Bachelor of Arts in French Studies

French gives you the competitive edge you need to get ahead in a whole range of careers: many federal and provincial government positions, teacher, translator,flight attendant, speech therapist, businessperson, customs officer, diplomatic aide, foreign correspondent, guide (museums, art galleries), human resources director, intelligence analyst, knowledge worker, lawyer, manager, nurse, office worker, public servant, radio broadcaster, social worker, and many more By mastering French, you will enrich your life and enhance your career opportunities, no matter what path you choose. 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.

Once you have mastered the basics, you can choose from a broad range of stimulating courses where you will discuss ideas related to cultures, literatures and languages, reflect on current events and contemporary issues, translate newspaper articles and other texts, read classics from the 17th to the 21st centuries, enjoy well-known writers such as La Fontaine or Molière, Balzac, Zola, Proust or Simone de Beauvoir, and contemporary Nobel Prize of literature laureates, Le Clézio or Patrick Modiano, investigate the evolution of French-Canadian literatures, explore the phenomenon of bilingualism and multilingualism, learn modern French vocabulary and syntax, and understand the way language works.