Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies: Dual Language, BA
The Dual Language concentration of the Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies major allows students to focus on any two of the major's three languages: French, Italian, and German. In addition to mastering multiple languages and the cultural competencies that go along with them, Dual Language concentrators arrive at a profound understanding of these interconnected linguistic and cultural spheres.
The minimum total course units for graduation in the FIGS major with a Dual Language concentration is 37. Double majors may entail more course units.
Curriculum
Concentration Requirements
| Code | Title | Course Units |
|---|---|---|
| College General Education Requirements and Free Electives | ||
| Foundational Approaches + Sectors 1+ Free Electives | 20 | |
| Required Courses | ||
| FIGS 1000 | Seeing Differently: Transcultural Approaches to Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies | 1 |
| Choose 2 of the Following Language Groups: | ||
| Students must choose 2 of the 3 languages to fulfill the major requirements | 16 | |
| French Language Group | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| Intermediate French II | ||
| Advanced French | ||
| Electives | ||
At least 1 c.u. in Advanced Language, French and Francophone history and culture survey courses, or French and Francophone literature and film survey courses. | ||
| Advanced Language | ||
| Advanced French Grammar and Composition | ||
| Advanced French Conversation and Composition | ||
| French Phonetics | ||
| Advanced Intensive French Composition and Conversation | ||
| Advanced French: Translation | ||
| History and Culture Surveys | ||
| French History and Culture to 1774 | ||
| French History and Culture 1789-1945 | ||
| Contemporary France | ||
| Le français dans le monde/French in the World | ||
| Literature and Film Surveys | ||
| Masterpieces of French Cinema | ||
| Perspectives in French Literature: Love and Passion | ||
| Perspectives in French Literature: The Individual and Society | ||
| Francophone Literature and Film | ||
FREN 1234-1239 | ||
| French Seminars 3000 Level or Higher | ||
| Topics in French Culture | ||
| French Literature of the 19th Century | ||
| Crime and Punishment: Hugo’s Les Misérables in Context | ||
| Literature of the Twentieth Century | ||
| Animal Words, Animal Worlds: Introduction to Zoopoetics | ||
| French & Italian Modern Horror | ||
| The French Novel of the Twentieth Century | ||
| Modern French Theater | ||
| Paris in Film | ||
| French Caribbean Thought & Literature | ||
| Life, Death, and Revolution in Haiti | ||
| Additional Electives 2 | ||
| Masterpieces of French Cinema | ||
| French & Italian Modern Horror | ||
| Paris in Film | ||
| French & Italian Modern Horror | ||
| Laughter and Tricky Topics | ||
| Decolonizing French Food | ||
| The Fantastic Voyage from Homer to Science Fiction | ||
| Fashion and Modernity | ||
| Paris during the German Occupation and its Places of [Non-]Memory | ||
| Film Noir | ||
| Transalpine Tensions: Franco-Italian Rivalries in the Renaissance | ||
| Women's Writing in French, 1160–1823 | ||
| Literature and Multilingualism | ||
| Fantastic Literature 19th/20th Centuries | ||
| Teaching and Learning | ||
| Language Acquisition | ||
| Italian Language Group | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| Intermediate Italian II | ||
| Advanced Italian I | ||
| Electives | ||
| Advanced Language | ||
| Advanced Italian II | ||
| Business Italian | ||
| Business Italian: Italian for Special Purposes | ||
| Business Italian: Italian for Professions | ||
| Business Italian: Translation and Interpreting | ||
| Intensive Italian, Culture, and Conversation - Penn in Florence | ||
| Masterpieces-Italian Literature/Seminars | ||
| Dante's Divine Comedy | ||
| Italian American Studies | ||
| Contemporary Italy | ||
| Italian Film and Media Studies | ||
| Race and Ethnicity in Italy | ||
| Italian Gender Studies | ||
| Italian Fashion | ||
| Italian Visual Studies | ||
| Italian Foods and Cultures | ||
| Italian Literature | ||
| Italian Innovations | ||
| Italian Renaissance Studies | ||
| Mediterranean Studies | ||
| Italian Performance Studies | ||
| Italian Science and Philosophy | ||
| Italian Material Studies | ||
| Italian Digital Humanities | ||
| Boccaccio | ||
| Machiavelli | ||
| Petrarch | ||
| Italian Music | ||
| ITALIAN HISTORIES | ||
| Italian Diaspora Studies | ||
| Additional Electives 3 | ||
| Hellenistic and Roman Art and Artifact | ||
| Roman Architecture and Urbanism | ||
| Classical Mythology in the Western Tradition | ||
| Roman Sculpture | ||
| Hellenistic Art and Spectacle | ||
| Ancient Rome | ||
| Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome | ||
| Citizenship, Belonging and Exclusion in the Roman World | ||
| Introduction to Mediterranean Archaeology | ||
| Greek & Roman Mythology | ||
| Dangerous Books of Antiquity | ||
| Foreigners in Rome | ||
| Medieval Literature and Culture | ||
| German Language Group | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| Intermediate German II | ||
| Texts and Contexts | ||
| Electives | ||
| At least 2 c.u. of electives must be courses taught in German in the department at the 2000-level or higher 4 | ||
| Taught in German | ||
| Business German: A Macro Perspective | ||
| Business German: A Micro Perspective | ||
| Topics in Dutch Studies | ||
| Seeing Green: Environmentalism in Germany and Austria | ||
| German Youth Cultures | ||
| Writing in Dark Times: German Literature | ||
| Crime and Detection | ||
| Kafka's Creatures | ||
| German Literature after 1945 | ||
| Decadence | ||
| Reading the Twentieth Century | ||
| The Long Nineteenth Century: Literature, Philosophy, Culture | ||
| The Long Eighteenth Century | ||
| Early Modernism | ||
| Taught in English or other Language | ||
| Jews and China: Views from Two Perspectives | ||
| Babylon Berlin: German Crime Books | ||
| Climate Change and Community in Indonesia | ||
| Freud: The Invention of Psychoanalysis | ||
| Freud's Objects | ||
| Marx, Marxism, and the Culture of Revolution | ||
| Nietzsche's Modernity and the Death of God | ||
| Berlin: History, Politics, Culture | ||
| Metropolis: Culture of the City | ||
| The Fantastic and Uncanny in Literature: Ghosts, Spirits & Machines | ||
| Fashion and Modernity | ||
| Fascist Cinemas | ||
| German Cinema | ||
| Jewish Films and Literature | ||
| Women in Jewish Literature | ||
| Jewish American Literature | ||
| Translating Cultures: Literature on and in Translation | ||
| Water Worlds: Cultural Responses to Sea Level Rise & Catastrophic Flooding | ||
| Forest Worlds: Mapping the Arboreal Imaginary in Literature and Film | ||
| Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | ||
| Queer German Cinema | ||
| Comparative Cultures of Sustainability | ||
| Comparative Cultures of Resilience and Sustainability in the Netherlands and the United States | ||
| Sustainability & Utopianism | ||
| Global Sustainabilities | ||
| Autobiographical Writing | ||
| Environmental Humanities: Theory, Method, Practice | ||
| Public Environmental Humanities | ||
| Literature and Multilingualism | ||
| The Panorama Experience | ||
| Inside the Archive | ||
| Topics In Aesthetics | ||
| Total Course Units | 37 | |
- 1
You may count no more than one course toward both a Major and a Sector requirement. For Exceptions, check the Policy Statement.
- 2
French & Francophone
The remaining 3 c.u. of electives can be any combination of:
- Additional courses taught in French at the 1000-level or higher.
- Courses taught in French at approved study abroad programs.
- FREN 3999: Independent Study.
- FIGS 4000 Honor's Thesis
- Major-related courses taught in English, either in FIGS or in other departments.
- Coursework in another foreign language relevant to the student’s interests.
- First-Year Seminars counted retroactively.
- 3
Italian
The remaining 3 c.u. of electives can be any combination of:
- Additional courses taught in Italian at the 1000-level or higher.
- Courses taught in Italian at approved study abroad programs.
- ITAL 3999/4999: Independent Study.
- FIGS 4000 Honor's Thesis
- Major-related courses taught in English, either in FIGS or in other departments.
- Coursework in another foreign language relevant to the student’s interests.
- First-Year Seminars counted retroactively.
In order to count additional courses taught in English or other languages toward the concentration, students must arrange an Italian component with the professor (e.g., extra class sessions, research, written assignments, or a term paper in Italian).
- 4
German
At least 2 c.u. of electives must be courses taught in German in the department at the 2000-level or higher.
The remaining 4 c.u. of electives can be any combination of:
- Additional courses taught in German at the 2000-level or higher.
- Courses taught in German at approved study abroad programs.
- GRMN 4999: Independent Study.
- FIGS 4000 Honor's Thesis
- Major-related courses taught in English, either in FIGS or in other departments.
- Coursework in another foreign language relevant to the student’s interests.
- First-Year Seminars counted retroactively.
Honors
| Code | Title | Course Units |
|---|---|---|
| FIGS 4000 | Honors Thesis | 1 |
| FIGS Majors with a dual concentration may elect to complete an honors research project in either of their two languages. On an exceptional basis, a FIGS Major with a dual concentration may complete an honors research project in multiple languages. | ||
| To be granted honors, students must receive a grade of A- or higher in FIGS 4000. Students who receive a grade lower than A- will receive credit for the course, but will not be granted honors. | ||
The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2024 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.