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FRN 101  Elementary French I  

Elementary French is intended for students who have no previous knowledge of French. Instruction is planned to help students develop basic, functional proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing French. Daily written and oral exercises are assigned to complement work done in class.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Fall  
How Offered: Face to Face  
ILO Met: Inst. Learning Objective 11  
FRN 102  Elementary French II  

Elementary French II is intended for students who has beginning knowledge of French. Instruction is planned to help students develop basic, functional proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading and writing French. Daily written and oral exercises are assigned to complement work done in class.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Fall, Spring  
How Offered: Face to Face  
Prerequisites: FRN 101, its equivalent, or placement.  
FRN 170  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 201  Intermediate French I  

Intermediate French is designed to build on the language skills acquired in Elementary French. Instruction is planned to expand the students' functional proficiency in French, especially by increasing active vocabulary and extending text type to the sentence level. Topical readings appropriate to the level are discussed in class.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Fall  
How Offered: Face to Face  
ILO Met: Inst. Learning Objective 11  
Prerequisites: Elementary French or its equivalent of 3 or 4 years of high school French.  
FRN 202  Intermediate French II  

Intermediate French II is designed to build on the language skills acquired in Intermediate French I. Instruction is planned to expand the students' functional proficiency in French, especially by increasing active vocabulary and extending text type to the sentence level. Topical readings appropriate to the level are discussed in class.

Number of Credits: 3  
When Offered: Spring  
How Offered: Face to Face  
Prerequisites: FRN 201, its equivalent, or placement  
FRN 271  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 301  Structure & Style I  

Structure and Style is designed to provide a review of French grammar and a more detailed study of usage. The goal is to increase functionality in the written language and to expand text type to teh paragraph level in writing. Contemporary readings are used as models for composition and discussion.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: Intermediate French or its equivalent of 4 years of high school French.  
FRN 302  Struct & Style II  

Structure and Style is designed to provide a review of French grammar and a more detailed study of usage. The goal is to increase functionality in the written language and to expand text type to teh paragraph level in writing. Contemporary readings are used as models for composition and discussion.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: Intermediate French or its equivalent of 4 years of high school French.  
FRN 303  Convers & Comp I  

Conversation and Composition is designed to provide students the opportunity to communicate in French by expanding their speaking functionality within contexts of everyday living. Instruction is planned to equip students with the means to negotiate, plan, narrate, and hypothesize in French. In addition, contemporary readings appropriate to the level provide the basis for class discussions and student compositions.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 304  Convers & Comp II  

Conversation and Composition is designed to provide students the opportunity to communicate in French by expanding their speaking functionality within contexts of everyday living. Instruction is planned to equip students with the means to negotiate, plan, narrate, and hypothesize in French. In addition, contemporary readings appropriate to the level provide the basis for class discussions and student compositions.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 311  Survey Frn Lit I  

Survey of French Literature entails readings and discussions in French of representative literary works from the beginnings to 1800 to the present.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 312  Survey French Lit II  

Survey of French Literature entails readings and discussions in French of representative literary works from the beginnings to 1800 to the present.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 321  Civilization I  

The first semester treats the political, social, intellectual, and artistic
developments in France from earliest times to 1870, while the second
semester emphasizes these cultural structures as they exist in contemporary
French society. Lectures and readings serve as a basis for class discussion
in French.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 322  Civilization II  

The first semester treats the political, social, intellectual, and artistic
developments in France from earliest times to 1870, while the second
semester emphasizes these cultural structures as they exist in contemporary
French society. Lectures and readings serve as a basis for class discussion
in French.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 370  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 1-3  
FRN 371  Special Topic  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 372  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 401  Old Frn Lang & Lit  

This course explores the history of the formation of the French language, with special attention to the phonological and morphological development from Latin. Literary study, using texts in the original, will be explored. FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 411  16th Century Lit  

This course focuses on an appreciation of representative French authors during the Renaissance.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 425  Classical Theatre  

This course is a study of the plays of Corneille, Moliere, and Racine.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 431  18th Century Lit  

This course focuses on an appreciation of representative French authors during the Enlightenment.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 444  Undergraduate Research  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 447  19th Century Novel  

This course is a study of some of the major novels of the 19th century, including works by Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 453  Modern Poetry  

This course is a study of French poetry from the romantics, symbolists, and surrealists to the present.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 455  Modern Theatre  

This course is a study of the plays of Claudel, Cocteau, Giraudoux, Anouilh, Montherlant, Sartre, Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, and Genet.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 457  Modern Novel  

This course is a study of the novels of Proust, Gide, Bernanos, Malraux, Sartre, Camus, and Robbe-Grillet.

Number of Credits: 3  
Prerequisites: FRN 302 or above, or its equivalent.  
FRN 470  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 471  Special Topics  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 480  Seminar  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 481  Seminar  

Number of Credits: 3  
FRN 482  Modern French Cinema  

Number of Credits: 3