Program: French, BA (2024-2025) - San José State University

Apr 21, 2025

MyRoadmaps Catalog

The following roadmap is a sample advising map to complete the degree program in four years. Please consult your MyPlanner and major advisor as you develop your individualized academic plan. Students must have completed 60+ units in order to enroll in SJSU Studies courses.

Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4

Year 1

Fall Semester (14 units)

GE Area A1 3 unit(s)
GE Area A2 3 unit(s)
GE Area E 3 unit(s)
FREN 25A - Intermediate French: Reading
4 unit(s) (C2) *
Physical Education 1 unit(s)

Spring Semester (16 units)

ENGL 2 - Critical Thinking and Writing
3 unit(s) (A3)
GE Area B1+B3 3 unit(s) ^
GE Area B4 3 unit(s)
GE Area C1 3 unit(s)
FREN 25B - Intermediate French: Writing
4 unit(s) (C2) *

Year 2

Fall Semester (14 units)

GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s) **
GE Area B2+B3 3 unit(s) ^
FREN 101A - Advanced French: Reading and Writing , FREN 101B - Advanced French: Written Communication , OR FREN 101C - Advanced French: Oral Communication 4 unit(s)
FREN 132 - Special Topics in French for Careers
4 unit(s)
Complete the Upper Division Writing - Directed Self Placement

Spring Semester (15 units)

GE Area D + US123 3 unit(s) **
GE Area F 3 unit(s)
FREN 101A - Advanced French: Reading and Writing , FREN 101B - Advanced French: Written Communication , OR FREN 101C - Advanced French: Oral Communication 4 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 4 unit(s)
Physical Education 1 unit(s)

Year 3

Fall Semester (16 units)

Foreign Language Requirement 4 unit(s)
FORL 100W - Writing Workshop
3 unit(s) (WID) ***
FREN 102B - Francophone Cultures: Through Literature and Cinema
3 unit(s) (V)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (15 units)

SJSU Studies Area S 3 unit(s)
FREN 140B - French Literature 20th-21st Centuries
4 unit(s)
Major Elective 4 unit(s)
Foreign Language Requirement 4 unit(s)
Apply to Graduate

Year 4

Fall Semester (14 units)

Foreign Language Requirement 4 unit(s)
FREN 140B - French Literature 20th-21st Centuries
4 unit(s)
SJSU Studies Area R 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)

Spring Semester (16 units)

FREN 160 - Masters of French Literature
4 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)
University Elective - Lower or Upper Division 3 unit(s)

Roadmap Notes

Major students are expected to have taken the equivalent of one year of a foreign language FREN 1A and FREN 1B at SJSU) in high school or at a community college.

* FREN 25A and FREN 25B fulfill the 6-units requirement for core GE area C2.

** American Institutions requirement may be satisfied by certain core GE courses (D+US1, D+US23).

***Writing in the Disciplines(FORL 100W ) satisfies the Written Communication II requirement.

^ Either B1 or B2 must be taken with a B3 - Laboratory .