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  French
Tampa - Undergraduate - BA
CIP Code: 16.0901

Program Mission Statement: 

The undergraduate program in French offers solid academic and practical training in the language, literature, and culture of France and the French-speaking world in an engaged, full-immersion environment. We aim to provide students with the opportunity to attain an advanced level of French with regard to comprehension, reading, writing, and speaking. Students also are encouraged to come away from the program conversant in many of the major issues, past and present, relating to French and Francophone cultures, literatures, and civilizations.

 

 

Graduates of this program will be able to demonstrate the following:
OUTCOME 1:
  • French majors will be able to demonstrate oral proficiency at the Advanced level as described in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
Methods of Assessment :
  • A committee will examine selected oral presentations and conversations taped from advanced core courses. We then establish a list of categories related to comprehension, fluency, and production of idiomatic rather than literally-translated French. These categories are measured and then coordinated with the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
  
OUTCOME 2:
  • French majors will be able to demonstrate their mastery of the basic structures of written French at the Advanced level as described in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines in in-class exam situations.
Methods of Assessment :
  • At least 75% of student writing samples will display 80% accuracy relating to mastery of the written language in an in-class situation.
  
OUTCOME 3:
  • French majors will be able to demonstrate their mastery of the basic structures of the written language at the Advanced level as described in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines on papers and essays written outside the classroom.
Methods of Assessment :
  • A faculty committee will examine a variety of different kinds of at-home written work such as essays, research papers, and response papers from 3000-level and 4000-level core courses.
  
OUTCOME 4:
  • Students completing a Bachelors’ degree in French will be able to produce the sounds of spoken French in a manner that conforms to an international pedagogical standard for learners of French as determined by our faculty.
Methods of Assessment :
  • A department committee will evaluate oral presentations and conversations taped from advanced core courses for pronunciation.
  
OUTCOME 1:
  • French majors will be able to demonstrate competence in critical analysis of French and Francophone literature, civilization, and culture in in-class examinations.
Methods of Assessment :
  • The faculty committee assessing writing skills will also evaluate competency in critical analysis of French literature using examples in-class examinations.
  
OUTCOME 2:
  • French majors will be able to demonstrate competence in critical analysis of French and Francophone literature, civilization, and culture in at-home writing projects.
Methods of Assessment :
  • At least 75% of the papers and written projects will display 80% accuracy in critical analysis in writing assignments completed outside the classroom.
  
OUTCOME 1:
  • Undergraduate French majors will demonstrate the ability to give short and coherent oral presentations in fluent French.
Methods of Assessment :
  • A committee will examine selected oral presentations and conversations taped from advanced core courses. We then establish a list of categories related logical presentation of ideas, synthesis of material, and level of linguistic production.
  
OUTCOME 2:
  • Students completing a Bachelors’ degree in French will be able to produce and support a cogent written argument through proper use of evidence drawn from written sources in French.
Methods of Assessment :
  • At least 75% of the samples of written work will display 80% accuracy in production and support of a cogent written argument.
  
 


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For further inquiries and/or suggestions regarding ALC at USF, please contact Felix Wao, Assistant Director for Assessment of Student Learning and Academic Program Review, Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence
 
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