French Course Offerings
French 101, 102 - Beginning French (3, 3)
Grammar, composition, conversation, laboratory use.
French 201, 202 - Intermediate French (3, 3)
Grammar review, reading, composition, laboratory use, oral work.
Prerequisites for 201: French 102, or equivalent. Prerequisites for 202: French 201, or equivalent.
French 205 - Intensive intermediate french (6)
Grammar review, reading, composition, laboratory use, oral work. This course meets five days per week and combines material from FRENCH 201 and FREN 202.
Prerequisites for FRENCH 205: French 102, or equivalent.
French 311, Composition (3)
The primary goal of this course is to improve students’ formal writing in French. Students will practice the grammar and stylistic skills needed to write different types of essays in French.
Prerequisites: French 202 or 205.
French 312 - Oral Communication and Phonetics (3)
Students will learn to improve their oral communications skills in French. The focus of the course will be on pronunciation (phonetics) and conversation.
Prerequisites: French 202 or 205.
French 313 - Business French (3)
Especially designed for those who may be connected with businesses dealing in France or French-speaking countries.
Prerequisites: French 311 or 312.
French 315 - French Culture I: From Medieval to Modern France (3)
The cultural, economic, and political history of France, from the Medieval to the Modern Periods.
Prerequisites: 3 hours of survey and French 311 or French 312, or permission of instructor.
French 316 - French Culture II: Contemporary Issues (3)
The cultural, economic, and political trends of contemporary France.
Prerequisites: French 311 or French 312, or permission of instructor.
French 326, 327, 328 - Survey of French Literature I, II, II (3, 3, 3)
A chronological study of French literature from the medieval period through the twentieth-century.
Prerequisites: French 311 or 312.
French 342 - Medieval and Renaissance Literature (3)
A study of short fiction in the medieval period from the courtly lai and popular fabliau through the sixteenth-century nouvelle of Marguerite de Navarre.
Prerequisites: French 326 and one other segment of the literature survey, or permission of the instructor.
French 351 - Seventeenth-Century Literature (3)
Corneille, Moliere, Racine, and other representative works.
Prerequisites: French 327 and one other segment of the literature survey, or permission of the instructor.
French 361 - Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)
Philosophy, novel, and theatre.
Prerequisites: French 327 and one other segment of the literature survey, or permission of the instructor.
French 371 - The Novel of the Nineteenth-Century (3)
Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, and short stories
Prerequisites: French 328 and one other segment of the literature survey, or permission of the instructor.
French 372 - Nineteenth-Century Poetry and Theatre (3)
Poetry from all periods of the century and some representative theatre.
Prerequisites: French 328 and one other segment of the literature survey, or permission of the instructor.
French 381 - The Novel of the Twentieth-Century (3)
Proust,Gide, Sartre, Camus, Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute, Duras, and other representative works.
Prerequisites: French 328 and one other segment of the literature survey, or permission of the instructor.
French 382 - Twentieth-Century Theatre (3)
Artaud, Ionesco, Jarry, Beckett, and other representative works.
Prerequisites: French 328 and one other segment of the literature survey, or permission of the instructor.
French 411, Stylistics (3)
This is a course dedicated to the study of French stylistics, which refers to the identification of language patterns, including the study and use of specific elements of language style, including metaphor, ellipsis, euphemism, and indirect discourse in specific contexts.
Prerequisites: French 311, 312, and 6 hours of Survey of French Literature.
French 412, Translation (3)
In this course, students acquire the basic skills and techniques of translating written texts, from French to English, and from English to French. Focus is on the translation of English language structures into idiomatic French, as well as the translation of French language structures into idiomatic English. Translation will be treated as both a craft and an art with its own standards and obligations to respect linguistic codes. The course includes the study of vocabulary, syntax, semantics, and the difference between “literal” and “free” translation with an aim to understand where and why one mode may be more suitable than the other.
Prerequisites: French 311, 312, and 6 hours of Survey of French Literature.
French 481 - Senior Seminar (3)
Selected topics. Required of and limited to senior majors.
French 491, 492 - Individual Study (3, 3)
Intensive study of one or more authors selected in consultation with instructor. By permission of the department.
French 499 - Internship (credits variable)
Supervised off-campus experience, developed in consultation with the department. No credit toward major.