (Select a course that also fulfills DCG Domestic)
Elective Course Units: 2

Semester 4 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts Units: 3
American Institutions/GE Area D: Social Science U.S. and California Government OR U.S. History Units: 3
Major (Core) FREN 207 - French IV and Intro to Francophone Studies Units: 4
Elective Units: 2

Year 3

Semester 5 (15 Units)

American Institutions
U.S. History
OR U.S. and California Government Units: 3
Upper Division GE Area B: Math & Science Units: 3
Major (Core) FREN 312 - French VI and (R)evolution in Modern French Literature Units: 4
Major (Core) FREN 340 - Topics in Francophone Culture Units: 2-4 (Take 4-unit class)
Elective Units: 1

Semester 6 (15 Units)

Major (Core) FREN 314 - Cultural History Topics in Early French Masterpieces Units: 4
Major (Core) FREN 341 - Current Event Topics in the Francophone World Units: 2
Major (Core) FREN 480 - Upper Division Seminar/Retreat Units: 1-4 (take a 3-unit class)
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3

Year 4

Semester 7 (15 Units)

Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences
Units: 3
Major (Core) FREN 311 - French V and Stories from the Francophone World Units: 4
Major (Core) FREN 370 - French Weekend Retreat Units: 1
Major (Core) FREN 390 - Topics in Cinema of the Francophone World Units: 1-2 (take 2 units)
Major (Core) FREN 420 - French Peer Tutoring Units: 1-3 (take 1 unit)
Elective Units: 4

Semester 8 (15 Units)

UD GE Area C and DCG Non-Domestic FREN 300 - African Storytelling Units: 3-4
Major (Core) FREN 310 - Nouvelles en Français: Variable Topics Units: 2-4 (Take 4 units)
Major (Core) FREN 341 - Current Event Topics in the Francophone World Units: 2
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 3