Difficulties in organizing and conducting an Old French course at the undergraduate level are commented on in this article. A section treating the basis of the difficulties focuses on content in literature and language areas. Time factors and traditional coursework accreditation are discussed. A general statement of problems mentions three areas of particular difficulty: (1) course coverage, (2) methods, and (3) student participation. The scope of the course, likely to be either linguistic, literary, or cultural, is followed by a section on methods. (RL)