Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy

Modern Languages and Cultures

French Humanism
Modern Languages and Cultures

This course studies selected works by great francophone writers of the past and present, whose reaffirmation and defense of human dignity, or questioning of it, give them lasting significance. Readings might include works by Albert Camus, Michel de Montaigne,...

Advanced Japanese
Modern Languages and Cultures

This sequence of courses is offered fall (JPN310), winter (JPN320) and spring (JPN400). In this sequence of courses, students consolidate the previously learned material and build new vocabulary and grammar. Various cultural and social topics, such as...

French Change Makers
Modern Languages and Cultures

Tracing the struggle for human rights through current events, literature and film, this course focuses on the crises, upheavals, and moral miscarriages of justice in various countries of the francophone world. Note: This course will be offered every other...

Studies in French Cinema
Modern Languages and Cultures

The readings, discussions and writing in this course will center on a series of French films chosen for their cultural, historical and artistic value. Students will read scenarios, source material or summaries of the films and will discuss and write about...

Selected Topics in French
Modern Languages and Cultures

This course is offered at student or departmental initiative and may change from year to...

Elementary German
Modern Languages and Cultures

This sequence of courses is offered fall (GER110), winter (GER120) and spring (GER130). They present the fundamental structures of German with emphasis on acquisition of the basic skills: speaking and communicating in everyday situations, listening...

German Two Years in One
Modern Languages and Cultures

This sequence of courses is offered fall (GER111), winter (GER221) and spring (GER231). This three-term sequence presents the material of the first two years of the German program. It is recommended for students who are already familiar with grammatical...

Transition French 2
Modern Languages and Cultures

This course completes the review of basic structures and broadens the speaking, reading and writing programs. This course normally promotes to French 210 in the spring...

Intermediate French
Modern Languages and Cultures

This sequence of courses is offered fall (FRE210), fall and winter (FRE220) and winter and spring (FRE230). This sequence continues the study of spoken and written French begun in French 110/120/130 or French 12T/13T. Fundamental forms and structures are...

Advanced French
Modern Languages and Cultures

This sequence provides a systematic review of French. Exercises are supplemented with extensive written work. Vocabulary and grammatical structures are developed through reading, discussion, and writing about literary works by such authors as Jean Anouilh,...