The Department of Modern Languages offers major and minor programs in French. The French program at Wabash offers courses ranging from beginning language to advanced seminars on literature. Elementary French courses require no previous experience with language; students who complete those courses will have acquired a fundamental understanding of French language and culture. Intermediate courses enable students to review and further develop language skills within a cultural context. For 2004, our French 202 course included a college-funded “field trip” to France during spring break. Most of our French students will study abroad at some point during their junior year; while on campus they take survey courses on French and Francophone literature. All majors must complete the Senior Seminar in French.