Program Features
Focus and Range
Dive deep into your major while taking a wide variety of courses across all areas in the College of Arts and Sciences. Graduate academically well-rounded and eager to keep learning. Use your collaboration and communication skills to address complex problems and make a positive impact professionally and personally.
1-to-1 Academic Advising and Career Coaching
Along with your faculty, professional academic advisors and career coaches will help you make a one-of-a-kind degree plan. We are focused on your success, while at Nebraska and after graduation, whether your goal is employment or graduate/professional school.
Much More Than Language
A community of scholars, researchers, educators, writers, poets, theorists, humanists, linguists, social scientists, cultural critics, historians, translators, interpreters, businesspeople, leaders of study abroad programs, philosophers, critical thinkers and cultural ambassadors.
Notable Courses
Introduction to Literary French (FREN 301)
Overview of French-language writing from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Avant-Garde: Music, Art, and Ideas in Modern France (FREN 382)
A survey of developments in and interrelations of the arts and of ideas in France since the Revolution.
French/Francophone Theater (FREN 483)
Examines the theatre of French expression from the Middle Ages to the present in France and the French-speaking world. Thematic approaches, authors, and plays examined will vary depending on the instructor.
Huskers Do Big Things
Internships
- US Department of State, Political-Military Bureau, POLAD Office; Washington, DC
- Instructional Internship, Lincoln Literacy; Lincoln, NE
- Grants intern, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, NE
- Social media intern, Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition; Lincoln, NE
Careers
- Teaching assistant, Cultural Services French Embassy in the United States
- English teaching assistant, Fulbright France
- Senior site specialist, International Studies Abroad (ISA)
- International application coder, Penn State University Admissions
- Community health extensionist, Peace Corps
Graduate Schools
- Master's degree, Museum Studies, North Carolina State University
- Master's degree, Linguistics, University of Potsdam
- Master's degree, European Studies, University of Wisconsin
- Master’s degree, French, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Juris Doctor degree, University of Nebraska College of Law
Have Questions? We're Here to Help
If you have questions about the French, contact us.
- Contact Name
- Nicholas Gordon
- Contact Title
- Director of Recruitment
- Phone
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