French, BA / French Education, EdM
Become an expert in the language of diplomacy with linguistic proficiency and cultural fluency, while also learning to teach the next generation of French speakers.
Embrace the Elegance of French
The UB Teach French education program is an accelerated, combined degree program where you can earn a French bachelor’s and a French education master’s degree in just five years. This program provides content expertise in French while preparing you to teach French for grades 7–12 with a grades 1–6 extension. You’ll study in both the Department of Romance Languages and the Department of Learning and Instruction.
Enrolled students will:
- Develop language competence and communicative strategies for cross-cultural, global interactions.
- Enhance research and analytical skills to locate, interpret sources and produce original research.
- Participate in intensive clinical education experiences with Western New York schools, learning the nuances of the teaching profession.
- Gain skills, expertise and confidence to implement evidence-based practice in the classroom and co-teach with 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. |
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
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
- French teacher
- Foreign correspondent
- Interpreter