French and Education Certificate Program
Department of French | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Faculty of Education
間眅埶AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This program prepares students, who possess diverse qualifications and background, before they enter the French professional development program, or during their career as French teachers. The program helps students to reach a higher standard of French language proficiency and provides them with a focused and cohesive understanding of foundational perspectives and expertise in theoretical and methodological aspects of second language teaching, and principles of language learning, contextualized in the minority context of French training in British Columbia.
This certificate program is available to those without a bachelor's degree. Units earned may be applied to a major or a minor program, should the student wish to pursue those later. However, units that are used for credit toward a certificate may not be applied to another 間眅埶AV certificate or diploma program. Students may apply for relevant transfer credit to a maximum of nine units in French, and six units in education for this certificate.
間眅埶AV Requirements
Applicants must meet the normal 間眅埶AV admission requirements. 間眅埶AV approval must also be obtained from the Department of French.
Program Requirements
Students will successfully complete a minimum total of 32 units, as listed below.
Core Courses
Students complete 23 units, including all of
- FREN 245-3 Introduction to Literary Studies*
- FREN 300-3 Advanced French: Oral Practice
- FREN 301W-3 Advanced French Composition
- FREN 304-3 Advanced French Grammar
- FREN 416-3 Acquisition of French as a Second Language
- EDUC 382-4 Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices
- EDUC 380-4 Introduction to Teaching French in Canadian Contexts
*students who have credit for either FREN 230 or 240 are not required to complete FREN 245
Elective Courses
Students complete a minimum of nine units, including two courses chosen from
- FREN 307-3 The Right Word: Advanced Vocabulary and Translation
- FREN 330-3 Francophone World
- FREN 331-3 Accents of French
- FREN 333-3 The Magic of French Words
- FREN 352-3 French and Francophone Cultures through Films and/or Media Texts
- FREN 407-3 Language in Translation: A Contextual Approach to French
- FREN 423-3 Topics in the History of French
- FREN 425-3 Topics in the Varieties of French
- FREN 452-3 Topics in French and Francophone Cultures or Cinemas
and one course chosen from
- EDUC 326-3 Classroom Management and Discipline
- EDUC 341-3 Literacy, Education and Culture
- EDUC 367-4 Teaching Children from Minority Language Backgrounds in Elementary Classrooms
Course Challenge
Students are responsible for completing prerequisites for the above required and elective courses, and it is possible to challenge for credit these prerequisite courses, in accordance with the Department of French's policies. However, none of the actual required and elective courses shown above may be challenged for credit.
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