French

Effective: Fall 2024
Associate in Arts Program Map
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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.

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Program Description
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).

What can I do with this major?
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.

Learning and Career Pathway
  • Communication, Language & Media

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

Advanced students starting French language courses at the 1B or 2A level, must complete a minimum of 18 units in the major to earn the Associate in Arts. Advanced students may use courses from the options list to meet the total units required.

Semester 1

15 units

FRNC 1A
Beginning French

5 units
Introduction to the French-speaking cultures of the world featuring the study and practice of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of French. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course. May not receive credit if FRNC 1A1 and/or 1A2 have been completed.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1
Terms Offered: Spring, Fall, Summer

English 1- Critical Reading and Composition

4 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

Semester 2

15-17 units

FRNC 1B
Elementary French

5 units
Further study of French-speaking cultures of the world featuring the acquisition of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) of French begun in French 1A. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course. May not receive credit if FRNC 1B1 and/or 1B2 have been completed.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: FRNC 1A
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: FRNC 1A2
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.

3-5 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

4 units
GE
ENGL 4A or 7A recommended

Semester 3

15 units

FRNC 2A
Intermediate French

4 units
Review of grammar; reading of works of modern authors; practice in conversation and composition. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: FRNC 1B
    2. or
  2. Prerequisite: FRNC 1B2
Terms Offered: Spring, Fall

Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).

2 units
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.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

Semester 4

16 units

FRNC 2B
Advanced French

4 units
Reading of Francophone authors; advanced review of grammar; emphasis on speaking and composition. Following an immersion instruction format, the class is entirely taught in the target world language of the selected course.
Course Details:
  1. Prerequisite: FRNC 2A
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring

Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).

2 units
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.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

3 units
GE

General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.

1 unit
GE
PE course recommended

Other (specify)

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

ARTH 5
Art History - Renaissance to Modern-Day

3 units
This course presents a chronological history of the West using iconic works of art and architecture that embody the conditions and values of the people who created them. We begin as Humanism cleaves the Early Renaissance away from a Medieval mindset, and conclude in recent times, as art is radically redefined by modern and contemporary artists to evocatively reflect our unpredictable, challenging times. This course is especially appropriate for visual learners.
Course Details:
  • Transfers to CSU

    • HIS 2
    History of Western Civilization Since 1600

    3 units
    History of the Modern Western World from the end of the medieval period to the present. The course develops the western world, (Europe and the Americas), as these societies develop modern ways of thinking and producing, and tracks the rise of the modern nation-state. Interaction with other civilizations, and globalization will be studied.
    Course Details:

    HUMN 50
    The Artful Life

    3 units
    A broad range of the arts, from a variety of historical periods and cultures, will be examined as expression and integration of self. Explore creativity as process, product, and attitude toward life. Study the artist as seeker of authenticity and the relationship between art and artist. Students will learn how to respond critically as well as to articulate their experience of great works of the human imagination. Explore foundational principles and theories in the various humanities disciplines.

    PHIL 65
    Introduction to Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge

    3 units
    This class explores and critically analyzes fundamental questions about knowledge. Key questions include: What is knowledge? How is knowledge acquired? How do I know that I am not living in a computer simulation? Theories about knowledge, truth, and justification will be explored, including: rationalism, empiricism, pragmatism, and skepticism. This class traces the history of epistemological ideas from Plato, Aristotle, and the Buddha, to Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, and Gettier.
    Course Details:
    1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1

    PHIL 70
    Social and Political Philosophy

    3 units
    This social and political philosophy class explores and critically analyzes fundamental questions related to society, politics, and ethics. Essential to this course is the study of government and its citizenry. Key questions include: What makes a government legitimate? What rights and liberties should be protected? Is there an ideal size and form of government? Political ideologies like liberalism, conservatism, and socialism will be explored and applied to contemporary issues including: free speech, privacy, and welfare. This class traces the history of social and political ideas from Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, and Lao Tzu to Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Arendt, Rawls, and more.
    Course Details:
    Total Units: 61-63 units
    This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.