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The Department of French and Francophone Studies
Graduate Handbook

The Department of French and Francophone Studies at Penn State

Innovation, program diversity, and integration of disciplines are the distinguishing features of the Department of French and Francophone Studies. Defined most broadly, the study of French is considered to include literature, linguistics, culture, and foreign language acquisition; it comprises the study of France and the francophone world; it crosses national boundaries, genres, and disciplines.

The French and Francophone Studies Department faculty and students share the French language as the form of expression that shapes our pursuit of scholarly activities. As a community of scholars, we are committed to the promotion of internationalism and diversity in the University community and beyond. This assumes that people from different cultures, times, and places can communicate with each other, understand each other's traditions, and benefit from such contacts. Through our intellectual curiosity, we are participating in the fundamental humanistic endeavor of bringing together people and ideas in order to further cross-cultural understanding and creative accomplishments.

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