Welcome to the French Program at San Francisco State University
The French Program offers a challenging and enriching experience for those who are interested not only in the French language but also in French culture and society.
We offer a full-fledged Bachelor of Arts Program and Master of Arts Program, and focus on developing proficiency in the language in a socio-cultural context by offering a variety of courses and by conducting courses in culture and literature in French. Great importance is placed on participatory classes, which are small and practice-oriented, in order to help students adapt themselves to a changing world. Excellent computer facilities and a multi-media center provide support for our educational program.
S.F.S.U. is located in San Francisco, a cosmopolitan city with a large and active French community, which makes it a great place to study French. Students are also given a number of opportunities to study in France. Through the California State University (CSU) International Programs, selected students may study at Aix-en-Provence and in Paris. Such opportunities give students practical experience in everyday French life and culture, helping to build and reinforce these skills.
If you are an undergraduate student and wonder which class to take, you can take a placement test and see an advisor. The Placement Test in French can be found at www.fllab.sfsu.edu; password: gators1 (1 as in number #1). Select French. Print a copy of your score.
Bérénice Le Marchand
French Program, Department of Foreign Languages
FALL 2012 Courses and announcements
In Fall 2012, we will welcome Professor Anne Linton who received her Phd. from Yale University in May 2011. Her research and teaching interests span a wide range of interdisciplinary topics in Nineteenth- and twentieth-century French cultural studies and literature-- from Realist to Decadent texts, popular fiction, hybrid identities, medicine, gender, sexuality, and the law.
Professor Perret will be on Leave in Fall 2012.
We are offering lower division courses at the beginning and intermediate level (FR 101, FR 102 and FR 215).
At the advanced level (BA and minor), we are offering three required courses for the BA in French (FR 400 Gwar: culture,FR 305: composition, FL 325: linguistics), as well as two electives (Fr 501: Contes et Poésie, and FL 400GW: reading and analysis of Cultural Texts).
There will be two graduate courses: FR 810.01 (Les Deux Sexes du Roman) and FR 810.02 (Le Conte et la Nouvelle au 19e siècle). For Class schedule, click, go to http://www.sfsu.edu/online/clssch.htm If you want to see online descriptions of all courses offered in the French Program at SFSU, go to: http://www.sfsu.edu/~bulletin/courses/fr.htm Check also with the Foreign Languages Department for other interesting courses, http://www.sfsu.edu/~foreign
