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  • FREN 2020

    Intermediate French II
     Rating

    3.74

     Difficulty

    2.87

     GPA

    3.56

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Designed for continued development of the four skills at an advanced level. Readings emphasize contemporary Francophone culture and include a modern French play. Prerequisite: FREN 2010 or one to three years of formal instruction in French and appropriate SAT score.

  • FREN 3032

    Text, Image, Culture
     Rating

    3.95

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.58

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    In this course, students will discover and engage critically with a broad sampling of French and Francophone cultural production representing a variety of periods, genres, approaches, and media. Students will read, view, write about and discuss a range of works that may include poetry, painting, prose, music, theater, films, graphic novels, photographs, essays, and historical documents. Prerequisite: FREN 3031.

  • FREN 3030

    Phonetics
     Rating

    3.35

     Difficulty

    2.59

     GPA

    3.60

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Reviews pronunciation, phonetics, and phonology for undergraduates. Prerequisite: FREN 2020 or equivalent.

  • FREN 3050

    History and Civilization of France: Middle Ages to Revolution
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.61

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The social, political, economic, philosophical, and artistic developments in France from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution. Prerequisite: FREN 3032.

  • FRTR 2552

    French Culture (subtitle will be added to reflect chosen topic)
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    5.00

     GPA

    3.61

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Course will offer a transhistoric and interdisciplinary approach to French culture through the lens of a given theme (e.g., food, travel, politics, societies and institutions). Lectures, readings and exams in English.

  • FREN 8560

    Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
     Rating

    —

     Difficulty

    —

     GPA

    3.63

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Study of various aspects of nineteenth-century French/ Francophone literature. Genre, theme, specific chronological concentration, and approach will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

  • FREN 8540

    Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature
     Rating

    —

     Difficulty

    —

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    (a) Voltaire. (b) Diderot. (c) Theater. (d) Novel. (e) Rousseau. (f) Marivaux.

  • FREN 8520

    Seminar in Sixteenth-Century Literature
     Rating

    —

     Difficulty

    —

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    (a) Rabelais. (b) Montaigne.

  • FREN 4585

    Advanced Topics in Cultural Studies
     Rating

    3.93

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.70

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Advanced seminar in French and Francophone literature and culture. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Prerequisite: At least one literature or culture course beyond FREN 3032.

  • FREN 4410

    The Enlightenment
     Rating

    5.00

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.73

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    The Enlightenment laid the foundations for our current conceptions of democratic government, religious toleration, freedom of speech, and the scientific method. The readings for this course may include works by Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau.Prerequisite: FREN 3032