French Program
Welcome to the French Program in UMD's School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Explore French Studies
Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate Degrees in French
An undergraduate program in French enhances your intercultural competency and global mobility by allowing you to gain language proficiency while also discovering the rich literary, cinematographic, historical and cultural traditions of the French-speaking world. Our program offers a B.A. in French language and literature and a B.A. in Romance languages. Hear from Sophia Franklin, Class of 2023, double major in French and government and politics who explains why French is important in today's world.
Approximately ten hours a week of free tutoring is available to students in any French course.
Graduate Programs
Graduate Degrees in French
Our M.A. and Ph.D. students benefit from outstanding mentorship from dedicated faculty specializing in leading-edge areas of research, including cinema and media studies, gender and sexuality studies, postcolonialism, ecocriticism, and digital humanities.
Special Programs
Special Programs
Discover countless opportunities to explore the French language and experience the variety and richness of French-speaking cultures from around the world.
Faculty and Advisors
Faculty and Advisors
The French faculty at UMD includes internationally recognized specialists in French and Francophone literature, linguistics and cinema from the Early Modern period to the present.
About the French Program
The French program offers a B.A. and a minor for undergraduates. The program features a dynamic, accomplished, and collegial community of teachers, scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, passionate in their study of the French language and French and Francophone culture in all its forms. Programs also offer a M.A. in French studies, and a Ph.D. in modern French studies.
Each semester, we offer a wide range of courses, most taught exclusively in French, on language, literature, culture, film, history, philosophy, linguistics, politics, current events and the world of business. Our courses span from the 16th century to the present, from early-modern manuscripts to digital media, and from Paris to Marrakesh, Fort-de-France, and Québec City. The French program fosters collaborative work across disciplines, languages, media, centuries and fields and provides thorough pedagogical training and teaching experience in French language, literature and culture courses. It is home to a diverse community of internationally recognized scholars and researchers focusing on French and Francophone studies, critical theory, film, literature and linguistics from the Early Modern period to the present day.