Semester 1fall
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from University of Pennsylvania’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
A suggested order for the 14 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Semester 2spring
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
Semester 5fall
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FREN coursework.
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 FREN 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 14 FREN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 173 more FREN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on FREN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Required Courses1 required
French Language Group2 required · verify with the official sheet
Required Courses; Electives; At least 1 c.u. in Advanced Language, French and Francophone history and culture survey courses, or French and Francophone literature and film survey courses.; Advanced Language; History and Culture Surveys; Literature and Film Surveys; FREN 1234-1239; French Seminars 3000 Level or Higher; Additional Electives
Italian Language Group2 required · verify with the official sheet
Required Courses; Electives; Advanced Language; Best Sellers/3000-level seminars taught in Italian; Additional Electives
German Language Group2 required · verify with the official sheet
Required Courses; Electives; At least 2 c.u. of electives must be courses taught in German in the department at the 2000-level or higher; Taught in German; Taught in English or other Language
Major Requirementsall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in FREN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at FREN 2231
3 courses deep, ending at FREN 1226
1 course from1 required
Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
At least 4 c.u. of electives must come from among the three following categories with a minimum of 1 in each:; Advanced Language; Advanced French language course at an approved study abroad program; History and Culture Surveys; Literature and Film Surveys; French Seminars 3000 Level or Higher; The remaining 3 CU can come from any combination of:; First-Year Seminars; Additional courses taught in F
All FREN courses in the Penn catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for FREN yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under FREN yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
FREN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn campus feed.