1.  Policy on Pass/Fail Grading Option:

                         According to departmental policy, students who take French, Italian, or Spanish courses under the Pass/Fail option must receive a grade of C (not C- ) or better in order to qualify for the Pass on their final grade. Students who take the Pass/Fail option should be aware that only courses taken for a letter grade may be used toward the major and minor.

  2.   Grade Requirement for Major and Minor:

                              Students must complete courses taken for the major or minor with a grade of B- or above. They are expected to maintain a B average or better.

  3.    Academic Integrity:

                         Students are bound by the University policy on academic integrity in all aspects of this course.  All references to ideas and texts other than the students' own must be so indicated through appropriate footnotes, whether the source is a book, an online site, the professor, etc.   Please consult the following document regarding the university academic integrity policy:

                         1. Any student who is experiencing problems doing course work in the target language of a foreign language course at any level (language or literature), and who wishes to seek help learning to use the language correctly, should always consult directly with his/her instructor. The instructor will provide appropriate assistance in office hours, and may refer the student to a tutor. Certain tutors are approved by the department each year to work through the campus tutoring office with students in lower-level language courses, based on their training and language proficiency. If a student needs help learning to write or speak with correct forms at more advanced levels, it is important that the instructor contact an appropriate tutor about the nature of the student’s needs. Students should not refer themselves to persons offering tutoring services.
                         2. While a student may choose to discuss ideas with others, it is expected that all writing and any assessed work will be the student’s own and has been done without the assistance of tutors (paid or unpaid), native speaker acquaintances, and/or other students. If there is any evidence that work turned in for a grade was not done by the student alone, the material will be referred by the department to appropriate authorities for evaluation.

                         3. When work turned in for a course grade shows significant evidence of collaboration, the person giving assistance will be subject to appropriate sanctions, as will the student who submitted the work. 

5.  Placement Exam:  Required for all students French 101-307:

                         If you have not taken the French Placement exam already, you must do so before the beginning of classes.   You are required as well to take the Placement Exam during the last week of classes. This will not determine your grade in French, but is necessary for our department to assess learning at all levels. The placement exam (your having taken it, not the grade you receive, will count as 1% of your final grade.  From any location go to:

https://asapps.artsci.wustl.edu/flpe
  password: test

Please note:  Freshmen or any upperclassmen who are taking their first French course need to take the placement exam prior to the start of the term.  They and all other students enrolled in French classes 101-308 must take the placement exam (again if it's their first French course) during the last two weeks of the semester.
 
 

modified Aug. 2004