French Studies

About our Program

In French Studies, we offer the 3-year BA (Major or Combined Major), the 4-year BA (Major or Combined Major) as well as the Honours BA. Students with no previous knowledge of the language can begin here with FREN-0002/3. Those with some prior knowledge can meet with an advisor from the department of Modern Languages and Literatures to select the appropriate level of first-year course. Once you have mastered the basics, you can choose from a broad range of stimulating courses where you will discuss current events and contemporary issues, translate newspaper articles and other texts, read classics from the Middle Ages, enjoy well-known authors such as La Fontaine or Molière, investigate the evolution of the Quebec novel, discover the particularities of African and Caribbean literature, analyse the themes and styles of Canadian children’s literature, compare regional varieties of French in the francophone world, explore the phenomenon of bilingualism and multilingualism, learn modern French idioms and proverbs or analyse the sounds, structures and words that make up the modern French language.