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Combined French Degrees
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.)
Program type:
Major
Grad Track
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
5-6 years
Credit Hours:
156
Fast track your education and master the French language for internationally focused
career opportunities at home and abroad.
If you want to enhance your career opportunities in the United States and abroad,
expand your personal horizons, and better position yourself for success, pursuing
a bachelor's in French might be for you. The grad track program offers students the
opportunity for a seamless pathway to a Master of Arts degree in French. Students
can begin taking graduate-level courses while still working towards their undergraduate
degree. You'll master language skills through combining required coursework and other
learning opportunities.The M.A. degree allows you to teach language courses at a community
college, university or in public and private schools. Other options include teaching-intensive
language programs, working as a translator or interpreter, or in international studies.
Teaching intensive language programs can prepare you for working with business professionals
and multinational corporations. You may also work in the tourism industry.
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Request More InfoWhy Earn Combined French Degrees?
The Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers a degree in French, as well as a professional certification. The professional certification is useful for careers in travel and tourism, and business.
You will become proficient in speaking, reading and writing the language you choose. You may spread your beginning and intermediate requirements over four semesters or accelerate your schedule.
Our faculty members include native speakers, leaders in national and international organizations and award-winning professors.
UNT provides a wide variety of services exclusively to graduate students. The Graduate Student Writing Support office can help you with writing, and the Toulouse Graduate School® offers several professional development workshops. Among the workshops is a Thesis Boot Camp. Many of the workshops are available online for your convenience.
The graduate faculty in the field of French specialize in applied linguistics; culture and civilization; Medieval literature; literature of the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries; women's studies; Québec; and second language acquisition.
Marketable Skills
- Interpersonal communication in French
- Critical thinking in French
- Collect and analyze data in French
- Multi-cultural/diversity competencies in French
- Oral and written communication in French
- Advanced interpersonal communication in French
- Develop critical arguments in French
- Advanced research expertise in French
- Advanced multi-cultural/diversity competencies in French
- Advanced oral & written communication.
Combined French Degrees Highlights
We work closely with the Study Abroad office to provide multiple opportunities for
international work and study. These opportunities allow you to immerse yourself in
the language and experience the culture first hand.
We offer a variety of opportunities to practice French and learn more about the cultures,
including conversation groups and film series.
Our World Language Learning Center provides 80 computer workstations, more than 30
software programs for self-study and assignments, multi-language audio and video media
and presentation equipment.
The Career Center, Learning Center and professional academic advisors are among the
many valuable resources that are available to you at UNT. The Career Center can provide
advice about internships, future employment opportunities and getting hands-on experience
in your major.
Our faculty members' varied backgrounds include extensive research, travel and study
in Europe, Canada and Africa, and involvement in professional organizations.
Studying a world language allows you to acquaint yourself with another culture and
develop a global perspective. It also can strengthen your analytic and interpretive
skills, leading to high scores in math and English courses and on entrance exams.
What Can You Do With Combined French Degrees?
Majoring in a world language can prepare you for a variety of career fields including:
- Banking
- Education
- Health services
- Intelligence and law enforcement
- Journalism
- Marketing
- Nonprofit organizations
- Social services
- The travel industry
Our graduates have been employed with international companies, airlines, law firms, school districts and universities.
The M.A. degree allows you to teach language courses at a community college, university or in public and private schools. Other options include teaching intensive language programs, working as a translator or interpreter, or in international studies. Teaching intensive language programs can prepare you for working with business professionals and multi-national corporations. You may also work in the tourism industry.
Combined French Degrees Courses You Could Take
Writing in French: Style and Technique (3 hrs)
Perfection of writing skills and strategies through various forms of composition.
France Today (3 hrs)
Selected readings and video sequences in contemporary French culture with emphasis
on communication skills.
French Linguistics (3 hrs)
Advanced French grammar, morphology, phonology and syntax.
New Technologies for Teaching French (3 hrs)
Current pedagogical frameworks combined with practical applications related to the
use of the new technologies for teaching French.
History of the French Language (3 hrs)
Consideration of all aspects of the development of the French language with concentration
on internal development (phonology, morphology and syntax) from Latin to Modern French.
Advanced French Conversation (3 hrs)
Study of themes related to contemporary French experience and heavily oriented toward
conversation on topics of interest to contemporary youth.
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