French (FREN)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - April 8, 2026 7:48PM EDT
Classes
FREN 1210
Course Description
FREN 1210-FREN 1220 is a two-semester sequence. FREN 1210 is the first half of the sequence designed to provide a thorough grounding in French language and an introduction to intercultural competence. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Epperson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have a Language Placement French (LPF) score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410 to be eligible.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Torea, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have a Language Placement French (LPF) score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410 to be eligible.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Epperson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have a Language Placement French (LPF) score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410 to be eligible.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have a Language Placement French (LPF) score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410 to be eligible.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Epperson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have a Language Placement French (LPF) score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410 to be eligible.
Regular Academic Session.
-
Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Primarily for: students with no experience in French. Students who have previously studied French must have a Language Placement French (LPF) score lower than 37, or SAT II lower than 410 to be eligible.
FREN 1220
Course Description
FREN 1210-1220 is a two-semester sequence. This is the second half of the sequence designed to provide a thorough grounding in French language and an introduction to intercultural competence. French is ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Epperson, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1210, or Language Placement French (LPF) 37-44, or SAT II 410-480. At the end of FREN 1220 students who score lower than 56 on the LPF take FREN 1230; those with 56 or higher may enter the 2000-level sequence.
FREN 1230
Course Description
FREN 1230 is an all-skills course designed to improve oral communication, listening comprehension, and reading ability, to establish a groundwork for correct writing, and to provide a substantial grammar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
FREN 2090
Course Description
This intermediate-level course is designed for students who want to focus on their speaking and writing skills. Emphasis is placed on strengthening of grammar skills, expansion of vocabulary and discourse ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Finielz, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, a Language Placement French (LPF) score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) Q.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Finielz, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, a Language Placement French (LPF) score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) Q.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Finielz, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, a Language Placement French (LPF) score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) Q.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Ruyer, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, a Language Placement French (LPF) score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) Q.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Li, Z
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, a Language Placement French (LPF) score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) Q.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Agbessi, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: FREN 1230, a Language Placement French (LPF) score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680, or AP French language 4, or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) Q.
FREN 2095
Course Description
This advanced-intermediate course is highly recommended for students planning to study abroad as it aims to develop the writing and speaking skills needed to function in a French speaking university ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
FREN 2310
Course Description
This course, designed to follow FREN 2095, introduces students to an array of literary and visual material from the French and Francophone world. It aims to develop students' proficiency in critical writing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FREN 2692
Course Description
This course adopts an interdisciplinary lens to reflect on how we can think difference productively in our current global condition, through examining some of the challenges that traditionally normative ... view course details
FREN 3120
Course Description
Part theory, part textual analysis, and part creative writing, this course aims to help students develop a richer, more nuanced understanding and command of both the spoken and written language. As students ... view course details
FREN 3295
Course Description
Modern capitalism is intimately connected to the ethics of play. Through French and Francophone literature, this course explores a host of capitalist players and the vexed moral questions they raise from ... view course details
FREN 3526
Course Description
If humanistic research consists of finding consensus positions, articulating simple expressions, summarizing texts, standardizing identities, or doing passable translations, then this it: we arrived at ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COGST 3524, COML 3524, ROMS 3526
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FREN 4190
Course Description
Guided independent study of special topics. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Cordova, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Long, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
Instructors
Terhmina, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FREN 4250
Course Description
This course studies philosophical, literary, and scientific conceptions of nature and the ethics and politics of human-nonhuman relations. We will cover a wide array of texts and global issues-such as ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4252
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FREN 4290
Course Description
Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
FREN 4368
Course Description
This seminar will focus on the writings of the polymorphous Martinican poet and thinker, Edouard Glissant (1928-2011). We will attend to the historical context of French colonialism, particularly in the ... view course details
FREN 4456
Course Description
Feminism has a long history in France, from the work of Christine de Pizan (1364-1431), which instigated the centuries-long discussion of women's right and women's status known as the Querelle des femmes ... view course details
FREN 6368
Course Description
This seminar will focus on the writings of the polymorphous Martinican poet and thinker, Edouard Glissant (1928-2011). We will attend to the historical context of French colonialism, particularly in the ... view course details
FREN 6390
Course Description
Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
FREN 6848
Course Description
This seminar considers the transformative ingress of ecological concerns into a number of fields, from philosophy and deconstruction to anthropology and literary studies. While acknowledging the unprecedented ... view course details
