French Studies offers both a major and minor as listed below. Please also see the language requirements as required by the College.

Major Requirements

Majors in FFS are required to take ten courses above the intermediate level. Students may not take a language course at a level lower than that of other language courses they have already taken. FRE 1133 - Advanced Grammar and the FRE 3950 - Research Seminar are required of all FFS majors.

Minor Requirements

Minors in FFS are required to take four courses above the intermediate level.

Note: The Department also offers literature courses in English translation. Such courses may be used to fulfill a Humanities elective; however, they may not be used toward credit requirements for a foreign language major or minor. An upper level literature course in any language taught in the Department may satisfy the advanced literature core requirement. At the same time, it may also count for the minor in a language. However, it may not count for both the advanced literature requirement and the major in a language. Students may obtain up to six credits through Villanova summer programs abroad in France, Chile, Germany, Italy and Spain.