School of Liberal Arts: French and Italian
2008-2009 Academic Year
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French 481 - Haiti, 1804-2004 (Watts)
French 481/692 - Histoire et Cinéma (McCarren)
French 595 - Senior Seminar: Enfance et littérature; Ecrire l'enfance, dire les
débuts (Bidima)
French 692 - De la Critique de L'Etat à sa «mise en texte» dans la littérature
francophone (Bidima)
(six courses, 18 credits)
Three required courses: 307 or 313 or 314 and 315, 321
One of: 325 or 401.
Two or more courses at the 400/600 level One of these may be a literature in
translation course at the 300 level.
FREN 101 Elementary French I (4)
Staff. An introduction to the five skills of language acquisition: reading, writing,
listening, speaking, and cultural understanding.
FREN H102 Elementary French II (4)
Staff. A continuation of the objectives presented in French I. Offered every spring
semester. Open to students with B+ or better in French 101.
FREN 102 Elementary French II (4)
Staff. Prerequisite: FREN 101. A continuation of the objectives presented in
French I.
FREN H203 Intermediate French (4)
Staff. Prerequisite: FREN 102 with B+ or better, or admission by departmental
placement. Intermediate French language with emphasis on reading, conversation,
and composition.
FREN 203 Intermediate French (4)
Staff. Prerequisite: FREN 102 or admission by departmental placement.
Intermediate French language with emphasis on reading, conversation, and
composition.
FREN 301 Topics in French Cultural Studies (3)
Staff. Topics of literary, cultural, and historical interest are offered on a regular
basis by departmental faculty. The course is designed to introduce students to
France from a variety of critical perspectives. These may include social space, Le
Grand Siècle, autobiography, Paris as myth and reality, civility, food, institutions
of schooling or the cultural production of "Frenchness." Offered in translation. A
writing practicum is available for students who wish to fulfill the college
intensive-writing requirement with this course.
FREN 302 French Feminisms (3)
Prof. Glidden. This course attempts to provide a basic vocabulary for the
discussion of gender and sexuality. It introduces the philosophical notion of