French and Francophone Studies
149 French majors at URI as of November 6, 2009
Who is my Advisor for French? How Do I Schedule an Appointment? Click HERE!
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
News and Events
"Magazine Says URI Beats Ivies for Return Investments No. 15 Rank" READ
"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
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| Congratulations to the Jodie Foster French Class of 2008/2009 and to the new inductees of Pi Delta Phi French Honorary Society |
URI French Facts |
- French is one of the fastest growing majors at URI: 1999=30 French Majors at URI; 2009=149 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, Geosciences, 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 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 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)
- 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; Carnegie-Mellon MBA Program; 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; University of Oregon; U of Connecticut; U of Massachusetts at Amherst; Johns Hopkins U; Roger Williams U School of Law.
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