Learning Outcomes

Students completing the major in French Studies at Wheaton will be able to,

with regard to language,

• Speak and write French effectively, in formal and informal communications
• Understand spoken and written French on a variety of topics both quotidian and academic
• Achieve a French oral proficiency ranking of Intermediate High or better on the ACTFL scale

with regard to culture,

• Demonstrate familiarity with historical events as well as literary and artistic movements of the Francophone world
• Demonstrate a familiarity with the language and literature of the Francophone world
• Understand texts of all sorts in French, from the early modern period to the present