French (FREN)
Description: Main emphasis on the development of comprehension of written and spoken French; reading of simple texts dealing primarily with contemporary France and French life; oral and aural drill supplemented by practice in language laboratory.
Description: Rapid course in the essentials of grammar designed to prepare mature students for reading various types of literary or technical prose texts.
Prerequisites: Credit toward the degree cannot be earned in FREN 210 or any of the following: FREN 201 or FREN 202
For students with credit for FREN 102, or a qualifying MLPE score.
Description: Practice in oral and written expression and introduction to narrative texts. Grammar review and vocabulary expansion are tied to different situations of interaction.
Prerequisites: Credit toward the degree cannot be earned in FREN 210 or any of the following: FREN 201 or FREN 202
For students with credit for FREN 201, or a qualifying MLPE score.
Description: Continuation of FREN 201, with emphasis on reading comprehension. Class discussion in French based on texts.
See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.
Description: Analysis of French sounds, meaningful contrasts, stress and intonation patterns; correction of specific mistakes in pronunciation. Phonetic transcription, studies in articulation and aural training with use of recordings and individualized exercises.
Taught in English
Description: A survey of developments in and interrelations of the arts and of ideas in France since the Revolution.
Taught in English
Description: A survey of normative and subversive gender identities in France 1600-2000.
Taught in English.
Description: An examination of environmental engagement in the novels, short stories, poetry, films, and music of the French-speaking world.
Taught in English.
Description: French texts from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries (drama, prose, poetry, autobiography), all of which use the body as a reference point to explore developments in gender, religion, science, and society in French literature and civilization.
Description: Special topics vary.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Special research project or reading program under the direction of a staff member in the department.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of FREN courses at the 300 level.
Description: Detailed analysis of French syntax giving students the means to achieve greater sophistication in self-expression.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of FREN courses at the 300 level.
Description: Principles of explication of texts, translation and composition in French, review of linguistic principles, for advanced students, particularly prospective teachers, who wish to acquire a more sophisticated means of expression in French.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of FREN courses at the 300 level.
Description: Principles of translation, French-English and English-French. Attention to problems of vocabulary, syntax, semantics, and technical, literary, and commercial translation.
Prerequisites: 6 hours of FREN courses at the 300 level.
Description: Analysis of interrelationships of cultural, social, economic, and political factors contributing to French culture and civilization.
Description: Examines the theatre of French expression from the Middle Ages to the present in France and the French-speaking world. Thematic approaches, authors, and plays examined will vary depending on the instructor.
Prerequisites: FREN 301 or 302 (for French students) OR one of the following: SPAN 311, 312, 314, or 315 (for Spanish students)
Taught in English.
Description: Examines the way Caribbean subjects see and represent themselves within a globalized world though contemporary Caribbean literature and culture with a focus on the French-speaking and the Spanish-speaking islands. Analyzes how authors and artists have undertaken topics such as migration, rebellion, violence, slavery, race, gender, and environmental disaster.
Description: Language, literature, and civilization.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Special research project or reading program under the direction of a staff member in the department.