Departments
Departments
World Languages and Cultures
French
- Director
- Associate Professor Didier Bertrand
- Professors
- Obioma Nnaemeka, Larbi Oukada, Rosalie A. Vermette
- Associate Professor
- Didier Bertrand
- Assistant Professor
- James G. Beaudry (Emeritus)
- Academic Advising
- Cavanaugh Hall 545A, (317) 274-3902
Departmental Honors Program
To provide recognition to outstanding students in French, the department offers an Honors Program as well as H-Option courses. The program is open to all majors in the department who carry a minimum GPA of 3.3 overall and 3.5 in the major. Courses above F204 that are approved by the department may be taken for honors credit or for the H-Option. For further information, contact the department.
Foreign Study
Programs abroad are open to students majoring in all academic disciplines and are not restricted to language majors. For students with one or two years of French, there is a three-week program in Strasbourg, France, in July, offered through the IUPUI Program in French. The Program for International Engineering at IUPUI offers students of engineering a study abroad internship in France as part of the dual degree program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in French. Students may also participate in Indiana University study abroad programs that include yearlong programs at the Université d'Aix-en-Provence and the Université de Nantes that are open to juniors and seniors who have had three years of college French and one-semester programs at the Université de Rennes and the Université d'Aix. For students with two years of college French, there is a summer program in Paris, France. Students with at least one year, or two semesters, of college-level French may participate in a summer program in Québec, Canada, or Dakar, Senegal. Indiana University credit is granted for work that is satisfactorily completed in these IU programs. Students interested in studying abroad should discuss their options with the director of the Program in French or with the Office of International Affairs as soon as possible.