The French language is the only language other than English that is useful in every major country around the world, regardless of region. It is spoken and studied everywhere: in Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean, and in Africa and the South Pacific. Even in countries where it's not an official language, French can be surprisingly useful - in Latin America, for instance. And many students say one of the reasons they want to learn French is that it's such a beautiful language? well, we agreeIn the French program at Pacific Lutheran University, students immerse themselves in authentic French from the start. From beginning levels on, there's an emphasis on music, art, and social life in the French-speaking world. Students learn not only to express themselves in French and to understand written and spoken French, but also to discover much they didn?t know about themselves and the world around them. The study of French in PLU's French Program is not an end in itself.