When you major or minor in French & Francophone Studies at Muhlenberg, you’ll do more than develop your French language skills. You’ll immerse yourself in the literature and cultural practices of the francophone world, strengthen your understanding of linguistics and rhetoric, deepen your capacities for analysis and communication in multiple languages, and investigate contemporary issues through the lenses of history, politics, international relations, theater, art, literature and film and media studies.
French courses at Muhlenberg emphasize connections across cultures, critical thinking and the ability to read media and literature from diverse environments—valuable skills in today’s globalized workplaces. Students often pair their French & Francophone Studies major with other programs, such as education, business, international studies, English, biology, theatre, political science and more. These combinations open doors to unlimited potential for graduates in our increasingly connected world.
Discover the ways you can take your learning and understanding of the French language outside of the classroom. Whether through cultural events celebrated locally or entire semesters in a French-speaking country, you will have an abundance of opportunities to immerse yourself in so much more than language.
Reach out to our engaged faculty who are passionate about teaching and exploring the francophone world.
French & Francophone studies alumni launch careers and pursue graduate degrees in an enormous variety of fields, opening the door to limitless possibilities.
LANGUAGES AT MUHLENBERG
“I think what makes the program unique to Muhlenberg is that we focus on French as a question of power and not just a language.”— Lucie Hopkins '22 , French & Francophone Studies and Neuroscience Double Major
“It’s just so incredible to be able to have the French program reflect Muhlenberg’s ideals of intersectionality.”— Jake Hoffman '23 , Theatre and Media & Communications Double Major
On this episode of 2400 Chew, Muhlenberg Magazine Editor-in-Chief Meghan Kita speaks with Catherine DiFelice Box ’97, a lecturer of educational practice at the Penn Graduate School of Education and co-founder of MultilingualWorks.
Rising track and field senior Sam McDonough, who is majoring in both psychology and French & Francophone studies, spent his summer using photography to document and immortalize his grandparents' home in the French village of Pierrefitte.
Eglinton, who’s now studying education policy at the University of Pennsylvania, worked with Assistant Professor of Business Greg Collins on the report, which the state of Pennsylvania used to inform its decision to increase the subsidy rates paid to providers who participate in a program for low-income families.
At Muhlenberg, each student is exposed to a variety of ideas, ways of thinking and academic disciplines, regardless of what they end up declaring as a major. These stories demonstrate the power and potential of such an education.
