西北大学法语专业的本科课程提供严格的跨学科培训，包括法语以及法文和法语国家的文学，文化和知识传统。通过与文字，图像和思想的丰富历史景观相遇，学生将发展基本的文化分析和解释能力。在此过程中，他们获得了所需的语言能力和文化素养，可以轻松地在任何法语环境中发挥作用，无论是在政府，私营部门还是教育领域。从基础语法和会话到高级口语练习，写作，翻译和语言学，我们在语言学习的各个级别提供广泛的培训。该基金会准备让学生探索形成现代世界文化的各种法文和法语的文学，知识和社会运动。从中世纪到现在，我们的课程范围一贯地将文化与
The rich cultural traditions of France are well known: French poetry and painting, film and philosophy, fashion and food are famous throughout the world. But French is also language of politics and diplomacy, science and technology, commerce and travel throughout the world. An official language in 29 countries and an administrative/cultural language in 9 more, French is the second most widespread language in the world after English. French is already the sixth most-spoken language in the world, with an estimated 274 million speakers, a number expected to double by 2025.<br><br>Beyond the beauties, intellectual challenges, and just plain fun of language study itself, then, studying French opens a world that extends from the Caribbean to Southeast Asia, Quebec to Casablanca, Senegal to Switzerland. Study abroad opportunities abound. And here at Northwestern, you can enjoy courses (in French and in English) on topics ranging from medieval epic to New Wave cinema, from the thought of Derrida and Foucault to contemporary African novels, from the Haitian Revolution to the radical politics of the 60s.