Prerequisite Evaluation Form

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MSSE FRENCH

Prerequisite Evaluation Form

A minimum of 36 semester credits in French, the equivalent of a major, is required. A minimum grade point average of 3.0 overall and in French is expected of all applicants. As part of your application to the Master of Science in Secondary Education Program, please complete this form to the best of your ability and include it with your application.

The courses listed below are examples of the kinds of courses that would fulfill the requirements drawn from the Undergraduate Bulletin at the University at Albany. These courses or their equivalents should be a minimum of 3 credits each unless otherwise noted. A minimum of 18 of the 36 credits should be completed at or above the 300 level with at least one three-credit course at or above the 400 level. In some cases, applicants are admitted with deficiencies in their prerequisites which they are required to fulfill before completing the program.

Required French Courses (36 credits) / Your Equivalent – Include Course Title and Description / Grade / Completion
Date / Institution / # of Credits
Advanced French I (3 cr.)
Example:

A Fre 240 Advanced French I

Introduction to French Studies (3 cr.)
Example:
A Fre 241L Introduction to French Studies
Applied Phonetics(3 cr.)
Example:

A Fre 306 Applied Phonetics

Advanced French (3 cr.)
Example:
A Fre 340Z Advanced French II
Contemporary French Society and
Culture (3 cr.)
Examples:

A Fre 355 Contemporary French Society

and Culture
French Literature and Civilization (3 cr.)
Example:

A Fre 360 Evolution of French Literature

and Civilization
French Composition (3 cr.)
Example:
A Fre 440Z Composition and Style
Introduction to Linguistics (3 cr.)
Example:
A Lin 220M Introduction to Linguistics

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Required French Courses (36 credits) / Your Equivalent – Include Course Title and Description / Grade / Completion
Date / Institution / # of Credits
Two Courses at the 300 Level (6 cr.)
Examples:
A Fre 315 Introduction to French Cinema
A Fre 350 Conversation and Writing
A Fre 361 French Literature: Reading and Analysis
A Fre 365 Contemporary French Press
Two Courses at the 400 Level (6 cr.)
Examples:
A Fre 405 Research in French Society and
Culture
A Fre 406 French Linguistics: Morphology
and Syntax
A Fre 415 French Cinema and Society
A Fre 430 Translation
A Fre 450 French Speech Styles
A Fre 455 Life and Letters
A Fre 462 The Novel
A Fre 463 Poetry
A Fre 470 Business French
A Fre 481 Francophone Cultures: The New
World and the Third World
A Fre 498 Face-to-Face
A Fre 499 Undergraduate Seminar

Overall Grade Point Average

Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. Your overall GPA: ______(out of 4.0 = A)

French Grade Point Average

GPA of 3.0 or higher in French courses. Your French GPA: ______(out of 4.0 = A)

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