Foreign Languages (B.A.) Primary Language French
The Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Speech Communication offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages with a concentration in either French, Spanish, or Translation Studies. Students may also minor in French, Spanish, or Translation Studies.
Objectives
The primary objectives of general foreign language instruction at Jackson State University are those shared by most foreign language departments today:
- To teach the student the fundamental skills of speaking, reading, and writing in the foreign language.
- To help the student to develop an understanding of and a respect for another culture.
- To give the student an awareness and appreciation of the aesthetic and intellectual history of the target culture and of its present-day manifestations.
- To help the student comprehend, analyze and explicate literary works in the foreign language.
- To help the student acquire command of the target language as a tool for written and oral communication.
- To provide for the student’s training so that they are capable of teaching and transmitting to others the skills, attitudes, and abilities.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| FR 201 & FR 202 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH and INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | 6 |
| FR 230 French Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| FR 231 | FRENCH CIVILIZATION STDS | 3 |
| FR 311 Survey of French Literature I | 3 | |
| FR 312 Survey of French Literature II | 3 | |
| FR 321 & FR 322 | FRENCH COMPOSITION &CONVERSATI and FRENCH CONV. & COMP. | 6 |
| SP 101 & SP 102 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH and ELEMENTARY SPANISH | 6 |
| FR 421 Advance Topics for Conversation | 3 | |
| FR 422 | ADVANCED TOPICS FOR CONVERSATI | 3 |
| SP 201 & SP 202 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH and INTERMEDIATE SPANISH | 6 |
| SP 230 Spanish Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| SP 231 Spanish -American Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| SP 321 & SP 322 | CONVERSATION & COMPOSITN and CONVERSATION & COMPOSITN | 6 |
| Total Hours | 54 | |
Curriculum Map
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| UNIV 100 | UNIVERSITY SUCCESS | 2 |
| FR 101 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH | 3 |
| ENG 111 | COMPOSITION & LITERATURE FOR L | 3 |
| MATH 114 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| Humanities & Fine Arts Option | 3 | |
| Social & Behavioral Science Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENG 112 | COMPOSITION | 3 |
| FR 102 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH | 3 |
| Humanities & Fine Arts Option | 3 | |
| Natural Science Option | 3 | |
| Pathway Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENG 205 | WORLD LITERATURE I | 3 |
| FR 201 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | 3 |
| SP 101 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH | 3 |
| FR 230 French Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| Humanities & Fine Arts Option | 3 | |
| Pathway Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| FR 202 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | 3 |
| FR 231 | FRENCH CIVILIZATION STDS | 3 |
| SP 102 | ELEMENTARY SPANISH | 3 |
| UNIV 200 | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | 1 |
| Natural Science Option | 3 | |
| Pathway Option | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Junior | ||
| Fall | ||
| FR 321 | FRENCH COMPOSITION &CONVERSATI | 3 |
| SP 201 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH | 3 |
| FR 311 Survey of French Literature I | 3 | |
| ENG - English Elective (206-228) | 3 | |
| SP 230 Spanish Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| FR 322 | FRENCH CONV. & COMP. | 3 |
| SP 202 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH | 3 |
| FR 312 Survey of French Literature II | 3 | |
| SPCH 215 | TRAINING THE SPEAKING VOICE | 3 |
| SP 231 Spanish-American Civilization Studies | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Senior | ||
| Fall | ||
| FR 321 | FRENCH COMPOSITION &CONVERSATI | 3 |
| FR 421 Advance Topics for Conversation | 3 | |
| GEOG 105 | INTRO TO CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| Social & Behavioral Science Option | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| FR 422 | ADVANCED TOPICS FOR CONVERSATI | 3 |
| SP 322 | CONVERSATION & COMPOSITN | 3 |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| General Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 123 | |
Notes:
- Candidates that transfer 12 or more hours of college credit are exempt from UNIV 100 UNIVERSITY SUCCESS; however, the student must take 2 hours of general electives to replace the UNIV course.
- Online Graduation Clearance (to be completed during the graduating semester only).
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate proficiency in speaking the target language with an interlocutor and are able to handle a variety of communicative tasks, including inference in conversations and interpretation of topics related to formal introductions, education, description of concepts relevant to their specific career and relevant to current events.
- Students demonstrate proficiency in listening in the target language and are able to handle a variety of communicative tasks, including interpreting or inferring meaning in conversations on topics related to formal introductions, education, description of concepts relevant to their specific career and relevant to current events with an interlocutor. Students are able to listen to short missives or narratives and/or watch short and feature-length films, listen to and interpret key modes of differentiation between intercultural attitudes and dialectal differentiation.
- Students demonstrate proficiency in writing in the target language, including the ability to identify, break down, classify and produce different types of writing, i.e., dialogue, narration, technical writing, description and argumentative essays.
- Students demonstrate proficiency in reading the target language, including the ability to identify, differentiate, categorize and explain different types of writing and the purpose of each type of writing, i.e., dialogue, narration, technical writing, description and argumentative essays.
- Students apply intercultural competence, critical thinking and analytical abilities, including structured knowledge and understanding of other cultures and their norms as they relate to linguistic variance, literature and the professions.