FRENCH at Northwestern University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FRENCH coursework.

• FRENCH 115-2Intensive Elementary Frenchopens 41 courses (2 directly)
• FRENCH 121-1Intermediate Frenchopens 37 courses (1 directly)
• FRENCH 121-2Intermediate Frenchopens 36 courses (1 directly)
• FRENCH 125-1Intensive Intermediate Frenchopens 36 courses (1 directly)
• FRENCH 121-3Intermediate Frenchopens 35 courses (2 directly)
• FRENCH 125-2Intensive Intermediate Frenchopens 35 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate FRENCH work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 47 FRENCH and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more FRENCH courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on FRENCH, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in FRENCH. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 10 courses deep, ending at FRENCH 310-0

  1. FRENCH 115-1Intensive Elementary French
  2. FRENCH 115-2Intensive Elementary French
  3. FRENCH 121-1Intermediate French
  4. FRENCH 121-2Intermediate French
  5. FRENCH 121-3Intermediate French
  6. FRENCH 201-0Culture and Society
  7. FRENCH 202-0Writing Workshop: Cultural Encounters in Contemporary France
  8. FRENCH 210-0Reading Literatures in French
  9. FRENCH 271-0Introducing the Novel
  10. FRENCH 310-0The Middle Ages & Renaissance

• 9 courses deep, ending at FRENCH 391-0

  1. FRENCH 115-1Intensive Elementary French
  2. FRENCH 115-2Intensive Elementary French
  3. FRENCH 121-1Intermediate French

• 5 courses deep, ending at FRENCH 125-3

  1. FRENCH 115-1Intensive Elementary French
  2. FRENCH 115-2Intensive Elementary French
  3. FRENCH 125-1Intensive Intermediate French

• 3 courses deep, ending at FRENCH 111-3

  1. FRENCH 111-1Elementary French
  2. FRENCH 111-2Elementary French
  3. FRENCH 111-3Elementary French

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for FRENCH yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under FRENCH yet.

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Department events

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