French Department Subject File, 1925-1944 | University of Illinois Archives

The French Department offers B.A.'s in French and in the Teaching of French, M.A.'s in French and in the Teaching of French, and a Ph.D. in French.¹ The Department of French Language and literature was established in 1867 and in 1890 a Professorship of French was created.² Courses in French have been taught under the College of Literature and Science, School of Modern Languages (1872-1890)³; College of Literature and Science, English and Science Course (1890-91)⁴; College of Literature, School of English and Modern Languages (1891-92)⁵; College of Literature, Department of Romance Languages and Literature (1893-94)⁶; College of Literature and Arts, Department of Romance Languages and Literature (1894-98)⁷ College of Literature and Arts, Department of Romanic Languages and Literatures (1898-1907).⁸ In 1913 the Department became a part of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in the newly created College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.⁹ In 1939 the Department of Romance Languages and Literature reorganized into the Department of French and the Department of Spanish and Italian, each having separate heads, staffs, and budgets.¹⁰

1. Undergraduate Study Catalog, 1973-75, p. 290; Graduate Study Catalog, 1971-72, p. 216.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, June 13, 1868, p. 54; 16th Report, September 9, 1890, p. 32.

3. Catalogs and Registers, 1872, p. 25.

4. Ibid., 1890-91, p. 62.

5. Ibid., 1891-92, p. 121.

6. Ibid., 1893-94, p. 76.

7. Ibid., 1894-95, p. 36.

8. Ibid., 1898-99, p. 68.

9. Ibid., 1913-14, p. 158.

10. Board of Trustees Transactions, 40th Report, July 14, 1939, p. 362.