This Minor is designed for students with limited or no background in French who are interested in developing a high level of communicative ability in French language for use in professional and academic contexts.
Admission Requirements
All students with limited or no background in French are welcome to pursue the Minor in French Language.
This Minor is not available to native speakers of French or those whose entry point is FREN 401 (CEFR B2) or higher. These students are instead encouraged to consider our other Minor in French Language, Literatures and Cultures.
Degree Requirements
These requirements are applicable to students who declare the program after the 2025 Winter Session. Students who declared a specialization before then can refer to the former program requirements.
6 credits1, 2:
- FREN 201 (3) Elementary French I
- FREN 202 (3) Elementary French II
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1Students starting at an introductory level must complete the requirements leading to FREN 201 (6 credits of 100-level French) before taking the courses required for the Minor.
2Students with credit for secondary-school French 12 may not be required to complete FREN 201 and FREN 202, but may instead be permitted to begin at FREN 301. Please contact FHIS Student Programs Coordinator using this online form.
- FREN_V 301 (3) Intermediate French I
- FREN_V 302 (3) Intermediate French II
- FREN_V 311 (3) Introduction to Literature in French
- FREN_V 352 (3) French Grammar
- FREN_V 401 (3) Upper Intermediate French I
- FREN_V 402 (3) Upper Intermediate French II
- FREN_V 321 (3) Critical Writing
- FREN_V 330 (3) Introduction to Quebec Literature
- FREN_V 331 (3) Arts, Cultures and Society from the Middle Ages to the Revolution
- FREN_V 341 (3) Arts, Cultures and Society from Romanticism to the Present Day
- FREN_V 346 (3) French at Work
- FREN_V 353 (3) Advanced French Grammar
- FREN_V 357 (3) Translation
- FREN_V 370 (3) Introduction to French Linguistics
- FREN_V 395 (3-6) Special Topics Abroad
- FREN_V 457 (3) Advanced Translation
Program Diagram
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Declaring a Minor
Science students wishing to add a French Minor to a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree will choose their starting point according to their background, just as BA candidates do, but they will also have to present the Science Faculty’s Minor in an Arts Discipline Approval Form to the Student Programs Coordinator (fhis.undergrad@ubc.ca) to have it filled out and signed before returning it to the Science Advising Office.
BCom candidates will choose their starting point according to their background, just as BA candidates do, but they will also have to present the Sauder School of Business’s Arts Minor Study Plan to the Student Programs Coordinator (fhis.undergrad@ubc.ca) to have it filled out and signed before returning it to the Commerce Undergraduate Program Office.