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Aug 27, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Certificate in French for the Professions
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This Certificate in French for the Professions focuses on developing advanced specific language skills for the effective use of the French language in professional settings. This program should be of particular interest to students considering careers in international business, law, government service, health care, hospitality, journalism, media, or other professions where proficiency in a second language is important.
Please see the UNLV College of Liberal Arts, World Languages and Cultures web page at www.unlv.edu/wlc for information about department programs, faculty and facilities.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Develop strategic mastery of professional French oral and written proficiency to the B2 level (CEFRL) in an immersive context, to maximize practice and familiarization;
- Hone real-world professional skills in the target language to compete in today’s French-speaking professional world.
- Develop personalized acquisition of vocabulary, grammar, and language-specific professional and cultural norms built around the learner’s individual professional goals.
- Develop cultural awareness and nuanced interpersonal professional practices in polyglottal Las Vegas and the global market.
- Foster a life-long spirit of learning and curiosity for the French-speaking world.
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University Graduation Requirements
To obtain this certificate, you must be a degree seeking undergraduate student pursuing an approved UNLV bachelor’s degree. Please see Graduation Policies for complete information.
Certificate in French for the Professions -Credits: 18
Required Courses
Take the following courses in sequential order, according to prerequisites:
Note
Any student placed above FREN 213 will combine language or culture classes at the 300-400 level to complete the 18 credits after FREN 300.
Required Courses - Credits: 12
Take all of the following courses:
Electives - Credits: 6
Six credits of Language and/or Culture courses at the 300-400 level.
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