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Courses - Fall 2025
FREN
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.
FREN242
Francophone Writers of Africa and the African Diaspora
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
An analysis of the works and ideas of 20th and 21st century Francophone writers (Africa, the Caribbeans, France). Taught in English.
FREN243
Masterpieces in French and Francophone Cinemas
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHU
This course, taught in English, will present a large array of films directed by famous French directors (Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, etc..) and Francophone filmmakers (Arcand, Sembene) who were internationally known in their time and have had a considerable influence on today's filmmakers in the U.S. (Tarantino, Lynch, Lee, etc..) and abroad (Sissoko, Angelopoulos, VonTrier, ect..).
XLed with CINE298A. Credits granted for CINE298A or FREN243 only.
FREN250
Introduction to Cultural and Textual Analysis
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHU
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.
Jointly offered with FREN 250H.
FREN250H
Introduction to Cultural and Textual Analysis
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
GenEd: DSHU
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. Jointly offered with FREN 250.
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.
FREN313
Current Issues in the French-Speaking World
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: FREN301; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Analysis and discussion of current events and institutions in the French-speaking world using various French-language media resources with an emphasis on countries and regions outside of France.
FREN351
From Romanticism to the Age of Modernism and Beyond
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 Pre-Romanticism to the present.
Jointly offered with FREN 351H.
FREN351H
(Perm Req)
From Romanticism to the Age of Modernism and Beyond
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 Pre-Romanticism to the present.
Cross-listed with FREN351.
FREN386
(Perm Req)
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.
Contact department for information to register for this course.
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.
Topic: France and the United States
FREN399
(Perm Req)
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.
Contact department for information to register for this course.
FREN429G
Studies in French Literature and Culture of the Renaissance; Gender in the French Renaissance
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prereq -- FREN387 Examines religious, sociopolitical, and literary constructions of gender in Renaissance France. Taught in French.
FREN469A
Studies in 20th Century French Literature and Culture; God and Man: A Search for Meaning in a World at War
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prereq -- FREN387 Explores French literary responses to the first and second world wars focusing on the erosion of traditional spirituality and search for meaning in an altered world. Taught in French.
FREN482
Gender and Ethnicity in Modern French Literature
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Literature by women writers of France and other French speaking areas with a focus on the relationship between gender, ethnicity and writing. Taught in English.
FREN495H
(Perm Req)
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.
Contact department for information to register for this course.
FREN629D
Special Topic in Sixteenth Century French Literature; Montaigne s Renaissance
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud, S-F
An advanced survey of the literature, culture, and history of Renaissance France through the lens of Michel de Montaigne s Essais. Taught in French.
FREN665
Contemporary French Theater
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Examines selected plays from French contemporary theater (20th-21st c.) with a particular focus on new trends in writing, performing, and staging as they reflect the crisis faced by playwrights in particular, and French society in general at the aesthetic, social, and political levels. Students will explore different approaches to the analysis of theater plays and familiarize themselves with the evolution of mise-en-scene throughout the 20th century until the present day.
FREN699O
Seminar; The Algerian Novel
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud, S-F
Offers a survey of works by Algerian authors, spanning from 1900 to the present. Taught in French.
FREN709
College Teaching of French
Credits: 1
Grad Meth: S-F
Restricted to FRIT and FRMS graduate students unless permission granted by instructor.

Explores the theory and methodology of teaching French at the university level, combining practical study with hands-on experience.
FREN798
Master's Independent Study
Credits: 1 - 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Contact department for information to register for this course.
FREN799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits: 1 - 6
Grad Meth: S-F
Contact department for information to register for this course.
FREN889
Doctoral Independent Study
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Contact department for information to register for this course.
FREN898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits: 1 - 8
Grad Meth: Reg
Contact department for information to register for this course.
FREN899
(Perm Req)
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits: 6
Grad Meth: S-F
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