The French program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent (UMFK) envisions an environment that combines the study of the language, culture, and arts of the French-speaking world while celebrating the unique culture, language, and heritage of the St. John Valley.
As an integral part of its parent institution, the French program is committed to a quality liberal arts education serving rural northern Maine, and beyond. Our curriculum emphasizes an appreciation of the Acadian and Franco-American heritage, culture and regional French language of the St. John Valley. Our mission is to provide our French majors with a broad view of the language, cultures, and arts of the French-speaking world.
The prime objective of the French Program at UMFK is to help every student become skilled in using the French language in all types of communication. Over the course of study, students become proficient in the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communicative modes of the French language while gaining knowledge of the literature, culture, and arts of the French-speaking world. Students are especially encouraged to take advantage of our unique location, in a bilingual community, bordering French-speaking Canada, where the possibilities for authentic French communication are nearly endless.
Throughout their course of study, students have the opportunity to study French in perhaps the only truly French-English bilingual setting in the United States. They also are encouraged to study abroad for a semester, or a year, and to participate in the many French-language social activities on campus and in the community. Students also may take advantage of our partnership with the Université de Moncton Campus d’Edmundston located in Edmundston, New Brunswick, 20 miles away, where they can take courses in any program of study taught in French while receiving credit here at UMFK. In fulfillment of our mission, the French program will:
UMFK graduates of the French major will:
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
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French (FRE) course electives | 30 credits | |
FRE 497 | Capstone Project | |
Total | 30 credits |
French majors and minors are required to meet with the French faculty during the first half of their junior year for a discussion of their progress and goals. Further assessment will be accomplished through the Capstone Project. The Project can take one of four forms:
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
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ENG 100 | English Composition I | 3 credits |
FRE 200 | Advanced Composition I | 3 credits |
HUM 102 | First Year Experience | 3 credits |
General Education – Quantitative Literacy | 3 credits | |
COS 103 | Introduction to Information Technology | 4 credits |
Total | 16 credits |
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
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ENG 101 | English Composition II | 3 credits |
FRE 201 | Advanced Composition II | 3 credits |
FRE 215 | Advanced Conversational French | 3 credits |
COM 200 | Speech | 3 credits |
General Education – Quantitative Literacy | 3 credits | |
Total | 15 credits |
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
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Minor | 3 credits | |
FRE 225 | Civilisation française I | 3 credits |
General Education – Natural Science | 4 credits | |
General Education – Behavioral Sciences | 3 credits | |
Elective | 3 credits | |
Total | 16 credits |
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
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Minor | 3 credits | |
FRE 226 | Civilisation française II | 3 credits |
General Education – Visual & Performing Arts | 3 credits | |
General Education – Literature | 3 credits | |
Elective | 3 credits | |
Total | 15 credits |
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
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Minor | 3 credits | |
FRE 306 | Littérature française: Moyen âge au 18ème siècle | 3 credits |
General Education – History | 3 credits | |
Gen Education – Personal & Social Responsibility Project | 3 credits | |
Total | 15 credits |
Study abroad at a Francophone University
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
---|---|---|
Minor | 6 credits | |
FRE 310 | Littérature franco-américaine | 3 credits |
General Education elective | 3 credits | |
Electives | 3 credits | |
Total | 15 credits |
CRN | Course Name | Credits |
---|---|---|
Minor | 3 credits | |
FRE 303 | Littérature québécoise | 3 credits |
FRE 410 | Culture francophone de l’Amérique du nord | 3 credits |
FRE 497 | Capstone Project | 3 credits |
Electives | 3 credits | |
Total | 15 credits |
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