French and Francophone Studies
Basic Requirements: 12 half-courses

1. Required courses:
1. Two survey half-courses: French 70a and either French 70b or French 70c.
2. Two of the following advanced half-courses in language: French 47, 48, 51, or 52.
   Note: Must be satisfied with grades of B- or better. Native speakers may replace language courses with literature courses subsequent to a departmental interview. Courses taken outside Harvard may be substituted upon approval by the undergraduate adviser in French.
3. Six half-courses in French that are numbered 100 or above or are tutorials. At least one of these half-courses must treat literature before 1800, and at least three must be taught in French.
4. Two half-courses in related fields. These include courses in anthropology, the Core Curriculum, English, government, history, history of art and architecture, etc. Upper-level language and literature courses in French and other Romance languages or Latin may also count as related fields. The undergraduate adviser in French must approve all courses to be counted as related fields.
2. Tutorial: Sophomore year: French 97 (one term) required. Small-group instruction. Letter-graded.
3. Thesis: Not required.
4. Other information: Same as French and Francophone Literature Basic Requirements.

French and Francophone Literature or French and Francophone Studies

Requirements for Honors Eligibility: 14 half-courses

Honors candidates must take one term of French 98: Junior Tutorial with weekly one-on-one instruction. This will count toward the requirement listed in item 1c of Basic Requirements.

In addition to the Basic Requirements, honors candidates are required to take two terms of French 99 (graded SAT/UNS) and complete a thesis. A thesis proposal is made by the honors candidate and approved by the undergraduate adviser in French in conjunction with other faculty members and members of the Tutorial Board in the spring term of the junior year.

Also, at the end of their senior year, normally during the Reading Period in May, all honors candidates must take a three-hour written examination, as well as an hour-long oral examination.