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French Education Minor

Enables students to explore contemporary second language teaching and learning theory, as well as experientially based approaches to French language curriculum development and instructional design, so that culturally informed and appropriate practices can be developed and used in French-speaking classrooms.

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete

three EDUC lower division units

as well as six FREN units at the 200 division (or can demonstrate an equivalent knowledge of the language).

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum of 16 upper division EDUC units as specified below, including one of these taught in French

EDUC 480 - Designs for Learning: French as a Second Language (4)
EDUC 481 - Designs for Learning: French Immersion Programs and Francophone Schools (4)

For teaching at the secondary level, students must also select from the following courses (taught in French, unless unavailable in French)

at least one of

EDUC 380 - Introduction to Teaching French in Canadian Contexts (4) *
EDUC 382 - Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices (4)
EDUC 410 - Linguistic and Professional Identities of Bi/plurilingual Teachers of French (4)
EDUC 414 - Designs for Learning: Secondary Social Studies (4)
EDUC 454 - Quantitative Approaches to Environmental Education (4)

For teaching at the elementary level, students must also select the following courses (taught in French unless unavailable in French)

at least two of

EDUC 380 - Introduction to Teaching French in Canadian Contexts (4) *
EDUC 382 - Diversity in Education: Theories, Policies, Practices (4)
EDUC 410 - Linguistic and Professional Identities of Bi/plurilingual Teachers of French (4)
EDUC 474 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Social Studies (4)
EDUC 475 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Mathematics (4)
EDUC 476 - Designs for Learning: Elementary Science (4)

Students may choose additional courses from the French education minor upper division requirements list above to meet the overall minimum 16 upper division EDUC units required for the French education minor.

* students with lower levels of proficiency in French language should take EDUC 380

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to Simon Fraser University beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit

Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at Simon Fraser University within the student's major subject; two courses (minimum three units each)

Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division; two courses (total six units or more)
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth

Must be outside the student's major subject, and may be lower or upper division:

Two courses (total six units or more) Social Sciences: B-Soc
Two courses (total six units or more) Humanities: B-Hum
Two courses (total six units or more) Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth

Two courses (total six units or more) outside the student's major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements).

Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.