The French Program at UGA

ParisWe offer French language courses as well as a wide range of classes on global Francophonie, or French-speaking regions around the world. With strong language skills and training in literature, media, culture, history, and politics, our French majors graduate well-equipped to enter multiple career paths and a variety of graduate and professional schools. 

Deciding between a French minor and a French major? Our major is now just 24 credit hours, so it is easier to pair with other majors in Franklin College, SPIA, Terry College of Business, and Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, among others. 

For more classes taught in French, select the original track of the French major. For more integration with your other major(s), choose the French Studies track. 

Questions? Contact advisor Kate Daley-Bailey at rladv@uga.edu.

AB REQUIREMENTS, FRENCH AND FRENCH STUDIES OPTIONS

Degrees in French

             Add an AB or a Minor           

Study Abroad

UGA en FranceUGA en France

Since its founding in 2004, hundreds of students have participated in our Summer session in Montpellier. You can find more information here, and the application is on OGE's StudyAway Portal. Applications are accepted from qualified students until the program fills.

Contact program director Dr. Debbie Bell with any questions at france@uga.edu or visit her in 312 Gilbert Hall.

Students of French may also wish to consider the academic year or semester exchange program at the Université Jean Moulin, Lyon 3 and the semester or summer program at the Institute for American Universities (IAU) Aix-en-Provence in France. Semester or academic year exchange opportunities are available at the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada through the National Student Exchange program.  Ask your instructors about additional immersion, internship, and work opportunities in Francophone countries.

Study abroad scholarships are available to UGA undergraduates for French-language immersion programs around the world. Honors students can receive generous funding through the Honors College, and Pell Grant recipients may apply for the Gilman International Scholars Award. Learn more about funding your experience abroad!

Courses

Discover the world while putting your French to use from your very first semester, with project-based instruction centered on communicative proficiency, cultural competence, and analytical thinking. 

Hands-on learning

Students of French at UGA have many opportunities to converse socially, meet one-on-one with graduate student tutors, and intern and study abroad. 

Visit the French American Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta to learn more about the thriving partnership between France and the state of Georgia! Atlanta is also home to the Consulate General of France and French cultural and educational institution Villa Albertine.

pi delta phi National French Honor society

Pi Delta Phi

 

APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN UGA'S CHAPTER OF PI DELTA PHI

STUDENT STORIES And Careers