French (FREN)

FREN101
Beginning French I

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:5
Max credits per semester:5
Max credits per degree:5
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$20

Credit Hours:5

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FREN102
Beginning French II

For students with credit for FREN 101, or a qualifying MLPE score.

Description: Continuation of FREN 101.

Course details
Credit Hours:5
Max credits per semester:5
Max credits per degree:5
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$20

Credit Hours:5

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FREN181
Beginning Grammar and Readings

Description: Rapid course in the essentials of grammar designed to prepare mature students for reading various types of literary or technical prose texts.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$20

Credit Hours:3

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FREN201
Second-Year French I

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$20

Credit Hours:3

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FREN202
Second-Year French II

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$20

Credit Hours:3

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FREN203
Intermediate French I

For students with credit for FREN 202 or FREN 210, or a qualifying MLPE score.

Description: Review of grammar, with an emphasis on conversation.

This course is a prerequisite for: FREN 301; FREN 302; FREN 303; FREN 304; FREN 319

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10

Credit Hours:3

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FREN204
Intermediate French II

For students with credit for FREN 202 or FREN 210, or a qualifying MLPE score.

Description: Review of grammar, with an emphasis on writing skills.

This course is a prerequisite for: FREN 301; FREN 302; FREN 303; FREN 304; FREN 319

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10

Credit Hours:3

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FREN210
Accelerated Second-Year French

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: Covers the same material as FREN 201-202.

Course details
Credit Hours:6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$20

Credit Hours:6

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FREN301
Introduction to Literary French

Prerequisites: FREN 203 and FREN 204

Description: Overview of French-language writing from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10
ACE Outcomes: ACE 5 Humanities

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 5 Humanities

FREN302
Themes in French Literature, Culture, Film, and Theater

Prerequisites: FREN 203 and FREN 204

Description: Study of a single cultural theme throughout French writing, from the Middle Ages to the present.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10
ACE Outcomes: ACE 5 Humanities

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 5 Humanities

FREN303
Advanced Grammar and Conversation

Prerequisites: FREN 203 and FREN 204

See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.

Description: Emphasis on oral expression. Review of difficult concepts of French grammar.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10

Credit Hours:3

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FREN304
Advanced Communication and Writing

Prerequisites: FREN 203 and FREN 204

Description: Emphasis on written expression. Review of difficult concepts of French grammar.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10

Credit Hours:3

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FREN319
French Phonetics and Pronunciation

Prerequisites: FREN 203 and FREN 204

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
Course and Laboratory Fee:$10

Credit Hours:3

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FREN382
Avant-Garde : Music, Art, and Ideas in Modern France

Taught in English

Description: A survey of developments in and interrelations of the arts and of ideas in France since the Revolution.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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FREN386
Historical Highlights of French QueernessCrosslisted with WMNS 386

Taught in English

Description: A survey of normative and subversive gender identities in France 1600-2000.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FREN387
The Environment and the French-Speaking WorldCrosslisted with ENGL 387, GLST 387

Taught in English.

Description: An examination of environmental engagement in the novels, short stories, poetry, films, and music of the French-speaking world.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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FREN388
Body Language: Love, Politics, and the Self in French LiteratureCrosslisted with ENGL 388, MRST 388, WMNS 388

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 9 Global/Diversity ACE 5 Humanities

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 9 Global/Diversity ACE 5 Humanities

FREN391
Special Topics in French

Description: Special topics vary.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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FREN396
Independent Study in French

Prerequisites: Permission.

Description: Special research project or reading program under the direction of a staff member in the department.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:1-3

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FREN403
Advanced GrammarCrosslisted with FREN 803

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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FREN404
French StylisticsCrosslisted with FREN 804

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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FREN406
TranslationCrosslisted with FREN 806

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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FREN422
Topics in French CivilizationCrosslisted with FREN 822

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:3

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FREN445
Topics in Medieval and Early Modern French WritingCrosslisted with FREN 845

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: Readings and discussion on a topic, genre, author, and/or geographical area of the French-speaking world from the medieval period to the seventeenth century

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN453
Topics in Nineteenth Century French Culture and WritingCrosslisted with FREN 853

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: Readings in the major cultural, historical and literary developments from 1789 to 1914

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN457
Modern French WritingCrosslisted with FREN 857

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: Main trends in French writing from 1900 to the present.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN460
Literatures of French ExpressionCrosslisted with FREN 860

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: Survey of writing and film from French-speaking cultures of Africa, the Caribbean, Oceania, Canada, and the Indian Ocean.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN461
Cultural Productions of the French-Speaking WorldCrosslisted with FREN 861

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: A topic, genre, author, or geographical area of the French-speaking world.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN482
Short FictionCrosslisted with FREN 882

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: A survey of short fiction, including topics from the medieval period to the present. Theme and scope of readings will vary based on instructor.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN483
French/Francophone TheaterCrosslisted with FREN 883

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN484
Repeating Islands: Caribbean Literature and Culture Across LanguagesCrosslisted with SPAN 484, FREN 884, SPAN 884

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.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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FREN485
Writing the Self: Autofiction in/and the French-Speaking WorldCrosslisted with FREN 885

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: An exploration of the various modes, techniques, and impacts of auto-fictional writing in the French-speaking world. Includes a strong creative writing component.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN486
French and Francophone Women WritersCrosslisted with FREN 886

Prerequisites: FREN 301 or FREN 302 and 3 additional hours of FREN at the 300 level

Description: Considers women writers in the French-speaking world from the medieval period to the present. Addresses questions of gender, sexuality, theory via writings, film, and song.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option
ACE Outcomes: ACE 10 Integrated Product

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product

FREN491
Special Topics in FrenchCrosslisted with FREN 891

Description: Language, literature, and civilization.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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FREN496
Independent Study in FrenchCrosslisted with FREN 896

Prerequisites: Permission.

Description: Special research project or reading program under the direction of a staff member in the department.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded with Option

Credit Hours:1-3

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