Placement Rules

Students should consult these placement rules before enrolling into French courses for the first time. Students can review the material covered in the course by taking a look at the course master syllabus.

Basic French Placement Rules
Completed studies in French CECRL Level Reached Course of enrollment
No previous experience    FR 101
Elementary and Grade 9 core A 1.1 FR 151
Grade 10 core A 1.1 FR 151
Grade 11 core A 1.2 FR 152
Grade 12 core A 2 FR 192A
Grade 12 extended and immersion French B 1 FR 192B
Graduated from a Francophone high school B 1.2+ FR 251 or 252

Notes: Students may enrol in courses for which they have secondary school antirequisites only with the written permission of the Department of French Studies

Sequence of French Language Courses

  • FR 101: Beginner French

  • FR 151: Basic French 1

  • FR 152: Basic French 2

  • FR 192A: French Language 1: Module 1

  • FR 192B: French Language 1: Module 2

  • FR 251: French Language 2: Module 1 & FR 252: French Language 2: Module 2

  • FR 351: French Language 3

  • FR 452: Advanced French Language 

French Studies Undergraduate Course Descriptions


Special notes

  • Students may not back track to a lower year language courses (i.e. Students who have completed FR 192B may not go back for FR 192A, 152, 151 or 101). Students may not enroll into two first-year French courses in the same term and would be denied the credit for the lower level French course.
  • FR 251 and FR 252 are considered non-sequential and may be taken in any order or during the same term.
  • Francophone students and students having graduated from a French high school must have the written permission of the French Department to enrol in any French courses.

  • Students with transferred university credits in French must consult the Department before enrolling in any French courses.

  • Students may enrol in courses for which they have secondary school antirequisites only with the written permission of the Department of French Studies.