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French and Francophone Studies About the Department In French and Francophone Studies, students take language, literature and culture courses at all levels and complete an Earlham degree with a major or minor in French. Beginning classes emphasize student interaction, communicative competence, and the link between language and culture. Students in upper-level courses acquire substantial background in the literature, history and culture of communities that use French, with a particular focus on these communities in France, the Caribbean and Africa. At all levels, students acquire strategies of reading, listening and research that enable autonomous learning. Central to French and Francophone Studies are off-campus programs in France, Martinique and Senegal offered by Earlham or by the Great Lakes Colleges Association. On-campus opportunities include La Maison Française where students live with a native-speaking teaching assistant. Additionally, students and faculty collaborate on in-depth research projects. Recent projects include studying islands and insularity and tracing the history of French-speaking fur traders in Indiana. Graduates have used their French proficiency to pursue advanced degrees in various fields, teaching and careers in international trade, law and administration. As recipients of Watson fellowships, two recent graduates incorporated French in their projects of researching the lives of Senegalese immigrants in France and of comparing computer languages in western and nonwestern cultures. |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |