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FREN 201 Intermediate French I

Prerequisite: FREN 102 or satisfactory performance in placement examination or permission of the department chair. Credit by exam. Further development of language skills with emphasis on reading and oral participation.

Credits

3.0

Core

Foundations/Foreign Language

Offered

Fall Semester

FREN 202 Intermediate French II

Prerequisite: FREN 201 or permission of the department chair. Credit by exam. Continuation of FREN 201.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring Semester

FREN 203 French Conversation & Composition

Prerequisite: FREN 202 or satisfactory performance in placement exam or permission of the department chair. Credit by exam. Concentration on writing, conversation and structural difficulties. Reading and discussion of cultural material of an interdisciplinary nature.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Fall Semester

FREN 204 French Culture and Civilization

Prerequisite: FREN 203 or permission of the department chair. Introduction to French civilization: study of the cultural features of the French language and the social, cultural and intellectual life of the French-speaking people. Discussion and weekly written assignments.

Credits

3.0

Offered

Spring Semester

FREN 207 Cultural Perspectives on Fren Literature I

Prerequisite: FREN 202 or permission of the department chair. An introductory course that analyzes literary genres and examines major French texts from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Illustrated lectures, films and selected documents of and on the period will provide the cultural background required to understand the texts and connect them to social, philosophical and aesthetic movements.

Credits

3.0

Core

Global Persp & Literature

Offered

Fall Semester

FREN 208 Cultural Perspectives on French Literature II

Prerequisite: FREN 203 or permission of the instructor. An introductory course that analyzes literature genres and examines major French texts from 1800 to the present. Illustrated lectures, films and selected documents of the period will provide the cultural background required to understand the texts and connect them to social, philosophical and aesthetic movements.

Credits

3.0

Core

Global Persp & Literature

Offered

Spring Semester

FREN 230 Phonetics and Diction

Prerequisite: FREN 202 or permission of the department chair. Study of the basic phonological structure of French. Transcription practice; corrective drill in pronunciation, rhythm, intonation; and practice in the oral interpretation of French prose, poetry and drama. Analysis of tape recordings: examples of regional accents and other aspects of the spoken language.

Credits

3.0

Offered

As needed