The undergraduate French degree programs serve students who are seeking high proficiency in French language and cultural studies. Program courses focus on real-world communication skills, and our instructors promote a student-centered, immersion-based learning environment that encourages the open exchange of ideas, instills awareness of cultural differences, and encourages a deeper understanding of events, institutions, and traditions. Students are asked to reflect on the nature and value of literary, cinematic, and artistic works as part of a larger inquiry into the making of cultures. Coursework fosters self-awareness and respect for others through reading and discussion, and offers opportunities for interaction with a wide variety of people, products, and perspectives from France, Canada, Western Africa, and numerous other countries and regions in which French is an official or commonly spoken language.