French Studies

Overview

You can take advantage of our study abroad opportunities to refine your language skills, immerse yourself in one of the many cultures that use French, and participate in service-learning projects that will give you the skills to be linguistically proficient, open to diversity, and globally literate. 

The French Studies major can easily be combined with another major and is especially desirable when paired with a major such as Nursing, Engineering, English, or Journalism for instance.

This French Studies course at South Dakota State University  will be a good fit if you:

• Like to learn about cultures that use French as a language in North America, Europe, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and the Caribbean

• Want to travel, broaden your horizons and engage with diversity

• Plan to work internationally

• Want to understand how the French-speaking world impacts and is shaped by globalization

• Seek to gain proficiency in the French language and increase your overall communication skills in any job—domestically or overseas

Career Opportunities

• International Education: ESL teacher in the US or overseas

• International Development: health care industry worker, translator, community organizer, human rights agency or NGO worker, etc.)

• Healthcare: doctor, nurse, physician’s assistant, physical therapist, administrator, pharmaceutical product representative, NGO worker (Doctors without Borders)

• International business: sales person, trader, sales representative

• Tourism industry: director, hotel manager, travel agent, tour guide