Bachelor of Arts: French Major (4-Year)

Number of credits required from Athabasca University: 30 credits.

Maximum credit awarded in this program for prior learning through Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) processes: 9 credits.

Program Learning Outcomes

As a result of completing this program, students should be able to

• exhibit a sufficient degree of competence in oral and written French to communicate effectively.
• show insight into the relationship between language and culture and demonstrate awareness of cultural relativity.
• use the tools, mechanisms and processes of critical thinking consciously and systematically.
• show frequent examples of original thinking related to the discipline.
• demontrate understanding in how to undertake further research into the subject matter in order to increase linguistic competence.
• appropriately relate practice and/or lessons to the goals of the degree or discipline.
• conduct independent research with some complexity and depth.
• draw on a sufficient range of learning to confidently and efficiently pursue degree goals and disciplinary objectives.

Possible Career Options

• Translator/Interpreter

• Foreign Student Advisor
• Customs Officer
• Import Specialist
• Foreign Service Officer
• International Relations Officer
• Literary Translator
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher
• work in institutions (banks, insurance companies) where French service is offered to clients

Possible Further Education Options

At Athabasca University

• Master of Arts – Integrated Studies (MAIS)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Education in Distance Education (MEd)
• Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Distance Education Technology
• Master of Counselling (MC)
• Post-Graduate Certificate in Counselling

At Other Educational Institutions*

• graduate studies in French or other related/unrelated disciplines
• education: bachelor/master
• law
• journalism
• translation certification
• teaching English as a second language (TESL)

* Entrance requirements vary among educational institutions. It is the students’ responsibility to research the entrance requirements of other educational institutions.

Updated March 25, 2009