University of Montana Catalog 2023-2024

French Language Education Minor

  • This minor contains course requirements designed to meet state standards. Those interested in teaching in K-12 schools must complete the education/teaching concentration of a major in a teaching content area plus the Teacher Education Program through the Department of Teaching and Learning. Additional teaching areas can be added through completion of the education/teaching concentration of a major or education/teaching minor in that content area.
  • To complete this minor, you need to contact the Teaching and Learning Department. Approvals for this minor must come from the Teaching and Learning Department.
  • Individuals completing this minor must also complete the education/teaching concentration of a major in another teaching content area.

Minor - French Language Education Minor 

Summary

Upper-Division Core6
Electives9
French Language Education Requirements6
Total Hours21

Degree Specific Credits: 21

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Note: FRCH 101-FRCH 202, or equivalent, are prerequisites to the minor in French. A minimum of six upper-division credits for the minor must be taken from UM faculty on the UM campus.

Upper-Division Core

Complete all of the following courses:
FRCH 301Advanced Grammar/Oral and Written Expression3
FRCH 350French Civilization & Culture3
Total Hours6

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Degree Electives

Rule: Complete the following subcategories. 9 total credits required.

300-Level Courses

Complete two of the following courses:6
French Literature and Culture: Middle Ages and Renaissance
French Literature and Culture: 17th 18th Centuries
French Literature Culture: Long 19th Century
Literature and Culture III: French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures of the 20th Century
The French Cinema
Total Hours6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

400-Level Courses

Complete 3 credits from the following courses:3
Studies in French Prose
Advanced Stylistics & Oral Arguments
Studies in French Drama
Studies in French Poetry
Special Topics
Independent Study
Seminar/Workshop
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


French Language Education Requirements

Complete all of the following courses:
LING 270SIntro to Linguistics3
WLC 410Methods Teaching Foreign Language3
Total Hours6

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Secondary Teaching Licensure

Note: For endorsement to teach French, a student also must gain admission to the Teacher Education Program and meet all the requirements for secondary teaching licensure. For more information, see the Teaching and Learning Department