Bachelor of Arts - French

Being monolingual offers no more advantage today than it did in twelfth- and thirteenth- century England, where French was both a written and spoken vernacular. French was already an international language in the Middle Ages, so it is not surprising to hear French in more than fifty countries on five continents today.

Beginning students of French at Drury gain communicative competence through their study of the French language and French and Francophone culture. French majors at Drury engage even more deeply with the culture, literature, and history of more than 200 million people who make up the French-speaking world. The French minor and major curricula at Drury offer students the opportunity to attain a higher level of mastery of the French language in preparation for participation in today’s multilingual world.

The foreign language curriculum is designed to introduce all Drury students to selected languages of the world and their cultural and literary traditions. Language majors are prepared for graduate studies and also for careers in a variety of fields including teaching, international business and other professional disciplines. French majors and minors are strongly urged to earn some of the required credits through an approved program in a French-speaking country. The French major requires 24 credit hours of coursework.