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1101. Elementary French I
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: Not open to students who have had three or more years of high school French. May not be taken out of sequence after passing FREN 1102, 1103, 1104, 1174, 1175, or any 2000 level or higher course taught in French.
Grading Basis: Graded
Elementary French grammar. Emphasis on speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Cultural and social content reinforces the linguistic skills taught in every class.
View Classes »1102. Elementary French II
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: FREN 1101 or permission of the Language Coordinator. Not open for credit to students who have had three or more years of high school French.
Grading Basis: Graded
Elementary French grammar. Emphasis on speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Cultural and social content reinforces the linguistic skills taught in every class.
View Classes »1103. Intermediate French I
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: FREN 1102 or two years of high school French or permission of Language Coordinator. May not be taken out of sequence after passing FREN 1164, 1175, or any 2000-level or above course taught in French. Not open for credit to students who have passed FREN 1174.
Grading Basis: Graded
Continuation of FREN 1102. Review and extension of French grammar. Graded composition. Intensive and extensive reading. Intensive oral practice. Cultural and social content reinforce the linguistic skills taught in every class.
View Classes »1104. Intermediate French II
4.00 credits
Prerequisites: FREN 1103 or two years of high school French or permission of Language Coordinator. Cannot be taken after any 2000 level or above course taught in French. This course and FREN 1175 cannot both be taken for credit.
Grading Basis: Graded
Continuation of FREN 1103. Review and extension of French grammar. Graded composition. Intensive and extensive reading. Intensive oral practice. Cultural and social content reinforce the linguistic skills taught in every class.
View Classes »1169. Modernity in Crisis: France and the Francophone World From 1850 to Today
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
A cultural history of France and its colonial empire through political, social, artistic and literary revolutions and scandals. Topics include: Impressionism and the shock of the new, the Eiffel Tower scandal, Nazi occupation and the resistance, U.S. cultural imperialism, feminism, immigration and the crisis of national identity. Taught in English. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1171. French Cinema
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Weekly screenings of French films from the first comedies and surrealism to the New Wave and the young filmmakers of the 1990's. Introduction to film history, analysis, and interpretation of films. Readings, viewings and lectures in English. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1176. Literature and Cultures of the Postcolonial Francophone World
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Evolution of literatures and cultures formerly under French colonial rule. Language, identity, religion, art and politics as they shape these societies' passage to cultural autonomy. Taught in English. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1177. Magicians, Witches, Wizards: Parallel Beliefs and Popular Culture in France
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
The search for traces of a counter culture which grew out of pagan beliefs and remained latent despite the domination of Christianity from the Middle Ages to modern times. Tales of magic and witchcraft, as presented by texts and films. The evolution of exemplary figures like Merlin or Nostradomus. Taught in English. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »1193. Foreign Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special topics taken in a foreign study program.
View Classes »3101. French for Engineering I
1.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open only to dual-degree French and Engineering students; instructor consent required. Recommended preparation: FREN 1103 or equivalent.
Grading Basis: Graded
Provides dual-degree French and Engineering students with the technical and scientific vocabulary needed to discuss a wide variety of topics in engineering.
View Classes »3102. French for Engineering II
1.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open only to dual-degree French and Engineering students; instructor consent required. Recommended preparation: FREN 1103 or equivalent.
Grading Basis: Graded
Provides dual-degree Engineering and French students more advanced vocabulary, methods, and field-specific knowledge. Students will learn to describe scientific processes, to follow scientific presentations in French, and to create preparation and evaluation materials for these presentations.
View Classes »3103. French for Engineering III
1.00 credits
Prerequisites: Open only to dual-degree French and Engineering students; instructor consent required. Recommended preparation: FREN 1103 or equivalent.
Grading Basis: Graded
Provides dual-degree Engineering and French students more advanced vocabulary, methods, and field-specific knowledge. Students will learn to describe scientific processes, to follow presentations in French, to do research to create preparation materials for their interviews with engineers. Students will also learn practical job-seeking skills, including practice with French-style CVs, job letters and interviews.
View Classes »3210. French Art and Civilization
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Studies of the arts in the cultural context of French and Francophone civilization, from the Middle Ages to the late nineteenth century. Considerations of social systems, passions, sexuality, relations of power in their manifestations in architecture, painting and sculpture. Some lectures by and discussions with experts from Anthropology, Music, Political Science, History, and Art History. CA 1.
View Classes »3211W. Contemporary France
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011. Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
An historical and cultural overview of France in the 20th and 21st centuries: from D-Day to the European Union, from Communism to the Green Party, from ballad crooners to rap, from love stories to action films; the changing French nation through authentic documents, literary texts, and films. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3215. Introduction to Translation
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
An introduction to the techniques needed to render English into French and French into English. Examination of existing translations, comparing French and English stylistics and exploring different registers of the French language. Practice in translating texts from a range of genres, including fiction, film subtitles, technical texts, etc. Includes practical information for aspiring professional translators. Taught in French.
View Classes »3216. Advanced Translation
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Translation of texts from the press, contemporary literature, film, and media. This level of translation requires the completion of an individual project.
View Classes »3217. Business French
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to the vocabulary, communication skills, and cultural literacy required for work in a French-speaking environment. Topics may include French and international business, the French and European economy, industries, NGOs, diplomacy, and other international institutions. Composition of a curriculum vitae and business letters in formal and informal registers of French. Taught in French.
View Classes »3218. Francophone Studies
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
The literatures, societies, and cultures of French-speaking countries in North Africa, West Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific and of Francophone communities of Europe and North America. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3220. Theater Studies
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
A study of French dramatic texts and genres (tragedy, comedy, etc.). Popular theatre. The theory and practice of performance in contemporary France. The semiotics of stage production. Use of audio-visual material.
View Classes »3221. Classics of French Literature
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: FREN 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Milestone texts in the history of French literature, with an emphasis on the range of literary forms in their social, cultural, and historical contexts. Genres include the realist novel, detective fiction, and fantasy writing; romantic and symbolist poetry; slapstick and surrealist plays and the theater of the absurd. Taught in French.
View Classes »3222. Poetry
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Examples of poetry of different epochs ranging from the epic to the lyric to the limerick.
View Classes »3223. French Film and Theory
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Emphasis on theoretical texts that consider cinema as an object of study. Detailed analyses of examples of cinema from the silent era to the digital age, including short films, full-length movies, documentaries and experimental film. Introduction to the tools and vocabularies to interpret moving images and overview of the many artistic, literary, and philosophical traditions focusing on film as a privileged object of study and debate. Taught in French.
View Classes »3224. Issues in Cultural Studies, the Media, and the Social Sciences
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
The economics of the media industry, mass audiences and new technologies, the marketing of culture, French nationalism and the global market, electronic democracy, the politics of food and addictions, ethics and new forms of human reproduction. CA 1. CA 4-INT.
View Classes »3226. French and Francophone Cinema
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: FREN 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Survey of French and Francophone Cinema from the silent era to the digital age, encompassing a diverse selection of French and Francophone filmmakers. Exploration of the intersections among history, social issues, and formal experimentation across narrative, avant-garde, and documentary film. Topics may include social change and activism, experiences of displacement and migration, memorial culture, and representations of the Cold War and decolonization.. Taught in French.
View Classes »3231. Renaissance and Reformation
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Literary works from the sixteenth century in their cultural context: the secularization of daily life, passions, religious violence, the changing roles of women and reconceptualizations of sexuality, representations of the body, the relationship to Greco-Roman Antiquity; the relationship to the "Other," the "New World."
View Classes »3234. Romanticism, Realism, Fin de Siecle: 19th-Century Literature
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
The literary and artistic innovations that made France the center of 19th-century culture. The Fantastic, Realism, Naturalism, and Decadence. CA 1.
View Classes »3235. French Modernity
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
A portrait of France in the 20th Century through contemporary French literature: exoticism, sexuality, war, colonialism, feminism, end of the century, related films and works of art. CA 1.
View Classes »3250. Global Culture in French I
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: FREN 1104 or 1175 or three years high school French or instructor consent.
Grading Basis: Graded
Intense study of oral French. Learning of oral techniques of communication in conjunction with weekly topics of conversation associated with various francophone cultures. Rigorous and active oral practice through dialogues, interviews, roundtables, and oral reports.
View Classes »3251. Global Culture in French II
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Extensive practice in oral French based mainly on authentic cultural materials. Emphasis on perfecting language skills for self expression and communication, on developing new vocabulary, and on recognizing and working with linguistic differences associated with various francophone cultures.
View Classes »3257. French Phonetics
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
A comprehensive study of the French phonetic system with the goal of helping students to improve their pronunciation. Coverage of prosody (intonation, accent, syllables, rhythm) and the connection between sounds and spelling in a wide array of contexts. Taught in French.
View Classes »3261. From the Holy Grail to the Revolution: Introduction to Literature
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Texts from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century, including the Arthurian legend, Renaissance poetry, Classical theater, and the philosophy of the Enlightenment in the cultural context in which they were produced. CA 1.
View Classes »3262. From the Romantics to the Moderns: Introduction to Literature
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Study of poetry, theater and prose fiction that marks the evolution from the psychology of the romantic hero and heroine to Existentialist philosophy and the New Novel, and contemporary fiction and poetry. CA 1.
View Classes »3267. Grammar and Culture
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
The study of French and Francophone culture through fiction, non-fiction, journalism and film. Emphasis on perfecting both oral and written expression through discussion, presentations, and composition on assigned topics. CA 1.
View Classes »3268. Grammar and Composition
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Advanced study of French texts and extensive written practice in a variety of forms ranging from compositions, essays, summaries and film reviews. CA 1.
View Classes »3268W. Grammar and Composition
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011. Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Advanced study of French texts and extensive written practice in a variety of forms ranging from compositions, essays, summaries and film reviews. CA 1.
View Classes »3269. Advanced French Grammar
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
An overview of grammar from points familiar to students to more sophisticated elements of the French language. Focus on texts from written, spoken, and electronic sources. Includes short creative writing projects to encourage reflection on and appreciation of the organizational function of grammar. Taught in French.
View Classes »3270W. French Literature and Civilization in English
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.
Grading Basis: Graded
Representative works of French literature, on a particular theme. How literary forms articulate the ideas and values of different periods. CA 1.
View Classes »3272. French Literary Theory
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: FREN 3268 or instructor consent.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to French literary theory, as informed by linguistics, semiotics, historical materialism, psychoanalysis, philosophy, feminist studies, postmodernism and postcolonialism. Critical practice applied to French and Francophone literatures, popular culture, advertising, the media, electronic writing.
View Classes »3274. Diversity in France: Migration, Refugees, and Minorities
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: French 1104, three years of high school French, or equivalent proficiency level.
Grading Basis: Graded
Study of the culture and diversity of France through history, literature, music and the news media. Themes and topics include: religion and secularism, international relations between former French colonies and France, the politics of immigration, social stratification, racial discrimination, and police violence. Taught in French.
View Classes »3280. Fiction and Nonfiction by French and Francophone Women
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Recommended preparation: FREN 3261 or 3262 or instructor consent.
Grading Basis: Graded
3293. Foreign Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Consent of Department Head required, normally to be granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.
View Classes »3295. Special Topics
1.00 - 3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.
Grading Basis: Graded
3298. Variable Topics
3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.
Grading Basis: Graded
3299. Independent Study
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
3381. French Internship
1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Use of linguistic and cultural skills in French in a professional training context such as an internship or in industry in a French-speaking country. Requires contract agreed to in advance by student, internship field supervisor, and program director, detailing expectations for the credits earned. Students taking this course will be assigned a final grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).
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