Courses: French (FREN)College: Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

FREN 1301: Traditional Elementary French I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Students with two or more years of high school French are urged to take a placement examination to determine at which level to begin French. Credit for FREN 1301 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 1501. Basic vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure through oral and written exercises.

FREN 1302: Traditional Elementary French II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 1301 or FREN 1501 or equivalent. Students with two or more years of high school French are urged to take a placement examination to determine at which level to begin French. Credit for FREN 1302 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 1502. Basic vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure through oral and written exercises. Reading of short prose selections.

FREN 1310: French for Hotel and Restaurant Management (also HRMA 1310)
Cr. 3. (3-0). May not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for either FREN 1501 or FREN 1301. Understanding, speaking, reading, and writing elementary French in the context of the hospitality industry, and acquisition of basic specialized vocabulary.

FREN 1501: Elementary French I
[TCCN—FREN 1411]
Cr. 5. (3-2). Students with two or more years of high school French are urged to take a placement examination to determine at which level to begin French. Credit for FREN 1501 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 1301. Understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French, including practice sessions and electronic drill.

FREN 1502: Elementary French II
[TCCN—FREN 1412]
Cr. 5. (3-2). Prerequisite: FREN 1301 or 1501 or equivalent. Students with two or more years of high school French are urged to take a placement examination to determine at which level to begin French. Credit for FREN 1502 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 1301 and FREN 1302. Understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French, including practice sessions and electronic drill.

FREN 2296: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 2301: Intermediate French
[TCCN—FREN 2311]
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 1502 or equivalent. Credit for FREN 2301;2302 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 2603. Credit for FREN 2302 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 2397. Grammar review, reading of literary materials, conversation, and composition.

FREN 2302: Intermediate French
[TCCN—FREN 2312]
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 2301 and FREN 1502 or equivalent. Credit for FREN 2301;2302 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 2603. Credit for FREN 2302 may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for FREN 2397. Grammar review, reading of literary materials, conversation, and composition.

FREN 2397: Selected Topics in Intermediate French
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 2301 or equivalent. May be taken as an alternative to FREN 2302. Readings, composition, conversation in specialized areas, and grammar review. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 2398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester, or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisites: FREN 1502 or equivalent and approval of department chair.

FREN 2496: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 4 per semester. (4-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 3196: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 3296: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 3311: French Phonetics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 2302 or equivalent. Introduction to basic principles of pronunciation, intonation, rhythm; transcription based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Practical application through readings in poetry and prose.

FREN 3312: Oral Communication
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 2302 or equivalent. Limited to non-native speakers. Students not majoring or minoring in French require prior consent of instructor. Development of conversational skills in French through a systematic study of grammar, usage, and vocabulary. Readings related to contemporary issues in France and the U.S.

FREN 3313: Advanced Grammar and Composition
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 2301 and 2302 or equivalent. Advanced grammatical structures and their direct application to different forms of written expression.

FREN 3314: Advanced Grammar and Composition II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite:FREN 3313. Further development of advanced grammatical and writing skills.

FREN 3315: Practical Translation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 2302 or equivalent. Translation primarily from French to English of recent materials from the areas of science, business, politics, communications.

FREN 3316: Survey of French Culture and Civilization
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 2302. The cultural and intellectual development of France, including contemporary cultural trends.

FREN 3317: Business French
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 3313 or consent of instructor. Develops oral proficiency, specialized vocabulary, and understanding of French corporate culture.

FREN 3318: History of French Cinema
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 2302 or equivalent. French majors and minors will be assigned several papers on analysis of films to be written in French. May not apply to foreign language requirement for B.A. May apply to minor in Film Studies and CLASS Fine Arts requirement. Credit for both FREN 3318 and 3319 will not apply toward a degree. Historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic evolution of French cinema from the silent era to modern times. Taught in English.

FREN 3319: History of French Cinema
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ENGL 1303 or equivalent and sophomore standing. May not apply to a major or minor in French or to the foreign language requirement for the B.A. Historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic evolution of French cinema from the silent era to modern times. Taught in English.

FREN 3320: Introduction to French Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 3313 or equivalent. Reading and analysis of French texts including major literary works representing all literary genres, prose, poetry, and theatre.

FREN 3321: Francophone African Cinema
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 3313 or consent of instructor. May not apply to foreign language requirement for the B.A. Study of films from francophone North & Sub-Saharan Africa within their historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic context. Taught in English, all assignments and papers to be written in French.

FREN 3322: Francophone African Cinema
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ENGL 1303 or equivalent and sophomore standing. May not apply to a major or minor in French or to the foreign language requirement for the B.A. Study of films from francophone North & Sub-Saharan Africa within their historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic context. Taught in English.

FREN 3362: Paris and Berlin (also GERM 3362)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: completion of three hours of U.S. history. Cannot apply toward any foreign language requirement or as credit toward a major or minor in French. Cultural, historical, and literary impact of urbanization in nineteenth and twentieth century France and Germany. Taught in English.

FREN 3364: Writing Holocausts: The Literatures of Genocide (also GERM 3364)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Cannot apply toward any foreign language requirement or as credit toward a major or minor in French. Literature and historical context of the destruction of European Jews (1933-1945) with implications for understanding other acts of genocide. Course materials include novels, plays, memoirs, historical documents and films. Taught in English.

FREN 3396: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 3397: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 2301 and 2302 or equivalent. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 3398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester, or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisites: FREN 2301, 2302 or equivalent, and approval of department chair.

FREN 3399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of department chair. FREN 3399 and 4399 must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.

FREN 3496: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 4 per semester. (4-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 4196: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 1 per semester. (1-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 4198: Independent Study
Cr. 1 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

FREN 4296: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 2 per semester. (2-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 4298: Independent Study
Cr. 2 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

FREN 4301: Survey of French Literature I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313 and 3320 or consent of instructor. A survey of major authors and movements of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

FREN 4302: Survey of French Literature II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313 and 3320 or consent of instructor. A survey of major authors and movements of the 17th and 18th centuries.

FREN 4313: Advanced Composition and Stylistics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313, and three additional hours of French at 3000-level or consent of instructor. Idiomatic expressions, nuances, and differences between French and English.

FREN 4315: Advanced Translation
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313, three additional hours at 3000 level or higher or consent of instructor. Translation from English to French of literary and non-literary texts.

FREN 4316: Contemporary France
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313 and three additional hours at 3000-level or higher, or consent of instructor. French institutions, political and social issues, and France in the Francophone world.

FREN 4317: Advanced Business French
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313 and three additional hours of French at 3000-level or higher or consent of instructor. Economic, political, legal, financial, commercial, and management vocabulary for conducting business in France. Taught in French.

FREN 4320: Textual Analysis: Poetry, Prose, Drama
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313 and 3320, or consent of instructor. Exercises in explications de texte (poetry, prose, drama). Theories of style and stylistics.

FREN 4326: Nineteenth Century French Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313 and 3320 or consent of instructor. Major authors and movements in poetry, prose, and drama.

FREN 4328: Twentieth Century French Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313, 3320 or consent of instructor. Study of major trends in the French poetry, prose, and drama of twentieth century literature.

FREN 4329: Twentieth Century French Novel
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 3313, 3320 or equivalent. Analysis of major novels from Proust to the present.

FREN 4330: Twentieth Century French Theatre
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: FREN 3313, 3320, or consent of instructor. Samples of French literary, philosophical, and avant-garde theatre since World War I.

FREN 4332: Jung and French Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313, 3320, or consent of instructor. Application of Jungian theory to various works of French literature from Middle Ages to 20th Century.

FREN 4342: French Women Writers
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313, 3320, or consent of instructor. Major women writers from the seventeenth to twentieth century. Taught in French.

FREN 4396: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

FREN 4397: Selected Topics in French Language and Literature
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3313, 3320, or consent of instructor. Selected Topics in French Language and Literature. May be repeated with approval of department chair.

FREN 4398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

FREN 4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisites: FREN 3399 and approval of department chair. FREN 3399 and 4399 must be satisfied in order for any to apply to a degree.

FREN 4496: Selected Topics in French
Cr. 4 per semester. (4-0). Prerequisites: admission to the program abroad and consent of instructor. Courses in French language, literature, and civilization. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

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Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
This Page Last Updated: April 11, 2013