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  • 4.00 Credits

    First-semester French for students who have never taken French. Students who have received any high-school credit in the last five years for French must take the language placement exam. Students must receive a grade of C- or higher to continue in the series. This course develops listening and reading strategies with an emphasis on oral and written forms of communication.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Second-semester French. This course continues to develop listening and reading strategies with an emphasis on oral and written forms of communication. Prerequisite: FRNCH 1010 or by placement exam.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Third-semester French. Continued emphasis on listening and speaking skills with an increased emphasis on reading and writing skills through the study of short selections of French literature. Prerequisite: FRNCH 1020 or by placement exam.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Fourth-semester French. This course maintains a strong emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Through readings of more extensive texts and informal writing as a support for speaking, it develops oral fluency toward narration/elaboration and paragraph-length discourse. Prerequisite: FRNCH 2010 or by placement exam.
    General Education Course
  • 1.00 Credits

    This course provides students at the intermediate level of fluency in French the opportunity to improve their skills in speaking and listening, to expand their cultural awareness of the French-speaking world, and to increase their self-confidence in the language. Designed to be taken with FRNCH 1020, 2010, or 2020, but open to any student not enrolled at the 3000/4000 level. No written work. Credit/non-credit grading. Prerequisite: FRNCH 1010 or equivalent.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The course focuses on developing Intermediate to Advanced level of language and cultural proficiency in the French language enabling students to communicate in various target language contexts. The course aims at further developing students' language skills through an advanced acquisition of vocabulary, grammar, and cultural knowledge that will reinforce their understanding of diverse life experiences and facilitate fluent, appropriate, and culturally nuanced language interpretation and use. In particular, this course allows students to strengthen their writing skills in French while writing compositions addressing cultural topics from the French and Francophone world. Prerequisites: FRNCH 2020 OR Department Consent
  • 3.00 Credits

    Topic to be announced each semester. Focus on content to engage students in critical thinking and analysis. Course covers verbal skills of argumentation such as detailed description, narration and elaboration, and stating and supporting opinions. Covers informal and formal writing, with a focus on thesis and organization of ideas. Prerequisites: FRNCH 2020
  • 3.00 Credits

    First course for students who learned the language through residence in a francophone country. Reading and writing as a basis for a systematic review of the syntax, morphology, and lexicon of French. Prerequisite: FRNCH 2020.
    General Education Course
  • 3.00 Credits

    The themes of discovery and adventure can be found in many cultural artifacts and literature in the French and Francophone worlds. Students will explore themes of discovery, adventure and journey in the French and Francophone worlds through the prism of the fine arts, history, music, texts, film, and other areas. Students will be exposed to a variety of approaches such as project-based instruction, class discussion, and reaction papers. Prerequisites: Earned a 3 or better on the AP exam.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The themes of coming of age, rite of passage, education can be found in all cultural artifacts and literatures in the French and Francophone world. Students will compare and contrast those themes with their own culture, French and Francophone cultures. This will be explored through the prism of the fine arts, history, music, texts, film, and other areas. Students will be exposed to a variety of approaches such as project-based instruction, class discussion, and reaction papers. Prerequisites: A minimum of a 3 on the French Language and Culture AP Exam.