French & Italian Studies | University of Washington

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Experience cultural immersion and perfect your language skills with one of our study abroad programs in Rome, Québec City, Paris, Nantes, or Martinique.
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Discover the political and social evolutions of France from the Renaissance through the early 19th-century, global French cinema, classic works of Italian theater, the world of Proust, or the cultural and artistic history of Rome.
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Our alumni find their language skills in demand in a global economy. They embark on careers in tech, teaching, marketing, and more.
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FRENCH 448 A: Cultures Of Franco-America

Winter 2019

In this course, we will consider a broad range of literary and cultural texts that emerge out of the long history of the French in North America and of Americans in France.... Learn more