“The French major introduced me to a new culture and language that broadened my horizons and reconnected me with my creativity.” 138
FRE/GBS 3040. France Today. A course focusing on current events and issues in France and the French-speaking world today. Work with selected materials from the Internet, including televised news broadcasts and other programs in French, articles from French newspapers and from French publications online, and an audio magazine in French. Culture, conversation, composition. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. Four credits. [GS] FRE 3080. Francophone Cultures Outside of France. A course focusing on the cultures of French-speaking areas (other than France) in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Pacific and Asia. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. Four credits. FRE 3150. Contemporary French Culture Through Films. This course emphasizes the role of film as a way to learn about people, places, systems of beliefs, and cultural values. It presents some important French cultural perspectives that are also present in the U.S. culture. It facilitates the student’s reflection on explicit comparisons between the “home/native” culture and the “other” culture in order to discuss how each cultural system is both actively different, and more and more alike. Taught in French. Prerequisite: ENG 1103, junior status, or permission of the instructor. Four credits. FRE 3180. Business French. Study of the vocabulary, customs and practices of the French-speaking business/ professional world. Cultural differences, organizational patterns, marketing strategies, advertising, business documents and correspondence. Practice of speaking skills in a business/professional context, including job interviews, discussion of personnel and management issues, analysis of advertising. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. Four credits. FRE 3210. French Literature and Society I: Love and Honor. A study of selected works of French literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the 17th century, with particular attention to the themes of love and honor. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. Four credits. FRE 3220. French Literature and Society II: Freedom and Identity. A study of selected works of French literature from the Enlightenment to the first world war, with particular attention to the themes of freedom and identity. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. Four credits.
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FRE 3330. French Literature and Society III: Revolution and Métissage. A study of selected works of French literature from the first world war to the present, with particular attention to the themes of Revolution and Métissage. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. Four credits. FRE 3400. Francophone Voices: French-speaking Literatures. A study of selected works from Francophone literatures from independence in the 1960’s to the present. Particular attention to the themes of identity, tradition, modernity and métissage. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. Four credits. FRE 4010. Advanced Grammar and Composition. Study and practice of advanced grammatical structures and continued development of more advanced types of writing such as literary analysis, expository writing, analytical writing, etc. Prerequisite: FRE 2130 with a grade of C or better and a 3000-level course in French, or permission of the instructor. Four credits. FRE 4444. Independent Study. Individual study and research under the guidance of a member of the department. One to four credits each semester. FRE 4810-4815. Student Internship. Three, four, six, eight, ten or twelve credits. FRE 4990. Senior Seminar. Individual study and research under the guidance of a member of the MFL faculty. Periodic discussion of research with faculty and students in a formal seminar setting. Paper may be written in French or English. Seminar students are required to take the exit competency exam in French and to present the final research to Frenchspeaking faculty in the Modern Foreign Language Department. Prerequisites: Senior standing, major in French. Four credits. GER 1010. Basic Skills Acquisition I. Acquisition of cultural awareness and basic communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Designed to provide the student with the tools necessary to develop a level of competency sufficient to meet survival needs and limited social demands. Audio component required. Four credits. GER 1020. Basic Skills Acquisition II. German 1020 is a continuation of German 1010. The course begins with a review of the material covered in GER 1010. Further study of German with emphasis on development of the communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Enhancement of cultural awareness. Audio component required. Prerequisite: GER 1010 or equivalent. Four credits. [F]