What is French honours?

A French honours degree (fourth year French) is a passport to travel, study and work in France or in francophone countries. Some of our honours graduates are now working and studying at French Universities including Paris VII, ENS Cachan and Institut des Sciences-Politiques.

An honours degree is also an excellent general qualification in Arts.

Students from all three first year courses (introductory, intermediate, advanced) can qualify for honours in French.

Joint or double honours are also possible. Please consult the French Honours coordinator for more information.

Entry requirements to fourth year honours are:

A major in advanced French or in French (36 senior credit points)

and

A credit average or better in the major

Plus 12 senior credit points including:

• FRNC 3631 Senior French Language (or equivalent) (6 credit points)
• FRNC 2666 Research Methods in French Studies. (6 credit points)

Introductory and intermediate stream students intending to do honours should discuss their fourth year program with the honours coordinator in the latter part of their third year.

Note that Faculty permission is required for entry to the part-time stream and special conditions apply.

The Fourth Year Honours program consists of:

• Thesis in French or English (12,000-15,000 words) with a supervisor from the department
• Four semester length seminars

Classes begin in the second week of semester one and the first week of semester two.

• Semester 1 Seminars
  Minorités dans le cinéma (Michelle Royer)
  Grammaire du texte (Alice Caffarel)
• Semester 2 Seminars
  La Mémoire Culturelle dans la fiction contemporaine (Margaret Sankey)
  The literary world of medieval France (Andrea Williams)
• There are also practical language seminars in Semester 1 and Semester 2.