French
Bachelor of Arts
Your immersive experiences include French language study, culture and literature, trips to Montreal, cooking Breton-style dinners, and a year in Rennes, France.
At the heart of the program is La Maison Française, a residential hall for 13 students learning the language and the Francophone culture, a cultural meeting place for the French student club and for Francophiles in the Rochester community. Movies, dinners, lectures, theatrical readings, and exhibits are held there regularly to enrich the student experience.
Highlights
Award-winning faculty
Practice translation with migrant families from French-speaking countries at a center in Rochester
High acceptance rates to graduate schools
Small classes support personalized mentoring
Career Paths
- Translator
- ESL teacher
- Bilingual professional
- Historian
- Tour guide
- Foreign Service professional
Internships
- Diwan School, Rennes, France
- Association Les petits Bilingues, Rennes, France
- Institut Franco-Americain, Rennes, France
- U.S. Consulate for Western France, Rennes, France
- English Teaching Assistantship, France
Graduate Schools & Employers
- U.S. State Department
- Bausch & Lomb
- New York University
- Institute of French Studies
- LISAA School of Design, Paris/Rennes
- U.S. Department of Defense
99%
of new Nazareth grads are employed or in grad school within six months of graduation
1,631
high-impact experiential learning experiences completed by the undergraduate class of 2024
$4,000
Our SPARK Grant provides up to $4,000 for you to pursue internships, research, and study abroad. SPARK details »
Become a Teacher
Some students enrolled in the French major choose to pursue New York State Teacher Certification at either the elementary or adolescent level. Our graduates are well-rounded and have the exceptional skills, creativity, and flexibility required to face the challenges of the classroom in the 21st century.
Program Director
Alumni Spotlight
Eric Disbro ‘16 is excited to go into a five-year master’s and Ph.D. program in French and Francophone Studies at Penn State with the cost covered and a paid graduate student instructorship teaching French. “I’m interested in how French art portrays women or people of color and how that portrayal affects the culture in other Francophone countries,” said Disbro, who spent sophomore year studying in Rennes, France. His interests were reflected in his triple major at Nazareth — French, Spanish, and art history — plus a minor in women and gender studies. “I would love to be a professor — teaching, researching, and writing.”