French (B.A.) with K-12 Teaching Certification

Program Overview

The French major encompasses a wide variety of courses to study the language itself, as well as the history, literature, culture, and civilization of French-speaking people. Introductory level courses focus on grammar, phonetics, conversation, composition and culture and are taught with an emphasis on oral proficiency. Intermediate and advanced courses are taught in French.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s French program can:

  1.  Describe the significance of historical and cultural trends for the geographical areas in which the target language is spoken.
  2. Recognize important literary periods and genres.
  3. Write thesis driven essays that engage in cultural and literary analysis and critical interpretation in the target language.
  4. Communicate in spoken form in the target language at an advanced level according to ACTFL standards.
  5.  Communicate in written form in the target language at an intermediate advanced level according to ACTFL standards.
  6. Identify and locate career and continuing education opportunities in the field of Modern Languages.
  7. Articulate the integration of their Christian Faith with the academic and professional field of Foreign Languages.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

FREN 101Fundamentals of French I

3

FREN 102Fundamentals of French II

3

FREN 201Intermediate French

3

FREN 206French Culture and Language

3

LANG 493Modern Languages Seminar

3

CIS/MATH/STAT
meeting Quest mathematical science

6

EDSP 207Introduction to Special Education

3

EDSP 307Inclusion Practices

3

EDUC 201Education and American Society

3

EDUC 203Educational Psychology

3

EDUC 208Teaching English Language Learners in K-12 Schools

3

EDUC 331Instructional Design and Assessment for Middle and Secondary Grades

3

ENGL 1xx
(ENGL 122-ENGL 176, meeting QuEST literature)

3

HDFS 311Adolescent Development

3

LANG 320Foreign Language Teaching Methods

3

TEP 210Sophomore Field Experience

0

TEP 310Junior Field Experience

0

TEP 410Secondary Pre-Student Teaching Experience

0

Twenty-seven credits from the following: (27)

Twelve (12) credits of the following:

FREN 301Contemporary French Culture

3

FREN 320Selected Topics in French

3

FREN 322Advanced Composition and Conversation I

3

FREN 324Advanced Composition and Conversation II

3

Fifteen (15) credits of approved French courses through the ISA Program in Paris, France.

Students may select among a variety of humanities courses that may include grammar, literature, history, art history, or political science. Students should confirm with the Department of Modern Languages that the courses that they select are approved for the French major.

Professional Semester:

EDUC 420Professional Issues in Education

2

TEP 407Student Teaching Seminar

1

TEP 435Student Teaching:Secondary

9

QuEST Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement 0
QuEST requirements Credits
First Year Seminar3
Oral Communication3
Created and Called for Community (W)3
Mathematical Sciences met/major
Laboratory Science3 or 4
Science, Technology & the World3
Social Science (EDUC 203)met/major
European History or U.S. History 3
Literature (ENGL 122 to ENGL 176)met/major
Philosophy and Religion3
Arts3
First Semester of Language (FREN 101)met/major
Second Semester of Language (FREN 102)met/major
3rd Semester of Language/Cross Cultural (FREN 201)met/major
Non-Western Studies 2 or 3
Bible3
Christian Beliefs3
Wellness1
Ethics, World Views, or Pluralism3
QuEST requirements36-38
Major requirements87
Total credits 123-125

The writing requirement for this major is distributed among courses within the major.