FR 401
(IL)
Advanced Oral Communication (3) Emphasis on speaking and listening comprehension through discussion of current issues, using journalistic materials.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 201, FR 202
FR 402Y
(IL)
Advanced Grammar and Writing (3) Advanced study of the structure of the French language. Intensive essay writing.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 201, FR 202
FR 407
(IL)
Business Writing in French (3) Common forms of business communication; writing of reports and abstracts.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite:
FR 331 orFR 332
FR 408
(IL)
French-American Business Translation (3) Translation from French to English of actual documents from the business world; theoretical consideration and systematic vocabulary building.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite:
FR 407
FR 409
(IL)
Commercial and Technical Translation (3) Translation from English to French of commercial and technical materials; vocabulary building; writing of abstracts and summaries.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 402Y
FR 410
(IL)
French Press (3) Extensive readings of selected french daily and weekly newspapers and magazines, along with newscast viewings.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite:
FR 331 orFR 332
FR 417
(IL)
French Phonology (3) A formal study of the sound pattern of French.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite:
FR 201, FR 202
FR 418
(IL)
French Syntax (3) A formal theory of word order and related issues in French grammar.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 201 andFR 202
FR 419
French Semantics (3) The study of meaning in human language with a special focus on how it is encoded in French.
Effective: Summer 2011
Prerequisite:
FR 316
FR 422
(IL)
Old French Literature (3) Medieval masterpieces in original and modern French versions.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 orFR 352
FR 426Y
(IL)
French Literature of the Renaissance (3) Survey of key texts from sixteenth century France, with attention to historical and philosophical currents of French social thought.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 orFR 352
FR 430
(IL)
Contemporary France (3) Study of contemporary French society, politics, and culture from 1870 to the present.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 330
FR 436Y
(IL)
Readings in Seventeenth-Century French Literature (3) Baroque and classicism: reappraisal of major and lesser-known 17th-century texts and theories.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 orFR 352
FR 440
(IL)
Teaching of Romance Languages (3) Theories of second language acquisition. Current classroom practices in the teaching of Romance languages.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
15 credits beyond the elementary level
FR 445Y
(IL)
Self and Society in Eighteenth-Century France (3) The changing relationship of the individual to society in pre-Revolutionary France will be explored in texts by major writers.
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 . Prerequisite or concurrent:FR 352
FR 452Y
(IL)
Nineteenth-Century French Literature (3) Selected readings in romanticism, realism, and symbolism, including Balzac, Stendhal, Sand, Baudelaire, and others, with emphasis on cultural issues.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 orFR 352
FR 453Y
(IL)
La Belle Epoque: Politics, Society, and Culture in France, 1880-1914 (3) Interdisciplinary perspectives on the politics, society, and culture of France, 1880-1914.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 330 orFR 351 orFR 352
FR 458
(IL)
African Literature of French Expression (3) Genesis of Franco-African literature in the 1930s; phases of the negritude movement; colonial and national literature.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 orFR 352
FR 460
(IL)
Contemporary French Literature (3) Major authors and movements in French novel, drama, and poetry from Proust to the present.
Effective: Fall 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 orFR 352
FR 470
(IL)
Race and Gender Issues in Literatures in French (3) A critical presentation, taught in French, of changing ideas and values on race and gender in French and Francophone literatures.
Effective: Summer 2005
Prerequisite:
FR 351 orFR 352
FR 475
Women's History in Post-Revolutionary France (3-6 per semester/maximum of 6) Women's history and creativity in post-revolutionary France.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite:
FR 332 orFR 352
FR 487
(IL)
Topics in French Film History and Theory I: 1895-1945 (3) Provide background needed to understand the broad outlines of French film history and theory in their first fifty years (1895-1945).
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 andFR 352 orCOMM 250
FR 488
(IL)
Topics in French Film History and Theory II: 1945-2002 (3) Provide background needed to understand the broad outlines of French film history and theory in their second half-century (1945-2002).
Effective: Spring 2006
Prerequisite:
FR 351 andFR 352 orCOMM 250
FR 494
Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 1994
FR 494H
Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Fall 2007
FR 495
Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Summer 1998
Prerequisite:
prior approval of proposed assignment by instructor
FR 496
Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 497
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 499
(IL)
Foreign Study--French (3-12) Advanced studies in French language and literature.
Effective: Summer 2005
Prerequisite:
FR 201, FR 202
FR 500
History of the French Language (3) Evolution of French from its origins to the present-day, with emphasis on Old French philology.
Effective: Fall 1984
FR 501A
Pro-Seminar in French Studies I (1.5) Professinoal and scholarly development in interdisciplinary French Studies.
Effective: Fall 2012
FR 501B
Pro-Seminar in French Studies II (1.5 per semester/maximum of 3) Professional and scholarly development in interdisciplinary French Studies.
Effective: Fall 2012
Prerequisite:
FR 501A
FR 502
Introduction to French Linguistics (3) An overview of the major subfields of linguistics as they apply to the French language.
Effective: Spring 1997
FR 503
French Phonology (3) A theoretical approach to the sound structure of French.
Effective: Spring 2007
FR 504
French Syntax (3) An in-depth study of sentence structure in the French language.
Effective: Fall 2004
FR 505
Semantics of French (3) An in-depth study of how meaning is computed based on French data.
Effective: Spring 2007
FR 510
Stylistique Avancee (3) An introduction to literary creativity through practice of textual analysis, interpretation, and to basic concepts of contemporary poetics.
Effective: Summer 1999
FR 529
Seminar in Renaissance Literature (3 per semester/maximum of 6) Intensive study of various French Renaissance writers in relation to selected artistic issues of the period.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 530
La France Contemporaine (3) A comprehensive cross-sectional view of French society and its institutions since World War II.
Effective: Winter 1980
FR 531
Francophone Culture (3 per semester/maximum of 6) Concept of francophone; French minorities in Europe and North America; role of French language in Africa, Middle East, Far East.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 532
French Regions and Regionalisms (3) Interdisciplinary perspectives on the culture, history, and geography of the French regions and their regionalist identity movements.
Effective: Spring 1992
FR 533
Baroque Aesthetics in Seventeenth-Century French Literature and Intellectual History (3) Based on the Foucaldian notion of episteme, the course analyzes major literary texts and intellectual trends.
Effective: Fall 1999
FR 535
Texts and Performances (3) Based upon current theories of theater, the course focuses on problematics of French drama from the Seventeenth-Century to the present.
Effective: Summer 1999
FR 540
Eighteenth-Century French Novel (3) Examination of the rise of the genre including formal considerations of narrative technique as well as historical context.
Effective: Summer 1999
FR 543
Seminar: Studies in the Enlightenment (3 per semester/maximum of 6) Discourse and thematic analysis of selected works of French Enlightenment genres: essay, drama, fiction, poetry.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 545
Analysis of French Civilization (3 per semester/maximum of 6) French cultural aspects, other than language and literature, conducted in French with the collaboration of specialists outside the French department.
Effective: Summer 1990
FR 547
Modernism and Postmodernism (3-6) Interdisciplinary approaches to these concepts, with a focus on artistic and literary objects in the French context.
Effective: Spring 1994
Prerequisite:
FR 545 orFR 571 orFR 580
FR 558
African Novel in French (3) Development of novel in French from colonial era to independence; Africanization of genre with African verbal artforms.
Effective: Spring 1986
FR 559
Issues in Francophone Literatures (3) Diversity issues in Francophone literatures explored through various literary genres: variable focus may combine genre and topic.
Effective: Spring 1997
FR 562
French Romanticism and Realism (3) Romanticism, realism, and their variations in the context of social and political revolution.
Effective: Spring 1998
FR 564
Figures of Alterity in Nineteenth-Century French Literature (3) Representations of otherness in nineteenth-century French literature examined through race, gender, religion, and class paradigms.
Effective: Spring 1998
FR 565
Seminar: Nineteenth-Century Studies (1-6) Various nineteenth-century French writers considered in relation to selected esthetic and cultural problems raised during the period.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 566
Women Writers in Nineteenth-Century France (3) Women's literary production in nineteenth-century France, including novels, poetry, travel narratives, children's literature, and essays.
Effective: Spring 1995
FR 569
Major Texts of Twentieth-Century French Literature (3-6) Established contemporary literary texts, figures, and aesthetic movements in various genres from Proust to Sartre and from Genet to Conde.
Effective: Summer 1999
FR 570
Modern French Poetry (3 per semester/maximum of 6) Exploration of the poetic genre and its diversification through poetic prose, free verse, and metaphorical narrative, from Baudelaire to Cixous.
Effective: Summer 1999
FR 571
French Literary Theory and Criticism (3) Major trends in contemporary theory and criticism from genre debates to socio-political approaches to literature, post-structuralism, deconstruction, and reception theories.
Effective: Summer 1999
FR 572
Seminar: Twentieth-Century French Literature (3 per semester/maximum of 6) Specialized consideration of contemporary writers; for advanced students.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 574
French Folklore and Popular Culture (3) Historical survey of French folklore and popular culture, with an emphasis on the modern period.
Effective: Summer 1993
FR 580
Approaches to French Civilization (3) French interdisciplinary methods of cultural analysis and cultural history, with applications to French cultural artifacts.
Effective: Spring 1992
FR 581
Theory and Techniques of Teaching French (1-6) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 589
(CMLIT 589, GER 589, SPAN 589)
Technology in Foreign Language Education: An Overview (3) Approaches to the uses and research applications of multimedia and other educational technologies applied to the teaching of foreign languages. (also crosslisted with APLNG 589)
Effective: Spring 2004
FR 596
Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 1987
FR 597
Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or term.
Effective: Spring 1987
FR 600
Thesis Research (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 601
Ph.D. Dissertation Full-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 602
Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester/maximum of 6) Activities to be included in the teaching assignment will be lecturing, leading discussions, conducting recitations, correcting and grading student papers and examinations.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 603
Foreign Academic Experience (1-12) Foreign study and/or research constituting progress toward the degree at a foreign university.
Effective: Fall 1999
FR 610
Thesis Research Off Campus (1-15) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
FR 611
Ph.D. Dissertation Part-Time (0) No description.
Effective: Fall 1983
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