Welcome to the French Section of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. We offer courses in French language, French civilization, the French-speaking Americas and French-speaking Africa. We also have a French Club where anyone can attend meetings, practice French, and discuss French and Francophone cultural issues. We welcome you to join our club and enroll in our classes! We also welcome you to consider our Degree Programs:
WHY STUDY FRENCH?
French is spoken by 200,000 million people on five continents!
French is the third most useful business language!
French is an official language of the United Nations, the European Union, the International Red Cross, the World Trade Organization, and the International Olympic Committee!
French is an official language of Canada, USA's #1 trade partner!
French is the 3rd most spoken second-language in the USA! [1]
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[1] See: Bloomberg's report on business languages (
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-30/mandarin-chinese-most-useful-business-language-after-english-1-.html). See: Claire Tréan, La Francophonie, Les francophones dans le monde" (Francophones worldwide). See: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3.
