Francophone Seminar in Senegal
Take 10 weeks of language courses in French and Wolof at the Baobab Center in Dakar to expand your understanding of Francophone culture off-campus. Experience lectures on West African literature, history, art, religion, and contemporary culture along with basic Wolof lessons, music lessons (on traditional Senegalese instruments), dance lessons, and travel.
Chatting outside the classroom
Attending meetings of the French Table is an important facet of the major, as it helps develop your conversational skills. Attending a French language immersion weekend at Björklunden is another great way to practice your proficiency.
The Chandler Senior Experience
Your Senior Experience consists of a one-term senior seminar in which possible research topics are defined and outlined, culminating in a written thesis and an oral, in-class presentation of your work. Other types of research projects and interdisciplinary capstones in French may meet the requirement, which you can discuss with the department chair and your advisor.
Recent Senior Experiences include:
- L’Éducation musicale aux écoles primaires : un outil de la propagande pendant la Première et Deuxième Guerre Mondiales
- La Continuation de la Mission Civilisatrice : Les ONG aux frontières du néocolonialisme
- Débinariser le français : la subversion du genre normatif comme façon de s’exprimer
- Colette, Minne et Bourdieu : l’Ingénue Libertine et le Féminisme de la Belle-Époque
French & Francophone Studies Outcomes
Learning a language and culture opens you up to a whole new world of possibilities, with advanced study and future careers included.
On Any Given Day...
...discover an array of opportunities that await you at Lawrence University.
Claire Chamberlin, a double major in global studies and French, used a research opportunity to pursue the translation of four Molière-inspired plays from French to English. Two were later performed on stage.
Dominica Chang | Open Office
Lawrence students visit the office of Dominica Chang, Margaret Banta Humleker Professor of French Cultural Studies and Associate Professor of French.
Seeking to uncover lives that had remained largely hidden, women writing in French have revealed and shared their innermost desires and frustrations. French and francophone women writers have braved ostracism to question their identity and their relationship to family and society.