Courses - Spring 2025
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 World Language Placement Test (WLPT) 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.
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.
FREN352
From the Age of Epic and Romance to the Enlightenment
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN301; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
A survey of the chief authors and major movements of French literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century.
FREN352H
From the Age of Epic and Romance to the Enlightenment
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN301; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
A survey of the chief authors and major movements of French literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century.
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 - Ritual: Initiation and Rites of Passage in French Literature, 1800-Present.
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.
FREN414
French for International Relations
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN387.
Historically, French has played a key role in the development and organization of International Relations. It remains an important tool for diplomats and an official working language of major international organizations. Students will be introduced to the French vocabulary and terminology specific to diplomatic discourse and the field of International Relations. Through French-speaking media analysis and simulated work-related situations in an international context, students will learn how to pitch a project, present a country situation, give a thematic presentation, and engage in successful negotiations. Students will also acquire the skills and proficiency to understand and produce professional documents used in the International Relations field. Taught in French.
FREN475
Exploring Exile, Immigration, and Identity in Francophone Literature, Film, and Media
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN387.
This course considers the cultural production (literature, texts, films) that engages with immigration, exile and identity in the French-speaking world. Taught in French.
FREN699A
Seminar; Theories, Philosophies, and Revolutionary Texts of the Francophone World
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
This course focuses on the literature of Africa and the Caribbean written by revolutionary authors. The theme of revolution is at the forefront of all the novels we will read and is at the heart of our theoretical study. Reading theorists Jean-Paul Sartre, Frantz Fanon, Albert Memmi, Achille Mbembe, Felwin Saar, Maboula Soumohoro, and authors, Rachid Boudjedra, Ferdinand Oyono, Maryse Conde, Mariama Ba, among others, we will focus in particular on how these writers and philosophers from Algeria, Cameroon, Martinique, Morocco, Tunisia, and Senegal, and elsewhere, use the symbol of revolution as a metaphor or todescribe the violent news and events during the era of decolonization intheir countries. Taught in French.
FREN699W
Seminar; Transatlantic Mirror: French Writers look at America and the United States, 16th Century to 21st Century
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud, S-F
Studies the various ways in which French writers have described America and the United States since the discovery of the "New World". Particular attention will be paid to the political and sociological implications of their narratives, as well as to their invention of a continent and nation that constitutes a "cultural mirror". Readings will include works by Jean de Lery, Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont, J.J. Servan-Schreiber, Simone de Beauvoir, J.F. Revel, Pap N'Diaye. Taught in French.
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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