• FREN 4998

    Pre-Thesis Tutorial
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    Fall 2025

    Preliminary research for thesis. Prerequisite: Admission to the Distinguished Majors Program.

  • FREN 4999

    Thesis
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    Spring 2025

    Composition and defense of thesis. Prerequisite: FREN 4998 and good standing in the Distinguished Majors Program. Note: The prerequisite to all 5000-level literature courses is two 4000-level literature courses with an average grade of B, or the instructor's permission.

  • FREN 5510

    Topics in Medieval Literature
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    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 5520

    Topics in Sixteenth-Century Literature
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    Fall 2025

    Topics may include Montaigne, the European novella, poetic recreations of the ancients, literary Lyon, and Rabelais and his world.

  • FREN 5559

    New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics
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    Fall 2024

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics.

  • FREN 5560

    Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature
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    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 5993

    Independent Study
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    Fall 2025

    Independent Study

  • FREN 7040

    Theories and Methods of Language Teaching
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    Fall 2025

    Introduces the pedagogical approaches currently practiced in second-language courses at the university level. Critically examines the theories underlying various methodologies, and their relation to teaching. Assignments include development and critique of pedagogical material; peer observation and analysis; and a final teaching portfolio project.

  • FREN 8559

    New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics
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    Fall 2024

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics.

  • FREN 8570

    Seminar in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature
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    Spring 2025

    Study of the various aspects of modern and contemporary French and Francophone literature. Genre, theme, and specific chronological concentration will vary.