French

Teacher Certification in French
Teaching Major Requirements

Teaching Minor Requirements

Departmental Honors Program

Foreign Study

Undergraduate Courses

F131-F132 Intensive Beginning French I-II
(5-5 cr.) Accelerated introductory language courses. Recommended for students with prior training in French or other Romance languages. Emphasis on developing basic speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills, as well as awareness of French and Francophone cultures. Credit not given for F131-F132 and F117-F118- F119.

F203 Second-Year Composition, Conversation, and Reading I (4 cr.) P: 8-10 credit hours of college-level French or placement by testing. A continuation of practice in the listening, reading, speaking, and writing of French.

F204 Second-Year Composition, Conversation, and Reading II (4 cr.) P: 11-14 credit hours of college-level French or placement by testing. Continuation of F203.

F296 Foreign Study in France (1-6 cr.) P: acceptance in an overseas study program in France. Credit for foreign study in French language and/or literature done at second-year level when no specific equivalent is available among departmental offerings.

F299 Special Credit (3-6 cr.) Francophones may, upon successful completion of F328 and another upper-division French course, apply to the department for Special Credit.

F300 Lectures et analyses litteraires (3 cr.) P: F204 or equivalent. Preparation for more advanced work in French literature. Readings and discussion of one play, one novel, short stories, and poems as well as the principles of literary criticism and "explication de texte."

F307 Masterpieces of French Literature (3 cr.) P: F300 or equivalent. Includes material from both classical and modern periods.

F326 French in the Business World (3 cr.) P: F 204 or equivalent. Introduction to the language and customs of the French-speaking business world. Designed to help prepare students to take the examination for the Certificat pratique de français commercial et économique offered by the Paris Chamber of Commerce.

F328 Advanced French Grammar and Composition (3 cr.) P: F204 or equivalent. Study and practice of French thinking and writing patterns.

F330 Introduction to Translating French and English (3 cr.) P: F328 or consent of the department. A comparative study of the style and grammar of both languages, with focus on the difficulties involved in translating. Introduction to the various tools of the art of translation.

F331 French Pronunciation and Diction (3 cr.) P: F204 or equivalent. Thorough study of French phonetics and intonation patterns. Corrective drill. Includes intensive class and laboratory work. Oral interpretation of text.

F360 Introduction socio-culturelle a la France (3 cr) P: F328 or equivalent. A study of France and its people through an examination of France's political and cultural development.

F371 Topics in French (3 cr.) Topics in French literature and culture will be explored from a variety of perspectives. The course will be given in English. It may be taken twice.

F380 French Conversation (3 cr.) P: F204 or equivalent. Designed to develop conversational skills through reports, debates, group discussions with an emphasis on vocabulary building, mastery of syntax, and general oral expression. Both F380 and F480 may be taken for credit.

F396 Foreign Study in France (1-6 cr.) P: acceptance in an overseas study program. Credit for foreign study in French language or literature when no specific equivalent is available among departmental offerings. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

F402 Introduction to French Linguistics (3 cr.) P: F328 or consent of the instructor. Introduction to the structure of the French language: phonology, morphology, and syntax.

F410 French Literature of the Middle Ages
(3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Introduction to Old French language and literature.

F421 Fourth-Year French (3 cr.) P: F328 or consent of the department. Advanced work in language with a focus on syntax and the basic principles of French linguistics.

F428 Seventeenth-Century French Literature
(3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Classical writers of prose, poetry, and plays such as Descartes, Pascal, Corneille, Moliere, La Fontaine, Racine, Mme. de Lafayette

F430 Modern Short Narratives (3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Structural and interdisciplinary approaches to short French narratives of the modern period, 18th century fiction (short stories, tales, etc.) and nonfiction (essays, commentaries, etc.)

F443 Nineteenth-Century Novel I (3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Stendhal, Balzac, and others.

F444 Nineteenth-Century Novel II (3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Flaubert, Zola, and others.

F450 Colloquium in French Studies (2-3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the instructor. Emphasis is on topic, author, or genre.

F451 Le français des affaires (3 cr.) P: F326 or consent of the instructor. Investigates in depth some of the topics touched on in F326. Designed to help prepare students to take the examination for the Diplôme supérieur de français des affaires offered by the Paris Chamber of Commerce.

F452 La Civilisation et littérature québécoises (3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the instructor. The study of the history of French Canadian literature and civilization from its origins down to the present leading to the "Quiet Revolution" as seen through the contemporary poetry, novel, and drama of Quebec.

F453 Littérature contemporaine I (3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Twentieth-century writers such as Gide, Proust, etc.

F454 Litterature contemporaine II (3cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Twentieth-century writers such as Camus, Sartre, etc.

F460 French Fiction in Film (3 cr.) P: F300 or consent of the department. Involves reading works of French fiction and studying them as works of literature, followed by the viewing of a film version of each work and the preparation of a comparative analysis of the two versions.

F461 La France Contemporaine (3 cr.) P: F328 or equivalent. France since 1945: political, social, economic, and cultural aspects.

F480 French Conversation (3 cr.) P: F328 or consent of instructor. Designed to develop conversational skills through intensive controlled conversation with an emphasis on the use of linguistic devices and the mastery of oral expression. Both F380 and F480 may be taken for credit.

F495 Individual Readings in French (1-3 cr.) P: consent of the instructor. For majors.

F496 Foreign Study in France (3-8 cr.) P: consent of chairperson. Course involves planning or research project during year preceding study abroad. Time spent in research abroad must amount to at least one week for each credit hour granted. Research paper must be presented by end of semester following foreign study. May be taken once only. Does not count as a 400-level course in residence for major or minor.

Graduate Courses

F575 Introduction to French Linguistics (3 cr.) An introduction to phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures of French, and to recent linguistic developments.

F580 Applied French Linguistics (3 cr.) Evaluation of language teaching methods according to recent claims in learning theory.

Courses for Graduate Reading Knowledge