{"id":69175,"date":"2005-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-french-major-expands-into-one-of-largest-programs-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2005-10-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-12T00:00:00","slug":"uri-french-major-expands-into-one-of-largest-programs-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/10\/uri-french-major-expands-into-one-of-largest-programs-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 French major expands into one of largest programs in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — October 12, 2005 — Alain-Philippe Durand, associate professor and head of the French and Francophone Studies Program at the 溏心vlog免费B站, has a mantra: \u201cThe B.A. in French- don\u2019t leave 溏心vlog免费B站 without it!\u201d More and more students are taking his advice.<\/p>\n


\nDuring the past six years, the undergraduate program in French at 溏心vlog免费B站 has become one of the largest language programs in the country. With only 30 students enrolled in the major in 1999, the number of students in the program has now tripled.<\/p>\n


\nAt 108 students, the number majoring in the program has even surpassed those at Pennsylvania State University (90) and Harvard University (19). <\/p>\n


\n\tDurand is excited by the program\u2019s expansion. \u201cMy colleagues and I are constantly working to develop a true sense of community,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile our program is demanding, it is also a lot of fun. The opportunities for both French students and graduates are endless. Students have the chance to study abroad in various countries, including France, Morocco, Senegal, and Belgium where they can take classes, pursue internships\u2014 or both.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nBeginning next academic year, thanks to a newly signed agreement, students will be able attend classes at Universit\u00e9 Laval, one of Canada\u2019s leading universities. Laval is located in Quebec\u2019s historic capital city. It has received more than $230-million in external funds last year for research and international cooperation.<\/p>\n


\nNinety-five percent of French majors are majoring in one or two other disciplines, and the majority of them graduate in four years. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is not your grandfather\u2019s language department,\u201d said Joseph Morello, chair of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Modern and Classical Languages. \u201cAlthough we do maintain our traditional role of teaching language and literature, the department has also become the center for internationalizing the curriculum. Students studying engineering, business, government, science, education, or the social and health professions all have the opportunity to develop international and intercultural communication skills at 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMonica Reynolds, a senior studying French and international business, loved French in high school, and thought it would be a great way to make her international business major more versatile. \u201cNot only will I be able to get a job in business, but with my French skills I\u2019ll have the chance to work almost anywhere in the world,\u201d Reynolds said. <\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 student developed a new appreciation for both the language and the culture when she traveled to Marseille, France for the business and French study abroad program during the spring 2005 semester. \u201cIt was so interesting to learn more about the people and their way of life, and to learn to speak the language better,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n


\n \tThe most popular dual programs the University offers in French include business administration, political science, pharmacy and the international engineering program (IEP). According to the 溏心vlog免费B站 IEP Web site, 溏心vlog免费B站 is educating \u201cmore bilingual and cross-culturally competent engineers than any other university in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nLars Erickson, director of the French IEP at 溏心vlog免费B站 said many students come to him wondering why they should study French with engineering. \u201cFrance is one of the strongest economic forces in Europe, with a highly trained workforce,\u201d Erickson tells them. \u201cThere are huge French investments in the United States, as well as American investments in France, and the IEP has proven a clear demand for American trained engineers with good French skills.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAdditionally, in the past few years graduates of the 溏心vlog免费B站 French program have:

\n\u2022 become M.A. and Ph.D. candidates at prestigious universities;

\n\u2022 landed jobs teaching French overseas;

\n\u2022 used their knowledge of the language to work for the Peace Corps; and

\n\u2022 been employed by major corporations around the world, such as General Electric, NYU in Paris, Saint Gobain, and 1-800-DENTIST. <\/p>\n


\n\tTo learn more about 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s French program go to www.uri.edu\/artsci\/ml\/programs\/french. <\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\n溏心vlog免费B站 students Monica Reynolds and Matt Wilkinson in Cassis, France. Photo courtesy of Alain-Philippe Durand <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — October 12, 2005 — Alain-Philippe Durand, associate professor and head of the French and Francophone Studies Program at the 溏心vlog免费B站, has a mantra: \u201cThe B.A. in French- don\u2019t leave 溏心vlog免费B站 without it!\u201d More and more students are taking his advice. During the past six years, the undergraduate program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}