French Minor

Offered at: San Luis Obispo Campus

The French minor provides students the opportunity to become proficient in one of the world's most international languages which is widely spoken in the areas of business, diplomacy, advanced academic research, the arts, fashion, viticulture, and the culinary arts. French minors are strongly encouraged to study abroad, taking advantage of Cal Poly's diverse programs in France and other Francophone countries. French minor students will concentrate on building their language proficiency at the intermediate and advanced levels and will also have the opportunity to take courses in French and Francophone cultures and literatures. Students should begin their French studies during fall term of their first year in order to maximize the chances of achieving a useful level of proficiency during their college experience.

Minor Requirements and Curriculum

• At least half of the units must be from upper-division courses (3000-4000 level).
• At least half of the units must be taken at Cal Poly (in residence). For the Chinese, French, German, Italian Studies, Japanese, and Spanish minors, the requirement for students studying abroad is that at least one-third of the units must be taken at Cal Poly.
• No more than one-third of the units will be taken with credit-no credit grading (CR/NC), not counting courses with mandatory CR/NC. Departments may further limit CR/NC grading if desired.
• A minimum 2.0 GPA is required in all units counted for completion of the minor.

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Repeatable up to 6 units. Credit may be earned more than once when course is taken with different subtitles or topics.

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Applicable to the minor when course subtitle content is relevant to French.

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Enrollment in this course requires approval of the instructor and department chair.