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French majors and minors
are encouraged to study abroad, either for a summer, a semester, or an
academic year. The UF in Provence program affords students the opportunity
for summer study in Avignon or Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.
The six-week program includes lodging and meals with a French family, interaction
with french students, and excursions. Students of French also participate
in other programs in Paris, Montpellier, and Grenoble, France, and Quebec.
Overseas Studies, within the UF International Center (UFIC), offers UF
students the opportunity to study in a wide range of academic and cultural
settings. The office coordinates 32 semester and year long programs
and 28 summer programs in 24 countries. Study abroad programs satisfy
the general education international and diversity requirement and also
may fulfill requirements for a major or minor, as well as basic distribution
area requirements and UF summer residency. Students interested in
study abroad opportunities should contact the Overseas Studies Office in
123 Grinter, (352) 392-5323.
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More information
is also available on the World Wide Web at: http://web.rll.ufl.edu/.
Information about the Academic Advising Center for the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences can also be found on our home page at: http://www.advising.ufl.edu/.
From this site you can find information about all majors or minors in the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This page also contains many
useful links around campus and allows students to ask questions of an academic
advisor via e-mail. Students can check their academic records, register
for classes, and run a degree audit for any undergraduate major through
ISIS located at: http://www.isis.ufl.edu/.
Native students will
be permitted to change majors provided they are on-track according
to the minimum progression standards detailed in the undergrad catalog.
If you are not on-track for the appropriate semester, an academic
advisor in the AAC can assist you in a plan that will allow you to be admitted
to the major of your choice or discuss an alternate plan. All students
wishing to change to a major in Liberal Arts and Sciences must first
discuss their plans with an academic advisor in the AAC. Students
wishing to change to a major outside of the CLAS must contact the other
college directly.
The Academic Advising
Center is responsible for acting as an information and referral center
to provide faculty advisors and students with timely and accurate information
on university-wide requirements, policies, procedures, and referrals to
appropriate services. Students ultimately are responsible for knowing
and fulfilling all university, college, and major requirements for graduation.
Also, students are responsible for knowing and adhering to all university
policies and deadlines. It is recommended that you meet with an advisor
in your college each semester to discuss your academic progress.
Questions about major requirements should be directed to an undergraduate
advisor in the major department. The Academic Advising Center is
open M-F from 8-5 and students will be seen on a first come, first served
basis. Appointments can also be made by calling: (352) 392-1521.
Brooke
Shields graduated from Princeton University with a major in French.
Jacqueline Kennedy dazzled the French and particularly President Charles
de Gaulle with her French. Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State,
is fluent in French.
Students pursue careers
in professional schools, particularly Law, but also Medicine, continue
on for M.A.'s and Ph.D.'s and teach in post-secondary institutions, work
in diplomacy, banking, translating, government offices, and journalism.
We have many students who combine a French major with other majors and
degrees. At the moment, the combination of French with the Sciences (Chemistry,
Biology, Microbiology, and Engineering) is popular. Recently, we had 5
graduates in Washington, D.C.: 2 in law school, 1 at the Georgetown School
of Foreign Service (who had worked as a White House intern), 1 at Amideast,
a Middle East think tank, and another who interned for Zero Population
Growth. We have a recent graduate (double degree: Business and French)
who works for British Telecom outside of London. Two of our grads teach
at Oak Hall, and two of our former M.A. students teach in Gainesville High
Schools (Eastside and Buchholz). Another grad is married to a Frenchman,
has two young children, and teaches English to French children in a private
school just outside Lyon, France.
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