Consider graduating in French with Honors!
Are you a French major (or thinking about becoming one)? Do you enjoy independent research? If so, you should consider doing an honors thesis in French.
As an honors student, you will have the opportunity to work closely with French faculty on a thesis project related to your research interests. Each student who successfully completes an honors thesis receives the designation “B.A. in French with Honors” on their transcript, and an award.
The B.A. in French with honors is available to students who have an overall G.P.A. of 3.0 and a G.P.A. of at least 3.5 in courses counted for French major credit.
To fulfill the requirements of the Honors Program, you must complete three 400-level courses and write an Honors Thesis of 25-30 pages, in French, in conjunction with a 400-level course on a subject agreed upon with the course instructor. You will have up to two semesters to complete the thesis.
The Honors Thesis will be read by the course instructor and by a second faculty reader.
For further information, please contact the director of the Honors Program in French, Dr. Antonia Szabari (THH 155B).
Meet our Honors Students
2024-25
Isabella Ge
Title: A travers le regard de Claire Denis: La propriété terrienne et la situation des sujets coloniaux/Through the lens of Claire Denis: Land ownership and the predicament of postcolonial subjects”.
Madeline Tozer
Between Order and Chaos: A Nietzschean Reading of Claude Debussy and Erik Satie during the Belle Epoque in Paris/ Entre ordre et chaos : une lecture nietzschéenne de Claude Debussy et Erik Satie à la Belle Époque à Paris
2020-21
Maddie Kutler, Mallory Novicoff, Britta Purcell, Henry Coquillard
2019-20
Olivia Steinkamp, Rebecca Bracanga
2018-19
Arianna Wood, Brooke Baledge, Christian Shearer, Justine Kim, Summer Zofrea, Sam Wands
2017-18
Julianna Coleman, Edwin Lamothe
