Part of the Graduate School of Education
Combined French, BA / French Education, EdM
The UB Teach French education program is an accelerated, combined degree program that allows you to earn a French BA and a French education EdM within five years. It provides you with content expertise in French language and culture while preparing you to teach French at the adolescence level (grades 7 to 12 with a grades 1 to 6 extension).
Why French and French Education at UB?
In this combined program, you will study in the French Program within the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Department of Learning and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education. While in the French program, you benefit from a dedicated focus on the study of French Language and Literature; in the Department of Learning and Instruction, you will learn how to bring French to life in the classroom.
UB prepares highly qualified teachers who lead their classrooms, shape students’ lives and positively engage with the communities they serve.
Students enrolled in this program will:
- Develop language competence and communicative strategies in preparation for cross cultural, global interaction.
- Enhance research and analytical skills to locate and interpret sources and produce original research.
- Complete intensive clinical education experiences in collaboration with Western New York schools across diverse settings, while learning the nuances of the teaching profession.
- Gain the skills, expertise and confidence to implement evidence-based practice in the classroom and co-teach alongside an expert teacher in a one-year residency.
Program Overview
| Academic credential granted | Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Education (EdM) |
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| Certification option | Successful completion of program leads to an institutional recommendation for New York State initial and professional certification in French education |
| Grade levels | 7 to 12 with 1 to 6 extension |
| Credits required for completion | 148 |
| Time to completion | 5 years |
| Course delivery | On campus, online |
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| Application deadline | Early action: Nov. 15 Scholarship consideration: Dec. 8 Regular decision: Feb. 1 Students can continue to submit an application for fall consideration until capacity is reached. |
Important Fall Dates
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Coursework Note
This is a sample course schedule. These courses are subject to change. As a student in the UB Teach program, you must work closely with your advisor before registering for classes.
French BA Courses
FR 151 and FR 152 (unless these are waived by the department on the basis of placement results or if additional prerequisite language courses are required to achieve the level of 151 proficiency)
FR 343 Advanced Communication for Students of French
Two 200-level courses from among the following:
- FR 211 Languages, Texts, and Contexts of the French-Speaking World I
- FR 212 Languages, Texts, and Contexts of the French-Speaking World ll
- FR 213 Languages, Texts, and Contexts of the French-Speaking World lll
Complete one earlier literature course:
- FR 301 Survey of French Literature
- FR 305 Reading French Historians
- FR 331 Pre-Romanticism and Romanticism
- FR 362 Early Mod French Theatre
Complete one non-European literature and culture course:
- FR 337 20c Novel
- FR 339 Literature and Culture in Quebec
- FR 453 African and Caribbean Literature
Complete one non-literary cultural production course:
- FR 328 Theatre and Revolution
- FR 341 Topics in French Film
- FR 355 Contemporary France
- FR 369 Civilization of France
Six FR courses (18 credits) at the 300/400 level
ELP 405 Sociology of Education
LAI 350 Introduction to Education
Progression to Graduate Coursework
You will not apply separately to graduate study; instead, there are a series of progression points that you must meet.
Advancement to the graduate portion of the program requires that you:
- maintain a 3.0 GPA
- earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses (courses in the major)
- earn a “B-” or better in all education and graduate level coursework
- complete an interview with the Office of Educator Preparation in year three of bachelor's program
- submit two letters of recommendation
French Education EdM Courses
- 12 additional FR credits at the 500 level
- 3 credits of LAI electives at the 500/600 level
- CEP 400 / CEP 501 Educational Psychology
- LAI 414 Adolescent Writing across Curriculum
- LAI 474 Teaching the Exceptional Learner
- LAI 552 Middle Childhood/ Adolescent Literacy Methods
- LAI 581 Linguistics For L2 Education
- LAI 582 Principles Language Acquisition 1st & 2nd
- LAI 593 Teaching Foreign Language Grades 1-6
- LAI 595 Supervised Teaching 2
- LAI 616 Teaching Foreign Language Grades 7-12
- LAI 667 Field Experience
- LAI 668 Supervised Teaching 1
- LAI 674 Seminar in Teaching
- LAI 698 Instructional Strategies in Secondary Schools
- LAI 700 Capstone
Questions?
For more information about coursework and requirements, please contact:
Office of Educator Preparation, ubedprep@buffalo.edu, 716-645-2461