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.
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.
Description: Masterpieces of French literature in translation. Selected texts to be announced in the schedule and course description booklet.
Prerequisites: FREN 204
Description: Initiates a special sequence of particular interest to students of international business and international affairs. French economy, business practices and documents, business correspondence, commercial and economic vocabulary.
This course is a prerequisite for: FREN 308
Prerequisites: FREN 204
See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.
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.
Prerequisites: FREN 204
See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.
Description: Survey of French social, cultural, and political history and of significant contributions in arts and letters through the eighteenth century. Lectures given in French are supplemented by slides and class discussion.
Prerequisites: FREN 204
See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.
Description: French 321 continued to the present.
See instructor if you believe an equivalent course(s) may count for prerequisite.
Description: Deals with at least two of the following non-European Francophone areas; Canada and French pockets in the US; the Caribbean; the Magreb; and Sub-Saharan Africa. Other areas such as Southeast Asia or Polynesia may be included. Examines the culture of the areas in light of social and political problems arising from colonization and independence as reflected in literature, film, popular culture, and the fine arts.
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.
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: FREN 301 or FREN 302; an additional 3 hours from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303 or FREN 304
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.