Modern Languages
Transition French 1
Modern Languages
Transition French 1
For students who have had one or two years of French in junior high school and/or one year in high school, this course rapidly reviews pronunciation and basic grammar and accelerates students in the speaking, reading and writing programs. The course normally...
Transition French 2
Modern Languages
Transition French 2
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
Intermediate French
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
Advanced French
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,...
Col/Post-col Francophone Lit
Modern Languages
Col/Post-col Francophone Lit
This course will explore conflicting attitudes about history, politics, culture, and identity explicit and implicit in colonial and post-colonial francophone literary production. Topics may include négritude, oralité, engagement, moeurs, désillusion,...
Individual, Community, Society: Aspect
Modern Languages
Individual, Community, Society: Aspect
This course explores the quest of one’s identity through facets of Francophone societies. How can culture, customs, family, gender and language shape and influence identity in a progressively multicultural society? Materials may include essays, short...
Francophone World in the 21st Century
Modern Languages
Francophone World in the 21st Century
This course explores contemporary social issues and global challenges, technological and environmental, in the French-speaking world. Materials may include essays, short stories, novels, radio programs, films, podcasts, newspapers and magazine articles....
Art, Music, and Literature
Modern Languages
Art, Music, and Literature
This course explores the role of artistic creation and the concept of beauty from the traditional to the modern, the role of art to challenge or praise the status quo. Materials may include essays, short stories, novels, radio programs, films, podcasts,...
Advanced Chinese – Accelerated
Modern Languages
Advanced Chinese – Accelerated
These courses cover the material of CHI310/320/400 in greater depth and at an accelerated...
Francophone Theater
Modern Languages
Francophone Theater
This course examines a variety of plays from Molière to Sartre, focusing on character interaction against the backdrop of playwright and the period. Possible authors might also include Beaumarchais, Pierre Corneille, Molière, Jean Giraudoux, Eugène...