Fundamentals of the language and culture through speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Fundamentals of the language and culture through speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Review of the basic principles of the language, with emphasis on reading, writing and oral skills.

Review of the basic principles of the language, with emphasis on writing, oral skills, and the reading of literary and other authentic texts.

Enhancement of oral expression through group discussions, oral presentations, and vocabulary development.

Development of intermediate level communication skills together with immersion in the culture of a foreign country.

Fundamental elements of the language and exercises in composition centering on business communication skills.

Fundamental elements of the language and exercises in composition.

Advanced vocabulary development and acquisition of fluency through aural and oral activities.

Culture and civilization of the French-speaking world, with major emphasis on France.

A selection of medieval and Renaissance French literature through the sixteenth century.

A selection of works from the seventeenth century through the present.

French writing, editing, and recording of interactive journals, blogs, podcasts, and on other digital platforms, including social media. Focus is on grammar and composition through the archiving and curation of digital artifacts from the Francophone world.

Development of formal oral skills and phonetic fluency through presentations, group activities, and debates on the study of French cuisine from around the world. Topics include culinary traditions, etiquette, artistic expressions, geography, immigrant influences on French cuisine, labor, master chefs, and environmental and health debates around local and global consumption practices.

Development of advanced level communication skills together with immersion in the culture of a foreign country.

A selection of French and Francophone thought from the Middle Ages to our contemporary world. Topics include leadership, the self, governance, power and surveillance in society, revolutionary legacies, human rights debate, intellectual movements, and encounters with other cultures.

A selection of works and cultural artifacts from different time periods on French fashion and world cultures. Research topics include la haute couture, entrepreneurship, consumer culture, pioneering technologies, economic and soft power, environmental issues, labor, colonial legacies and decolonization, French feminism, representation, and counter-cultural expressions and innovations from France and the Francophone world.

A survey of existentialist authors and thinkers of different traditions from France, North Africa, the Francophone world, and exiles in Europe from the Americas and beyond.

Selected works from Francophone thinkers and from the perspective of black contributions to Parisian culture, music, the arts, literary and revolutionary movements, especially during world wars and decolonization. Research topics include migration and exile with the examination of the curation of digital artifacts and interactive research presented to outside audiences about the impact of Black Paris around the globe.

Comparative approach to understanding the cultural, entrepreneurial, artistic, linguistic, literary, theoretical, and revolutionary contributions of feminists leading the charge for gender equality and human rights from the Francophone world, such as from France, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mauritius, the Caribbean, Quebec, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Syria, and Lebanon.

Selected works through the lens of translation studies and cross-cultural encounters from colonization to the present. A special focus is on Mediterranean texts and cultural artifacts.

Intensive study of selected topics chosen by instructor.

Directed research and reading project outside the classroom of a complex and extensive nature in keeping with the student's major creative and/or scholarly interests. May be repeated with the consent of the instructor and advisor for a total of no more than six hours of undergraduate credit.

Selected works from the beginning of French theatre through the present.

Selected works from the beginning of the French novel through the present.

Supervised professional experience or research outside of the classroom, involving a meaningful project or activity for the employing firm or organization and a scholarly project for the student. For three credit hours, a student is to work 135 hours with an approved agency; for two credit hours, 90 hours; for one credit hour, 45 hours. A contractual agreement signed by the student, the instructor of record, and other designated faculty and administrators is required. A student may repeat FREN U499 once with a different internship contract description for a total of no more than six hours of undergraduate credit.