Program Map

French - Associate in Arts

Program Map

French - Associate in Arts

Associate in Arts
Fall 2022
  • Communication, Language & Media

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
This degree includes four semesters of linguistic and cultural learning of the French-speaking world with emphasis on contemporary socio-economic and cultural topics relevant to the 220 million of French speakers (French is the 2nd learned foreign language after English). You will develop skills to communicate in oral and written French in your everyday personal/professional life. These courses are UC and CSU transferable (GE requirements).
Graduates with this degree will be prepared to: Work in the fields of education, interpretation/translation, hospitality/tourism, banking/finance, government/immigration, sales/customer service, and other relevant fields. Seek work for international French-speaking companies with offices in the USA, Canada, Europe and Africa. Use Chabot French language course units for: AA in French; Certificate of Achievement in French; Certificate of Achievement in Entrepreneurship; and UC and CSU transfer requirements.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Students who have studied 2 or more years of French in High School may start at FRNC 1B or FRNC 2A level. To request a higher placement, please contact Professor Parrish at cparrish@chabotcollege.edu.
If a student places out of any core course(s) and is not awarded units for that course, the student will need to take additional units to compensate for the course/units required to reach 18 total units in the major (Title 5 regulations). Course substitutions are made at the discretion of the local college and may or may not be delineated in the local degree.
Semester 1
 
15 units
FRNC 1A
Beginning French (Historical)
5.0
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 2
 
15 - 17 units
FRNC 1B
Elementary French (Historical)
5.0
Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.
 
GE
3.0-5.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
4.0
ENGL 4A or 7A recommended
Semester 3
 
15 units
FRNC 2A
Intermediate French (Historical)
4.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
2.0
SERV 5A (Service Learning for World Languages Beginning) recommended
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 4
 
16 units
FRNC 2B
Advanced French (Historical)
4.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
2.0
SERV 5B (Service Learning for World Language Intermediate) recommended
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
1.0
PE course recommended
Other (specify)
 

Allowable course substitutions in place of lower level language courses are below:

15 units
ARTH 5
Art History - Renaissance to Modern-Day (Active)
3.0
HIS 2
History of Western Civilization Since 1600 (Active)
3.0
HUMN 50
The Artful Life (Historical)
3.0
PHIL 65
Introduction to Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge (Historical)
3.0
PHIL 70
Social and Political Philosophy (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 61.0-63.0