Advanced French Certificate

Campus: Knoxville

Undergraduate Certificate Type: Add-On, Stand-Alone

Credit hours required

12 hours

Admissions Standards/Procedures

Students seeking admission to the Undergraduate Certificate must meet the admissions standards established by the Undergraduate Council. No grades below C are acceptable for students wishing to receive this certificate.

Required courses:

Complete 9 credit hours:

• Select one course:

• FREN 212* - Intermediate French II 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 214* - Intermediate French II with Business Emphasis 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 216* - Intermediate French II with Health and Humanitarian Emphasis 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 218* - Honors: Intermediate French II 3 Credit Hours

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  OR 

• FREN 223* - Intensive Intermediate French 6 Credit Hours

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  NOTE: If you take FREN 223, 3 credit hours (out of 6) will count towards the advanced certificate.

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  AND take the following two courses:

• FREN 333* - Intermediate Composition and Grammar 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 334* - Intermediate Conversation and Phonetics 3 Credit Hours

Electives:

Select one course from the following list:

• FREN 353* - Introduction to Literary Analysis in French 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 405* - Language and Culture of Business in the Francophone World 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 420 - French Cinema 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 421 - Phonetics 3 Credit Hours
• FREN 431* - Highlights of French Civilization 3 Credit Hours (if offered in English)
• FREN 432 - Contemporary French Culture 3 Credit Hours (if offered in English)
• FREN 450 - Special Topics in French and Francophone Literature 3 Credit Hours (if offered in English)
• FREN 455 - Special Topics in French and Francophone History and Culture 3 Credit Hours (if offered in English)

Non-course requirements

• Up to 3 credit hours may be transfer coursework.
• At least 3 credit hours used to satisfy a certificate’s requirements must be unique to any other credential (certificate, minor, or major) earned by the student.

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.