FRE 1010-5 Elementary French I (5 + 0)
A beginner's course, with emphasis on pronunciation, speaking, and understanding, supplemented by grammar, reading, and writing.

FRE 1020-5 Elementary French II (5 + 0)

Prerequisite: FRE 1010 or one or two years of high school French

This course is a continuation of FRE 1010. (General Studies-Level I, Communications)

FRE 1110-3 Basic Conversational French I (3 + 0)

A course designed to teach the essentials of the French language through a conversational approach.

FRE 1120-3 Basic Conversational French II (3 + 0)

Prerequisite: FRE 1110 or equivalent, or permission of instructor

This course is a continuation of FRE 1110.

FRE 1800-1-15 International French Year I (1-15 + 0)

This is a variable-credit course, designed for first-year students learning French in a study-abroad setting. Recognizes approved study-abroad educational experience in French speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing.

FRE 2010-3 Intermediate French I (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 1010, FRE 1020 or equivalent

The course is a first-semester course of a two-semester intermediate French language sequence specifically designed to strengthen grammatical skills and proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. It introduces students to a sampling of social, cultural, and literary topics central to the understanding of France and French-speaking people.

FRE 2020-3 Intermediate French II (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 1010, FRE 1020, FRE 2010 or equivalent

This course is a continuation of FRE 2010, designed to continue strengthening grammatical skills and proficiency in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. It presents further examples of social and cultural topics central to an understanding of France and French-speaking people.

FRE 2110-3 French Reading and Conversation (3 + 0)

Prerequisite: one year of college French or equivalent, or permission of instructor

This course helps to build oral proficiency at intermediate and advanced levels through a variety of personalized interactional activities that are based on readings appropriate to each stage of linguistic development.

FRE 2800-1-15 International French Year II (1-15 + 0)

Prerequisite: one year of college French or equivalent

This is a variable-credit course that recognizes second-year study of French language and culture in an approved study-abroad setting.

FRE 3010-3 Introduction to Advanced French Studies (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 2010, FRE 2020, or permission of instructor

This transitional course is designed to develop those critical, linguistic, and analytical skills required to pursue French studies at the advanced level. The texts studied are chosen to acquaint students with French sociocultural and literary issues.

FRE 3050-3 (GER 3050, MDL 3050, SPA 3050) Cultural Crossroads: France, Germany, Spain (3 + 0)

Prerequisite: ENG 1020

This course gives students the cultural background necessary to understand and appreciate those spiritual and intellectual developments that have given today's three European nations (representing our language disciplines) their characteristics. Main topics include the Indo-European language family, the cultural and technological development of Germanic and Romance-speaking countries, the causes for the rise and fall of these countries throughout the 2000 years under consideration, the role of women in politics and the arts, the development of differing social etiquette, reasons for mass emigrations, and contributions of immigrants to their new countries, and the effect that the European Union has on the educational social welfare of its member nations. Students can get credit for only one prefix.

FRE 3110-3 Survey of French Literature I (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 3010 or permission of instructor, satisfaction of Level I General Studies course requirements

This introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment gives an insight into French literary, historical, and cultural development through selected reading and discussion. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters)

FRE 3120-3 Survey of French Literature II (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 3010 or permission of instructor, satisfaction of Level I General Studies course requirements

This introduction to 19th- and 20th-century French literature emphasizes the evolution of literary style and content from Romanticism to contemporary literary schools. Readings and discussion are in French. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters)

FRE 3150-3 French Phonetics: Theory and Practice (3 + 0)

Prerequisite: two years of college French or equivalent, or permission of instructor

This course covers the essential facts of French phonology. It is aimed at improving students' pronunciation and articulation and introducing them to the field of linguistics.

FRE 3310-3 Advanced French Composition and Grammar (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 2010, FRE 2020 or equivalent, or permission of instructor

This course is designed to reinforce and further develop writing skills, thus enabling the student to combine accuracy with imagination and inventiveness in writing French.

FRE 3320-3 Advanced Conversation (3 + 0)

Prerequisite: FRE 2010 or FRE 2020 or equivalent, or permission of instructor

This course is designed to broaden the student's skills in French conversation. The student will learn more advanced structures of the language, as well as other aspects of grammar and idiomatic expressions.

FRE 3550-3 French Historical Perspectives (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 3010 or permission of instructor, and satisfaction of Level I General Studies course requirements

This survey chronologically presents major political, societal, and cultural movements that have molded France and the French throughout history. (General Studies-Level II, Historical)

FRE 3560-3 Contemporary Socio-Cultural Issues (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: FRE 3010 or permission of instructor, and satisfaction of Level I General Studies course requirements

This course provides in-depth presentations and analysis of recent social, cultural, political, and economic issues important to an understanding of contemporary France. (General Studies-Level II, Social Sciences)

FRE 3800-1-15 International Advanced French (1-15 + 0)

Prerequisite: junior or senior standing in French or equivalent

This course recognizes upper-division study in language, culture, and literature in a study-abroad setting. It uses a variety of methods and includes reading, writing, and discussion seminars in French.

FRE 4520-3 Modern French Theater (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: three years of college French or equivalent, or permission of instructor, satisfaction of all Level I and Level II General Studies course requirements, senior standing

This is a sampling of the French dramatists who have not only contributed to literary development, but who also have had an impact on society and culture. Theater analysis techniques will also be stressed. (Senior Experience)

FRE 4530-3 The French Novel (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: three years of college French or equivalent or permission of instructor, satisfaction of all Level I and Level II General Studies course requirements, senior standing

This is a sampling of 19th- and 20th-century French novels that will be studied in depth using several literary analysis techniques. (Senior Experience)

FRE 4750-3 Senior Seminar in French Studies (3 + 0)

Prerequisites: senior standing, at least two courses at the FRE 3000-level

This is an intense thematic seminar on either a literary or cultural topic emphasizing a comparative study in the former and a multidisciplinary approach to the latter.