Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative overall average of 70% and a cumulative French major average of 75%.
Eligibility for graduation in the Honours French - French Teaching Specialization academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:
- Appropriate BA Program-level requirements. See Bachelor of Arts.
- French Studies Plan-level requirements:
- at least ten academic course units (20 courses) in French Studies with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
- one of FR 192A, 192B
- FR 197, 297
- one of FR 263, 276
- four courses in language at the 300- or 400-levels
- one course in French linguistics (from FR 303, 403, 409)
- five courses at the 300- or 400-levels, of which four courses must be in literature or cultural studies
- Students who do not already have native fluency in French are required to spend two terms (normally in Year Three) at a French-speaking university.
- Students opting to study in France must include FR 473 in their plan.
- Students will be required to take PSYCH 212 (Educational Psychology) for which PSYCH 101 or 121R are prerequisites, and SOC 207 (Sociology of Education) for which SOC 101 or 120R are prerequisites. The remaining education courses of the plan are offered by Nipissing University.
Students graduate with an Honours BA degree from the University of Waterloo, a Bachelor of Education degree awarded by Nipissing University, and are eligible to receive certification from the Ontario College of Teachers to teach French at the junior-intermediate level.
Recommended Course of Study
Year One
FR 197
Two of FR 192A, 192B, 203 – recommended
Two courses in a second teaching subject
Additional elective courses
Year Two
FR 250A, 251, 252, 297
One of FR 263, 276
Two courses in a second teaching subject
Additional elective courses
Year Three
Except in the case of exempted Francophone students, this year is spent at a French-speaking university in France or in Quebec. Students should take the equivalent of: FR 351, 352, one linguistics course (from FR 303, 403, 409), one academic course unit in the second teachable subject, and other subject electives. Total academic course units completed this year should be five. The courses chosen should be approved by the Department of French Studies and by other departments in which discipline courses are taken.
Year Four
FR 400, 452
FR 473 (if the third year was in France)
Three further courses in French of which two must be in literature
Two courses in the second teaching subject
Additional elective courses
Two tutorials in teaching techniques
Notes for French Teaching Specialization:
- Students who wish to major or honour in French are strongly urged to take an appropriate first-year level French language course in addition to FR 197 .
- Students who do not already have native fluency in French are required to spend two terms (normally in Year Three) at a French-speaking university.
- Students are required to complete a total of 160 hours of in-school volunteer experience under supervision of qualified teachers, from Year Two to Year Four, inclusively.
- This is a consecutive BA/BEd program. In order to graduate with a French Teaching Specialization degree, students must complete all requirements prior to graduating from the University of Waterloo at the end of Year Four and from Nipissing University at the end of Year Five.