Courses - Spring 2023
FREN103
Intensive Elementary French
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Must have appropriate World Language Placement Test (WLPT) score.
Restriction: Must not have completed FREN102; and must not be a native/fluent speaker of French.
Credit only granted for: FREN102 or FREN103.
Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of French-speaking world.
FREN203
Intensive Intermediate French
Credits:
4
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN103; or must have appropriate Foreign Language Placement Test (FLPT) score.
Restriction: Must not be a native/fluent speaker of French.
Credit only granted for: FREN201 or FREN203.
Covers speaking, reading, writing, listening, and culture of French-speaking world.
FREN204
French Grammar and Composition
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN201 or FREN203; or must have appropriate World Language Placement Test (WLPT) score.
Restriction: Not open to native/fluent speakers of French.
Intensive study of French grammar and composition.
FREN250
Introduction to Cultural and Textual Analysis
Prerequisite: FREN204; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Restriction: Must not be a native/fluent speaker of French.
Credit only granted for: FREN250 or FREN250H.
Introduction to cultural and textual analysis of selected readings from various genres in French literature. Taught in French.
Cross-listed with FREN250H. Credit granted for FREN250 or FREN250H.
FREN250H
Introduction to Cultural and Textual Analysis
Prerequisite: FREN204; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Restriction: Must not be a native/fluent speaker of French.
Credit only granted for: FREN250 or FREN250H.
Introduction to cultural and textual analysis of selected readings from various genres in French literature. Taught in French.
For general honors students only. Cross-listed with FREN250. Credit granted for FREN250 or FREN250H.
FREN301
Composition and Style
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN250; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Restriction: Must not be a native/fluent speaker of French.
Grammatical analysis, elements of style; range of written genres.
FREN302
Introduction to Translation
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN301; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Hands-on practice in translation to include a variety of formats and texts (for example, advertising, legal, technical, literary, journalistic, media...) into French and/or English. Includes an extensive overview of translation techniques, theories and approaches. Taught mainly in French.
FREN306
Commercial French I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN301; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Introduction to commercial French including correspondence and business terminology. Emphasis on cross-cultural concepts needed for successful interaction within business settings. Taught in French.
Taught in French.
FREN386
Experiential Learning
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
FREN387
Critical Writing on France and the French-Speaking World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN301.
Restriction: Not open to Native speakers.
Intensive writing course based on focused study of issues and concerns drawn from French and Francophone literatures, films, and cultures. Elements of style, review of grammar. Taught in French.
Theme: Representations of War in French and Francophone Literature, Film, and Media
FREN399
Directed Study in French
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg
Supervised work under professor of student's choice with permission of instructor. Contact department for details.
FREN495H
Honors Thesis Research
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Restriction: Must be admitted to the departmental honors program.
The writing of a paper under the direction of a professor in this department and an oral examination. Required to fulfill the departmental honors requirement.
FREN499D
Special Topics in French Studies; From the Real to the Surreal in 20th - 21st Century French Lit & Film: War, Revolution, Imagination & Transformation
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN387.
Explores the relationships between aesthetic innovations and political writing from the 1940s onwards through literary works and films by French writers and filmmakers. These works are brought into dialogue with the main artistic movements and political conflicts that have shaped France during the second part of the 20th century, in particular WWII and its aftermaths, the Algerian War and May '68. Taught in French.
Explores the relationships between aesthetic innovations and political writing from the 1940s onwards through literary works and films by French writers and filmmakers. These works are brought into dialogue with the main artistic movements and political conflicts that have shaped France during the second part of the 20th century, in particular WWII and its aftermaths, the Algerian War and May '68. Taught in French.
FREN499E
Special Topics in French Studies; The Art of Dissent: Aesthetics, Politics, and Civil Disobedience
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Intermediate-level language proficiency in one of the language mentioned below. If you are unsure of your proficiency, please contact a advisor.
Cross-listed with SLLC499D, GERM499D, PERS498B, PORT409D, RUSS409D, and SPAN409D. Credit only granted for SLLC499D, FREN499E, GERM499D, PERS498B, PORT409D, RUSS409D, or SPAN409D.
This course explores the complex roles art, literature, cinema, and other cultural products play in social and political movement building, and investigates how language and artistic expression in divercultural contexts negotiate issues such as gender, ethnic, and racial identity; political ideology; religious conflict; social justice.The following cultural traditions will be included: French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. A major component of the course will be experiential learning project.
Cross-listed with SLLC499D, GERM499D, PERS498B, PORT409D, RUSS409D, and SPAN409D. Credit only granted for SLLC499D, FREN499E, GERM499D, PERS498B, PORT409D, RUSS409D, or SPAN409D.
This course explores the complex roles art, literature, cinema, and other cultural products play in social and political movement building, and investigates how language and artistic expression in divercultural contexts negotiate issues such as gender, ethnic, and racial identity; political ideology; religious conflict; social justice.The following cultural traditions will be included: French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. A major component of the course will be experiential learning project.
FREN499L
Special Topics in French Studies; The Structure of the French Language
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN387.
Examines the structure of the French language via its four linguistic sub-systems: phonology/phonetics, morphology, syntax, and semantics with reference to historical and sociolinguistic perspectives. No prior knowledge of linguistics assumed, although any background will be helpful. Taught in French.
Examines the structure of the French language via its four linguistic sub-systems: phonology/phonetics, morphology, syntax, and semantics with reference to historical and sociolinguistic perspectives. No prior knowledge of linguistics assumed, although any background will be helpful. Taught in French.
FREN611
The Structure of the French Language
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of modern French. Collection and critical analysis of language data.
FREN699L
Seminar; Literature, History, News: 1500-1800
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
FREN798
Master's Independent Study
Credits:
1 - 3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
FREN799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
FREN889
Doctoral Independent Study
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
FREN898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
FREN899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
6
Grad Meth:
S-F
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