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Welcome to the Website of the URI French &
Francophone Studies Program
130
French
majors at URI as of November 18, 2008
News and
Events
Complete URI Media Center
Collection of French Language Films & Films Directed by French
& Francophone Directors. The URI Media Center is located on the
second floor of the library in Kingston. CLICK
HERE
In the News: NBC-10
journalist Kelly McGee did a story on the rapid growth of foreign
language majors at URI, especially in French, on Friday November 23rd,
2007. WATCH
"URI Pharmacy,
Textile Students Can Double-Major in French." READ
"URI
Sees Surge of Majors in Interdisciplinary French Program" by
Elizabeth Gudrais, The Providence
Journal, 8 November 2005, Lifebeat section, page G3. READ (Registration
required)
and "URI French Major Expands Into One of Largest Programs in U.S." READ
Congratulations to
the Edith Piaf
French Class of 2007/2008
and
to the new inductees of Pi Delta Phi French Honorary Society
URI French Facts
- French
is one of the fastest growing majors (if not the fastest) at URI:
1999=30 French Majors at URI; 2008=130 French Majors at URI; French
appears on the URI College of Arts and Sciences' "Most Popular Majors"
List. See URI French
Alumni, Where Are They Now?
- One of the largest
French programs (in number of majors) in the country
- The
majority of URI French Majors are double or triple majors and the majority finish in 4 years
(except for IEP and Pharmacy)
- Disciplines
combined with French at URI as of today:
Accounting, Animal Science, Anthropology, Art History, Art Studio,
Biology,
Classics, Communications
Studies, Communicative Disorders, Comparative Literature, Computer
Science, Chemistry,
Economics, Elementary Education, Engineering
(all fields), English, Environmental Plant Biology, Film Media,
Finance, German, History, Honors
Program,
Human Development, International Business, International Development,
Italian,
Journalism, Management, Marine Biology, Marketing, Mathematics, Music,
Nursing,
Nutrition, Pharmacy, Philosophy,
Physics, Political
Science, Psychology, Public Relations, Secondary Education, Sociology,
Spanish,
Theater,
Textiles Marketing, Textiles Merchandising Design, Wildlife
Conservation Biology, Writing
- French Majors enrolled in the
International Engineering
Program (IEP) or in the Pharmacy program receive two degrees in 5 and 6
years
and complete an internship in France or Quebec (IEP) or two of their 3
rotations in Rennes,
France
(Pharmacy)
- The
majority of French majors study abroad during their
junior year and/or during a summer session. URI direct exchange
programs with
the Euromed School of Management in Marseille,
France;
the University
of Orléans, France;
the University of Technology at Compiègne,
France;
and Laval University
in Quebec allow in state students to
study
abroad for the same tuition/fees; out-of-state
students pay the equivalent of in-state
tution/fees when studying in Orléans, Marseille, Compiègne or Quebec!
Financial
aid and scholarships
(Centennial, etc.) apply. Other programs available in Aix-en-Provence, Cannes,
Paris,
and Quebec,
among others (See Study
Abroad)
- Mr.
Logan Connors, member of the Rochambeau 2004 URI French Class, won
a prestigious Mellon Fellowship (the first ever in URI history); 5 of
the 2004
URI President’s Excellence Awards were double French majors (Art
History,
Communications Studies, French, Mechanical Engineering, Public
Relations); 3 in
2005 (Communications Studies, French, and Microbiology-Minor in French
- Our recent alumni are employed in all
fields in North
America and Europe (See "Where
Are They Now?") and are offered admission (often with full
financial
support) in some of the most prestigious graduate programs in the
world including: School
of Interpreters and Translators of the Sorbonne (ESIT) Paris; Ecole
Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Lyon; Université
d'Amiens; Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne; U of Rhode Island; Boston
U; Brown Medical
School; Columbia U; U of Arizona; U of California Santa Barbara; U of
Colorado; U of Kansas;
Lousiana State;
MIT; NYU;
Pennsylvania State University; Rutgers U; U of Maryland; U of Virginia;
U of Wisconsin Madison; Yale U; URI Executive MBA; Université
Libre de Bruxelles; Florida Coastal
School of Law; San Jose State U; Villanova U School of Law; Georgetown
U School of Law; Duke U School of Law; Vanderbilt U School of Law.
More URI French News
- National Review: The Marie
Darrieussecq Web Site Maintained by URI Students is Reviewed in
Lire.fr, the electronic Edition of the Prestigious French National
Magazine. (May
2002)
THE BA IN FRENCH,
DON'T LEAVE URI WITHOUT IT!*
*130
French
majors at URI as of November 18, 2008
To become a French major,
no paperwork, no
office visits, no hassle, just write to adurand@uri.edu and that's it!
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