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Los Angeles: Departments
Family Medicine
Film, Television, and Digital Media
Folklore and Mythology
French
Family Medicine
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Folklore and Mythology
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French
Instruction in the French language and literature
began with the founding of the Southern Branch of the University
in a small Department of Romanic Languages, which included French
and Spanish. There were two staff members in the French section
of this department, offering a total of three courses. On July 1,
1924, a separate Department of French came into existence with a
total staff of eight members. It offered eight lower division and
nine upper division courses. The department offered its first graduate
work in 1935-36 with a total of four graduate courses. There were
12 regular staff members in the department, eight lower division
courses, 11 upper division courses, and one professional course
in teacher training. In that year, three M.A. degrees were awarded.
Since 1935, a total of 117 M.A. degrees were awarded. Until
1957 the Ph.D. program in French was administered within an interdepartmental
framework of Romance languages and literatures. The department granted
its first Ph.D. degree in 1941 to the late Horace S. Craig for a
thesis on "Sainte-Beuve--A study in the formation of his critical
mind." From 1941 through the mid-1960's, the department granted a total of 39
Ph.D. degrees in Romance languages with specialization in French
or in French language and literature.
By the mid-1960s, there were many developments of importance
in the work of the department, including the complete reorganization
of lower division instruction, initiated on a progressive basis
in 1961. The de Sauzé multiple-approach method was introduced
at that time with the result that student proficiency in speaking,
understanding, reading, and writing greatly increased.
At the graduate level, a program of Franco-African
literature was introduced in
1962 as part of a general program to expand studies in French language
and literature on a world-wide basis. Two National Defense Education
Act fellowships with supporting funds were granted the department
in partial subsidy for this new development.
Teacher training in French expanded since 1961
to meet the requirements of the California Language Law of 1965.
A curriculum for teacher training was developed in 1964 to train
teachers at the elementary school level. This program was conducted
in conjunction with a Demonstration School of French for children
administered by University Extension. As of 1964-65, the staff of
the department included 30 regular members and 40 teaching assistants.
Visiting appointments of eminent specialists from French universities
became a regular feature of the department's program. In 1964-65,
the department offered ten lower division, 24 upper division, 20
graduate courses and two courses in professional methodology for
teachers. By the mid-1960s, the department had some 2,460 students,
including about 150 majors and 125 graduate students. source
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