French (FREN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

FREN 1220

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5610 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.

  •  5611 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.

  •  5612 FREN 1220   DIS 201

  •  5613 FREN 1220   DIS 202

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  • 15842 FREN 1220   DIS 203

  •  5614 FREN 1220   DIS 204

  •  5615 FREN 1220   DIS 205

  •  8230 FREN 1220   DIS 206

  •  8614 FREN 1220   DIS 207

FREN 1230

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

  •  5590 FREN 1230   SEM 101

  • 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

  •  5591 FREN 1230   SEM 102

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

FREN 2090

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

  •  8615 FREN 2090   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680; or AP French language 4 or CASE Q. 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

  •  5593 FREN 2090   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680; or AP French language 4 or CASE Q. 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

  •  5594 FREN 2090   SEM 103

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680; or AP French language 4 or CASE Q. 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

  •  5595 FREN 2090   SEM 104

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680; or AP French language 4 or CASE Q. 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

  •  5596 FREN 2090   SEM 105

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680; or AP French language 4 or CASE Q. 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

  •  7663 FREN 2090   SEM 106

  • Prerequisites: FREN 1230, LPF score 56-64, or SAT II 600-680; or AP French language 4 or CASE Q. 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.

FREN 2091

This one-credit course is focused on oral communication in French; to take this course students must be concurrently enrolled in FREN 2090.  Because the course is designed especially to encourage students ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit GradeNoAud

  •  8416 FREN 2091   SEM 101

  • Must be concurrently enrolled in FREN 2090.

FREN 2095

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

  •  5597 FREN 2095   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended course after FREN 2095: FREN 2310.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5598 FREN 2095   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: FREN 2060 or 2090, or CASE Q+. Recommended course after FREN 2095: FREN 2310.

FREN 2180

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

  •  8832 FREN 2180   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++. FREN 2310 may also be taken concurrently with FREN 2180. Students who have taken FREN 2181 are not eligible to take FREN 2180 for credit.

FREN 2310

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7867 FREN 2310   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7868 FREN 2310   SEM 102

  • Prerequisites: FREN 2095 or CASE Q++.

FREN 3020

This 1-credit optional course aims to expand the students' vocabulary, and advance their speaking and reading skills as well as enhance their knowledge and deepen their cultural understanding by supplementing ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Occupied France

  • 18811 FREN 3020   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Vallois, M

  • Conducted in French. Students must be concurrently enrolled into FREN 3840

FREN 3160

In this course, both seminar and workshop, students discuss writing about translation, mostly in French, and practice translating from French to English.  The theoretical texts studied represent a variety ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15843 FREN 3160   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: FREN 2310

FREN 3400

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

  •  7869 FREN 3400   SEM 101

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

FREN 3485

Beginning in the early days of silent cinema, a rich tradition of what are called "city films," combines technological innovation with the exploration of specific urban spaces.  Students in this class ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3485ITAL 3485SPAN 3485

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16329 FREN 3485   SEM 101

FREN 3520

This course will offer an historical overview of responses to bodily and cognitive difference.  What was the status of the monster, the freak, the abnormal, the (dis)abled, and how are all of these concepts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3520

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15844 FREN 3520   SEM 101

FREN 3840

The Second World War and the Occupation of France by German forces had a traumatic impact on the nation's identity.  We will examine the way France has tried to deal with this conflicted period through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3891

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15846 FREN 3840   SEM 101

  • There will be bi-weekly film viewings.

FREN 4200

Guided independent study of special topics. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5608 FREN 4200   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6896 FREN 4200   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Greenberg, M

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6897 FREN 4200   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Howie, C

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7168 FREN 4200   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Long, K

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7169 FREN 4200   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Molinie, M

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8233 FREN 4200   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Vallois, M

  • Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

FREN 4300

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5589 FREN 4300   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Dubreuil, L

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15848 FREN 4300   RSC 702

    • TBA
    • Greenberg, M

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15849 FREN 4300   RSC 703

    • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15850 FREN 4300   RSC 704

    • TBA
    • Long, K

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15851 FREN 4300   RSC 705

    • TBA
    • Molinie, M

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15852 FREN 4300   RSC 706

    • TBA
    • Vallois, M

  • 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.

FREN 4375

In the last decades, "Holocaust Studies" witnessed an extraordinary expansion, covering different fields of scholarship, from history to literature, from philosophy to aesthetics.  This seminar will retrace ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16869 FREN 4375   SEM 101

FREN 4690

This course offers an introduction to Romanticism, as it develops in France and beyond, from the late 18th century to the early 1860s.  While the focus will be on literature, we will also consider other ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15853 FREN 4690   SEM 101

FREN 4730

This seminar will explore, by means of literary texts and other documents, representations of religious violence in Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era, with particular focus on France.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16324 FREN 4730   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Long, K

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

FREN 4780

This seminar aims at studying the relationship between madness, alienation, creativity, and emancipation, by analyzing autobiographical narratives coming from both madmen and madwomen as well as writers. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15855 FREN 4780   SEM 101

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

FREN 6190

This research seminar offers an overall reassessment of literary reading, at the crossroads of philosophy and literary theory, with an additional interest in (cognitive) psychology.  The emphasis being ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15878 FREN 6190   SEM 101

FREN 6300

Designed for those with little or no background in French. Aims primarily to develop skill in reading French. Covers grammar basics, extensive vocabulary, and strategies for reading in a foreign language. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8231 FREN 6300   SEM 101

  • Course limited to graduate students only.

FREN 6375

In the last decades, "Holocaust Studies" witnessed an extraordinary expansion, covering different fields of scholarship, from history to literature, from philosophy to aesthetics.  This seminar will retrace ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16870 FREN 6375   SEM 101

FREN 6400

Guided independent study for graduate students. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5592 FREN 6400   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Dubreuil, L

  • Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6870 FREN 6400   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Greenberg, M

  • Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6871 FREN 6400   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Howie, C

  • Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7170 FREN 6400   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Long, K

  • Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7171 FREN 6400   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Molinie, M

  • Permission of instructor required.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8232 FREN 6400   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Vallois, M

  • Permission of instructor required.