Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

FREN - French

FREN 1001 Intro French Lang & Culture I

Prerequisite: Cannot be taken for credit by students who had two years or more of French in high school. Introduction to listening, speaking, reading, and writing in French and to the culture of French-speaking regions. One hour of language laboratory per week is required. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount. This course is not open to native speakers of French or to students who completed two or more years of high school education in a French-speaking country where French was the primary language of instruction.

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FREN 1002 Intro French Lang & Culture II

Prerequisite: FREN 1001 or equivalent. Continued listening, speaking, reading and writing in French with further study of the culture of French-speaking regions. One hour of language laboratory per week is required. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount. This course is not open to native speakers of French or to students who completed two or more years of high school education in a French-speaking country where French was the primary language of instruction.

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FREN 2001 Interm Fren Lang & Culture I

Prerequisite: FREN 1002 or equivalent. The student will continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways. One hour of language laboratory per week is required. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount. This course is not open to native speakers of French or to students who completed two or more years of high school education in a French-speaking country where French was the primary language of instruction.

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FREN 2002 Interm Fren Lang & Culture II

Prerequisite: FREN 2001 or equivalent. Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities. Course will serve as a transition between intermediate and upper-level courses in French. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount. This course is not open to native speakers of French or to students who completed two or more years of high school education in a French-speaking country where French was the primary language of instruction."

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FREN 2950 Special Topics

Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered, but for which there is a current need at the freshman/sophomore level. This course is repeatable for credit.

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FREN 3010 French Structure & Composition

Prerequisite: FREN 2002. General review of grammar through composition and other written activities, such as summaries, correspondence, descriptions, narration, literary analysis, and other rhetorical and culturally appropriate forms. Students are highly encouraged to take FREN 3010 and FREN 3020 concurrently.

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FREN 3020 French Conversation & Diction

Prerequisite: FREN 2002. Emphasis on the improvement of pronunciation and conversation skills while developing vocabulary and communicative structures. Conversation topics will include a wide range of situations, themes, and readings. Students are highly encouraged to take FREN 3010 and FREN 3020 concurrently.

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FREN 3030 The Pleasure of Reading

Prerequisites: FREN 3010 and FREN 3020 or permission of instructor. This course is designed to help students enjoy reading comfortably in French. We will read from a wide variety of literary and non-literary texts: newspaper articles, web pages, social media posts, song lyrics, comic books, poetry, and short stories. Frequent and varied writing and speaking assignments will consolidate learning of vocabulary, structures, and cultural knowledge and allow students to pursue individualized research.

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FREN 3110 French Culture & Civ I

Prerequisites: FREN 3010 and FREN 3020. A survey of the historical, sociological, philosophical, literary, and artistic developments of France up to the French Revolution.

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FREN 3120 French Culture & Civ II

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. A survey of the historical, sociological, philosophical, literary, and artistic developments of France and the Francophone world from the French Revolution to today.

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FREN 3210 Survey of French Literature I

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. Study of the development of French literature from the beginnings to Rousseau. Study of principal trends. Reading of representative authors.

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FREN 3220 Survey of French Literature II

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. Study of the development of French literature from Rousseau to the present time. Study of principal trends. Reading of representative authors.

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FREN 3310 Intro to French Linguistics

Prerequisite: FREN 2002. This course provides an introduction to the linguistic analysis of Modern French. Students will develop the basic skills of linguistic analysis in order to understand how the French language works. This course will examine four different levels of French language: the phonology (sounds), the morphology (internal structure of words), the syntax (ordering of elements within the phrase), and the lexis (vocabulary).

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FREN 3940 Independent Study

Prerequisites: FREN 3010 and FREN 3020. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered but for which there is a current need. Subject matter varies. This course is repeatable for credit.

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FREN 3950 Service Learning

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. This course will provide students with the opportunity to work on service projects, utilizing skills related to their major in non-profit and service organizations. This course is repeatable for credit.

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FREN 4110 Adv Structure & Composition

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. An advanced study of grammar, syntax, and vocabulary with refinement of writing skills through composition.

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FREN 4210 Business French

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. An introduction to the economic and business practices of contemporary France and the Francophone world.

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FREN 4220 Francophone Women Writers

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. Survey of texts written by Francophone women across the centuries and the continents.

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FREN 4250 Translation

Prerequisite: FREN 3010 or FREN 3020. An introduction to othe theory and practice of translation. Intensive practice in the translation of texts in French representative of vaarious academic discipllines.

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FREN 4940 Independent Study

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered but for which there is a current need. Subject matter varies. This course is repeatable for credit.

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FREN 4950 Special Topics

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered but for which there is a current need. Subject matter varies. This course is repeatable for credit.

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FREN 4960 Internship/Practicum/Research

Prerequisite: Chairperson's and instructor-of-record’s approval, FREN 3010 and FREN 3020. Individually designed learning experience involving off-campus or on-campus applied learning and/or mentored undergraduate research. This course is repeatable for credit.

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FREN 4980 Study Abroad

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020, and Chairperson's approval. See the International Studies Section of the Catalog for details.

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FREN 4999 La Francophonie

Prerequisites: FREN 3010, FREN 3020. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn in greater detail the similarities and the differences between France and Francophone countries and constitutes their culminating experience leading to an understanding of their chosen discipline. (Capstone Experience course).

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