French Studies - Specialist (Arts)

Limited Enrolment — Minimum grade of 63% required in FRE180H5 and FRE181H5 (or equivalent course).

10.0 credits are required, including at least 5.0 300/400 level credits in literature/linguistics, 1.0 of which must be a 400 level credit.

First Year: FRE180H5, FRE181H5 (or equivalent). Students exempted from these courses must replace them with a higher level 1.0 credit in FRE.

Second Year: FRE240H5, FRE227H5, FRE272H5, FRE282H5, FRE283H5

Third and Fourth Years:

  1. FRE382H5, FRE380H5/​ FRE383H5, FRE442H5/​ FRE482H5

  2. 4.5 FRE credits to be completed within ONE area of concentration:
    - French Linguistics
    - French & Francophone Literary and Cultural Studies

  3. FRE491H5/​ FRE492H5

Course Categories:
French Linguistics: FRE325H5, FRE355H5, FRE376H5, FRE377H5, FRE378H5, FRE384H5, FRE385H5, FRE387H5, FRE389H5, FRE399H5, FRE399Y5, FRE490Y5, FRE491H5, FRE492H5, JFL369H5, JFL388H5, JFL389H5, JFL454H5, FRE487H5, FRE488H5, FRE489H5.

French & Francophone Literary and Cultural Studies: FRE312H5, FRE316H5, FRE342H5, FRE343H5, FRE356H5, FRE363H5, FRE364H5, FRE367H5, FRE369H5, FRE370H5, FRE391H5, FRE393H5, FRE395H5, FRE397H5, FRE398H5, FRE399H5, FRE399Y5, FRE440H5, FRE445H5, FRE446H5, FRE482H5, FRE491H5, FRE492H5.


  1. Students cannot be enrolled simultaneously in more than one French program (French Studies - Specialist, French Studies - Major, Language Teaching and Learning: French - Major, French Studies - Minor, Functional French - Minor)
  2. Courses with an FSL designator cannot be counted towards a Major or Specialist program in French Studies.
  3. No more than 1.0 FRE credits taught in English (such as FRE342H5, JFL369H5, JFL388H5, JFL389H5, JFL454H5) can be counted towards a Specialist program in French.
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