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FREN 1220
Elementary French

FREN 1210-1220 is a two-semester sequence. FREN 1220 is the second half of the sequence designed to provide a thorough grounding in French language and an introduction to intercultural competence. French ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5826 FREN 1220   LEC 001

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1210, or SAT II 410-480, or LPF 37-44. At the end of FREN 1220, students who score lower than 56 on the LPF take 1230, those with 56 or higher may enter the 2000-level sequence.

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  •  5827 FREN 1220   LEC 002

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1210, or SAT II 410-480, or LPF 37-44. At the end of FREN 1220, students who score lower than 56 on the LPF take 1230, those with 56 or higher may enter the 2000-level sequence.

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  •  5828 FREN 1220   DIS 201

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  •  5829 FREN 1220   DIS 202

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  •  5830 FREN 1220   DIS 203

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  •  5831 FREN 1220   DIS 204

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  •  5832 FREN 1220   DIS 205

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FREN 1230
Continuing French

FREN 1230 is an all-skills course designed to improve pronunciation, oral communication, and reading ability; to establish a groundwork for correct writing; and to provide a substantial grammar review. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5799 FREN 1230   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after Fren 1230: FREN 2060 or 2090.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5800 FREN 1230   SEM 102

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 1220 or an LPF score 45-55 or SAT II 490-590. Recommended courses after Fren 1230: FREN 2060 or 2090.

FREN 1303
FWS: Misfit Poets: From Baudelaire to Bob Dylan

For centuries, misfits and outcasts have chosen poetry as their mode of expression.  In this course, we will explore the ways in which poems and songs can serve as a form of subversion, protest, or refusal ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17374 FREN 1303   SEM 101

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FREN 2090
French Intermediate Composition and Conversation I

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5804 FREN 2090   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2100, 2190, or 2310. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2060 for credit.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5805 FREN 2090   SEM 102

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2100, 2190, or 2210. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2060 for credit.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5806 FREN 2090   SEM 103

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2100, 2190, or 2210. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2060 for credit.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5807 FREN 2090   SEM 104

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2100, 2190, or 2210. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2060 for credit.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5808 FREN 2090   SEM 105

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680. Recommended courses after FREN 2090: FREN 2100, 2190, or 2210. Students who have taken FREN 2090 are not eligible to take FREN 2060 for credit.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8554 FREN 2090   SEM 106

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FREN 2100
Pronunciation of Standard French

This intermediate level course focuses on accent reduction. Students will learn how to transcribe French sounds while simultaneously engaging in systematic listening and pronunciation exercises. The exercises ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5823 FREN 2100   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090 or higher, CASE Q+. This course can not serve to fulfill the language requirement.

FREN 2190
French Intermediate Composition and Conversation II

This course emphasizes conversation based on short stories, poems, a play, a novel, cartoons, newspaper articles, short videos, and oral presentations by students. The goals of improving grammatical accuracy ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5811 FREN 2190   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090, or CASE Q+. May be taken concurrently with FREN 2310, Recommended course after FREN 2190: FREN 2310.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5812 FREN 2190   SEM 102

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090, or CASE Q+. May be taken concurrently with FREN 2210, Recommended course after FREN 2190: FREN 2210,3010, or 3050.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8105 FREN 2190   SEM 103

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FREN 2310
Introduction to French and Francophone Literature and Culture

This course, designed to follow FREN 2190, 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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15728 FREN 2310   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2190 or CASE Q+. Recommended courses after FREN 2310: any 3000 - level language, literature, or culture course.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15729 FREN 2310   SEM 102

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FREN 2400
Cultures of the Middle Ages

This course introduces students to one of the major concerns of the literature, art, and religious thought of western Europe between roughly 400 and 1400 AD: transformation. We'll begin with Ovid and Apuleius, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 2400

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15730 FREN 2400   SEM 101

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  • Conducted in English.

FREN 3010
Advanced French Composition and Conversation

In this course, furthering oral communication skills and writing skills is emphasized.  A comprehensive review of fundamental and advanced grammatical structures is integrated with short stories, literary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5803 FREN 3010   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2190 or CASE Q++. Recommended courses after FREN 3010: FREN 2310,3120 or above. May be taken concurrently with FREN 2310. Students who have taken FREN 3050 are not eligible to take FREN 3010 for credit.

FREN 3050
Advanced French through Film

This language course provides students with opportunities to further develop their written and oral communication, as well as their listening and reading skills, through the use of French contemporary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8564 FREN 3050   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2190 or CASE Q++. Recommended courses after FREN 3050: FREN 2310, 3120 or above. FREN 2310 may also be taken concurrently with FREN 3050. Students who have taken FREN 3010 are not eligible to take FREN 3050 for credit.

FREN 3400
French Identities: 21st Century Culture and Society in France

This course is conceived as a critical introduction to a cultural and political debate that appeared in the years of Mitterrand's France and reached its climax in the last decade.  It will focus on a French ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15737 FREN 3400   SEM 101

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++, or permission of instructor.

FREN 3430
Francophone Travel Literature

If traveling and travel journals are not a new phenomenon, their popularity has considerably increased, and travel literature has taken new forms with the development of new technologies such as travel ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16544 FREN 3430   SEM 001

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  • Prerequisites: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++

FREN 3470
The Figure of the Outsider in French Cinema

This course will trace the changing character of the outsider in French cinema from early realist film to the present day. In opposition to the dominant bourgeois ideals of economic security and social ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15738 FREN 3470   SEM 101

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  • Conducted in English with optional film discussion section in French depending on students knowledge of the language.

FREN 3620
Culture of the Later Renaissance

This course explores networks of culture and power that develop over the course of the sixteenth century, from the beginning of the Reformation to the Wars of Religion that swept through the continent.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 16334 FREN 3620   LEC 001

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  • 16335 FREN 3620   DIS 201

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  • 16336 FREN 3620   DIS 202

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  • 16337 FREN 3620   DIS 203

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  • 16338 FREN 3620   DIS 204

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FREN 4180
Poetry and Mind

This interdisciplinary seminar would like to offer new hypotheses on the ways poetry is understood and experienced by a reader's mind. Our methodology, while non-reductionist, will take into account the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4226, COML 6226, FREN 6180

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15732 FREN 4180   SEM 101

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  • Conducted in English.

FREN 4200
Special Topics in French Literature

Guided independent study of special topics. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5824 FREN 4200   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Dubreuil, L

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7385 FREN 4200   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Howie, C

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7386 FREN 4200   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Long, K

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7767 FREN 4200   IND 604

    • TBA

    • McNulty, T

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7768 FREN 4200   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Molinie, M

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

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FREN 4290
Honors Work in French

Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 16328 FREN 4290   RSC 701

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    • TBA

    • Migiel, M

FREN 4300
Honors Work in French

Consult director of undergraduate studies for more information. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5798 FREN 4300   RSC 701

    • TBA

    • Howie, C

  • Year-long course. R grade given at end of the fall semester and final letter grade at end of the spring semester. Open to juniors and seniors. Consult the director of honors program for more information.

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FREN 4340
Wandering Souls, Women and Ghosts:Mediumship Between Emancipation and Psychiatry

Merging the methodologies of cultural history, religious anthropology and psychology, this seminar will analyze the presence of ghosts in the scientific discourse, cultural practices and literature of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 6340

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15754 FREN 4340   SEM 101

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  • Conducted in French.

FREN 6180
Poetry and Mind

This interdisciplinary seminar would like to offer new hypotheses on the ways poetry is understood and experienced by a reader's mind. Our methodology, while non-reductionist, will take into account the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4226, COML 6226, FREN 4180

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15739 FREN 6180   SEM 101

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  • Conducted in English.

FREN 6280
Perversions of the Linguistic Turn: Figure, Fetish, Formalization

A number of influential thinkers have contested in recent years the so-called "linguistic turn" in twentieth century thought, and in particular the assumption that the "finitude" or decompletion of language ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6782

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15756 FREN 6280   SEM 101

  • Conducted in English.

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FREN 6310
Baroque Poetry

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18259 FREN 6310   SEM 101

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    • TBA

    • Long, K

FREN 6340
Wandering Souls, Women and Ghosts:Mediumship Between Emancipation and Psychiatry

Merging the methodologies of cultural history, religious anthropology and psychology, this seminar will analyze the presence of ghosts in the scientific discourse, cultural practices and literature of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FREN 4340

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15755 FREN 6340   SEM 101

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  • Conducted in French.

FREN 6400
Special Topics in French Literature

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5802 FREN 6400   IND 601

    • TBA

    • Dubreuil, L

  • Permission of instructor required.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7353 FREN 6400   IND 602

    • TBA

    • Howie, C

  • Permission of instructor required.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7354 FREN 6400   IND 603

    • TBA

    • Long, K

  • Permission of instructor required.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7769 FREN 6400   IND 604

    • TBA

    • Howie, C

  • Permission of instructor required.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7770 FREN 6400   IND 605

    • TBA

    • Molinie, M

  • Permission of instructor required.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)