• FREN 3043

    The French-Speaking World III: Modernities
     Rating

    4.41

     Difficulty

    2.57

     GPA

    3.74

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    Survey of writing in French from 1800 to the present. Explores various movements and trends in French literary and cultural history of the modern and contemporary periods. Prerequisite: FREN 3032.

  • FREN 3029

    Language House Conversation
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.74

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    For students residing in the French House.

  • FREN 3051

    History and Civilization of France: Revolution to 1945
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.75

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    The social, political, economic, philosophical, and artistic developments in France from the Revolution until 1945.

  • FREN 8510

    Seminar in Medieval Literature
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.77

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    Topics may include genres (romance, poetry, hagiography, chanson de geste, allegory), themes (love, war, nature), single authors (Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut) and cultural and literary issues (gender, religion, authorship, rewritings).

  • FREN 3559

    New Course in French and Francophone Cultural Topics
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    2.50

     GPA

    3.78

    Last Taught

    Spring 2025

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French and Francophone culture.

  • FREN 5585

    Topics in Civilization / Cultural Studies
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.79

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Interdisciplinary seminar in French and Francophone culture. Topics vary.

  • FREN 7500

    Topics in Theory and Criticism
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.81

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    Study of various aspects of the Western critical tradition. Theme, chronological period, and approach will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics.

  • FREN 5540

    Topics in Eighteenth-Century Literature
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.81

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    Topics may include exoticism, reason and folly, libertinage, theater, Voltaire vs. Rousseau.

  • FREN 4560

    Advanced Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.84

    Last Taught

    Fall 2024

    Study of the various aspects of the nineteenth-century French literature. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics. Prerequisite: FREN 3032 and at least one FREN course numbered 3041 to 3043 (or instructor permission).

  • FREN 3035

    Business French
     Rating

    4.33

     Difficulty

    2.50

     GPA

    3.85

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    In this course, students will learn about the major industries, organizational structures, and the primary positions within French and francophone businesses. They will gain experience in business research, will hone their oral and written French for use in a business-setting, will have practice job interviews, and will learn the practical aspects of living and working in French. Prerequisite: FREN 2020 or equivalent.