Department Description:

The purpose of the French program is to foster a deep sense of passion, curiosity, discovery, understanding, and connectedness with the global community in order to empower our students to engage and act responsibly in a culturally sensitive and multilingual manner. The French program provides learning experiences that prepare students to achieve the following outcomes: to acquire communication skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing – at various levels of proficiency; to develop the ability to communicate with people of other cultures in their language; to have the opportunity to have direct contact with speakers from France and the Francophone at home and around the world; to appreciate the contributions by people of the target civilizations to history, the arts, literature and their established institutions, etc.; to acquire a better understanding of the English language and the U.S. culture through comparison with other languages and cultures; and to stimulate the curiosity and the imagination and motivate to continue the study of languages beyond college to full proficiency. (Taken from the 2015-2016 Concordia College Course Catalog)

Department Head:

Other Faculty:

• Zacharie N. Petnkeu
• Gay G. Rawson

Courses of Study Offered:

• French is offered as a Major or Minor
• French Education Major

Sampling of Courses Taught:

• Beginning French I & II
• Intermediate French I & II
• The Best of French Literature
• Francophone Films
• Development of French Prose

Classes are currently held in Academy Hall.