| Department Mission
The Department of French and Francophone
Studies endorses Macalester College’s mission of providing
its students with a broad liberal arts education that emphasizes
the vital importance of internationalism and multiculturalism.
The study of the francophone world includes the cultures of
both European and non-European countries, like France, Belgium,
Switzerland, Canada, African countries, the Caribbean, the
islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, where French is
the language of communication and artistic expression. The
Department has the following objectives:
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to prepare majors and minors in French
language, French and Francophone cultures and literatures,
intellectual and artistic movements in various periods,
and critical thinking;
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to provide language competencies to
non-French majors appropriate for study in their own fields,
for future professional needs or for personal enrichment;
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to provide all students with the opportunity
to acquire, as part of a liberal arts education, the knowledge
of the language, literature and cultures of France and
Francophone countries;
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to provide students with courses,
taught in French or English, that address diverse disciplinary
areas as they relate to France and the francophone world.
The Department has affiliations with the
programs in Humanities and Cultural Studies, Women’s
and Gender Studies, African Studies, and Latin American and
Caribbean Studies.
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