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A student may not pursue both the Certificat de français pratique and an Area of Concentration in French. All the French courses of the Certificat program may be credited toward other undergraduate programs.

The normal prerequisite to enter the Certificat program is Grade 12U French or practical equivalent. A placement test will be required. Applicants lacking Grade 12U French or practical equivalent may take the normal French Department prerequisite courses (French 002 and/or 010) to qualify, prior to admission to the Certificat program. Contact the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Academic Counselling Office to apply.

The core language courses must be taken in sequence. To progress in and to complete the Certificat program, students must achieve and maintain a minimum average of 60% in the five required courses.

Since the Certificat program is regarded as a coherent unit of study, students will be required to take at least one of the core language courses in a Fall/Winter session and are strongly advised to take at least one option concurrently with French 131 or 141. Students must receive counselling from the Department on their choice of options and should seek regular advice on the availability of courses.

The required courses are French 021 or 020E, 131, 135a/b, 141, 145a/b and one full-course equivalent from French 127a/b, 142E, the former 143 or other French courses numbered 200 or higher (excluding French 271 and 381). At least three of the five credit courses must be taken at Western.